Double murderer jailed for life – BBC News
“A 57-year-old Blackpool man has been jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife and her boyfriend.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 11 May 2009
Ex-teacher jailed for boys abuse – BBC News
“A former teacher has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for a series of sexual assaults on young boys.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Data Protection Act should not be defamation substitute, says High Court judge – OUT-LAW.com
“The Data Protection Act should not be a backup plan in failed defamation cases, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Eady has rejected a claim that an allegedly libellous statement was also a breach of the privacy law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Ecstasy dealers jailed over death – BBC news
“Two men from Crawley have been jailed for supplying ecstasy at a party in West Sussex which killed a teenager.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom upholds ‘Nazi’ complaints – BBC News
“Talksport has been found in breach of broadcasting rules over an incident last November which saw presenter Jon Gaunt call a local councillor a ‘Nazi’.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gordon Ramsay attacked by Ofcom after swearing marathon – The Times
“Gordon Ramsay was given a dressing down by the broadcasting regulator today for an extraordinary outburst of swearing in which his show featured the f-word almost every 20 seconds over a 40 minute period.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Obsessed cyber-war fan stabbed Nottingham student 86 times – The Times
“A German cyber-war fan was jailed for life today for flying to Britain to stab a student 86 times after he became obsessed with his girlfriend.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Injustice Unremedied: The Government’s response on Equitable Life – Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
“Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, has today laid before both Houses of Parliament a further report concerning Equitable Life.”
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 6th May
Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk
UK ‘failing’ on causes of crime – BBC News
“The government has failed to carry out its election pledge to tackle the causes of crime, says a world expert on crime reduction.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil division)
P (A Child), Re [2009] EWCA Civ 376 (08 May 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ghai v Newcastle City Council [2009] EWHC 978 (Admin) (08 May 2009)
A v London Borough of Croydon [2009] EWHC 939 (Admin) (08 May 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
FJ Chalke Ltd & Anor v Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 952 (Ch) (08 May 2009)
Court Court (Family Division)
Leake v Goldsmith [2009] EWHC 988 (Fam) (08 May 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Scopelight Ltd & Ors v Chief of Police for Northumbria & Ors [2009] EWHC 958 (QB) (07 May 2009)
Monks v Warwick District Council [2009] EWHC 959 (QB) (07 May 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The European Parliamentary Elections (Local Returning Officers’ Charges) (Scotland) Order 2009
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2009
The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) Order 2009
The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) (Supplementary Provision) Regulations 2009
The Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) Regulations 2009
The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“In order to establish that an asylum seeker was liable for a joint criminal enterprise such as to exclude him from the protection of the Geneva Convention as complicit in war crimes or crimes against humanity, there had to have been a common design which amounted to or involved the commission of a crime provided for by statute.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (RK) (Nepal) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (RK) (Nepal) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A non-British student with conditional leave to enter and stay in the United Kingdom and who was ordered to leave on breaching those conditions, could not appeal against that decision while still in the country.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R (O’Connor) v HM Coroner for the District of Avon (Visser intervening) – WLR Daily
“The test for a verdict of unlawful killing was not exclusively objective, it being necessary to find at least the mental element necessary for a criminal conviction of assault; and insanity, if properly raised on the evidence, had to be disproved to the criminal standard to sustain such a verdict.”
WLR Daily, 8th May 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.
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and others – WLR Daily
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and others; [2009] WLR (D) 149
“Money payments made in the form of discretionary service charges by customers to waiters and bar staff by credit or debit card or by cheque, and collected by the proprietor/employer to be transmitted to employees via a ‘tronc’ system (an arrangement for the pooling and distribution to employees), administered by an employee called ‘troncmaster’, did not count towards an employee’s remuneration within the meaning of reg 30(a) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999, to meet the requirement of s 1 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 8th May 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.
Attorney General and Lord Advocate on prosecution of terrorism cases – Attorney-General’s Office
“The prosecution of cross-border terrorism offences will be strengthened by a new protocol agreed today (8 May 2009) by the Lord Advocate, the Right Honourable Elish Angiolini QC, and the Attorney General, the Right Honourable Baroness Scotland QC.”
Attorney-General’s Office, 9th May 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Blacklisting of union members by companies to be outlawed – The Guardian
“The government is to outlaw the use by companies of covert blacklists that have prevented trade unionists from getting work. Ministers have been forced to act after a watchdog exposed widespread blacklisting in the construction industry this year.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Commissioners reveal plans to harmonise EU copyright laws – OUT-LAW.com
“Two European commissioners have outlined plans to more closely harmonise copyright law across the European Union’s 27 member states and create EU-wide copyright licences. The commissioners want to end ‘fragmentation’ of copyright laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Exemption clauses need strong words to survive deliberate, fundamental breaches, says High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“Someone who deliberately breaches a fundamental term of a contract generally cannot rely on exemptions in the contract to avoid liability to the other party without clear, strong language to that effect, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
