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Fund managers win libel damages over Ł1bn ?hoodwink? claim - The Times

Posted on February 10, 2009
” Fund managers accepted a public apology and ’substantial’ undisclosed libel damages today over newspaper allegations that they intended to keep Ł1 billion of their investors’ money for themselves.” Full story The Times, 10th February 2009 Source: www...

Conflicting Rights - BBC News

Posted on February 10, 2009
“What happens when the rights of two people collide and how does the law deal with the issue?” Full story BBC News, 6th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Legal aid and prisoners - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 10, 2009
“Justice Minister Lord Bach has today made a written ministerial statement on a consultation on legal aid and prisoners.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 10th February 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Payment Services Regulations laid before Parliament - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 10, 2009
“The regulation of credit and debit cards and other payment services will be tightened in the UK from November. New rules were laid before Parliament yesterday that aim to deliver greater competition in the market for payment services.” Full story OUT-LAW...

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 09, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Attorney General’s Reference No 70 of 2008 [2009] EWCA Crim 100 (21 January 2009) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Masri v Consolidated Contractors (Oil and Gas) Company Sal [2009] EWCA Civ 36 (06 February 2009) High Court (Chancery Division) Oak Investment Partners XII, Ltd...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on February 09, 2009
The European Parliament (Disqualification)(United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2009 The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Financial Assistance For Industry (Increase of Limit) Order 2009 The Companies Act 2006 (Accounts, Reports and Audit) Regulations 2009 Source: www...

Guidance on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 09, 2009
“A guide to the main provisions in the European Community regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II), which came into force on 11 January 2009.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 9th February 2009 Source: www.justice...

Haringey London Borough Council v Department of Children, Schools and Families and another - WLR Daily

Posted on February 09, 2009
Haringey London Borough Council v Department of Children, Schools and Families and another; [2009] WLR (D) 38 “S 84(4) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 did not require that the period of ten weeks referred to in that section be spent in the United Kingdom...

Diggins v Condor Marine Crewing Services Ltd - WLR Daily

Posted on February 09, 2009
Diggins v Condor Marine Crewing Services Ltd; [2009] WLR (D) 37 “The claimant, who lived in the United Kingdom and was employed as a chief officer on a ferry registered in Nassau which sailed from Portsmouth to the Channel Islands, returning to Portsmouth each working day, was entitled to bring a claim of unfair dismissal and [...

ZT (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 09, 2009
ZT (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department House of Lords “When a claim for asylum had been rejected as clearly unfounded under section 94(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and the claimant made further submissions, the Secretary of State for the Home Department had to consider whether those further submissions created [...

Ecstasy should be downgraded to class B drug say government advisers - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 09, 2009
“Ecstasy should be downgraded to a class B drug, the government’s drugs advisers are to recommend.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Government compiles travel records database - The Independent

Posted on February 09, 2009
“The Government is compiling a database to track and store the international travel records of millions of people. “ Full story The Independent, 8th February 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Legal loopholes ?allowing MI5 to collude in torture? - The Guardian

Posted on February 09, 2009
“An international human rights organisation is calling on the British government to close down legal loopholes that appear to give MI5 officers immunity from prosecution if they collude in the torture of British terrorism suspects in Pakistan.” Full story The Guardian, 6th February 2009 Source: www...

Text death sentence up for review - BBC News

Posted on February 09, 2009
“The Attorney General is to review the sentence of a motorist jailed for causing death by dangerous driving after using her mobile phone.” Full story BBC News, 6th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prisoners demand right to be fathers after landmark European ruling - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 09, 2009
“Six prisoners in British jails have applied to have children with their partners following a landmark European court ruling that their human rights would be breached if they are prevented from becoming fathers.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2009 Source: www...

