Police condemn ‘bad drivers’ site – BBC News
“A website which publishes registration plates of ‘bad drivers’ could lead to vigilantism, police have said.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: April 2008
Terror prisoner threatens to sue to get deported – The Guardian
“A foreign prisoner convicted of a terrorism offence is threatening to go to court to force the government to deport him from Britain.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fowler v Barron [2008] EWCA Civ 377 (23 April 2008)
Enfield Technical Services Ltd. v Payne & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 393 (22 April 2008)
Foxtons Ltd. v Bicknell & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 419 (23 April 2008)
Green Lane Products Ltd v PMS International Group Plc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 358 (23 April 2008)
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Burley & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 376 (23 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Leeds City Council v Mrs YX [2008] EWHC 802 (Fam) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Seray-Wurie v The Charity Commission of England & Wales [2008] EWHC 870 (QB) (23 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Temple Legal Protection Ltd v QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2008] EWHC 843 (Comm) (23 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust – WLR Daily
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust; [2008] WLR (D) 123
“There was no test of exceptionality to be applied before a protective costs order could be made.”
WLR Daily, 23rd April 2008
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.
Carver v BAA plc – WLR Daily
Carver v BAA plc [2008] EWCA Civ 412; [2008] WLR (D) 122
“Where a claimant had obtained judgment as to liability, and an award in damages of a sum exceeding an earlier payment in, a judge was empowered by CPR r 36.14(1) to adopt a broad approach when considering costs and the question whether the result was ‘more advantageous’ vis à vis a refused payment in, and he was entitled if appropriate to award costs in favour of a losing party or to make no order for costs.”
WLR Daily, 23rd April 2008
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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Seed Potatoes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Bathing Water Regulations 2008
The Control of Major Accident Hazard (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Nottinghamshire) Designation Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Small shareholders seek judicial review over Northern Rock compensation – The Times
“Northern Rock’s small shareholders will take High Court action against the Treasury within weeks after the Government’s lawyers rejected their plea for compensation.”
The Times, 24th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Peers back data recklessness law – BBC News
“Peers have backed a Liberal Democrat move to make it an offence for public or private sector workers ‘recklessly’ to disclose people’s details.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Govt to sound out law firms as Catalist fails to deliver on hype – Legal Week
“The Government’s procurement arm has begun talks with all 48 firms on the Catalist legal panel, amid continued problems with the much-hyped attempt to centralise Whitehall legal spending.”
Legal Week, 24th April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Probation cuts lead to criminal sentence lag – Daily Telegraph
“Thousands of criminals are not completing their sentences properly because of funding cuts at the Probation Service, a new report warns.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ashley and Another v Chief Constable of Sussex Police – Times Law Reports
Ashley and Another v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
House of Lords
“A civil claim against the police for assault and battery by the family of an unarmed man shot dead during a police raid was not to be struck out despite the responsible officer’s acquittal of murder because, in civil law, a plea of mistaken self-defence required not only that the assailant’s mistaken belief that he had been under threat had been honestly held, as required by the criminal law, but also that it had been reasonably held.”
The Times, 24th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Frances Murphy: ‘Being a woman doesn’t make a difference’ – The Times
“Slaughter and May’s new head of corporate has a hard act to follow but is used to thriving in a male-dominated environment.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bingo jackpot for drunk Asbo offender – Daily Telegraph
“A drinker who injured a woman police officer while resisting arrest was given an Asbo banning him from all pubs and clubs – except when he wants to go to bingo.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Violence against children ‘soars’ – BBC News
“Violence against babies and young children in England and Wales more than doubled last year, a survey of accident and emergency unit data suggests.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Welcome to Britain, Mr Dogg: rapper is less gangsta, more pussycat, judge rules – The Guardian
“According to Snoop Dogg, the rapper and his British fans share a “mutual love”. The same could probably not be said for the 37-year-old former pimp’s relationship with the Home Office.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ibrahim & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 880 (23 April 2008)
Clarke v R [2008] EWCA Crim 651 (23 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Green Lane Products Ltd v PMS International Group Plc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 358 (23 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
First Independent Factors & Finance Ltd v Mountford [2008] EWHC 835 (Ch) (23 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Leeds City Council v Mrs YX [2008] EWHC 802 (Fam) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Ellis v The Law Society [2008] EWHC 561 (Admin) (23 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
OFT pays damages to Morrisons over dairy price-fixing claim – The Times
” The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued an unprecedented apology to Wm Morrison for wrongly suggesting that Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket group was guilty of fixing prices for butter and cheese five years ago.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Salt baby death inquiry dropped – BBC News
“A doctor accused of giving false evidence in the trial of a mother accused of killing her son by poisoning him with salt will not be prosecuted.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former NatWest MD to chair Legal Services Board – The Lawyer
” The former managing director of the NatWest Group David Edmonds will be the first chair of the Legal Services Board (LSB).”
The Lawyer, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Family to sue police over fatal shooting – The Guardian
“The Lords today gave the family of a man shot dead while naked and unarmed as police raided his flat the go-ahead to sue for misconduct.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
