Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
James, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1261 (25 June 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Walbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd & Ors v Fattal & Ors [2009] EWHC 1446 (Ch) (25 June 2009)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The report on the controversial death of the anti-racist campaigner Blair Peach should finally be published more than 30 years after he died in a demonstration in west London. The commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir Paul Stephenson, agreed today that it should be made public after an unanimous call to do so by the Metropolitan Police Authority.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A parliamentary inquiry into allegations of British collusion in torture is set to investigate whether counter-terrorism chiefs ordered the repeated torture and rendition of a former British resident.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vodafone2 v Commissioners for Revenue and Customs
Court of Appeal
“In order to interpret United Kingdom legislation concerning the profits of controlled foreign companies in a way which avoided any unlawful restriction of a taxpayer company’s right to freedom of establishment, conferred by article 43 of the European Treaty, the court was entitled to introduce an additional exception to those contained in section 748(1)(a) to (e) and (3) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.”
The Times, 26th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A defendant who allowed another person, B, to lodge, receive, retain or withdraw money which amounted to criminal property from the defendant’s bank account, was to be regarded as having criminally converted that property.”
The Times, 26th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will still pursue bank overdraft charges as unfair, even if it loses the current legal appeal in the House of Lords.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A law firm manager was at the heart of a lucrative plot to con the Home Office into allowing ‘hundreds’ of foreign nationals to settle in Britain, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Reformed computer hackers are being recruited by the Government to defend Britain from international crime gangs and terrorists plotting cyber attacks on the country.”
The Independent, 26th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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