Child rapist jailed indefinitely – BBC News
“A paedophile who returned to the scene of a previous sex attack to rape a schoolboy has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 2 April 2009
Workplace grievance and flexible working laws change on Monday – OUT-LAW.com
“The way workplace disputes are handled will change from Monday. The Government’s scrapping of the statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures is just one of the law changes that will come into effect on 6th April.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Wood, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 651 (02 April 2009)
R. v Peacock & Anor [2009] EWCA Crim 654 (02 April 2009)
Evans, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 650 (02 April 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd v First Flight Couriers Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 290 (02 April 2009)
Hawkes v Cuddy & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 291 (02 April 2009)
KJ (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 292 (02 April 2009)
Office of Fair Trading v Foxtons Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 288 (02 April 2009)
MA (Ethiopia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 289 (02 April 2009)
Pease & Anor v McMillan & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 258 (02 April 2009)
X & Anor v London Borough of Hounslow [2009] EWCA Civ 286 (02 April 2009)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AHK & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 287 (02 April 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Hutton v Government of Australia [2009] EWHC 564 (Admin) (20 March 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Synthon BV v Merz Pharma GmbH & Co KGaA [2009] EWHC 656 (Pat) (02 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Public Service Vehicles (Operators’ Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Local Transport Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2009
The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Education (Listed Bodies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2009
The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Pop star union demands new kind of copyright extension – OUT-LAW.com
“A pop stars’ pressure group has called for copyright in sound recordings to be extended beyond the current 50-year term but has said that artists should be given control of the copyright after 50 years.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Heroin death jail appeal rejected – BBC News
“The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a woman who failed to call for medical help while her half-sister was dying of a heroin overdose.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MEPs urge governments to produce surveillance register – OUT-LAW.com
“Governments should create a list of all organisations that track internet use and produce an annual report on internet surveillance, the European Parliament has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Hundreds cautioned over child sex – BBC News
“A total of 229 adults were handed a police caution for subjecting children aged under 13 to sex offences, figures for 2004 to 2007 have shown.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law Commission welcomes reform of outdated trusts law – Law Commission
“The Law Commission welcomes the introduction of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill in the House of Lords today.”
Full story (PDF)
Law Commission, 1st April 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
EDO Corpn v Ultra Electronics Ltd – WLR Daily
EDO Corpn v Ultra Electronics Ltd [2009] EWHC 682 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 114
“The procedure for pre-action disclosure provided by s 33(2) of the Supreme Act 1981 was not available to a party where the underlying dispute he might have with the proposed defendant arose out of a contract which required any dispute to be determined by arbitration.”
WLR Daily, 1st 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.
R (A) v Secretary of State for Health – WLR Daily
R (A) v Secretary of State for Health [2009] EWCA Civ 225; [2009] WLR (D) 113
“A failed asylum seeker was not ‘ordinarily resident’ within the United Kingdom for the purposes of entitlement to treatment as of right by the National Health Service free of charge. The Guidance as to how a health body should exercise such discretion as it had to grant or withhold treatment in such a case was unlawful for lack of clarity.”
WLR Daily, 1st 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.
In re Overnight Ltd Goldfarb v Higgins and Another – Times Law Reports
In re Overnight Ltd Goldfarb v Higgins and Another
Chancery Division
“The cause of action for fraudulent trading under section 213 of the Insolvency Act 1986 accrued on the making of the winding-up order.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (A) v Secretary of State for Health – Times Law Reports
Regina (A) v Secretary of State for Health
Court of Appeal
“A failed asylum seeker was not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom so as to be entitled to free treatment by the National Health Service.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd v Ratiopharm GmbH [2009] EWCA Civ 252 (01 April 2009)
Myerson v Myerson [2009] EWCA Civ 282 (01 April 2009)
Shaw v Doleman [2009] EWCA Civ 283 (01 April 2009)
McGlynn v Welwyn Hatfield District Council [2009] EWCA Civ 285 (01 April 2009)
Alexander-David v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham [2009] EWCA Civ 259 (01 April 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Country Estates Construction Ltd v Oxfordshire County Council [2009] EWHC 642 (Ch) (27 March 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
National Navigation Co v Endesa Generacion Sa [2009] EWHC 196 (Comm) (01 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009
The Road Vehicles (Individual Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Renewables Obligation Order 2009
The Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2009
The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2009
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2009
The Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2009
The Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Enough of shabby journalism – the media’s job is too important – The Times
“Do we really need yet another poorly drafted statute from a government obsessed with passing new laws?”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Privacy: the new law will freeze the lifeblood of the media – The Times
“There is a danger that the media will abandon expensive investigations and litigation and move on to other, easier stories.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mother of Rhys’s killer is jailed – The Independent
“The mother of the gunman who murdered Rhys Jones was jailed for three years yesterday for lying to detectives who were investigating the schoolboy’s murder.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Redundancy in the City: painful lessons for the big beasts – The Times
“Simon Davies, Linklaters’ managing partner, says that the good times will return to big City firms – but in a different guise.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Tribunal awards: defaulters’ names to be put on public debt register – Ministry of Justice
“People who fail to pay awards made by employment tribunals will be publicly named and shamed from today, as the government clamps down hard on employers who disregard tribunal rulings.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
