Legal News

Discrimination law change is dropped after Pope?s opposition ? The Independent

Posted on February 04, 2010
“The Government will not push through proposals that churches argue would restrict their ability to deny jobs to gay people and transsexuals, Equality Minister Harriet Harman confirmed today.” Full story The Independent, 4th February 2010 Source: www...

Measures to freeze assets of terror suspect to be lifted immediately ? The Times

Posted on February 04, 2010
“Ministers are preparing to rush through emergency legislation tomorrow to stop terror suspects salting away their funds after senior judges today lifted an order freezing their assets.” Full story The Times, 4th February 2010 Source: www...

Overdose inquest finds German doctor Daniel Ubani incompetent ? The Guardian

Posted on February 04, 2010
“A patient who was given a fatal overdose by an out-of-hours doctor was unlawfully killed and his death amounted to gross negligence and manslaughter, a coroner ruled today.” Full story The Guardian, 4th February 2010 Source: www.guardian...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on February 04, 2010
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers? Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2010 The Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders: Appeals etc...

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Child killing rate ?drops by 40%? in England and Wales ? BBC News

Posted on February 04, 2010
“The number of violent deaths among children in England and Wales has fallen by almost 40% since 1974, research has suggested.” Full story BBC News, 4th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Tzipi Livni to test UK law with visit ? The Times

Posted on February 04, 2010
“Britain is braced for a diplomatic row after a senior Israeli politician warned that she was preparing to travel to the UK, where she faces an arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.” Full story The Times, 4th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Junior Criminal Bar under threat from botched Legal Aid Reforms warns Commons Committee ? The Bar Council

Posted on February 04, 2010
“The influential House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has today (2 February) published a damning report on the Legal Services Commission?s handling of legal aid reform.” Full story The Bar Council, 2nd February 2010 Source: www.barcouncil...

Lord Chief Justice Publishes Administration of Justice Review ? Judiciary of England & Wales

Posted on February 04, 2010
“The Lord Chief Justice?s ‘Review of the Administration of Justice in the Courts’ was published today. His report covers matters of importance to the judiciary relating to the administration of justice in England and Wales during the 2008-2009 Legal Year (1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009)...

R v Hussain (Shabbir) ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 04, 2010
R v Hussain (Shabbir) [2010] WLR (D) 22 “A possessor of drugs did not commit an offence contrary to ss 4(1) and 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 if he intended to supply the drugs outside the jurisdiction.” WLR Daily, 3rd February 2010 Source: www...

Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 04, 2010
Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2010] UKSC 4; [ 2010] WLR (D) 21 “In assessing whether employment-related securities had been disposed of for a consideration which exceeded their ‘market value’, so as to occasion a charge to income tax, it was necessary to postulate a notional sale between a hypothetical vendor and [...

Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 04, 2010
Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners Supreme Court “In assessing whether employment-related securities had been disposed of for a price which exceeded their market value, so as to occasion a charge to income tax, it was necessary to postulate a notional sale between a hypothetical vendor and purchaser, with the personal characteristics of the [...

Lord Carlile?s ?credibility? as terror watchdog questioned by MP ? The Guardian

Posted on February 04, 2010
“The chair of an influential committee of parliamentarians has questioned the independence of the official counter-terrorism watchdog, Lord Carlile, and suggested his term of office should come to an end.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd February 2010 Source: www...

Complaint after Cherie Booth spares religious man jail ? BBC News

Posted on February 04, 2010
“A secularist group has lodged an official complaint against Cherie Booth QC after she spared a man from prison because he was religious.” Full story BBC News, 4th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Supreme ambition, jealousy and outrage ? The Times

Posted on February 04, 2010
“Frances Gibb on the judicial bunfight that stopped an outsider from being appointed to the highest court.” Full story The Times, 4th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Inquest verdict due over GP out-of-hours deaths ? BBC News

Posted on February 04, 2010
“A coroner is due to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by an overseas out-of-hours doctor on his first NHS shift.” Full story BBC News, 4th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

£2.3m ruling in London Philharmonic Orchestra fraud case ? The Times

Posted on February 04, 2010
“The London Philharmonic Orchestra has won a High Court judgment for £2.3 million against a financial director who allegedly embezzled its funds.” Full story The Times, 4th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

News of the World loses battle over secret phone hacking evidence ? The Guardian

Posted on February 04, 2010
“The News of the World yesterday lost a court battle to keep secret evidence which, it is claimed, would reveal widespread use of illegal methods by reporters to obtain personal information about celebrities.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd February 2010 Source: www...

