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Jayasinghe v Liyanage ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 19, 2010
Jayasinghe v Liyanage [2010] EWHC 265 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 44 “The adjudicator to the Land Registry had jurisdiction to conduct a trial of the question of beneficial entitlement to property where an objection to an application was made to the registrar and the matter referred to the adjudicator under s 73(7) of the Land Registration [...

Ali and Another v Birmingham City Council ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 19, 2010
Ali and Another v Birmingham City Council Supreme Court “The provision of social welfare benefits, such as accommodation for the homeless, which were dependent on upon a series of evaluative judgments by the responsible authority as to whether the statutory criteria were satisfied and how a claimant?s need ought to be met, did not involve a determination [...

Midwife wins appeal against being struck off ? The Independent

Posted on February 19, 2010
“A midwife won a High Court appeal against being struck off today after a judge ruled she did not have a fair hearing.” Full story The Independent, 18th February 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Bill ?will allow schools to teach that homosexuality is wrong? ? The Guardian

Posted on February 19, 2010
“Campaigners today accused the government of performing a U-turn over sex education in faith schools, after changes to a bill they said would allow the schools to discourage the use of contraception and teach that homosexuality is wrong.” Full story The Guardian, 18th February 2010 Source: www...

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Defendant in historic trial without jury goes on run from High Court ? The Independent

Posted on February 19, 2010
“When the trial of a gang of suspected armed robbers started at the High Court last month it made legal history as the first British criminal case to take place without a jury in more than 400 years. Now the courtroom has lost another key feature: one of the defendants...

Former soldier wins reduced award in harassment case ? The Guardian

Posted on February 19, 2010
“A former soldier who turned down a pre-trial �60,000 offer said she was not disappointed with the outcome after being awarded less than �7,000 yesterday for harassment by male colleagues.” Full story The Guardian, 19th February 2010 Source: www...

?Psychopathic? father jailed for baby murder ? BBC News

Posted on February 19, 2010
“A father who ‘used his baby as a tool to avoid deportation’ has been jailed for life for her murder, and must serve a minimum of 16 years.” Full story BBC News, 19th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BA cabin crew lose high court battle to prevent airline cuts ? The Guardian

Posted on February 19, 2010
“British Airways cabin crew today lost their high court bid for a permanent injunction preventing the airline from imposing cost-cutting proposals.” Full story The Guardian, 19th February 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Four years for mother who smothered son to death ? The Independent

Posted on February 19, 2010
“A woman who smothered her three-year-old son to death with a pillow was sentenced to four years jail for his manslaughter today after successfully appealing against her conviction for his murder.” Full story The Independent, 19th February 2010 Source: www...

Chinest herbalist?s tablets caused ?terrible harm? ? The Times

Posted on February 18, 2010
“A Chinese herbalist was given a two-year conditional discharge yesterday after having admitted selling dangerous pills to a woman who then developed kidney failure and cancer.” Full story The Times, 18th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Next Step in the Bar Council?s Judicial Review on Legal Aid ? The Bar Council

Posted on February 18, 2010
“The Bar Council?s pre-action protocol letters for judicial review of two consultations which are being conducted by the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Services Commission, have been delivered today (17 February).” Full story The Bar Council, 17th February 2010 Source: www...

Publish confidential child crime reports in full, say social workers ? The Times

Posted on February 18, 2010
“Confidential inquiries into crimes against children such as the Edlington torture case should be published in full, according to the body representing thousands of social workers.” Full story The Times, 18th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (a firm) ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 18, 2010
Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (a firm) [2010] EWCA Civ 101; [2010] WLR (D) 43 “When a solicitor rendering his invoice to a client charged an uplift fee he had to give careful attention to the question whether the work charged for was contentious or non-contentious work...

O?Beirne v Hudson ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 18, 2010
O?Beirne v Hudson [2010] EWCA Civ 52; [2010] WLR (D) 42 “Where a consent order provided for costs to be assessed on the standard basis the costs judge was not entitled to vary that order or to assess by reference to the small claims track. The costs judge was entitled to take account of all [...

Eweida v British Airways plc ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 18, 2010
Eweida v British Airways plc Court of Appeal “Because it was not a requirement of Christianity that adherents had to wear a public display of their faith, it was not indirect discrimination for an employer?s dress code to prevent a staff member from wearing a cross as a visible neck adornment...

