Two jailed for ‘savage’ gang attack man – The Independent
“Two thugs were jailed today after a “savage” gang attack on a man trying to stop a Chinese barman being racially abused.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Day: 24 June 2009
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
G(G) & Anor, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1207 (12 June 2009)
DT, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1213 (04 June 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Central Bedfordshire Council v Taylor & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 613 (23 June 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Estafnous v London & Leeds Business Centres Ltd. [2009] EWHC 1308 (Ch) (15 June 2009)
MCP Pension Trustees Ltd v AON Pension Trustees Ltd [2009] EWHC 1351 (Ch) (18 June 2009)
Curtis & Ors v Pulbrook & Anor [2009] EWHC 1370 (Ch) (17 June 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Onwuzulike v United States of America [2009] EWHC 1395 (Admin) (05 June 2009)
Schwartz v Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court [2009] EWHC 1397 (Admin) (03 June 2009)
Kallmi v Albania [2009] EWHC 1411 (Admin) (02 June 2009)
Tilson v New Zealand [2009] EWHC 1410 (Admin) (02 June 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
North Midland Construction Plc v A E & E Lentjes UK Ltd [2009] EWHC 1371 (TCC) (18 June 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
MPs’ expenses and allowances: new Parliamentary Standards Bill introduced – Ministry of Justice
“The old system of MPs’ self regulation is to end and a new system of robust, independent and transparent statutory regulation will be brought forward in urgent legislation introduced to Parliament today by Harriet Harman and Jack Straw.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
The costs of corruption – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has given a speech at the 5th European Forum on Anti-corruption about improving the legal framework relating to bribery and corruption.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2009
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Special Exemption) Regulations 2009
The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The George Eliot Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2009
The Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009
The National Health Service Trusts (Originating Capital) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
TRM Copy Centres Ltd v Lanwall Services Ltd – Times Law Reports
TRM Copy Centres Ltd v Lanwall Services Ltd
House of Lords
“The essence of hire was that the hirer acquired the use and possession of goods from the provider in return for a rent, whether payable in cash or kind.”
The Times, 24th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Doubts over 28-day detention – The Guardian
“Parliament’s joint committee on human rights has withheld its backing for government attempts to renew police powers to detain terrorism suspects without charge for up to 28 days, saying it breaches human rights agreements.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Future of ‘free banking’ depends on courts, Law Lords told – Daily Telegraph
“The future of free personal banking depends on the outcome of a renewed legal challenge by major high street banks, the Law Lords have been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Earl Spencer fails to win blanket press ban in divorce proceedings – The Times
“Earl Spencer and his former wife, Caroline, were united yesterday in an attempt to oust the media from their battle for a divorce settlement at the High Court.”
The Times, 24th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Council MD did not lie about health in £1m claim, says High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The managing director of a local authority did not mislead her employer when she failed to tell them that she had suffered from depression, the High Court has ruled. She will not have to repay the nearly £1 million claimed from her by the council.”
Full story
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Analysis: Britain has moral duty to allow Mau Mau case to proceed – The Times
“Since the 1950s, Mau Mau has often been synonymous with atavistic savagery. It was a grassroots movement that sought to end British rule in Kenya, and with it the privileges of an African minority loyal to colonialism. Comprised almost entirely of Kikuyu – Kenya’s largest ethnic group — Mau Mau perpetrated some heinous crimes. But, so, too, did the agents of British colonialism, and on an order of magnitude that dwarfed Mau Mau acts of violence.”
The Times, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public grilling for Gordon Brown and Tony Blair in Iraq inquiry – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown and Tony Blair face being questioned in public over their roles in the run-up to the Iraq war after the chairman of the independent inquiry indicated that he is to summon the prime minister and his predecessor to give evidence.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woolf v Genn: the decline of civil justice – The Times
“This week witnessed clashes between Lord Woolf, architect of the civil justice reforms of ten years ago, and Professor Dame Hazel Genn over the topic of her recent Hamlyn lectures, where she argued that the main thrust of civil justice reform was not about more access, nor about more justice. ‘It is simply about diversion of disputants away from the courts.'”
The Times, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MPs who break tough new rules risk one year in jail – The Independent
“MPs who fiddle their expenses in future could face 12 months in jail or an unlimited fine under a crackdown announced last night. A Bill will be rushed through Parliament by next month with all-party support in an attempt to restore public confidence in MPs after it was shattered by the revelations about the allowances system.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Who decides who owns your body? – BBC News
“Steve Blum’s son Christopher was buried last November but he did not go to the funeral.
Mr Blum, who has always disputed the the pathologists’ finding of cot death as the cause of four-month-old Christopher’s death, wanted his son to remain in the North London mortuary where he had lain for 21 years until he could have the inquest he feels his son deserves.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
