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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 01, 2010
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) The Mayor of London v Hall & Ors [2010] EWHC 1613 (QB) (29 June 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Dominion Corporate Trustees Ltd& Anor v Capmark Bank Europe Plc [2010] EWHC 1605 (Ch) (29 June 2010) The PNPF Trust Company Ltd v Taylor & Ors [2010] EWHC 1573 (Ch) (28 [...

Regina (Noone) v Governor of HMP Drake Hall and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 01, 2010
Regina (Noone) v Governor of HMP Drake Hall and another [2010] UKSC 30; [2010] WLR (D) 164 “The release provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 applied to sentences of under 12 months? imprisonment, unless they were imposed concurrently or consecutively with sentences of 12 months or over, in which case the provisions of the [...

Fiddes v Channel Four Television Corporation and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 01, 2010
Fiddes v Channel Four Television Corporation and others [2010] EWCA Civ 730; [2010] WLR (D) 163 “Observations on the applicable principles as to whether there should be a trial by jury or trial by judge alone in a libel action were made by the Court of Appeal...

Was it necessary to turn an insult involving coconuts into a criminal prosecution? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 01, 2010
“In a heated council debate, Shirley Brown called her colleague a ‘coconut’ and has since been convicted under the Public Order Act. Elizabeth Grice reports.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co...

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Lawyers warn that court closures could threaten access to justice ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on July 01, 2010
“Lawyers have warned that government proposals to close nearly a third of the courts in England and Wales could threaten access to justice and increase pressure on legal aid practitioners.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 1st July 2010 Source: www...

Full judgment: R (Smith) v Secretary of State for Defence ? The Guardian

Posted on July 01, 2010
“Read the full judgment from the UK Supreme Court that found that British troops deployed abroad are not protected by the Human Rights Act outside of military bases.” Full story The Guardian, 30th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Transsexual to get legal aid to help fight NHS over breast surgery row ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 01, 2010
“A transsexual, Miranda Lee, who was left ‘half man, half woman’ will get tax payers? money in her legal fight for a breast enlargement.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Family justice ? your views on its future ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 01, 2010
“Views on how the family justice system can do its best to protect children and help families to work through their disagreements are being sought by a panel of experts.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 30th June 2010 Source: www.justice.gov...

More may have to pay own legal costs ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 01, 2010
“High earners could be barred from legal aid and left to take out legal cover, Ken Clarke signalled yesterday.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Tory MP proposes law to ban wearing burkas ? The Independent

Posted on July 01, 2010
“A Conservative politician is seeking to make it a criminal offence to wear a burka in public. Philip Hollobone, the MP for Kettering, was the subject of a complaint to police from the Northamptonshire Race Equality Council five months ago because of remarks he made about burkas...

Chilcot inquiry: Iraq papers show Lord Goldsmith?s warning to Tony Blair ? The Guardian

Posted on July 01, 2010
“Tony Blair was warned by his government’s chief law officer that an invasion of Iraq would be illegal the day before he privately assured President George Bush he would support US-led military action, documents released today by the Chilcot inquiry reveal...

Jury clears activists who broke into Brighton arms factory ? The Guardian

Posted on July 01, 2010
“Five activists who caused �180,000 damage to an arms factory were acquitted after they argued they were seeking to prevent Israeli war crimes.” Full story The Guardian, 30th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tell us which laws to scrap, urges Clegg ? The Independent

Posted on July 01, 2010
“Inviting the public to nominate unnecessary laws they would like to see repealed is a move away from ‘the old way of doing things’, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today.” Full story The Independent, 1st July 2010 Source: www...

More immigration advice providers could close ? The Guardian

Posted on July 01, 2010
“More organisations providing immigration and asylum advice could face closure as only 252 out of over 400 applicants were successful in their bids for contracts from the Legal Service Commission.” Full story The Guardian, 30th June 2010 Source: www...

Iraq deaths in British custody could see military face legal challenges ? The Guardian

Posted on July 01, 2010
“The Ministry of Defence is facing a further series of court battles that may shed more damaging light on the conduct of British troops in Iraq, after it emerged that many more civilians died in army custody than previously thought.” Full story The Guardian, 1st July 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 01, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Lashari, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 1504 (01 July 2010) Simms & Anor v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1449 (01 July 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Day & Anor v Hosebay Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 748 (01 July 2010) Metropolitan Housing Trust v Hadjazi [2010] EWCA Civ 750 (01 [...

Your Freedom website launched ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 01, 2010
“Nominate laws and regulations you would like to see abolished.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2010 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Baby P social worker wins libel compensation ? The Independent

Posted on July 01, 2010
“A Haringey social worker today accepted undisclosed compensation over the authority’s false claim that she did not raise concerns about returning Baby P to his mother.” Full story The Independent, 1st July 2010 Source: www.independent...

Supreme court quashes troops? human rights ruling ? The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2010
“The country’s highest court today quashed a landmark ruling that British soldiers serving abroad are protected by human rights laws at all times.” Full story The Independent, 30th June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 30, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) D, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 1485 (29 June 2010) Budimir & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 1486 (29 June 2010) Harvey, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 1317 (19 May 2010) Mortimer, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 1303 (25 May 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) JN (Afghanistan) v [...

Court orders repayment of investors in alleged Ponzi scheme ? The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2010
“Three men accused of orchestrating a spectacularly ambitious Ponzi scheme from offices in Knightsbridge are unlikely to return much, if any, of �115m owed to investors, the Financial Services Authority said today after securing a high court order enforcing repayment...

Bar Council backs Clarke over Prison Reform ? The Bar Council

Posted on June 30, 2010
“Nicholas Green QC, the Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has said the Bar Council is willing to lend its support to the Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke QC MP, as he makes tough and potentially unpopular decisions regarding the prison system, though they must lead to [...

Gun fanatic jailed for 30 years for murder of taxi driver ? The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2010
“A gun fanatic who lured a total stranger to a deserted, rural railway station and shot him dead was jailed for a minimum of 30 years yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 30th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Rapist from Greater Manchester jailed over girls? abuse ? BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2010
“A rapist who subjected a girl to a six-year ordeal of sex abuse has been jailed for fourteen and a half years.” Full story BBC News, 29th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Boris Johnson wins court order to evict Parliament Square protesters ? The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2010
“Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, today won a high court order evicting protesters who have turned Parliament Square into a makeshift encampment.” Full story The Guardian, 29th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ex-MPs and peer on expenses charges ?not above the law? ? The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2010
“An appeal brought by three former Labour MPs and a Tory peer facing trial over allegations that they fiddled their expenses was not an attempt to ‘take them above the law’, three of the country’s top judges heard today.” Full story The Independent, 29th June 2010 Source: www...

?Noisy sex? Wearside woman spared jail for second time ? BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2010
“A woman who made her neighbours’ lives hell by having noisy sex has been spared jail for a second time.” Full story BBC News, 29th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

David Cameron agrees terms of UK torture inquiry ? The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2010
“David Cameron and the foreign secretary, William Hague, are understood to have agreed the terms of a judge-led inquiry into claims that British security services were complicit in torture of terrorism suspects.” Full story The Guardian, 29th June 2010 Source: www...

Supreme court to rule on human rights of soldiers ? The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2010
“The Supreme Court rules today on a Government challenge to a landmark ruling that British soldiers serving abroad are protected by human rights laws.” Full story The Independent, 30th June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

?Coconut? row councillor in race conviction appeal ? BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2010
“A black councillor who called an Asian colleague a ‘coconut’ will appeal against her conviction for racial harassment, her solicitor has said.” Full story BBC News, 29th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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