High Court ruling reveals lawyer?s role in £380,000 aviation ?bribe? ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 04, 2010
“A senior City lawyer arranged for a £380,000 ?bribe? to be paid to a former Indian state official in a failed attempt to unlawfully secure a lucrative aviation contract for her clients, a High Court ruling has revealed.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 4th February 2010 Source: www...

Changes to civil legal aid crack down on fraud and refocus resources ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 03, 2010
“Legal Aid Minister Willy Bach has today announced the government will tighten the rules for civil legal aid so that fraudsters are uncovered at an early stage, and funding is better targeted.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 3rd February 2010 Source: www...

Sailor suffered sex discrimination at Hampshire base ? BBC News

Posted on February 03, 2010
“A female sailor awarded the MBE could receive a six-figure payout after winning a sex discrimination case against the Royal Navy.” Full story BBC News, 3rd February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Crackdown on legal aid will hit expats ? The Independent

Posted on February 03, 2010
“British citizens living abroad are to be barred from claiming legal aid in England and Wales as part of a cost-cutting crackdown unveiled by the Government today.” Full story The Independent, 3rd February 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Farmer loses fight to save home he hid behind hay bales ? The Guardian

Posted on February 03, 2010
“A Englishman’s house may be his castle ? but it stills needs to have planning permission, a farmer learned the hard way today.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd February 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Man jailed for raping woman, 86, at Bradford care home ? BBC News

Posted on February 03, 2010
“A 19-year-old man has been given an indeterminate jail sentence for the kidnap and rape of an 86-year-old woman in a Bradford care home.” Full story BBC News, 3rd February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 03, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Hamidi & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 66 (02 February 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) JML Direct Ltd. v Freesat UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 34 (02 February 2010) Muschett v HM Prison Service [2010] EWCA Civ 25 (02 February 2010) Revenue & Customs v Tower MCashback LLP 1 & Anor [2010] [...

University worker offered forged degrees in return for spanking sessions ? The Independent

Posted on February 03, 2010
“A University of Bath registrar who offered forged degrees to young black women in exchange for spanking sessions to satisfy his sexual fetishes has avoided jail at court.” Full story The Independent, 2nd February 2010 Source: www.independent...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on February 03, 2010
The Control of Salmonella in Turkey Flocks (Wales) Order 2010 The Employee Study and Training (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2010 The Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010 The Business Rate Supplements (Administrative Expenses) (England) Regulations 2010 The Planning Act 2008 (Railways Designation) Order 2010 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2010 The [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 30, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Wilkinson, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 2733 (11 December 2009) Josephs, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 2800 (17 December 2009) Sheppard & Anor, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 65 (29 January 2010) C & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 72 (29 January 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Akzo Nobel UK Ltd [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on January 30, 2010
The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010 The Football Spectators (2010 World Cup Control Period) Order 2010 The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Conditional Cautions: Code of Practice) Order 2010 The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 The Export Control (Iran) (Amendment) Order 2010 The Licensing [...

15-year-old locked away after kicking homeless man to death ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 30, 2010
“A 15-year-old boy who kicked a homeless man to death in an alcohol-fuelled act of ‘random violence’ has been locked up for four years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Ex-carer jailed over child abduction ? The Independent

Posted on January 30, 2010
“A former foster carer who hid a vulnerable boy in a hollowed-out washing machine so he could evade police was jailed for 33 months today after being found guilty of child abduction.” Full story The Independent, 29th January 2010 Source: www...

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