Menezes coroner calls for review – BBC News
“The coroner who presided over the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest has called for police practices to be reviewed, saying ‘systematic failures’ occurred.”
BBC News. 4th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 4 March 2009
Prosecutors drop huntsman appeal – BBC News
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said it will not contest a High Court ruling in favour of a huntsman filmed apparently chasing a fox with dogs.”
BBC News, 4th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tesco wins appeal on competition test – The Guardian
“Tesco has won an appeal against a proposal from competition watchdogs which could have severely restricted the number of new stores it can open.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two-year pupil exclusion ‘unjust’ – BBC News
“Children’s services at a county council have been criticised after it was revealed that a 12-year-old boy did not receive schooling for almost two years.”
BBC News, 4th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
YouTube man fined over cannabis – BBC News
“A Somerset man has been fined £200 after posting a video on the YouTube website of cannabis he was growing.”
BBC News, 4th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for husband’s murder – BBC News
“A woman has been jailed for life for murdering her husband after she was faced with losing their £170,000 family home during a marriage break-up.”
BBC News, 4th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Papers sorry for ‘Facebook party’ story – The Guardian
“Eight newspapers and Sky News have apologised and paid substantial libel damages to a woman over stories alleging that her house had been trashed by gatecrashers after her daughter publicised her 16th birthday party on Facebook.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-Pc’s killer ‘like a vigilante’ – BBC News
“A ‘self appointed vigilante’ has been jailed for 10 years for killing a former policeman who had been charged with possessing child pornography.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for raping pensioner – BBC News
“A man who tortured and raped an 85-year-old woman after breaking into her home has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
Haw, R (on the application of) v Southwark Crown Court & Ors [2009] EWHC 379 (Admin) (03 March 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Novartis AG v Dexcel-Pharma Ltd [2009] EWHC 336 (Pat) (03 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Section 19 Permit Regulations 2009
The Community Bus Regulations 2009
The Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2009
The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Medical Devices (Fees Amendments) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
R (BA (Nigeria)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (PE (Cameroon)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR daily
“A right of appeal against the Home Office’s refusal to revoke a deportation order was exercisable from within the United Kingdom.”
WLR Daily, 3rd March 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.
Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (No 3) – Times Law Reports
Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (No 3)
Court of Appeal
“Mistakes in a supplier’s invoice did not enable the paying party to avoid late payment interest penalties.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
Barclay v British Airways plc – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“A passenger slipping on a plastic strip embedded in the floor of an aircraft was not an accident since there was no distinct event which was not part of the usual, normal and expected operation of the aircraft and which had happened independently of anything done or omitted by the passenger.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
Regina v Fortean – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“Where an application for leave to appeal against conviction or sentence was wholly without merit, the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, would exercise its power to order that part of the time spent in custody pending appeal should not count towards sentence so that applications by those who had some proper basis for making them were dealt with fully and promptly.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
Constitutional continuity: Jack Straw speech at the London School of Economics – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has given a speech about his role as Lord Chancellor in a modern democracy: ‘Ultimately my duty is to justice, and to the taxpayer. Far from serving both ends being mutually exclusive, it is, and has to be, mutually supportive.’ ”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
MPs renew control orders system – BBC News
“The government’s controversial system of using ‘control orders’ to restrict the movements of suspected terrorists has been renewed for another year.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Phantom’ killer sent to hospital – BBC News
“A man who killed a woman while wearing a ‘Phantom of the Opera’ mask has been sent to a mental hospital indefinitely.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Caroline Spelman to repay nanny expenses – The Independent
“Conservative frontbencher Caroline Spelman last night agreed to repay £9,600 after parliamentary anti-sleaze watchdogs found she broke Commons rules by paying taxpayers’ money to her children’s nanny.”
The Independent, 4th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
