Month: May 2009
Couple claimed number plate was stolen to avoid speeding fines – Daily Telegraph
“A couple claimed their number plate had been stolen and berated police in a local newspaper to avoid speed camera fines, a court has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Revenue & Customs v Proctor & Gamble UK [2009] EWCA Civ 407 (20 May 2009)
Yesiloz v London Borough of Camden & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 415 (20 May 2009)
Aerotel Ltd v Wavecrest Group Enterprises Ltd & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 408 (20 May 2009)
Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd & Ors v Coutinho [2009] EWCA Civ 454 (20 May 2009)
Mansel Oil Ltd & Anor v Troon Storage Tankers SA [2009] EWCA Civ 425 (20 May 2009)
Carter & Anor v Cole & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 410 (20 May 2009)
Roult v North West Strategic Health Authority [2009] EWCA Civ 444 (20 May 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Aboulkadir & Ors, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 956 (20 May 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Norwich Union Life & Pensions Ltd v Strand Street Properties Ltd [2009] EWHC 1109 (Ch) (20 May 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor of Creteil, France [2009] EWHC 1030 (Admin) (19 May 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
Stedman, Re [2009] EWHC 935 (Fam) (18 May 2009)
Soure: www.bailii.org
Chief executive jailed for £2.4 million fraud – Daily Telegraph
“A chief executive almost brought an international company to its knees by defrauding it of more than £2.4 million to finance the high-life, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bank worker who raided Sir Victor Blank’s account jailed for three years – Daily Telegraph
“Anthony Webster, 23, acted as the ‘inside man’ in a scam which saw more than £615,000 in total stolen from wealthy clients of Barclays, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Driver jailed over bike-tow death – BBC News
“A driver has been jailed for causing the death of a friend he had been towing on a bicycle.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court enforcement officers to help employees collect unpaid awards from tribunals – Ministry of Justice
“Tough new measures to improve the payment of employment tribunal awards and reduce the costs of enforcing unpaid ones were announced today by Justice Secretary Jack Straw.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Proposals to regulate damages based agreements – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice has announced plans to clamp down on ‘no-win no-fee’ lawyers who are exploiting vulnerable clients by taking a large proportion of the damages they are awarded as payment for excessive legal fees.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Practice directions – Amendment No. 22 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Lord Chief Justice has handed down Amendment No. 22 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction. It has three main parts. Primarily, the amendments set out the different bases on which a defendant may plead guilty. Secondly, minor changes are made to paragraph III.28 of the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction regarding the Victim Personal Statement scheme. Thirdly, it contains various forms for use with the Criminal Procedure Rules and when appealing to and from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th May 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“A British soldier on military service in Iraq was subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom within the meaning of art 1 of the Human Rights Convention and as such benefited from the rights guaranteed by the Human Rights Act 1998. An inquest held into the soldier’s death was to be an enhanced inquest conforming to the procedural requirements of the right to life in art 2 of the Convention.”
WLR Daily, 19th 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.
Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union – WLR Daily
Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 387
“A length of service criterion within the selection matrix for redundancy selection, contained in collective agreements between a company and a workers’ union, was not in breach of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, in that the inclusion of the criterion was a ‘proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim’ within reg 3(1)(b).”
WLR Daily, 19th 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.
Stamp assault footballer jailed – BBC News
“A Sunday league footballer who stamped on an opponent’s leg as he lay injured has been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers face calls to give business free service – The Times
“Banks and other cash-strapped businesses are putting pressure on law firms by calling for the services of junior lawyers free of charge during the downturn.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal party drug that killed student set to be banned – Daily Telegraph
“Jacqui Smith, The Home Secretary, is to finally move to ban the legal party drug GBL that killed Hester Stewart, a promising medical student, almost a year after her chief drugs advisor told her to.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Football teams club together to win groundbreaking WIPO domain name case – OUT-LAW.com
“Some of England’s biggest football clubs have become the first companies to band together to win case under the best-known arbitration system for domain name disputes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Hit-and-run driver who sold car on eBay sentenced to jail – The Guardian
“A former embassy official who fatally injured a cyclist in a hit-and-run crash and then attempted to cover her tracks by selling her car in parts on eBay was today sentenced to 10 years in jail.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man accused of double murder admits tying up French student – The Guardian
“A man on trial for the murder of two French students in south London today admitted tying one of them up before they were repeatedly stabbed.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Life term for Chinese pair murder – BBC News
“An illegal immigrant who murdered a Chinese couple in Newcastle has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bolsover District Council v Dennis Rye Ltd – Times Law Reports
Bolsover District Council v Dennis Rye Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A judge hearing a winding-up petition against a company, when faced with a cross-claim by the company against the petitioner, had to consider only whether the evidence before him was sufficient to satisfy him that the company’s cross-claim was not merely arguable but was genuine and serious, and not whether the company should have previously taken action on the cross-claim unless it had a good reason for not doing so.”
The Times, 19th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Victim Personal Statements; Pleas of Guilty in the Crown Court; Forms) – Times Law Reports
“Amended provisions concerning the practice in criminal proceedings in relation to victim personal statements, pleas of guilty in the crown court and forms would come into force with immediate effect.”
The Times, May 19th 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
