Prisoners’ legal bill ‘colossal’ – BBC News
“The cost to taxpayers of funding legal action brought by prisoners is almost 20 times higher than it was seven years ago, new figures have shown.”
BBC News, 10th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The cost to taxpayers of funding legal action brought by prisoners is almost 20 times higher than it was seven years ago, new figures have shown.”
BBC News, 10th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” The wheels of justice famously grind slow – but these days there are limits even to judicial slowness. More than 2,000 judges in England and Wales have been issued with a deadline for delivering their judgments and if they are late, must explain why.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 22-year-old woman has used new legislation to protect herself from being married against her will in Pakistan.”
The Independent, 10th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Last month’s release of Lord Carter’s ‘interim’ Digital Britain report sparked howls of outrage from network wonks across the land. Even as Gordon Brown gushed about the potential of the internet to be as important to Britain’s industrial and economic future as roads and bridges, the Carter report’s recommendations proposed to turn tomorrow’s road-and-bridge infrastructure over to the selfish mismanagement of special interests who want to be sure that their buggies won’t be crowded off the digital byways.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ferguson v British Gas Trading Ltd. [2009] EWCA Civ 46 (10 February 2009)
Zipher Ltd v Markem Systems Ltd & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 44 (10 February 2009)
Matuszowicz v Kingston Upon Hull City Council [2009] EWCA Civ 22 (10 February 2009)
Guy v Pannone Llp [2009] EWCA Civ 30 (10 February 2009)
Ugiagbe v London Borough of Southwark [2009] EWCA Civ 31 (10 February 2009)
Office of Communications & Anor v Floe Telecom Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 47 (10 February 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Mireskandari v The Law Society & Ors [2009] EWHC 185 (Ch) (09 February 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kamal XXVI, The Owners of v Ariela, The Owners of [2009] EWHC 177 (Comm) (10 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
” Fund managers accepted a public apology and ‘substantial’ undisclosed libel damages today over newspaper allegations that they intended to keep £1 billion of their investors’ money for themselves.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“What happens when the rights of two people collide and how does the law deal with the issue?”
BBC News, 6th February 2009
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“Justice Minister Lord Bach has today made a written ministerial statement on a consultation on legal aid and prisoners.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The regulation of credit and debit cards and other payment services will be tightened in the UK from November. New rules were laid before Parliament yesterday that aim to deliver greater competition in the market for payment services.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
P, Re [2009] EWHC 163 (Ch) (09 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Lord-Castle v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 87 (Admin) (23 January 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Banks could face legal action by disgruntled workers if they are denied bonuses, a leading employment lawyer said.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The fundamental relationship between Government and the people of the UK is at risk because of the increasing surveillance being carried out by the state and by private bodies, a House of Lords Committee has said.”
OUT-LAW, 10th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling – Earnings Percentage Increase) Order 2009
The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Aerodromes (Designation) (Chargeable Air Services) (Revocation) Order 2009
The Air Passenger Duty (Rate) (Qualifying Territories) (Variation of Description) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
O’Brien v Department for Constitutional Affairs
Court of Appeal
“A part-time fee-paid judicial office holder was not entitled to claim that he had been subjected to less favourable treatment when he was refused a pension on retirement from office.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
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Yearworth and Others v North Bristol NHS Trust
Court of Appeal
“A sample of sperm from a person undergoing chemotherapy, which a hospital stored in case he became infertile after the treatment, was that person’s property and its loss or damage was capable of establishing a claim in negligence.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
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Child Support Agency v Truman; [2009] WLR (D) 40
“The test for the correct comparator in cases of disability-related discrimination in the employment field under s 3A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, was the same as that applied to the housing provisions of the Act by the House of Lords in Lewisham London Borough Council v Malcolm (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] AC 1399, and not the test as previously stated in Clark v Novacold Ltd [1999] ICR 951.”
WLR Daily, 9th February 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.
Oak Investment Partners XII v Boughtwood and others [2009] EWHC 176 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 39
“In an appropriate case, where a significant shareholder, who, as a result of being such a shareholder, was appointed to a management role within the company, then engaged in a course of conduct in that role involving improper assertion of rights of control over the practical management of the affairs of the company, that conduct was capable of being conduct of the affairs of the company in an unfairly prejudicial manner for the purposes of s 994 of the Companies Act 2006.”
WLR Daily, 9th February 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.
“Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of Britain’s oldest law firms, yesterday called a ceasefire in a pay war in which starting salaries for City lawyers have risen to more than £90,000.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The food standards watchdog was accused yesterday of a ‘heavy handed abuse of power’ in banning a new low-alcohol wine in the face of Government policy urging people to drink sensibly.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A complaint has been made to the parliamentary sleaze watchdog about Home Secretary Jacqui Smith claiming allowances for a second home while living as a lodger with her sister, it was confirmed today.”
The Independent, 9th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk