Mother wins drive ban law change – BBC News
“A Teesside mother, whose daughter was killed by a drink-driver, has helped win a change in the law on bans served by jailed motorists.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 27 January 2009
Man jailed over footballer raid – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for handling a haul of goods stolen from the Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby death official is struck off – BBC News
“A social worker has been struck off for showing ‘extremely poor judgement’ in dealing with a case in which a 13-month-old boy was later murdered.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII : Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Watson & Ors v Croft Promo-Sport Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 15 (26 January 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Shah & Anor v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd. [2009] EWHC 79 (QB) (26 January 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Alcoholic Liquor (Surcharge on Spirits Duty) Order 2008
The Wireless Telegraphy (Vehicle Based Intelligent Transport Systems) (Exemption) Regulations 2009
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Clarence House Ltd v National Westminster Bank plc – WLR Daily
Clarence House Ltd v National Westminster Bank plc [2009] EWHC 77 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 22
“By entering into a ‘virtual assignment’ of leasehold office premises, under which all the economic benefits and burdens of the relevant lease, including any management responsibilities, were transferred to a third party, but without any actual assignment of the leasehold interest or any change in the actual occupancy of the premises in question, the tenant acted in breach of the standard form alienation covenants contained in the lease.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2009
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.
Maher and Maher v Groupama Grand Est – WLR Daily
Maher and Maher v Groupama Grand Est; [2009] WLR (D) 21
“On a personal injury claim brought by English claimants against French insurers in respect of a road traffic accident in France in 2005 damages were to be assessed by reference to English law, not French law, but the issue whether there was a right to claim interest by way of damages was to be determined under French law, though any question about the rate of interest was to be determined under English law.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2009
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 (Wright and others) v Secretary of State for Health and another – WLR Daily
R (Wright and others) v Secretary of State for Health and another [2009] UKHL 3; [2009] WLR (D) 20
“The procedure under s 82(4)(b) of the Care Standards Act 2000 allowing the provisional listing of care workers as being unsuited to work with vulnerable adults after a complaint had been made about them, without giving them an opportunity to answer the allegations, which had the effect of barring them from care work, was incompatible with the right to a fair hearing under art 6(1) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and also with the right to private life under art 8(1).”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2009
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 (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2009] UKHL 1; [2009] WLR (D) 19
“S 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, in allowing the Secretary of State for Justice rather than the Parole Board to determine whether certain long-term prisoners should be released on licence at the half-way stage of their sentence, did not infringe art 5(4) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2009
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.
Mucelli v Government of Albania; Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor, Creteil – Times Law Reports
Mucelli v Government of Albania; Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor, Creteil
House of Lords
“The requirement that notice of an appeal to the High Court had to be given within a specified period meant that the notice had to be served on the respondent as well as filed in the court within that period; the court had no power to grant an extension of time.”
The Times, 27th January 2009
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.
Costly mobile service providers must seek prior approval from regulator – OUT-LAW.com
“Mobile phone content providers who charge more that £4.50 a week for their services must seek the permission of premium-rate regulator PhonepayPlus to operate, under new rules which take immediate effect.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Cannabis is now a Class B drug – Home Office
“Concerns about effects of ‘skunk’ and the mental health of users lead to the change.”
Home Office, 26th January 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
VAT – The Bar Council
“Letter received from the Legal Services Commission regarding VAT on Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme and Solicitor Standard Fee Claims.”
The Bar Council, 27th January 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Council fined after boy impaled – BBC News
“A Greater Manchester council has been fined £25,000 after a four-year-old boy was impaled on a tree branch during a nursery school outing.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Builder guilty of nurse’s murder – BBC News
“A builder has been convicted of the murder of a nurse he strangled with her own blouse during a burglary.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Data Bill ‘will wipe out privacy at a stroke’ – The Independent
“Sweeping new laws to allow ministers to release the private details of millions of people to a string of public bodies or private firms have been condemned as being ‘open sesame to a vast increase in government power’.”
The Independent, 27th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man fined over bogus palace water – BBC News
“A businessman has been fined £6,000 for selling bottled water as being from Blenheim Palace when it could have come from his Welsh farm or factory.”
BBC News, 26th Janaury 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court bid to block eco-towns – BBC News
“The High Court is expected to rule later on a legal challenge to the government’s flagship eco-towns scheme.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Politicians and Celebrities to be protected from child database – Daily Telegraph
“Celebrities and politicians will be able to keep their details off a controversial new database listing the personal details of every child in England, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Peers face suspension in House of Lords ‘laws for sale’ inquiry – The Times
“The House of Lords embarked on a hasty damage-limitation exercise yesterday by preparing new powers to suspend any member found to have broken the rules in the ‘cash for peers’ crisis.”
The Times, 27th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
