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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 26, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Okuwa, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 832 (30 April 2010) Burns, R. v Paul [2010] EWCA Crim 1023 (27 April 2010) Connolly v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1150 (25 May 2010) Braithwaite v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1082 (25 May 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Ifejika v Ifejika & [...

Nursery worker guilty of assaulting toddler ? The Independent

Posted on May 26, 2010
“A nursery worker was today found guilty of assaulting a toddler in his care.” Full story The Independent, 25th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Judge orders Home Office to stop deportations without warning ? The Guardian

Posted on May 26, 2010
“A high court judge has ordered the Home Office to halt the deportation of foreign nationals with almost no warning after a legal challenge argued the process denies people access to justice before they are removed.” Full story The Guardian, 25th May 2010 Source: www...

Making the law accessible for all ? The Guardian

Posted on May 26, 2010
“One of the most thankless jobs in the legal world must be championing public legal education (PLE). The embodiment of motherhood and apple pie, nobody can argue with the notion that people should have the know-how to manage the law in their everyday lives, but it is one of the most marginal of issues...

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Referral fees: two reports say they should stay ? The Times

Posted on May 26, 2010
“Referral fees ? paid by solicitors to estate agents and others to be referred work ? look likely to stay with publication of a report today opposing a ban on the practice.” Full story The Times, 26th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Watchdog to revise expenses rules after MPs? complaints ? The Guardian

Posted on May 26, 2010
“The new parliamentary watchdog is to revise some of its rules after an outcry from MPs over the new expenses regime, with many saying they are being forced to lay off staff and others claiming to be substantially out of pocket.” Full story The Guardian, 25th May 2010 Source: www...

Pledges on protest rights overshadowed by moves against ?peace camp? ? The Independent

Posted on May 26, 2010
“A pledge to safeguard the right to protest as part of the ‘new politics’ promised by the coalition Government will be undermined today as a legal challenge begins to remove peace protesters camping outside Parliament.” Full story The Independent, 26th May 2010 Source: www...

Was the News of the World expos� on the Duchess of York justified in law? ? The Guardian

Posted on May 26, 2010
“Analysis of whether the News of the World can claim that they had a public interest justification in exposing Sarah Ferguson.” Full story The Guardian, 25th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Son sues mother for ?failing to protect him from childhood abuse? ? The Times

Posted on May 26, 2010
“A son sued his mother at the High Court yesterday over her alleged failure to protect him from his father?s beatings. The 32-year-old man from Co Durham, who cannot be identified, said that his mother, now in her late 60s, assaulted him herself and aided and abetted the daily punishment meted out by her husband [...

Queen?s Speech 2010 ? Number 10

Posted on May 25, 2010
“The Queen has outlined the Government?s priorities for the coming Parliamentary year in the Queen?s Speech following the official state opening of Parliament.” Full story Number 10, 25th May 2010 Source: www.number10.gov.uk

Queen?s Speech lays out radical agenda ? The Independent

Posted on May 25, 2010
“David Cameron’s coalition Government launched its first legislative programme today – with flagship Bills on schools, political reform and a promise to scrap ID cards.” Full story The Independent, 25th May 2010 Source: www.independent...

Daily Star in Matt Lucas privacy payout ? The Guardian

Posted on May 25, 2010
“Little Britain star Matt Lucas today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for invasion of privacy over articles published after his ex-partner’s death by the Daily Star.” Full story The Guardian, 25th May 2010 Source: www.guardian...

The Second James MacKeith Lecture: Torture old and new ? The Guardian

Posted on May 25, 2010
“Read in full Justice Arthur Chaskalson’s lecture on the accountability of professionals for torture in the war against terror.” Full story The Guardian, 25th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Reading transsexual loses NHS breast op court battle ? BBC News

Posted on May 25, 2010
“A transsexual has lost her High Court battle over an NHS refusal to fund a breast augmentation operation.” Full story BBC News, 25th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 25, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Ashton v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 600 (24 May 2010) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) K/S Lincoln & Ors v CB Richard Ellis Hotels Ltd [2010] EWHC 1156 (TCC) (24 May 2010) Source: www...

