Police ‘terror searches’ treble – BBC News
“Police stopped and searched three times as many people under anti-terrorism powers in 2007/8 compared to the year before, Home Office figures reveal.”
BBC News, 30th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: April 2009
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Barron, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 837 (29 April 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Heidelberg Graphic Equipment Ltd.& Anor v Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 870 (Ch) (08 April 2009)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Dornoch Ltd & Ors v Westminster International BV & Ors [2009] EWHC 889 (Admlty) (29 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
R v JTB (on appeal from R v T) – WLR Daily
R v JTB (on appeal from R v T) [2009] UKHL 20; [2009] WLR(D) 140
“S 34 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 abolished the defence as well as the presumption of doli incapax.”
WLR Daily, 29th April 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.
Gomes v Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago – WLR Daily
Gomes v Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [2009] UKHL 21; [2009] WLR (D) 139
“Where an accused deliberately fled from a jurisdiction where his trial was pending, he was not, save in exceptional circumstances, entitled to rely, under s 82 of the Extradition Act 2003, on the passage of time due to delay on the part of the requesting state in bringing him to justice as a bar to his extradition.”
WLR Daily, 29th April 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.
Regina v Briggs-Price – Times Law Reports
House of Lords
“A confiscation order could be made against a convicted drug trafficker in respect of benefit received from other drug trafficking which had not been charged on the indictment but which had been established by evidence during the trial.”
The Times, 30th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Video: police pay £85,000 and apologise to arrested protesters – The Guardian
“Scotland Yard has paid £85,000 damages to five people who were arrested, imprisoned for 40 hours and prosecuted after a protest outside a London embassy.”
The Times, 30th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Muslim men cleared of 7/7 plot but jailed for attending terror camps – The Guardian
“Two British Muslims cleared of helping the 7 July bombers were yesterday accused by a judge of betraying the country that had given them a home, as he jailed them for seven years each for planning to attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Why the CSA must target parents who avoid maintenance – The Times
“Janet Paraskeva explains why new powers are not threatening anyone’s civil liberties.”
The Times, 30th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
They quote you Larkin, your appeal court judges – The Guardian
“Poetic warning to separated parents that constant fighting hurts their children.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Community impact statements to be handed to courts – Daily Telegraph
“Communties are to present statements to prosecutors and courts to describe how crimes have affected them in a bid to encourage tougher action or sentences.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tony Blair’s son begins legal action against Sunday Express – The Guardian
“As a young boy, Euan Blair’s famous parents did their utmost to protect him from the intrusive gaze of the British media, eliciting a series of agreements from newspapers in an attempt to ensure the former prime minister’s young family were kept out of the limelight.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Book page thief sentence halved
“An Iranian scholar who stole pages from priceless books at Oxford’s Bodleian library and the British Library has had his sentence halved.”
BBC News, 29th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Powar & Anor, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 594 (25 March 2009)
Edwards, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 602 (17 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Moving faster to a more diverse judiciary – Ministry of Justice
“Lord Chancellor Jack Straw today announced the establishment of an Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity with Baroness Julia Neuberger as its Chair.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Family courts system accused of hiding evidence from parents – The Times
“Parents fighting in the family courts for contact with their children are being denied access to their personal files by a corrupt system, a leading parental rights campaigner has said.”
The Times, 29th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Quota system may be considered for judges – The Independent
“Quotas for ethnic minority and women judges could be part of new proposals aimed at improving ‘diversity’ in the judiciary. Baroness Julia Neuberger, a government adviser, said she wanted to remove ‘blockages’ faced by applicants for judicial posts and make judges more representative of society.”
The Independent, 29th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Accenture Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2009] EWHC 857 (Admin) (28 April 2009)
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families v BP [2009] EWHC 866 (Admin) (28 April 2009)
Yusuf v The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain [2009] EWHC 867 (Admin) (28 April 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Jefferies International Ltd v Landsbanki Islands HF [2009] EWHC 894 (Comm) (28 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Website pays damages to O’Neill – BBC News
“Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has accepted substantial libel damages from the owners of a website.”
BBC News, 28th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
