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Regina v Dunn ? WLR daily

Posted on July 30, 2010
Regina v Dunn [2010] EWCA Crim 1823; [2010] WLR (D) 207 “The fact that an appeal from the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division only lay to the Supreme Court if the Court of Appeal certified that a point of law of general public importance was involved in its decision did not amount to a denial [...

Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes (Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 30, 2010
Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes (Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 899; [2010] WLR (D) 206 ”A rule providing for the compulsory retirement at 65 of partners in a firm of solicitors was a proportionate means of achieving legitimate aims relating to recruitment and promotions within the firm...

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 4); Same v AN; Same v AE ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 30, 2010
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 4); Same v AN; Same v AE [2010] EWCA Civ 869; [2010] WLR (D) 205 “Control orders which the Secretary of State for the Home Department revoked rather than disclose the evidence on which they were made should have been quashed with effect from the [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on July 30, 2010
The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2010 The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2010 The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (Revocation) Regulations 2010 The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No...

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Scrapped retirement age will live on in private sector, says expert ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 30, 2010
“The Government will scrap the law allowing organisations to force workers to retire at 65 but companies will find it easier than ever to run their own compulsory retirement schemes in the wake of a Court of Appeal ruling yesterday, an expert has said...

Garry Newlove killer?s appeal dismissed ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“A teenager who kicked to death a father-of-three outside his Warrington home has lost a bid to challenge his conviction.” Full story BBC News, 26th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Three Preston men jailed for brutal killing of father ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“Three men who befriended another man in a Lancashire pub, before later turning on him and beating him to death, have been jailed for life.” Full story BBC News, 27th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Overhauling the Licensing Act ? Home Office

Posted on July 30, 2010
“Proposals for tough new measures to crack down on problem premises and give more powers for local communities were unveiled by the government today.” Full press release Home Office, 28th July 2010 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

CPS launches consultation on human trafficking public policy ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on July 30, 2010
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today began a public consultation on its Public Policy Statement on Human Trafficking.” Full press release Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2010 Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Three found guilty over sham marriage scam ? UK Border Agency

Posted on July 30, 2010
“Three men, including a vicar, have today been found guilty of being behind a massive scam to organise hundreds of sham marriages in East Sussex.” Full press release UK Border Agency, 29th July 2010 Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Passport fraudster jailed ? UK Border Agency

Posted on July 30, 2010
“A fraudster who used a fake passport to get a job has been jailed, following an investigation by our officers.” Full press release UK Border Agency, 28th July 2010 Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Boys? attempted rape conviction appeals rejected ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“Two boys who were found guilty of the attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl in west London have lost their appeals against their convictions.” Full story BBC news, 27th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

?Mocking? killers of three-year-old boy jailed for life ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, have been jailed for life.” Full story BBC News, 29th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Daily Mail and Sun pay out to Tamil hunger striker ? The Guardian

Posted on July 30, 2010
“Papers apologise to Parameswaran Subramanyam after falsely claiming he sustained himself with hamburgers during fast.” Full story The Guardian, 29th July 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Teenagers? ?happy slapping? sentences to be reviewed ? The Independent

Posted on July 30, 2010
“The Attorney General will review the sentences of two teenage members of a ‘happy slapping’ gang who killed a grandfather in a bid to determine whether they were too lenient, it was announced today.” Full story The Independent, 29th July 2010 Source: www...

UKIP wins court case over order to pay back donation ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“The UK Independence Party does not have to forfeit all of a £367,697 ‘impermissible donation’, the Supreme Court has ruled.” Full story BBC News, 29th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Luton man who threw egg at Baroness Warsi jailed ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“A man who threw an egg at the face of a Conservative peer on a visit to Luton has been jailed for six weeks.” Full story BBC News, 29th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cuts ?would close supreme court? ? The Guardian

Posted on July 30, 2010
“The UK Supreme Court would have to close for business if proposed public spending cuts of 40% were implemented, its chief executive has warned.” Full story The Guardian, 29th July 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Covertly found assets no longer valid in divorce ? The Guardian

Posted on July 30, 2010
“Separated couples will no longer be able to use secretly obtained documents to reveal their spouse’s hidden assets in divorce proceedings, the court of appeal has ruled.” Full story The Guardian, 30th July 2010 Source: www.guardian...

Al Fayed loses damages in fight over Oxted oil field ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“Mohamed Al Fayed’s battle for compensation after a company drilled for oil under his Surrey estate has been thrown out by the Supreme Court.” Full story BBC News, 28th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Parents of Mansfield neglect death girl lose appeals ? BBC News

Posted on July 30, 2010
“The mother and stepfather of an eight-year-old girl found hanged in her ‘squalid’ Mansfield bedroom have failed in appeals against their prison terms.” Full story BBC News, 28th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 29, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes (A Partnership) [2010] EWCA Civ 899 (28 July 2010) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Kang v Eau [2010] EWHC 1837 (QB) (27 July 2010) Sternlight v Barclays Bank Plc [2010] EWHC 1865 (QB) (22 July 2010) Black Horse Ltd v Speak & Anor [2010] [...

Kent lawyer loses retirement age discrimination case ? BBC News

Posted on July 29, 2010
“A Kent lawyer who sued his own firm of solicitors when he was made to stop work at 65 has lost his discrimination case at the Court of Appeal.” Full story BBC News, 29th July 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 29, 2010
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another [2010] UKSC 35; [2010] WLR (D) 204 “Damages for trespass occasioned by an oil company drilling underneath another party?s land were to be assessed on the basis that the right to drill for oil was a compulsory acquisition under statute and, therefore, any additional value [...

Regina (ZO (Somalia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (MM (Burma)) v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 29, 2010
Regina (ZO (Somalia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (MM (Burma)) v Same [2010] UKSC 36; [2010] WLR (D) 203 “An asylum seeker who made a new application for asylum after his original application for asylum had finally failed, was entitled to the benefits conferred by the European Directive setting minimum standards [...

Morrison Sports Ltd and others v Scottish Power UK plc ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 29, 2010
Morrison Sports Ltd and others v Scottish Power UK plc [2010] UKSC 37; [2010] WLR (D) 202 “A person who suffered loss as a result of a breach of statutory duty did not have a private right of action for damages when there was statutory provision for other forms of enforcement of the duty on [...

Regina v Gnango ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 29, 2010
Regina v Gnango [2010] EWCA Crim 1691; [2010] WLR (D) 201 “Where a defendant voluntarily engaged in an exchange of gunfire with ‘B’ in a public place amounting to an affray, and in the course of that gunfire B shot and killed a passer-by and the defendant foresaw that in the course of that gunfire [...

Hertfordshire County Council v Veolia Water Central Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 29, 2010
Hertfordshire County Council v Veolia Water Central Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 887; [2010] WLR (D) 200 “In order to avoid absurdity, s 81 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and regs 3 and 4 of the Street Works (Maintenance) Regulations 1992 had to be given a purposive interpretation, meaning that the power [...

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 4); Same v AN; Same v AE ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 29, 2010
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 4); Same v AN; Same v AE [2010] EWCA Civ 869; [2010] WLR (D) 205 “Control orders which the Secretary of State for the Home Department revoked rather than disclose the evidence on which they were made should have been quashed with effect from the [...

Terror suspects could win damages after control orders ruling ? The Guardian

Posted on July 29, 2010
“A court of appeal ruling today cleared the way for two international terrorism suspects to claim damages for having control orders wrongly imposed on them for three and a half years.” Full story The Guardian, 28th July 2010 Source: www.guardian...

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