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Soldier?s mother wins court fight over Snatch Land Rovers ? The Times

Posted on July 10, 2009
“The mother of a soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has won the first round of a legal battle for an investigation into the use of the lightly armoured Snatch Land Rovers.” Full story The Times, 10th July 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Dance troupe theft woman jailed ? BBC News

Posted on July 10, 2009
“An administrator who admitted taking thousands of pounds intended for a dance group’s trip to America has been jailed for 18 months.” Full story BBC News, 11th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 10, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Hovell v Ashford & St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 670 (09 July 2009) Bedfordshire County Council v Dixon-Wilkinson [2009] EWCA Civ 678 (09 July 2009) Mackenzie, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2009] EWCA Civ 669 (09 July 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) F & Ors, R [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on July 10, 2009
The North Korea (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2009 The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Interim Amendment) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No...

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Foster Wheeler Ltd v Hanley and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 10, 2009
Foster Wheeler Ltd v Hanley and others [2009] EWCA Civ 651; [2009] WLR (D) 235 “The court considered the principles to be applied by pension scheme trustees when deciding how UK pension schemes were to pay benefits to members following recent developments in European pensions law relating to equalisation of retirement ages...

Bloom and Others v Harms Offshore AHT ?Taurus? and ?Magnus? GmbH and Co KG ? Times Law Reports

Posted on July 10, 2009
Bloom and Others v Harms Offshore AHT ?Taurus? and ?Magnus? GmbH and Co KG Court of Appeal “Where creditors of a company in administration had attached property owned by that company in a foreign jurisdiction, the courts had power, in some circumstances, to grant injunctive relief affecting procedures in that foreign jurisdiction...

Seaga v Harper (No 2) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on July 10, 2009
Seaga v Harper (No 2) Privy Council “After-the-event insurance premiums and success fees under conditional fee agreements entered into with English counsel and solicitors were not recoverable as costs by a successful party in an appeal to the Privy Council from Jamaica whose domestic law did not permit conditional fee agreements or allow for a successful party?s [...

R v G(G) and Another ? Times Law Reports

Posted on July 10, 2009
R v G(G) and Another Court of Appeal “Where the Court of Appeal was determining whether it was in the interests of justice for an acquittal to be quashed on an application by the Crown, the factors specified in section 79(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were not exhaustive...

Bar at ?rock bottom?, declares Browne ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on July 10, 2009
“The morale of the publicly funded bar is at ?rock bottom? and careers advisers are telling would-be barristers to steer clear of legal aid, according to the bar?s chief.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 9th July 2009 Source: www.lawgazette...

Pay gap points to discrimination ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on July 10, 2009
“Women solicitors earn 29% less than their male colleagues, the Gazette can reveal this week. The Law Society?s latest salary survey showed only a slight narrowing of the pay gap between the sexes compared with the previous year?s figure of 32%...

Straw: plans to increase transparency and confidence in family courts ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 10, 2009
“Jack Straw has announced the next stage of reforms aimed at increasing transparency and confidence in our family justice system.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Police may have had a duty to notify phone-hacking victims, says privacy expert ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 10, 2009
“The Metropolitan Police knew that numerous mobile phones had been illegally hacked by private investigators but failed to alert the phones’ owners, according to The Guardian newspaper. If so, the victims should have been told, a privacy expert has said...

Teacher admits child porn charges ? BBC News

Posted on July 10, 2009
“A teacher has admitted having more than 130 indecent images of children on his computer.” Full story BBC News, 10th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Firm fined £150k over pool injury ? BBC News

Posted on July 10, 2009
“A caravan park company has been fined £150,000 after a seven-year-old boy suffered brain injuries in a swimming pool not properly manned by lifeguards.” Full story BBC News, 9th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Magistrates angry over cuts as on-the-spot fines replace court hearings ? The Times

Posted on July 10, 2009
“Magistrates are angry that they are being made to carry the brunt of cuts because their workload is being diverted away from the courts.” Full story The Times, 10th July 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Soldier?s mother launches legal challenge ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 10, 2009
“The mother of a soldier killed in a Snatch Land Rover in Iraq will launch a legal challenge on Friday over the Government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into the continued use of the lightly-armoured vehicles.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 10th July 2009 Source: www...

