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Mobilx Ltd ( in administration) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same; Calltel Telecom Ltd and another v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 17, 2010
Mobilx Ltd ( in administration) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same; Calltel Telecom Ltd and another v Same [2010] EWCA Civ 517; [2010] WLR (D) 124 “Where a trader had means of knowing that by his purchase he was participating in a transaction connected with fraudulent evasion of VAT he [...

Mother who beat toddler son to death is jailed for a minimum of 16 years ? The Independent

Posted on May 17, 2010
“A mother has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years after being convicted yesterday of murdering her young son.” Full story The Independent, 15th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Work starts to reverse ban on using intercept evidence in criminal trials ? The Guardian

Posted on May 17, 2010
“The government will attempt to make intercept evidence admissible in court, the Guardian has learned, in a move likely to bring ministers into conflict with the intelligence services.” Full story The Guardian, 16th May 2010 Source: www.guardian...

White supremacist jailed over chemical weapon ? The Independent

Posted on May 17, 2010
“A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon was jailed for 10 years today.” Full story The Independent, 14th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

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Judge replaced in Chelsea barracks case ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 17, 2010
“The case has caused a stir because correspondence from the Prince of Wales will be used as evidence, in what has become a row over the most expensive piece of land in Britain and an argument between modernist and traditional architects.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2010 Sourc: www...

Gary McKinnon: a test case for principles ? The Guardian

Posted on May 17, 2010
“The first acid test for Britain’s new government is not the economy, but whether it is capable of an act of simple humanity. Can Theresa May deliver on the repeated promise of Tory and Lib Dem leaders to end the torment inflicted by the state on Gary McKinnon, the hacker with Asperger’s syndrome, whom the [...

Gary McKinnon: Theresa May urged to block extradition order ? The Guardian

Posted on May 17, 2010
“Campaigners for the computer hacker Gary McKinnon have called for support from the new coalition government in their latest bid to overturn a decision to allow him to be extradited to the US.” Full story The Guardian, 15th May 2010 Source: www...

Charge against ?gay sin? preacher dropped ? BBC�News

Posted on May 17, 2010
“Charges have been dropped against a Christian preacher who told a police officer homosexuality was ‘a sin’.” Full story BBC News, 17th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man jailed for life killing Asperger?s sufferering neighbour ? The Independent

Posted on May 17, 2010
“A man was jailed for life today for stabbing to death his vulnerable neighbour, who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome, after making fun of him.” Full story The Independent, 17th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on May 17, 2010
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 2010 The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 The Gower College Swansea (Incorporation) Order 2010 The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No...

Barry George wins damages over claim he was obsessed with Cheryl Cole ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 14, 2010
“Barry George, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over claims that he was obsessed with Cheryl Cole and Kay Burley.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Competition Commission confirms ban on point-of-sale PPI ? The Guardian

Posted on May 14, 2010
“Watchdog rejects appeal, saying ruling will bring more choice and cheaper rates to payment protection insurance market.” Full story The Guardian, 14th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Camden Ripper must never be released, judge rules ? The Guardian

Posted on May 14, 2010
“High court judge issues ‘whole life’ order to Anthony Hardy, who was given three life sentences for murder of women.” Full story The Guardian, 14th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 14, 2010
Supreme Court Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, R (on the application of)v Wolverhampton City Council & Anor [2010] UKSC 20 (12 May 2010) ZN (Afghanistan) & Ors v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) [2010] UKSC 21 (12 May 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v Roldan [2010] EWCA Civ 522 (13 May 2010) [...

R (Sainsbury?s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 14, 2010
R (Sainsbury?s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council [2010] UKSC 20; [2010] WLR (D) 123 “A planning authority, in considering the exercise of its compulsory purchase powers in relation to one site, was not entitled to take into account a commitment by a developer to secure the redevelopment of another unconnected site...

Cooper v Attorney General ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 14, 2010
Cooper v Attorney General �[2010] EWCA Civ 464; [2010] WLR (D) 122 “The obligation of a member states to make good damage caused to individuals by infringements of Community law for which they were responsible also applied where the alleged infringement stemmed from a decision of a court adjudicating at last instance where the rule [...

