Legal News

Windatt (trustee in banruptcy of Wright) v Wright and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
Windatt (trustee in banruptcy of Wright) v Wright and another [2009] EWCA Civ 81; [2009] WLR (D) 270 “A judgment creditor who had obtained a final charging order before the making of a bankruptcy order was not to be deprived of the benefit of his security by reason of the bankruptcy alone...

R v K(A) ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
R v K(A) [2009] EWCA Crim 1640; [2009] WLR (D) 269 “A party to ancillary relief proceedings was not entitled to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination to withhold information about his income and assets that exposed him to a risk of prosecution but since he would in those circumstances be acting under compulsion the information he [...

Regina (Al-Sweady and Others) v Secretary of State for Defence ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 03, 2009
Regina (Al-Sweady and Others) v Secretary of State for Defence Queen’s Bench Divisional Court “The complete integrity of public interest immunity certificates and the schedules attached to them, signed by ministers of the Crown, was absolutely essential in all cases in which they were put forward...

Metropolitan International Schools Ltd v Designtechnica Corporation and Others ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 03, 2009
Metropolitan International Schools Ltd v Designtechnica Corporation and Others Queen’s Bench Division “An internet search engine was not a publisher at common law.” The Times, 3rd August 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Britain?s torture role must be investigated, say MPs ? The Independent

Posted on August 03, 2009
“Joint Commons and Lords committee expected to issue damning report on MI5’s part in the rendition of terror suspects.” Full story The Independent, 2nd August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Disinherited family win High Court battle for thousands ? The Times

Posted on August 03, 2009
“The family of a wealthy philanthropist have won a High Court battle to reclaim their inheritance after she left her estate to a man she might never have known.” Full story The Times, 1st August 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

MoD payout decision ?incredible? ? BBC News

Posted on August 03, 2009
“The former Head of the Army, General Sir Mike Jackson, has said he wants a review into compensation for injured troops to be independent.” Full story BBC News, 2nd August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Court orders Tchenguiz to return computer data ? The Independent

Posted on August 03, 2009
“The multimillionaire businessman Vivian Imerman won a court order yesterday preventing his estranged wife’s brothers ? property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz ? from using confidential information about his financial assets.” Full story The Independent, 1st August 2009 Source: www...

Assisted suicide: Whose life is it anyway? ? The Times

Posted on August 03, 2009
“Debbie Purdy was ‘ecstatic’. It was a strange reaction to the news that it had suddenly become easier to be killed in Zurich. But the real reason for her elation was that the news also meant it might soon become easier to be killed in Britain...

Schools pay £16,000 a day in compensation ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 03, 2009
“Schools are paying out £16,000 a day in compensation to pupils injured in the playground and PE lessons, new figures show.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Purdy: ?Now let me die in Britain? ? The Independent

Posted on August 03, 2009
“Pressure mounts for assisted suicide to be allowed on the NHS after MS sufferer’s landmark legal victory.” Full story The Independent, 1st August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Guidelines on assisted suicide ?heading for challenge in the courts? ? The Times

Posted on August 03, 2009
“A former Lord Chancellor has warned that new guidelines on assisted suicide will expose the Director of Public Prosecutions to challenge in the courts.” Full story The Times, 1st August 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Judges rule on child discipline ? BBC News

Posted on August 03, 2009
“Judges in the case of a girl who was kicked and slapped by her parents have drawn a line at which disciplining children becomes physical abuse.” Full story BBC News, 1st August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Criminal Records Bureau errors lead to hundreds being branded criminals ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 03, 2009
“More than 1,500 people have been wrongly branded as criminals or mistakenly given a clean record by the government agency set up to vet those working with children, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2009 Source: www...

Government ?would push for Gary McKinnon to serve sentence in UK? ? The Guardian

Posted on August 03, 2009
“The government will push for Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker fighting extradition to the US, to serve his sentence in a British prison if he is found guilty, Labour’s deputy leader said today.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd August 2009 Source: www...

New bid to cut youth re-offending ? BBC News

Posted on August 03, 2009
“More than £8m will be spent over the next two years in a bid to reduce youth re-offending in England and Wales, the government has announced.” Full story BBC News, 3rd August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Probationers commit 1,167 crimes ? The Independent

Posted on August 03, 2009
“Criminals being supervised by the probation service have committed more than 1,100 serious offences over the past two years.” Full story The Independent, 1st August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 03, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Deripaska v Cherney [2009] EWCA Civ 849 (31 July 2009) Lansat Shipping Co Ltd v Glencore Grain BV [2009] EWCA Civ 855 (31 July 2009) David Baxendale Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2009] EWCA Civ 831 (31 July 2009) Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Wolverhampton City Council [2009] EWCA Civ 734 (31 July 2009) Zabihi v [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on August 03, 2009
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Procedure for Revocation, Variation or Refusal of Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of duration of non-jury trial provisions) Order 2009 The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 The Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 2009 Source: www...

Man is jailed over cold case rape ? BBC News

Posted on August 03, 2009
“A man who was found guilty of raping a 41-year-old woman near Manchester city centre more than 11 years ago has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.” Full story BBC News, 3rd August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

No VAT charged for carbon trades as Government widens anti-carousel fraud battle ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 03, 2009
“Criminals have been using EU green schemes to commit VAT carousel fraud, the Government has said. It has put an end to the charging of VAT when carbon emissions are traded to stop the activity, it said.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2009 Source: www...

Two jailed over hit-and-run death ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Two men have been jailed over the death of a grandfather who was hit by a car which failed to stop.” Full story BBC News, 31st July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man incited internet child abuse ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A British man who used an internet chatroom to incite a paedophile to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl in the United States has been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 31st July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

High Court revokes control order ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The government’s anti-terror strategy has suffered a blow after the High Court revoked the control order of a suspect accused of links to al-Qaeda.” Full story BBC News, 31st July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teaching assistant who helped husband film girls jailed ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Teaching assistant Rosemary Foxall who helped her husband secretly film young girls as they bathed at their home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.” Full  story Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Peter Andre wins libel payout from the People newspaper ? The Guardian

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Singer Peter Andre accepts undisclosed but substantial libel damages from the People newspaper.” Full story The Guardian, 31st July 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ofcom proposes relaxing local radio and cross-media ownership rules ? The Guardian

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Watchdog launches consultation on plans to allow commercial radio stations in one area to be owned by one company.” Full story The Guardian, 31st July 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hacker Gary McKinnon fights on as extradition appeal rejected ? The Times

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will appeal to the newly formed Supreme Court after he today lost his latest High Court bid to avoid extradition to America.” Full story The Times, 31st July 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Warning over constitution reforms ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The government’s attempts to reform the UK constitution risk failure if they are carried out in too ‘ad hoc and piecemeal’ a way, an MPs’ report said.” Full story BBC News, 29th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hillsborough files to be opened ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Families who lost their loved ones in the Hillsborough disaster have renewed hope of a full disclosure after a meeting with the home secretary.” Full story BBC News, 29th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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