Cab driver’s sex victims to sue – BBC News
“Victims of a taxi driver who sexually assaulted five female passengers in London and raped one are preparing a legal claim for damages against him.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
Source: www.bb.co.uk
Month: May 2009
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Berghoff Trading Ltd & Ors v Swinbrook Developments Ltd & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 413 (19 May 2009)
Napier & Anor v Pressdram Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 443 (19 May 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Discipline’ father’s crop attack – BBC News
“A father who horsewhipped his three children for discipline and to stop them ‘going off the rails’ has been jailed at Cardiff Crown Court.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex offender complaint is upheld – BBC News
“The police watchdog has upheld a complaint about a police force’s management of a sex offender.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
QC appointment review rejects proposals for radical change – Law Society Gazette
“The former head of the Queen’s Counsel selection panel has rejected Law Society proposals that would have increased the number of solicitors eligible to apply.”
Law Society Gazette, 14th May 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Bar considers action on ‘threat’ posed by solicitor-advocates – Law Society Gazette
“The Bar Council has set up a working group to tackle what it calls unfair competition from solicitor-advocates for Crown Court work.”
Law Society Gazette, 14th May 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Police boss might defy High Court – BBC News
“The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police Colin Port says he is prepared to go to jail rather than return suspected child pornography.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
InsuranceWide.com Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs; Revenue and Customs Comrs v Trader Media Group Ltd – WLR Daily
“Companies which offered introductory services, in order to channel would-be customers to insurers by electronic means, and which received a commission in the event of a contract of insurance being concluded were insurance brokers or insurance agents falling within the exemption from VAT provided for by Group 2 in Sch 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, which implemented art 13B(a) of Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes.”
WLR Daily, 18th 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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Vigilante sentenced over sex video campaign – The Independent
“A vigilante who filmed men meeting up for sex in a bid to clean up a woodland was today spared jail.”
The Independent, 18th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
MoD facing compensation claims after legal ruling – Daily Telegraph
“The Ministry of Defence is facing a flood of compensation claims from families of servicemen who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan after a landmark legal ruling that they are covered by human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Knife crime down as police hail stop and search – The Times
“The Metropolitan Police have stopped and searched 24,000 young people every month over the past year in an operation that is cutting teenage knife crime and violence.”
The Times, 19th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Ghai) v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (Ghai) v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Queen’s bench Division
“The orthodox Hindu belief in the necessity of open-air cremation as a manifestation of belief within the meaning of article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights was limited by statutory provisions which were justified under article 9.2 of the Convention.”
The Times, 18th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
FH (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
FH (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A delay of two years and nine months in dealing with an application for indefinite leave to remain constituted culpable and undue delay on the part of the Secretary of State for the Home Department and was productive of conspicuous unfairness in the case of man who had evaded deportation in 1986 and lived under an assumed name for 23 years.”
The Times, 18th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Retailers want to retain consumers’ right to reject faulty goods, say law commissions – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses as well as consumers have backed the UK Government’s attempts to retain shoppers’ right to return faulty goods for an immediate refund. A consultation has found that retailers as well as shoppers back the stance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Man jailed after dog found in bin – BBC News
“A Lincolnshire man who admitted keeping five dogs for fighting has been sentenced to 22 weeks in prison.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for footballer murder – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering a promising teenage footballer in a row over a girl.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met chief prepared to launch inquiries into alleged misuse of MPs’ expenses – The Guardian
“Paul Stephenson says police will investigate MPs where warranted, while union calls on Labour’s NEC to outline deselection process for MPs found guilty of claims misuse.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Victim Personal Statements; Pleas of Guilty in the Crown Court; Forms) – WLR Daily
“Lord Judge CJ, sitting in the Supreme Court, handed down an amendment to Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Consolidation) [2002] 1 WLR 2870, relating to victim personal statements, pleas of guilty in the Crown Court and forms.”
WLR Daily, 15th 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.
Aggregator needs daily evidence to make price comparisons fair, rules ad regulator – OUT-LAW.com
“Price aggregating websites that want to claim that they compare more suppliers than anyone else must conduct research to make sure it is true and must update that research frequently, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