Regina (Ghai) v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 18, 2010
Regina (Ghai) v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council Court of Appeal “A generous, rather than a restricted construction should be given to the word ‘building’ in the Cremation Act 1902.” The Times, 18th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Repealing the Human Rights Act may not be as alarming as it seems ? The Times

Posted on February 18, 2010
“The Human Rights Act came into force ten years ago, in 2000, yet already all three major parties propose to amend it. The Government proposes a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, bringing together rights such as free healthcare, victims? rights and equality, which, in Jack Straw?s words, ‘are scattered across the UK?s legal and political [...

PCC rejects complaint over Jan Moir column about Stephen Gately?s death ? The Guardian

Posted on February 18, 2010
“The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint from the partner of Stephen Gately, the Boyzone singer who died suddenly in October, over an article by the Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir.” Full story The Guardian, 18th February 2010 Source: www...

Ramblers score ?landmark? victory over multi-millionaire landowner?s gates ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 18, 2010
“Ramblers scored a landmark victory over a multi-millionaire landowner yesterday when a top judge told him he must tear down the “impressive” iron gateway to his Somerset estate.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2010 Source: www...

Should curious jurors force a change in the Contempt of Court Act? ? The Times

Posted on February 18, 2010
“Is it time to revisit the Contempt of Court Act 1981? The first research findings into how much jurors are influenced by press coverage were published this week and show that jurors resort increasingly to the internet to read about their cases...

New rules could force Britain?s tax exiles to pay up ? The Guardian

Posted on February 18, 2010
“The government is unleashing a tough crackdown on Britain’s super-rich tax exiles in a move that will increase the pressure on dozens of the country’s wealthiest business figures and celebrities.” Full story The Guardian, 17th February 2010 Source: www...

Miners? solicitors bombard government with FoI requests ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 18, 2010
“The government has been overloaded with freedom of information (FoI) requests made by solicitors acting for former coal miners ahead of the first coordinated negligence action for alleged under-settlement of government compensation claims.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 18th February 2010 Source: www...

CPS to issue full guidance on assisted suicide cases ? The Independent

Posted on February 18, 2010
“Full guidance on when prosecutions should be brought for assisting suicide will be published next week, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.” Full story The Independent, 17th February 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Binyam Mohamed and MI5: lawyers told how to avoid a repeat fiasco ? The Times

Posted on February 18, 2010
“Last week Jonathan Evans, the Director-General of M15, emerged from behind his veil to comment on the case of Binyam Mohamed. His emergence was surprising: he denied that MI5 has been trying to cover up its activities and that the material was ‘not prized from us by some external process but willingly provided by us [...

Government ?actively assessing? Jackson report ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 18, 2010
“The government and the opposition have hinted that they would implement some of Lord Justice Jackson?s recommendations on civil litigation costs, following the first parliamentary exchange on the judge?s report since its publication a month ago...

?Appalling? conditions at young offenders? institute ? The Independent

Posted on February 18, 2010
“A prisons watchdog has criticised ‘appalling’ conditions at a young offenders’ institute (YOI), it emerged today.” Full story The Independent, 17th February 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

High-earning barrister Jeremy Rosenblatt denies wrongly claiming fees ? The Times

Posted on February 18, 2010
“One of the country?s highest-paid civil barristers was accused today of trying to dramatically inflate his publicly funded legal aid fees by wrongly claiming for work.” Full story The Times, 17th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Allison v HM Advocate ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 17, 2010
Allison v HM Advocate Supreme Court “In criminal proceedings in Scotland, the Crown was under the same obligation to disclose to the defence any outstanding charges against a prosecution witness as it was to disclose a witness?s previous convictions...

Regina (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 17, 2010
Regina (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Court of Appeal “It was for the court to determine whether a government claim of serious damage to national security required parts of the reasons in its judgment should be left out...

Alemo-Herron and Others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 17, 2010
Alemo-Herron and Others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd Court of Appeal “After a competitive transfer to the private sector of local authority services, and thence to further private-sector employment, the second private employers were not bound by a collective pay settlement agreed between the local authority and trade unions...

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