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Engineer wounded in Iraq claims for damages ? The Times

Posted on June 30, 2009
“An engineer wounded in Iraq brought a landmark claim for damages yesterday against the Ministry of Defence and a private consultancy in a move that could pave the way for other civilians injured in war zones to sue their employers.” Full story The Times, 30th June 2009 Source: www...

EAT adopts ?pragmatic? approach to service provider TUPE transfers ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 30, 2009
“Employees have the same rights when a company changes service provider as when work is outsourced in the first place even if the new service is not identical to the old, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has ruled.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 29th June 2009 Source: www...

Police officer trampled by herd of cattle wins payout ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 30, 2009
“A police inspector left unable to work for five months after being trampled by a herd of cattle has received more than £10,000 from the landowner.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Obscene stories or free speech? ? BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2009
“Civil servant Darryn Walker has been cleared of breaching the Obscene Publications Act with a story he wrote about Girls Aloud.” Full story BBC News, 29th June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Blogger who wrote about killing Girls Aloud cleared ? The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2009
“A blogger who was charged with obscenity after he wrote an erotic story detailing the kidnap, sexual torture and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud was cleared at court yesterday after prosecutors offered no evidence against him.” Full story The Independent, 30th June 2009 Source: www...

Joint enterprise ? BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2009
“How do you solve a murder where a gang is involved, there is no evidence as to who inflicted the fatal blow, and no-one is talking?” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 30, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Golden Key Ltd and the Insolvency Act 1986 [2009] EWCA Civ 636 (30 June 2009) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Smith v LC Window Fashions Ltd [2009] EWHC 1532 (QB) (30 June 2009) High Court (Administrative Division) Faulkner, R (on the application of) v Secretaru of State for Justice & Anor [2009] EWHC [...

Sharia courts: are their rulings breaching British law? ? The Times

Posted on June 30, 2009
“Sharia courts operate in Britain in the shadows. Little is known about them or their rulings or how extensive their network is or the reach of their jurisdiction.” Full story The Times, 30th June 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Skip fall man set to receive £1m damages ? The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2009
“A man who suffered serious brain damage when he fell into a skip is set to receive over £1 million damages.” Full story The Independent, 30th June 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Jacqui Smith fraud case dropped ? BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2009
“Plans for a private prosecution against former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith alleging fraud over her second home expenses claims have been dropped.” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 29, 2009
The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Foreign Travel Notification Requirements) Regulations 2009 The Hallmarking Act 1973 (Application to Palladium) Order 2009 The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (England and Wales) Order 2009 The Designated Teacher (Looked After Pupils etc)(England) Regulations 2009 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 Source: www...

Speech by Sir Anthony May, President of the Queen?s Bench Division ? Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on June 29, 2009
Speech by Sir Anthony May, President of the Queen’s Bench Division Full text of speech (PDF) Costs Conference, 19th June 2009 Judiciary of England and Wales, 25th June 2009 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 29, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Progress Property Company Ltd v Moorgarth Group Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 629 (26 June 2009) Beer & Anor v Bexbes LLP [2009] EWCA Civ 628 (26 June 2009) EN (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 630 (26 June 2009) Armsden v Kent Police [2009] EWCA Civ 631 (26 [...

MoD could face high court over alleged abuse of Afghan captives ? The Guardian

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Fresh allegations that Afghans captured by British soldiers have been mistreated by security forces are so serious they should be the subject of a full high court hearing, government lawyers have admitted.” Full story The Guardian, 29th June 2009 Source: www...

Metropolitan Police at G20 were poorly trained, say MPs ? The Times

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Inexperienced and inadequately trained police officers were pitched into the middle of the ‘highly combustible’ G20 protests in London, according to a highly critical report published today.” Full story The Times, 29th June 2009 Source: www...

Pardon decision imminent on jailed Liverpool fan Shields ? The Guardian

Posted on June 29, 2009
“A decision whether to pardon the jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields is days away, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. The decision could set a precedent for cases of Britons convicted abroad on contested evidence.” Full story The Guardian, 26th June 2009 Source: www...

