Legal News

Express proprietor, Richard Desmond, in libel action against journalist ? The Times

Posted on July 04, 2009
“Richard Desmond, the owner of the Daily and Sunday Express,will become the first newspaper proprietor to take the stand in the High Court since Robert Maxwell, when he launches his libel action against the investigative journalist Tom Bower on Monday...

Pathologist in Ian Tomlinson death case suspended from Home Office register ? The Guardian

Posted on July 03, 2009
“The pathologist who said Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes at the G20 protests has been suspended from an official government register and is under two separate investigations into his professional conduct, it emerged today.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd July 2009 Source: www...

Freedom of information regulator accused of excessive delays ? The Guardian

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Freedom of information campaigners say the regulator takes too long to decide to release documents to the public, undermining efforts to open up official files.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd July 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Speeding fine couple seek review ? BBC News

Posted on July 03, 2009
“A couple from Sheffield are taking their legal fight against a speeding ticket to London’s High Court.” Full story BBC News, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 03, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Radmacher v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649 (02 July 2009) Walkden v Walkden [2009] EWCA Civ 627 (25 June 2009) High Court (Queen’s Bench) C v Dixon [2009] EWHC 708 (QB) (25 June 2009) High Court (Chancery Division) Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Woolf [2009] EWHC B15 (Ch) (19 June 2009) Lindop [...

Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 ? OPSI

Posted on July 03, 2009
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 ? OPSI

Posted on July 03, 2009
Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 ? OPSI

Posted on July 03, 2009
Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on July 03, 2009
The Court Martial (Prosecution Appeals) Order 2009 The Companies (Share Capital and Acquisition by Company of its Own Shares) Regulations 2009 The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Olympic Route Network Designation Order 2009 The Companies Act 2006 (Accounts, Reports and Audit) Regulations 2009 The Food Irradiation (England) Regulations 2009 The Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2009 The Legal Services Act 2007 [...

Jack Straw statement on Michael Shields ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has made a statement on the Michael Shields case.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 2nd July 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 03, 2009
AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] EWCA Civ 634; [2009] WLR (D) 22 “The requirement under the Immigration Rules for a disabled British citizen living in the United Kingdom on disability living allowance who was sponsoring her foreign husband to settle in UK to prove that they would be able to maintain themselves without [...

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Szepietowski (No 2) ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 03, 2009
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Szepietowski (No 2) [2009] EWHC 1560 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 225 “There was no conflict between paras 7A.4 and 7B.1 of Practice Direction?Civil Recovery Proceedings and the associated legislative framework contained in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (as amended) and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Legal Expenses in Civil Recovery [...

Enron Coal Services Ltd (in liquidation) v English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 03, 2009
Enron Coal Services Ltd (in liquidation) v English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 647; [2009] WLR (D) 224 “The jurisdiction of the Competition Appeal Tribunal under s 47A of the Competition Act 1998 was limited to the determination of follow-on claims for damages based on a finding by a regulator of infringement of [...

Cherie Booth backs call for radical prison overhaul ? The Guardian

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Cherie Booth QC has endorsed a call to close some prisons and hand the management of the rest of the prison system in England and Wales over to local communities.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd July 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Book by former anti-terror chief Andy Hayman banned from shops ? The Times

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Copies of a book by Scotland Yard?s former anti-terrorism chief were hastily removed from bookstore shelves yesterday after the Attorney-General obtained a last-minute injunction.” Full story The Times, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Child witnesses ?wait too long? ? BBC News

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Young witnesses in sex abuse or violence cases are being forced to wait more than a year to give evidence in England and Wales, a report has said.” Full story BBC News, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Family courts in crisis, says Sir Mark Potter ? The Times

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Britain?s most senior family judge called last night for urgent action over a crisis in the family courts fuelled by increasing delays in child abuse cases and lack of funds.” Full story The Times, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Sentences for student killers ?not unduly lenient? ? The Independent

Posted on July 03, 2009
“The families of two murdered French students today criticised the decision not to refer their sons’ killers’ sentences to the Court of Appeal.” Full story The Independent, 2nd July 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Gang rapists? sentences increased ? BBC News

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Two young men involved in the gang-rape of a girl who was then attacked with caustic soda have had their sentences increased by the Court of Appeal.” Full story BBC News, 2nd July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Analysis: no longer the divorce capital of the world ? The Times

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Pre-nuptial contracts have won the clear backing of the English courts after years of suspicion and even hostility.” Full story The Times, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Child porn inquiry faces legal challenge ? The Independent

Posted on July 03, 2009
“One of Britain’s biggest online paedophile investigations will be challenged in the Court of Appeal following allegations that hundreds of men may have been wrongly convicted in a ‘huge miscarriage of justice’, it was reported today...

Fast-track asbo system planned ? The Guardian

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Delays of up to two years in issuing an asbo are to be cut under proposals unveiled by the new home secretary, Alan Johnson, in his first major speech on crime and antisocial behaviour.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd July 2009 Source: www...

Lords ruling reduces contracts? certainty, says expert ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 03, 2009
“A landmark House of Lords ruling will undermine the certainty of contracts and could make it more expensive to take cases over contract interpretation to court, according to a contract law expert.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2009 Source: www...

Straw refuses pardon for jailed football fan ? The Independent

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw today refused an appeal for a pardon by jailed football fan Michael Shields.” Full story The Independent, 2nd July 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on July 03, 2009
The Supreme Court Rules 2009 The Education (School and Local Education Authority Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2009 The Ministry of Defence Police (Committee) Regulations 2009 The Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 Source: www...

Jealous partner guilty of strangling his lover ? The Independent

Posted on July 03, 2009
“A jealous martial arts expert who strangled his partner after learning she planned to leave him for another man was found guilty of murder today.” Full story The Independent, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Killer jailed for life years after being cleared ? The Independent

Posted on July 03, 2009
“A violent footballer was given two life sentences today after he admitted killing his ex-girlfriend seven years after being cleared of the crime.” Full story The Independent, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Prisoners on run cannot be named ?due to privacy rights? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 03, 2009
“Prisoners on the run from Holleseley Bay prison cannot be identified because it would breach their rights to privacy, the Ministry of Justice has said.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Evidence ?not enough? as terror suspect scores win ? The Times

Posted on July 03, 2009
“A terror suspect must be brought back to London from ‘internal exile’ in the Midlands despite convincing secret evidence that he intended to take part in terrorist-related activity, the High Court ruled today.” Full story The Times, 3rd July 2009 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 02, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Holland v Revenue and Customs & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 625 (02 July 2009) Generics (UK) Ltd v Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co Ltd & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 646 (02 July 2009) VH (Malawi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 645 (02 July 2009) High Court (Queen’s [...

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