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R (Daley-Murdock) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 25, 2011
R (Daley-Murdock) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 161; [2011] WLR (D) 56 “It was contrary to the policy and objects of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 to impose an obligation on the Secretary of State when refusing an overstayer?s application for leave to remain to make an [...

R (Mirza and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 25, 2011
R (Mirza and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 159; [2011] WLR (D) 55 “The Home Secretary, when refusing to extend a foreign national?s leave to remain in the United Kingdom, ought at the same time or promptly thereafter make a removal decision which, if adverse, would enable the [...

Regina v Vasili ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 25, 2011
Regina v Vasili [2011] WLR (D) 58 “If an object had all the characteristics of a flick knife, it would therefore be considered an offensive weapon per se: the fact that the same object functioned also as a lighter did not stop it being an offensive weapon...

Consumer expectation the vital element in contract fairness, says OFT ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 25, 2011
“Companies whose small print changes the basis of consumer deals will face investigation by consumer regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), it has said. According to the OFT, one in five consumers had experienced a contract problem in the last year...

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Study to examine oversupply of LPC graduates ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 25, 2011
“An in-depth study into education and training within the profession will address the current ?mismatch? between the number of Legal Practice Course graduates and training contracts, and will assess the role of paralegals, the Legal Services Board has said...

Anti-social convict goes to court to finish sentence at home ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 25, 2011
“A convict with ‘severe social phobia’ has taken a prison governor to court for refusing to let him finish his sentence in privacy of his own home.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lecturer jailed over fake sex drug plan ? The Independent

Posted on February 25, 2011
“A university worker was jailed today for planning to flood the market with fake sex-enhancing drugs.” Full story The Independent, 24th February 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Courts ?will reject test secrecy? ? BBC News

Posted on February 25, 2011
“There is a serious mismatch between the government’s aim to commercialise forensic science and the requirement of courts for openness, according to a top forensic expert.” Full story BBC News, 25th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Law student convicted over terror videos ? The Independent

Posted on February 25, 2011
“A law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the internet was facing jail today (24 February).” Full story The Independent, 24th February 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Most senior judge attacks legal aid plans ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 25, 2011
“Cuts to legal aid will have ‘serious implications for the quality of justice’, the country?s most senior judge warned yesterday in a scathing attack on Kenneth Clarke’s plans.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2011 Source: www...

Phone hacking: now judge tells police to stop protecting names ? The Independent

Posted on February 25, 2011
“The likelihood of further News of the World (NotW) journalists being dragged into the phone-hacking scandal increased yesterday when a judge ruled that names believed to belong to the paper’s employees should no longer be blanked out on key documents...

Stop and search numbers fall after change to counterterrorism powers ? The Guardian

Posted on February 25, 2011
“The number of stops and searches by police under controversial counterterrorism laws has fallen sharply since the government curtailed the scope of the powers.” Full story The Guardian, 24th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

#Without Prejudice ? The Law Podcast 1: Assange, EAW, British Bill of Rights, Oversupply of lawyers and Silk ? Charon QC

Posted on February 25, 2011
“We covered a great deal of ground in this first episode of this round the table podcast: Assange verdict on extradition, European Arrest Warrants ? The British Bill of Rights and the ECHR ? The oversupply of lawyers ?and we even had time to consider Garrow?s Law and Silk the BBC tv dramas on law [...