Government outlines plans on privacy and surveillance ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on May 14, 2010
“The new Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government said that it will beef up freedom of information law and reduce the number of people whose details are held on the Government’s DNA database.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 13th May 2010 Source: www...

Council breached information law ? BBC News

Posted on May 14, 2010
“A council has been told it breached the Freedom of Information Act by failing to provide an AM details about the cost of employing education consultants.” Full story BBC News, 14th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Reading transsexual to wait for NHS breast op ruling ? BBC News

Posted on May 14, 2010
“A transsexual who started a High Court battle for the legal right to NHS funding for breast augmentation surgery will have to wait for a judgement.” Full story BBC News, 13th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teesside hammer killer refused Guardian interview ? BBC News

Posted on May 14, 2010
“A psychopath who bludgeoned a Teesside doctor to death with a hammer has been refused the right to a face-to-face interview with a newspaper journalist.” Full story BBC News, 14th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Girl, 8, admits she lied about sexual assault ? The Independent

Posted on May 14, 2010
“An eight-year-old girl who told her mother that two 10-year-old boys had sexually assaulted her, yesterday said in court that she had lied about the incident because she had been ‘naughty’ and was worried she would not get any sweets...

Ban on lawyer who aided boiler rooms ? The Times

Posted on May 14, 2010
“A solicitor with a double first from Cambridge and a spell at Rothschild?s on his CV was fined �200,000 and banned from the City yesterday for his role in helping boiler room scammers to terrorise and rip off at least 130 people.” Full story The Times, 14th May 2010 Source: www...

City of London security guards told to report ?suspicious? photographers ? The Guardian

Posted on May 14, 2010
“More than 5,000 security guards in London’s financial district have been instructed by police to report people taking photographs, recording footage or even making sketches near buildings, the Guardian has learned. City of London police’s previously unseen advice singles out people who may appear to be “legitimate tourists” to prevent reconnaissance by al-Qaida...

Judge throws out libel action over Baader-Meinhof link in journalist?s blog ? The Times

Posted on May 14, 2010
“A political activist today failed in her libel action over a journalist?s blog which referred to her ‘Baader-Meinhof’ link. In a ruling that gives bloggers some protection against libel actions, Mr Justice Eady rejected a claim by Johanna Kaschke , a Tower Hamlets-based Conservative, against David Osler, a Labour Party member, over an article that [...

Autistic pianist makes legal history after UK?s last secret court opens ? The Times

Posted on May 14, 2010
“A severely disabled piano virtuoso has made legal history after the country?s last remaining secret court was opened for the first time.” Full story The Times, 14th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ken Clarke is a good fit for the Ministry of Justice ? The Guardian

Posted on May 13, 2010
“Conservative stalwart has quality of reliability that suggests he is not prepared to be pushed around by officials or lawyers.” Full story The Guardian, 13th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Men jailed for Essex Pin number murder ? BBC News

Posted on May 13, 2010
“Two men who bound, gagged, strangled and stabbed a man who refused to give them his bank card details have been jailed for life for his murder.” Full story BBC News, 13th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Eversheds to fight employment tribunal bias ruling ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on May 13, 2010
“National firm Eversheds last week lodged an appeal against an Employment Tribunal ruling that it must pay �123,300 in compensation to a male associate who suffered sexual discrimination during the firm?s 2009 redundancy programme.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 13th May 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 13, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Larkfield Ltd & Ors v Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 521 (12 May 2010) Mobilx Ltd & Ors v HM Revenue & Customs [2010] EWCA Civ 517 (12 May 2010) W (Minors) [2010] EWCA Civ 520 (12 May 2010) High Court (Administrative Division) Wiltshire Council [...

ZN (Afghanistan) and others v Entry Clearance Officer ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 13, 2010
ZN (Afghanistan) and others v Entry Clearance Officer [2010] UKSC 21; [2010] WLR (D) 121 “Family members who sought entry to the United Kingdom to join a sponsor who had been granted asylum but had subsequently obtained British citizenship still had to satisfy the rules dealing with applications to join a person who had been [...

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