Mother guilty over heroin death – BBC News
“The mother of a teenager who died of a heroin overdose has been found guilty at Swansea Crown Court of her manslaughter through gross negligence.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 17 April 2008
Six guilty of terrorism support – BBC News
“A man who heckled then Home Secretary John Reid during a speech has been convicted of terrorist fund-raising and inciting terrorism overseas.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gang jailed for £6m holiday scam – BBC News
“A gang that cheated thousands of people in a £6m holiday scam have been jailed for up to seven years each.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two men convicted after 5am swim with dolphin – The Guardian
“Two men were today found guilty of harassing a dolphin when they frolicked in the sea with it after leaving a party in the early hours of the morning.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd [2008] EWHC 788 (QB) (17 April 2008)
Gower Chemicals Group Litigation v Gower Chemicals Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 735 (QB) (17 April 2008)
Cumbria Waste Management Ltd & Anor v Baines Wilson (A Firm) [2008] EWHC 786 (QB) (16 April 2008)
Jones v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2008] EWHC 558 (QB) (20 March 2008)
Cornes v Southwood [2008] EWHC 369 (QB) (10 March 2008)
Tele2 International Card Company SA & Ors v Post Office Ltd [2008] EWHC 158 (QB) (25 February 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 380 (17 April 2008)
Manchester City Council v Moran & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 378 (17 April 2008)
TRM Copy Centres (UK) Ltd & Ors v Lanwall Services Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 382 (17 April 2008)
Duffield & Anor v Gandy [2008] EWCA Civ 379 (17 April 2008)
Dunn v Parole Board [2008] EWCA Civ 374 (16 April 2008)
A v Essex County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 364 (16 April 2008)
Abbey Mine Ltd v Coal Authority & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 353 (16 April 2008)
Bonham & Anor v Fishwick & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 373 (16 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
McKenzie v R [2008] EWCA Crim 758 (11 April 2008)
R v R [2008] EWCA Crim 678 (4 April 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Varma v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 753 (Admin) (16 April 2008)
Smith v The Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire [2008] EWHC 694 (Admin) (11 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
London Borough of Ealing v KS & Ors [2008] EWHC 636 (Fam) (03 April 2008)
S v S [2008] EWHC 519 (Fam) (19 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Gangmaster stripped of licence for abusing migrant workers – The Guardian
“A gangmaster who supplied migrant workers to harvest leeks sold at Sainsbury’s has lost his licence after being found guilty of abuse, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
LawSoc names Lee as deputy vice president
” The Law Society has elected its future leader, with in-house lawyer Linda Lee emerging as the body’s next deputy vice president.”
Legal Week, 17th April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
OFT accuses construction firms of price rigging – The Guardian
“More than one hundred construction companies have been accused of conspiring to rig thousands of public sector contracts worth billions of pounds.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Harriet Harman will not face an inquiry into campaign donations – Daily Telegraph
“Commons leader Harriet Harman will not face a police investigation into errors in reporting contributions to her deputy Labour leadership campaign, it has been revealed.”
The Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Snob yob’ parents could be prosecuted – Daily Telegraph
“Parents of public school pupils who let their children cause trouble in a Cornish resort that has become notorious for wild summer parties could face prosecution.”
The Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Law Explored: human rights on the battlefield – The Times
“Mr Justice Collins has drawn gasps of disbelief in some quarters by ruling that human rights law might apply to soldiers on active service. In particular, he said, soldiers might enjoy the protection of law on the right to life. ”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
League in court bid to pull plug on cheaper TV games – The Independent
“The Premier League launched a High Court action yesterday to blow the whistle on cheaper live televised matches. ”
The Independent, 16th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Burglar jailed over ear-print wins appeal – Daily Telegraph
“A burglar who was convicted on the evidence of an ear-print left on a window had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Newnham College v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – Times Law Reports
Newnham College v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
House of Lords
” A scheme by which Newnham College, Cambridge, set up a company, which it owned and controlled, to which it leased its newly constructed library for the company to operate, was effective as a device to enable the college to recover the input tax attributable to the cost of building the library pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.”
The Times, 17th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R v Blythe – WLR Daily
R v Blythe; [2008] WLR (D) 109
“Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act were not serious specified sexual offences for the purposes of the provisions relating to dangerous offenders if the person committing the offence was under 18.”
WLR Daily, 16th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