Rape victim makes plea to others - BBC News

Posted on February 09, 2009
“A woman, raped by an ex-boyfriend, has waived her anonymity to encourage other victims to report their ordeal.” Full story BBC News, 6th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Army victims? lawyer ?had death threats? - The Independent

Posted on February 09, 2009
“MoD accused of waging ‘black propaganda’ campaign against human rights activists.” Full story The Independent, 7th February 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Attacked teacher?s Ł280k payout - BBC News

Posted on February 09, 2009
“A teacher who was assaulted by a pupil has been awarded Ł280,000 - one of the highest awards given to a teacher, it is believed.” Full story BBC News, 6th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Balls: ?I did right thing over Baby P? - The Guardian

Posted on February 09, 2009
“The Children’s secretary Ed Balls launched a strong defence of his handling of the Baby P tragedy last night after Haringey’s former head of children’s services accused him of ‘breathtaking recklessness’ that had left social workers demoralised and put children’s safety at risk...

Parking fine man received Ł20,000 - BBC News

Posted on February 09, 2009
“A man was awarded Ł20,000 in damages after claiming he was distressed by parking fines totalling Ł200.” Full story BBC News, 8th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 06, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Charlton v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWCA Civ 42 (06 February 2009) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Clyde & Co Llp & Anor v New Look Interiors of Marlow Ltd & Anor [2009] EWHC 173 (QB) (06 February 2009) High Court (Commercial Court) Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Bermuda) Ltd Partnership v BP [...

R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (4) - WLR Daily

Posted on February 06, 2009
R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (4) [2009] EWHC 152 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 36 “A novel issue, the striking of a balance between the public interest in national security and the public interest in open justice, the rule of law and democratic accountability, lay at the heart of the [...

Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence - WLR Daily

Posted on February 06, 2009
Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 23; [2009] WLR (D) 35 “Para 7(2)(f) of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston Byelaws 2007, which prohibited the right of any member of the Women’s Peace Camp to camp within controlled areas on land owned by the Secretary of State for Defence to protest against [...

Yearworth and others v North Bristol NHS Trust - WLR Daily

Posted on February 06, 2009
Yearworth and others v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 37; [2009] WLR (D) 34 “The sperm sample of a person undergoing chemotherapy treatment, stored by a hospital for his benefit for future use in case the treatment made him infertile, was property owned by him whose loss or damage entitled him to bring an [...

Regina (TF) v Secretary of State for Justice - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 06, 2009
Regina (TF) v Secretary of State for Justice Court of Appeal “A prisoner could be transferred to a mental hospital at the end of his sentence, only if two doctors recommended it and his medical condition and treatability justified it.” The Times, 6th February 2009 Source: www...

Ratcliffe v Secretary of State for Defence - WLR Daily

Posted on February 06, 2009
Ratcliffe v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 39; [2009] WLR (D) 33 “A woman who had been the partner of a naval officer for over 25 years at the time of his death from disease said to derive from exposure to asbestos during his employment was in an analogous situation to that of [...

ZT (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - WLR Daily

Posted on February 06, 2009
ZT (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 6; [2009] WLR (D) 32 “When an applicant whose claim for asylum was refused as ‘clearly unfounded’ under s 94(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 made further submissions, the Secretary of State had then to go on to consider whether those [...

Holmes-Moorhouse v London Borough of Richmond upon Thames - WLR Daily

Posted on February 06, 2009
Holmes-Moorhouse v London Borough of Richmond upon Thames [2009] UKHL 7; [2009] WLR (D) 31 “When a court in family proceedings made a shared residence order providing for children to spend alternate weeks with each of their parents, and the father was homeless, a housing authority was not obliged, on account of the order, to regard [...

Protesters to carry on camping - The Independent

Posted on February 06, 2009
“Women peace activists have been told by a judge they can continue camping outside the Aldermaston nuclear weapons site, no matter how ‘tiresome’ the Ministry of Defence thinks they are.” Full story The Independent, 6th February 2009 Source: www...

Independent watchdog should be appointed to clean up Lords, says Whitehall standards regulator - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 06, 2009
“An independent watchdog should immediately be appointed to clean up the House of Lords, Sir Christopher Kelly, the official Whitehall standards regulator, says.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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