Prisons accused over elderly care – BBC News
“Prison bosses in England and Wales have failed to respond to a call to introduce special policies for elderly inmates, the prisons inspector says.”
BBC News, 12th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: August 2008
Northern England has most dangerous – and least dangerous – places to live – The Guardian
“People have a one in 10 risk of being a victim of crime in the highest crime districts, but only there is a one in 50 risk in the best, figures reveal today.”
The Guardian, 13th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘I felt like I’d been slapped’ – BBC News
“A rape victim who was told her compensation would be cut because she had been drinking before the attack has had the decision overturned.”
BBC News, 12th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Financial firms may pay extra for rudeness, warns Ombudsman – OUT-LAW.com
“Delays, rudeness and poor claims handling are grounds for ordering financial services firms to compensate customers, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has said. Payments can be ordered in addition to other remedies.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Snooper’s charter’ to check texts and emails – The Guardian
“Local councils, health authorities and hundreds of other public bodies are to be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal text, emails and internet use under Home Office proposals published yesterday.”
The Guardian, 13th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dozens more rape compensation payouts cut as victims had been drinking – The Times
“Dozens more rape victims have had their compensation payments cut because they had been drinking when they were attacked, it emerged yesterday.”
The Times, 13th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Card-playing pensioners landed with £250 health and safety bill – Daily Telegraph
“A group of pensioners have had to abandon their weekly game of cards after being charged £250 to cover the cost of health and safety.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hacker granted two-week stay on extradition to the US – The Guardian
“Gary McKinnon, 42, lost his House of Lords appeal against the extradition last month, but today he was granted a stay until August 28 by the European court of human rights.”
The Guardian, 12th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Grieving families fight for legal aid to afford expert help at inquests – The Times
“Bereaved families are struggling to represent themselves at inquests because of government curbs on when relatives should receive legal aid.”
The Times, 13th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Illiterate’ worker angers judge – BBC News
“An angry judge has branded a prosecution worker an ‘illiterate idiot’ after spotting several spelling mistakes in an indictment.”
BBC News, 12th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The long arm of the English courts – The Times
“A dispute between oligarchs leads to questions over how far the courts are willing to go in passing judgment over another jurisdiction.”
The Times, 12th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
UK.gov pushes £50,000 fine for online copyright infringement – The Register
“The government has launched a consultation on plans to increase the maximum fine for traders in copyright-infringing material from £5,000 to £50,000 as part of a plan to protect ‘creative Britain’.”
The Register, 12th August 2008
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Stock, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1862 (08 August 2008)
Freeman, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1863 (08 August 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd v Cinram Logistics UK Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 955 (08 August 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Collett v Smith & Anor [2008] EWHC 1962 (QB) (11 August 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rideh [2008] EWHC 1993 (Admin) (08 August 2008)
Attorney General v ITV Central Ltd. [2008] EWHC 1984 (Admin) (15 July 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
E Group Ltd v Baker [2008] EWHC 1994 (TCC) (25 July 2008)
Business Environment Bow Lane Ltd v Deanwater Estates Ltd [2008] EWHC 2003 (TCC) (31 July 2008)
Rodrigues v Sokal [2008] EWHC 2005 (TCC) (30 July 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The School Teachers’ Incentive Payments (England) Order 2008
The M1 Motorway (Junction 13 and Connecting Roads) Order 2008
The A421 Trunk Road (M1 Junction 13 to Bedford Improvements and Detrunking) Order 2008
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Wireless Telegraphy (Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Wireless Telegraphy (Register) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge (Vehicle Classifications & Revision of Charges) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Joyce v Secretary of State for Health – WLR Daily
Joyce v Secretary of State for Health [2008] EWHC 1891(Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 290
“Where a care worker challenged a finding of misconduct which had resulted in her being placed by the Secretary of State on a list of those considered unsuitable to work with vulnerable adults, the Care Standards Tribunal was entitled on appeal to consider allegations of misconduct not entertained by the Secretary of State at the initial decision-making stage, provided it acted fairly.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 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.
Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd and another v Cinram Logistics UK Ltd – WLR Daily
“A manufacturer and seller of goods who lost them through the fault of another before he could make delivery and earn the price could recover that price as damages for their loss.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 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.
R (St Helens Borough Council) v Manchester Primary Care Trust and another – WLR Daily
“It was for the primary care trust acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and not for the local authority to decide whether the care needs of a woman with dissociative identity disorder were primarily for health care or for care which a social services authority should provide. The trust was required to define in its decision the services which the social services authority was required to provide to the woman, whose mental and psychological conditions required constant and expensive care. It was not satisfactory for the two parties to resolve the issue by costly litigation, since the money for the care and the litigation all came from the public purse.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 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.
R v Freeman; R v Crawford – WLR Daily
R v Freeman; R v Crawford [2008] EWCA Crim 1863; [2008] WLR (D) 287
“Some care was required in directing a jury when approaching the cross-admissibility of bad character evidence.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 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.
Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services Ltd and Another – Times Law Reports
Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services Ltd and Another
Court of Appeal
“If a client, on the advice of a financial expert, transferred his pension investment from one old safe pension scheme to a new risky pension scheme, in which the value of his investment went down, the client’s right to sue the adviser in negligence accrued when the transfer was made; it was not contingent upon the occurrence of loss.”
The Times, 12th August 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.