Epidemic of self-harm sweeps women?s jails ? The Independent

Posted on June 29, 2009
“The number of women deliberately harming themselves in prison has almost doubled in five years ? despite repeated government promises to improve conditions in women’s jails.” Full story The Independent, 27th June 2009 Source: www.independent...

New body to oversee expenses ?could have chilling effect on MPs? freedom of speech? ? The Guardian

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Gordon Brown’s plans to set up an ­independent body to take charge of parliamentary expenses could have a ‘chilling effect’ on MPs’ freedom of speech, the most senior official in the House of Commons warned today.” Full story The Guardian, 26th June 2009 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 29, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Branchflower, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1239 (20 May 2009) Clarke, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1228 (21 May 2009) Seager, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1303 (26 June 2009) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Swift Technical Group Holdings Ltd & Ors v Mulcahy [2009] EWHC 1485 (QB) (08 June 2009) Lockheed Martin [...

Dozens of sharia courts are giving illegal advice, claims Civitas report ? The Guardian

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Dozens of sharia courts in the UK are regularly giving illegal advice on issues including marriage and divorce, a report published today claims.” Full story The Guardian, 29th June 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Private prisons ?performing worse than state-run jails? ? The Independent

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Britain’s private prisons are performing worse than those run by the state, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.” Full story The Independent, 29th June 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Show Britain is on the right side by barring torture, say security experts ? The Guardian

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Defence, security and intelligence grandees will next week launch a critique of the government’s strategy for dealing with terror, including a demand that ministers should show that Britain has ‘unambiguously’ renounced the use of torture...

Babysitter beat toddler to death ? BBC News

Posted on June 29, 2009
“A 15-year-old boy has been convicted of murdering a two-year-old girl who was left in his care for 90 minutes.” Full story BBC News, 26th June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Suicide is legal, helping someone to die is not. Must the law be changed? ? The Independent

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Debbie Purdy and Michael Wenham, both living with terminal illnesses, put their opposing views ahead of this week’s Lords debate.” Full story The Independent, 28th June 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Sex attacker?s sentence reviewed ? BBC News

Posted on June 29, 2009
“The sentence of a serial sex attacker who preyed on women in south-west London for more than two decades is to be reviewed by the Attorney General.” Full story BBC News, 28th June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prosecutors press for action against BNP leaflets ? The Guardian

Posted on June 29, 2009
“Senior prosecutors are calling for the laws on race hate crimes to be strengthened to counter the threat posed by the British National party.” Full story The Guardian, 28th June 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Survey on the future provision of Library services

Posted on June 29, 2009
CHEMS Consulting is carrying out a feasibility study on behalf of the Inner and Middle Temple to investigate the potential benefits of merging their two libraries. One element in the feasibility study is to assess what the demand for library services is on the part of the Bar, students and other members of the [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 26, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) James, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1261 (25 June 2009) High Court (Chancery Division) Walbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd & Ors v Fattal & Ors [2009] EWHC 1446 (Ch) (25 June 2009) High Court (Admiralty Division) Western Neptune (Owners, Demise Charters and Time Charterers of) v Owners and Demise Charterers of the Philadelphia Express [...

Met police chief willing to release Blair Peach report ? The Guardian

Posted on June 26, 2009
“The report on the controversial death of the anti-racist campaigner Blair Peach should finally be published more than 30 years after he died in a demonstration in west London. The commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir Paul Stephenson, agreed today that it should be made public after an unanimous call to do so by the [...

Torture claims against British secret agents go to inquiry ? The Guardian

Posted on June 26, 2009
“A parliamentary inquiry into allegations of British collusion in torture is set to investigate whether counter-terrorism chiefs ordered the repeated torture and rendition of a former British resident.” Full story The Guardian, 25th June 2009 Source: www...

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