Riot murder convictions quashed – BBC News
“Three Asian men who were jailed for life for murdering a 23-year-old black man during riots in Birmingham in 2005 have had their convictions overturned.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: December 2008
Why the IWF was wrong to lift its ban on a Wikipedia page – OUT-LAW.com
“EDITORIAL: The Internet Watch Foundation faced a storm of criticism this week over its decision to add a Wikipedia entry to a blacklist of pages that ISPs block. Under pressure, the IWF removed the image from its blacklist. That decision was a mistake.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Web accessibility moves forward as WCAG 2.0 comes into force – OUT-LAW.com
“The de facto standard for web accessibility has been updated for the first time since 1999. Version two of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG 2.0, was published today after several years of development and debate.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Ministers say they will ignore asylum-seekers’ 11th-hour pleas – The Independent
“Refugees warned to expect deportation even if judicial review bid has been lodged .”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Open verdict on toddler’s death – BBC News
“A toddler who died in a fire at his family home screamed for help as rescuers tried in vain to pull him out of the house, an inquest has heard.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail for revenge killing ‘posse’ – BBC News
“A father and son have been jailed for their part in the death of a 19-year-old who was killed in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gang jailed for assault on teenager kidnapped from train – The Guardian
“A teenage girl was kidnapped from a train, robbed, beaten and kicked, and pushed into a stream by a gang of seven who were given prison sentences at Luton crown court yesterday.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Credit card firms agree fairer terms – The Guardian
“Credit card companies will no longer be able to raise interest rates overnight, and will only be able to implement an increase twice a year, under a new government agreement.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
IVF doctor cleared of sex charge – BBC News
“A fertility doctor has been cleared of sexually assaulting one his long-term female IVF patients.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Failings found in sex abuse case – BBC News
“Proper criminal checks were not carried out on a convicted child sex offender who went on to film the abuse of boys on field trips, an inquiry has found.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Shamed solicitor Jim Beresford plans legal services ‘supermarket’ – The Times
“Jim Beresford aims to bounce back from yesterday’s public humiliation with a multimillion-pound marketing campaign to set up Britain’s first ‘legal services supermarket’.”
The Times, 12th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Struck off: lawyers who milked sick miners for millions – The Independent
“A solicitor who became Britain’s richest lawyer was yesterday struck off after being found guilty of creaming millions of pounds from compensation paid to sick miners. Jim Beresford, 58, and his partner Douglas Smith, 52, were also ordered to pay substantial costs for serious professional misconduct over the handling of personal injury claims made under a compensation scheme for miners suffering coal dust-related diseases and other injuries.”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
British surrogacy ruling saves baby twins from Ukraine orphanage – The Times
“A High Court judge called yesterday for a review of Britain’s surrogacy laws after making a ruling that rescued baby twins from a legal limbo, which had left them ‘marooned, stateless and parentless’ in Ukraine.”
The Times, 12th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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
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.