False rape claim Portsmouth woman Nicola Osborne jailed ? BBC News

Posted on February 25, 2011
“A woman has been jailed for lying that she had been abducted and raped after becoming worried her husband would find out about a one night stand.” Full story BBC News, 25th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Terrorist propaganda student Mohammed Gul jailed ? BBC News

Posted on February 25, 2011
“A law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the internet after becoming radicalised has been jailed for five years.” Full story BBC News, 25th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

£1m claim commuter awarded £11,000 ? The Independent

Posted on February 25, 2011
“A commuter who sued London Underground for £1 million damages after he was grabbed by an employee at a ticket barrier has won just £11,925 in compensation.” Full story The Independent, 25th February 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Terrorist who alleged torture in custody loses appeal ? The Guardian

Posted on February 25, 2011
“Appeal court rejects Rangzieb Ahmed’s claim that British authorities ‘outsourced’ his torture to Pakistan.” Full story The Guardian, 25th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 24, 2011
High Court (Chancery Division) Kingspan Group Plc & Anor v Rockwool Ltd [2011] EWHC 250 (Ch) (21 February 2011) High Court (Administrative Court) Slavik, R (on the application of) v District Court of Nitra, Slovak Republic [2011] EWHC 265 (Admin) (03 February 2011) Simpson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor [...

Human rights court reforms called into question by London?s litigators ? Legal Week

Posted on February 24, 2011
“City litigators have questioned Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s calls to reform the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the wake of its ruling that serving prisoners should be given the right to vote.” Full story Legal Week, 22nd February 2011 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? legislation.gov.uk

Posted on February 24, 2011
The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2011 The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2011 The Valuation Tribunal for England, Non-Domestic Rating and Council [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 24, 2011
Supreme Court London Borough of Hounslow v Powell [2011] UKSC 8 (23 February 2011) Forsyth, R v [2011] UKSC 9 (23 February 2011) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Daley- Murdock, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 161 (23 February 2011) Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v [...

Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales ? Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on February 24, 2011
“The judiciary’s co-ordinated response to the Government’s legal aid consultation paper is published today. It was drawn up by a sub-committee of the Judges’ Council (the body which represents all levels of the judiciary, and is chaired by the Lord Chief Justice)...

Baxter v Mannion ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 24, 2011
Baxter v Mannion [2011] EWCA Civ 120; [2011] WLR (D) 54 “Where a registrar of the Land Registry found that a person who had been registered as the proprietor of land as adverse possessor had not in fact been in adverse possession of the land, he could exercise his power under paragraph 5(a) of Schedule [...

Ineos Healthcare Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, other party) ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 24, 2011
Ineos Healthcare Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, other party) (Case T-222/09); [2011] WLR (D) 53 “In opposition proceedings against registration of a trade mark pursuant to article 42 of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94, the opposing party was not obliged to adduce [...

Regina v Forsyth; Regina v Mabey ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 24, 2011
Regina v Forsyth; Regina v Mabey [2011] UKSC 9; [2011] WLR (D) 52 “The power under section 1(1) of the United Nations Act 1946 to create a criminal offence by Order in Council so as to enforce a United Nations Security Council Resolution was not restricted to use at or about the same time as [...

Judge criticises CPS for prosecuting man for pictures available in bookshops ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 24, 2011
“A top judge has queried why a man was prosecuted for possessing ‘indecent’ images of children – when the photos were available for sale in a string of respectable mainstream bookshops.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2011 Source: www...

Justice system delays endemic, research shows ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 24, 2011
“Law Society research submitted to the government last week has identified a ?lack of communication? pervading the justice system that is causing delays throughout the process.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 24th February 2011 Source: www...

MPs? expenses: David Chaytor to challenge sentence ? BBC News

Posted on February 24, 2011
“Former Labour MP David Chaytor has launched a bid to challenge his jail sentence for fiddling his expenses.” Full story BBC News, 23rd February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bar leaders warn of impact of tuition hikes on diversity ? Legal Week

Posted on February 24, 2011
“Leading figures at the Bar including former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer, Bar council chairman Nicholas Green QC and chair of the Bar Standards Board Baroness Ruth Deech have called for the Bar to take action to improve diversity in anticipation of hikes in university tuition fees...

George Davis in court 40 years after robbery that sent him to jail ? The Guardian

Posted on February 24, 2011
“Judges will finally decide whether ‘George Davis Is Innocent OK’ as they look again at notorious miscarriage of justice case.” Full story The Guardian, 24th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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