Three inquiries launched into News of the World hacking claims ? The Guardian

Posted on July 10, 2009
“News International was facing three fresh inquiries into the conduct of its journalists and executives following the Guardian’s disclosures that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire paid £1m to keep secret the use of criminal methods to get stories...

Police accused over death of drug dealer who swallowed cocaine ? The Times

Posted on July 10, 2009
“Police officers are under investigation after a suspected drug dealer died minutes after being gripped by the throat as he was being searched. The Times has learnt that only weeks earlier the same man twice told hospital staff that he had been assaulted by police...

Judges to work overtime as cuts and delays put justice at risk ? The Times

Posted on July 10, 2009
“Courts face having to sit for an extra two hours a day as they struggle with rising workloads coupled with an unprecedented drive to cut costs.” Full story The Times, 10th July 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Abuse at school ?went undetected? ? BBC News

Posted on July 09, 2009
“A paedophile housemaster recruited by another child molester abused pupils undetected for years, an inquiry found.” Full story BBC News, 9th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Beckinsale awarded libel damages ? BBC News

Posted on July 09, 2009
“Actress Kate Beckinsale has been awarded £20,000 libel damages over a newspaper claim that she had been dropped from a remake of Barbarella.” Full story BBC News, 9th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

PCC statement on phone message tapping claims ? Press Complaints Commission

Posted on July 09, 2009
“PCC statement on phone message tapping claims.” Full press release Press Complaints Commission, 9th July 2009 Source: www.pcc.org.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 09, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Syska (Elektrim SA) v Vivendi Universal SA & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 677 (09 July 2009) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) RF, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 678 (08 July 2009) High Court (Family Division) A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2009] EWHC 1574 (Fam) (03 July 2009) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) D Pride [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on July 09, 2009
The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2009 The Reconstitution of the Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board Order 2009 The Social Security (Deemed Income from Capital) Regulations 2009 The Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2009 The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Dunfermline Building Society Compensation Scheme, Resolution Fund and Third Party [...

BCL Old Co Ltd and Others v BASF SE and Others ? Times Law Reports

Posted on July 09, 2009
BCL Old Co Ltd and Others v BASF SE and Others Court of Appeal “The two-year time limit for bringing a claim for loss resulting from an infringement of EC or UK competition rules could be postponed where there was an appeal against the infringement itself...

Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn and Others ? Times Law Reports

Posted on July 09, 2009
Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn and Others Employment Appeal  Tribunal “Male colleagues of female equal pay claimants were entitled to bring ‘piggyback’ claims using the female claimants as comparators and were able to recover sums equivalent to those awarded to successful comparators by way of arrears...

R v Leeks ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 09, 2009
R v Leeks [2009] WLR (D) 220 “The failure to endorse an order amending an indictment would amount to a fundamental error if the court had failed positively to exercise its discretion to make such an order.” WLR Daily, 8th July 2009 Source: www...

Youth conditional caution code of practice ? consultation response ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 09, 2009
“A consultation paper inviting views on the draft code of practice for Youth Conditional Cautions for 16 and 17 year olds that is planned to be piloted during 2009.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 8th July 2009 Source: www.justice...

Government plans for the reform of financial markets ? HM Treasury

Posted on July 09, 2009
“The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has today published ‘Reforming Financial Markets’, a document setting out the Government?s proposals for the reform of the financial system.” Full press release HM Treasury, 8th July 2009 Source: www...

Mother wins money back in NHS row ? BBC News

Posted on July 09, 2009
“A mother who spent £31,000 on life-saving treatment for her daughter while NHS bodies argued over funding is to get her money back.” Full story BBC News, 8th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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