Jail sentence for nuisance caller – BBC News
“A man who made more than a 100 abusive and threatening calls mainly to women has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 9th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 9 October 2008
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor v Apotex Inc & Ors [2008] EWHC 2347 (Ch) (9 October 2008)
Courts Plc (In Liquidation) [2008] EWHC 2339 (Ch) (09 October 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Williams v Jervis (Lex Komatsu) [2008] EWHC 2346 (QB) (08 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Judge attacks ‘miserable’ bin laws as serial fly-tipper escapes prison sentence – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has criticised sentencing guidelines which prevented him sending a serial fly-tipper to prison while ‘decent, law-abiding citizens’ fear punishment after falling foul of council bin rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Code A) Order 2008
The Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Overseas Insurers (Tax Representatives) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Taxation of Benefits under Government Pilot Schemes (Better off in Work Credit) Order 2008
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008
The Hydrocarbon Oil (Supply of Rebated Heavy Oil) (Payment of Rebate) Regulations 2008
The Hydrocarbon Oil and Bioblend (Private Pleasure-flying and Private Pleasure Craft) (Payment of Rebate etc.) Regulations 2008
The Wool Textile Industry (Export Promotion Levy) (Revocation) Order 2008
The Air Navigation (Environmental Standards For Non-EASA Aircraft) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Killer of champion boxer James Oyebola is jailed for life – The Guardian
“The gunman who shot dead the former British boxing champion James Oyebola in a row over smoking was jailed for life today.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge orders BBC payout in libel battle with IVF doctor Mohamed Taranissi – The Guardian
“The high court ordered the BBC to pay an estimated £500,000 in costs to IVF specialist Mohamed Taranissi today in his continuing libel action over a Panorama programme.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Does judging still have appeal? – The Times
“It has been a good week for the cause of diversity among Britain’s judges. Just months ago one of only three of 36 Court of Appeal judges lamented the lack of women in senior judicial posts. In the past three years, Lady Justice Arden said, only one woman had been chosen for the High Court bench compared with 29 men.”
The Times, 9th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
St George v The Home Office [2008] EWCA Civ 1068 (08 October 2008)
Symbian Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents [2008] EWCA Civ 1066 (08 October 2008)
Behzadi v Behzadi [2008] EWCA Civ 1070 (08 October 2008)
Orchard (Developments) Holdings Plc v Reuters Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1017 (02 September 2008)
JN (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1018 (02 September 2008)
HJ (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1019 (02 September 2008)
TC (Zimbabwe) v Entry Clearance Officer, Harare [2008] EWCA Civ 1020 (02 September 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark & Anor [2008] EWHC 2327 (Ch) (08 October 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
L v The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2008] EWHC 2149 (Fam) (03 October 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc & Ors [2008] EWHC 2325 (Comm) (08 October 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Benfield Construction Ltd v Trudson (Hatton) Ltd [2008] EWHC 2333 (TCC) (17 September 2008)
E Group Ltd & Anor v Baker (t/a ‘Hello’) [2008] EWHC 2349 (TCC) (18 September 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Transfer of Rights and Liabilities to ING Order 2008 (PDF)
The Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 (PDF)
The Genetically Modified Organisms (England) (Amendments) Regulations 2008
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2008
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 2008
The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008
The Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited Transfer of Certain Rights and Liabilities Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
In re S (A Child) – WLR Daily
In re S (A Child); [2008] WLR (D) 308
“When considering whether to revoke a placement order placing a child for adoption with prospective adopters, it was wrong to focus on whether the carers were ‘potential’ adopters.”
WLR, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark and another (Secretary of State for Justice intervening) – WLR Daily
“The exercise of a statutory power of sale under s 101 of the Law of Property Act 1925 after a relevant default by the mortgagor was not a deprivation of possessions within the meaning of art 1of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
In re M (A Child) (Family Proceedings: Immigration Issues); In re N (A Child) (Family Proceedings: Immigration Issues) – WLR Daily
“Where a parent in family proceedings was also involved in some other relevant matter such as an asylum or immigration dispute with the Home Office, criminal proceedings or a housing dispute, practitioners acting for that parent had an ongoing duty to remain au courant with what was going on elsewhere even if that other matter was being handled by other professionals.”
WLR, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Chilton-Merryweather v Hunt and Others – Times Law Reports
Chilton-Merryweather v Hunt and Others
Court of Appeal
“An increase in noise and pollution caused by growth in the volume of traffic on a motorway was not sufficient to justify a reduction in the council tax for neighbouring properties.”
The Times, 9th October 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.
ETI Euro Telecom International NV v Republic of Bolivia and Another – Times Law Reports
ETI Euro Telecom International NV v Republic of Bolivia and Another
Court of Appeal
“International investment dispute arbitrations, not subject to any national law, were not legal proceedings that enabled an English court to grant injunctive relief to one party against the moneys of another in England pending the outcome of the arbitration.”
The Times, 9th October 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.
Inquiry clears cabinet couple over cash for second home – The Guardian
“A clampdown on MPs’ expenses has been proposed in the wake of an investigation which cleared husband and wife Cabinet ministers Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper of breaking House of Commons rules.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lesbian couple left humiliated by sexist jokes, tribunal told – Daily Telegraph
“A lesbian couple were left ‘humiliated’ after colleagues joked about their sexuality, an employment tribunal heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Civil servant ‘who left files on train’ to appear in court – Daily Telegraph
“A senior civil servant who allegedly lost highly sensitive intelligence files relating to al-Qaeda and Iraq on a train has been summoned to appear in court.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
