Hartnett gets sex claim damages – BBC News
“Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett has accepted libel damages of £20,000 over allegations of a ‘sexual dalliance’ in a public area of a London hotel.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 11 December 2008
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
D v Buckinghamshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1372 (10 December 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Anderson v Lyotier & Anor (t/a Snowbizz) [2008] EWHC 2790 (QB) (14 November 2008)
TCD v Harrow Council & Ors [2008] EWHC 3048 (QB) (10 December 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
T v B & Anor [2008] EWHC 3000 (Fam) (10 December 2008)
A B v J L B [2008] EWHC 2965 (Fam) (01 December 2008)
KSO v MJO & Ors [2008] EWHC 3031 (Fam) (08 December 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Kehr & Tucker Ltd v Astronomical Ltd [2008] EWHC 2862 (TCC) (07 November 2008)
Air Design (Kent) Ltd v Deerglen (Jersey) Ltd [2008] EWHC 3047 (TCC) (10 December 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited (Determination of Compensation) Order 2008
The Heritable Bank plc (Determination of Compensation) Order 2008
The Bradford & Bingley plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008
The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008
The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008
The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
The Woolf Reforms: A singular event or an ongoing process? – Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
The Woolf Reforms: A singular event or an ongoing process?
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
British Academy, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 72; [2008] WLR (D) 380
“A mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole imposed for two offences of murder in the first degree did not amount to inhuman or degrading punishment so that the Secretary of State had not acted unlawfully in ordering the extradition of an applicant to stand trial in the United States of America.”
WLR Daily, 10th December 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 Chargot (trading as Contract Services) and others – WLR Daily
R v Chargot (trading as Contract Services) and others [2008] UKHL 73; [2008] WLR (D) 379
“When criminal proceedings were brought against an employer under ss 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 it was sufficient for the prosecution to prove merely a risk of injury arising from a state of affairs at work, and it was not necessary to identify, allege and prove specific breaches of duty by the employer. Once that was done a prima facie case of breach was established. The onus then passed to the employer to make good the defence of reasonable practicability.”
WLR Daily, 10th December 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.
Earl Cadogan and another v Sportelli and another – WLR Daily
Earl Cadogan and another v Sportelli and another [2008] UKHL 71; [2008] WLR (D) 378
“In determining the price payable by tenants for leasehold enfranchisement, landlords and freeholders generally were not entitled to ‘hope value’ as an element in the value of their interests.”
WLR Daily, 10th December 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.
Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – Times Law Reports
Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
House of Lords
“The right to life protected by article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights imposed an operational obligation on medical authorities to do all that could reasonably be expected of them to prevent a patient detained in a mental hospital who was known to be at a real and immediate risk of committing suicide from doing so.”
The Times, 11th December 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.
‘Feck’ is not an offensive word, rules ASA – OUT-LAW.com
“A poster for Magners cider that featured the words ‘Feck off bees’ has been cleared by the UK’s advertising watchdog. The word ‘feck’ is unlikely to be seen as a swearword, said the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Brown adviser: Labour’s rights record dismal – The Guardian
“One of the eminent outsiders brought into Gordon Brown’s ‘government of all the talents’ has revealed that he quit in disgust at what he describes as Labour’s ‘dismal’ lack of political leadership on human rights.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Leading legal figures review effectiveness of Law Society – Legal Week
“A group of high-profile legal figures including Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne and Simmons & Simmons managing partner Mark Dawkins have questioned the effectiveness of the Law Society as a single regulator.”
Legal Week, 11th December 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Sir James Dyson in High Court attempt to see off rival vacuum design – Daily Telegraph
“The tycoon Sir James Dyson, whose trademark ‘double cyclone’ vacuum cleaner has become a world beater, has gone to the High Court to try to block a rival design from Samsung Electronics.”
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gordon Brown refuses to back law allowing assisted suicides – The Times
“Campaigners seeking to lift the ban on assisted suicide were dealt a blow yesterday when Gordon Brown repeated his opposition to a change in the law.”
The Times, 11th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Three children a week – the death toll from abuse – The Independent
“The true scale of child abuse in the UK was revealed yesterday when Christine Gilbert, the chief executive of the children’s services watchdog, told MPs that three children a week died as a result of abuse – more than triple the previous estimate.”
The Independent, 11th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Company Names Tribunal’s first ruling: Coke Cola needs a new name – OUT-LAW.com
“A company called Coke Cola Limited has been ordered to change its name and pay £700 to the Coca-Cola Company in the first ruling issued by the UK’s newly-formed Company Names Tribunal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Egg is fined £700,000 for mis-selling insurance cover for payment protection – The Times
“Egg, the online bank owned by Citigroup, has been fined £721,000 for ‘serious failings’ on sales of credit card payment protection insurance (PPI) to nearly half its customers over a three-year period. The bank may have to pay millions of pounds to customers in PPI refunds.”
The Times, 11th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Single mothers forced to give father’s name on birth certificate – Daily Telegraph
“Single mothers will be forced to give the name of their child’s father on birth certificates so that they can be made to pay maintenance, under a Government clampdown on the benefits culture.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK runs ‘Guantanamo camps’, says detainees – The Independent
“Asylum-seekers who claim to have been abused by British security guards accused the Government yesterday of running Guantanamo Bay-style detention camps.”
The Independent, 11th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
