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Two solicitors accused over file-sharing ?bully tactics? ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on March 11, 2010
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority has referred two solicitors from London firm Davenport Lyons to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over claims that the firm sent ?bullying? letters accusing hundreds of people of illegal file-sharing.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 11th March 2010 Source: www...

Lawyer fined over deal for footballer Kanu ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on March 11, 2010
“A solicitor paid £50,000 to an unlicensed football agent after negotiating the transfer of former Arsenal and Nigeria striker Nwankwo Kanu (pictured) to West Bromwich Albion in 2004, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has heard. Ashton Doherty, solicitor at national construction firm SLS, who worked at London firm Knowles at the time, was fined £10,000 and [...

Children should give evidence, says Supreme Court ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Children in family proceedings should be called to give live evidence in court if the advantage it would bring in deciding the case outweighs the risk of harm to the welfare of the child, the Supreme Court ruled last week.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 11th March 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on March 11, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) SL (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 225 (11 March 2010) Farinloye & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 203 (11 March 2010) Priory Caring Services Ltd v Capita Property Services Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 226 [...

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Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on March 11, 2010
The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2010 The Crime and Disorder (Overview and Scrutiny) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Her Majesty?s Chief Inspector of Education, Children?s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children?s Homes etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules [...

Agbaje v Agbaje ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 11, 2010
Agbaje v Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13; [2010] WLR (D) 71 “An English court considering under Pt III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 whether it would be appropriate to make an order for financial relief on the application of a party to a foreign divorce was not required to apply a forum non conveniens [...

Regina (Coombes) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 11, 2010
Regina (Coombes) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council and another [2010] WLR (D) 70 “S 3 of the Eviction Act 1977 was not incompatible with arts 6 and 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.” WLR Daily, 10th March 2010 Source: www...

Key and another v Key and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 11, 2010
Key and another v Key and others [2010] EWHC 408 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 69  ”Although affective disorder such as depression, including that caused by bereavement, was more likely to affect powers of decision-making than comprehension, the effect of bereavement on a testator?s mind was a factor to be taken into account when deciding whether he [...

Vercoe and others v Rutland Fund Management Ltd and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 11, 2010
Vercoe and others v Rutland Fund Management Ltd and others [2010] EWHC 424 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 68 “Where a claim was based on breach of obligations of confidentiality, the claimant did not have a complete discretion to choose between claiming an award of damages assessed by reference to the notional reasonable price which the defendant [...

Launch of new ?Centre for Law, Justice & Journalism? at City University, London ? speech by Mr Justice Eady

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Launch of new ‘centre for law, justice & journalism’ at  City University, 100th March 2010.” Full speech Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th March 2010  Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Three Brazilians jailed for running passport factory in Bayswater ? UK Border Agency

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Three Brazilian nationals were sentenced to a total of five years in jail on Thursday 4 March, for producing hundreds of counterfeit identity documents from flats in Bayswater.” Full story UK Border Agency, 8th March 2010 Source: www.ukba...

ISPs, publishers and academics voice outrage at Digital Economy Bill ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Plans to introduce a law that will force internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to websites accused of hosting copyright-infringing content have been condemned by ISPs, publishers, consumer groups, user rights groups and academics.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Devon firm fined for River Lowman fish-death pollution ? BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2010
“A Devon toiletries company has been fined £8,000 after admitted polluting a river in an incident which killed about 1,000 fish.” Full story BBC News, 10th March 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drive-by Liverpool shooting gang jailed for life ? BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Four men have been jailed for life for the murder of a cyclist who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Liverpool.” Full story BBC News, 10th March 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Fraud and corruption is costing Britain £30 billion a year ? The Times

Posted on March 11, 2010
“It is almost 25 years since the Roskill Report published its radical recommendations for improving the way complex fraud, corruption and financial market crimes are tackled.” Full story The Times, 11th March 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Legal aid lawyers told to wait for their money ? The Times

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Jack Straw?s frustrations with the running of the £2.1 billion a year legal aid scheme were laid bare this week along with the policy clashes that have led to the demise of the body in charge.” Full story The Times, 11th March 2010 Source: www...

Libel laws silenced me, says Francisco Lacerda critic of lie detector system ? The Times

Posted on March 11, 2010
“England?s libel laws have been used to silence scientific critics of lie detection technology on which the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has spent £2.4 million.” Full story The Times, 11th March 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Man guilty of murdering daughter, Chanelle Sasha Jones ? BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2010
“A 48-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering his teenage daughter.” Full story BBC News, 10th March 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Under fire Greater Manchester Police failed dead woman ? BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Greater Manchester Police has been told it failed a woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend as a report graded it as one of the worst in England and Wales.” Full story BBC News, 11th March 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ex-Cazenove partner Malcolm Calvert guilty of insider dealing ? The Guardian

Posted on March 11, 2010
“A former top executive at one of the City’s most prestigious banks faces jail after being found guilty of insider dealing.” Full story The Guardian, 10th March 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police forces face threat of ?racist? label over stop and searches ? The Guardian

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minorities.” Full story The Guardian, 10th March 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police told to tackle crime that destroys communities ? The Times

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Police forces are failing to protect the most vulnerable people in society from antisocial behaviour, the police inspectorate has said. Chief constables were told that they must understand the toll that harassment, criminal damage and verbal abuse is taking on communities...

Judges fear prisons will burst under new rules ? The Times

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Britain?s leading criminal judges warn that a shake-up of sentencing guidelines could push prison overcrowding to crisis levels. They fear that the Sentencing Council, which comes into force next month with the aim of bringing more consistency to courts, will not curb judges? use of custody, as hoped, but actually increase it...

Teenager?s torturers jailed for 40 years ? The Independent

Posted on March 11, 2010
“A gang who kidnapped and tortured a 16-year-old boy have been jailed for 40 years, it was confirmed today.” Full story The Independent, 11th March 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Conman jailed for selling millions of battery eggs as organic ? The Times

Posted on March 11, 2010
“Consumers bought free-range and organic eggs from Britain?s biggest supermarkets, believing they were the best quality and that hens enjoyed the highest of standards. But, for an 18-month period from June 2004, over 100 million of these supposedly ‘premium’ eggs on sale in supermarkets, such as Tesco and Sainsbury, and corner shops were from chickens [...

Ruling confirms London as divorce payout capital ? The Independent

Posted on March 10, 2010
“London’s reputation as the divorce payout capital of the world was reinforced by the Supreme Court today.” Full story The Independent, 10th March 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Tech chiefs attack digital economy bill ? The Guardian

Posted on March 10, 2010
“Amendments made to the digital economy bill by the House of Lords threaten freedom of speech and will lead to British websites being blocked without due judicial process, the bosses of leading technology companies said today.” Full story The Guardian, 10th March 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on March 10, 2010
Supreme Court Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13 (10 March 2010) RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Muller Gmbh & Company KG (UK Production) [2010] UKSC 14 (10 March 2010) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Chima v R [2010] EWCA Crim 416 (10 March 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Steenberg & Anor v Enterprise Inns Plc & Anor [2010] [...

Boris Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko murder ? The Guardian

Posted on March 10, 2010
“The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was today awarded libel damages of £150,000 over ’savage’ allegations he was behind the murder of his Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian dissident who was his close friend.” Full story The Guardian, 10th March 2010 Source: www...

Bid to scrap right of entry laws ? BBC News

Posted on March 10, 2010
“It may sound like a Monty Python sketch – but an ancient law allowing people on private land without a warrant if they are following a bee might still apply.” Full story BBC News, 9th March 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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