Marshall and others v Deputy Governor of Bermuda and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 25, 2010
Marshall and others v Deputy Governor of Bermuda and others [2010] UKPC 9; [2010] WLR (D) 133 “Although, in public law proceedings, a public authority had a duty to furnish the court with information which it alone was in a position to provide and without which it would not be possible for the court to [...

L?Or�al SA and others v Bellure NV and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 25, 2010
L?Or�al SA and others v Bellure NV and others [2010] EWCA Civ 535; [2010] WLR (D) 134 “The effect of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European in L?Or�al SA v Bellure NVs (Case C-487/07) [2010] Bus LR 303 was that the use of comparative lists, whereby traders of smell-alike perfume products [...

Indecent images man a ?parent?s worst nightmare? ? The Independent

Posted on May 25, 2010
“A judge branded a man a ‘parent’s worst nightmare’ today as he jailed him for two-and-a-half years for making indecent images of children he met through internet chat sites aimed at teenagers.” Full story The Independent, 24th May 2010 Source: www...

Man who helped wife commit suicide will not be prosecuted ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 25, 2010
“An IT consultant who helped his wife commit suicide to escape decades of chronic pain will not face charges because he was ‘wholly motivated by compassion’, the Crown Prosecution Service announced yesterday.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2010 Source: www...

Child rape case reignites debate about putting children on trial ? The Times

Posted on May 25, 2010
“The spectacle of two boys aged 10 and 11 standing trial at the Old Bailey accused of raping an even younger child aged 8 has reignited the debate about putting children on trial.” Full story The Times, 25th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Jealous husband jailed for killing wife ? The Independent

Posted on May 25, 2010
“A possessive husband was jailed for life today for killing his glamorous wife after she said she was leaving him to start a new life in Las Vegas.” Full story The Independent, 24th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Laws on mercy killing questioned ? BBC News

Posted on May 25, 2010
“The eldest son of a woman convicted of murdering her brain-damaged child has called for changes in the law governing ‘mercy killing’.” Full story BBC News, 24th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Age of criminal responsibility in England is among lowest in Europe ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 25, 2010
“The case of the two young boys convicted of attempted rape highlights once more the low age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

GP locum victim?s family get payout ? BBC News

Posted on May 25, 2010
“The family of a pensioner who died after he was given an overdose of painkillers by a German locum doctor has accepted �40,000 compensation.” Full story BBC News, 24th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Questioning children is not easy, but it is crucial to the truth ? The Times

Posted on May 25, 2010
“Child witnesses frequently give evidence in criminal trials, particularly as complainants in sexual allegations, and I have been required to question many in my 16 years as a defence barrister.” Full story The Times, 25th May 2010 Source: www...

Child rape case sparks anger ? The Times

Posted on May 25, 2010
“Demands were made last night for sweeping reform of the way that young children are dealt with in the criminal courts after two boys aged 10 and 11 were found guilty of attempting to rape a girl of 8.” Full story The Times, 25th May 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 24, 2010
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) HXA v The Home Office [2010] EWHC 1177 (QB) (21 May 2010) High Court (Commercial Court) FKI Engineering Ltd & Anor v Stribog Ltd [2010] EWHC 1160 (Comm) (21 May 2010) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Linklaters Business Services (Formerly Hackwood Services Company) v Sir Robert McaLpine Ltd [2010] [...

Equity, ADR, Arbitration and the Law: Different Dimensions of Justice ? Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury

Posted on May 24, 2010
Equity, ADR, Arbitration and the Law: Different Dimensions of Justice (PDF) Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls The Fourth Keating Lecture, Lincoln’s Inn, 19 May 2010 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Regina (MJ (Angola)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 24, 2010
Regina (MJ (Angola)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 557; [2010] WLR (D) 132 “The Secretary of State?s apparently untrammelled discretion contained in s 42(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 to discharge a patient detained in hospital under ss 37 and 41 of the Act in order to facilitate [...

British Airways plc v Unite the Union ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 24, 2010
British Airways plc v Unite the Union [2010] WLR (D) 131 “When, following a ballot the result of which supported strike action, one was asking whether a union and its members were protected from a claim in tort under certain provisions within Part V of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, the [...

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