Fire-bomb attack trio are jailed – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for fire-bombing a house and a temple after being angered by the marriage of a Sikh woman to a Hindu man.”
BBC News, 6th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 6 July 2009
Footballer jailed for match death – BBC News
“An amateur footballer who killed a rival player in west London in a row after a game has been jailed for 28 months at the Old Bailey.”
BBC News, 6th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
City wrongdoers face bigger fines – BBC News
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to impose much bigger fines on firms or individuals who cheat their customers or engage in insider dealing.”
BBC News 6th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jonathan Ross’s Hannah Montana joke ‘not homophobic’ rules Ofcom – Daily Telegraph
“Jonathan Ross did not breach broadcasting rules by suggesting that parents should put their sons up for adoption if they asked for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, Ofcom ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MoD drops opposition to Basra deaths inquiry – The Guardian
“The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, has conceded the need for a fresh independent inquiry into the deaths of Iraqis in Basra in 2004 after allegations they were tortured and killed by British troops, the high court was told today.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mercedes executive killer jailed – BBC News
“A martial arts expert who strangled his partner over her plans to leave him for another man has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 6th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Top judge: ‘use of drones intolerable’ – The Independent
“The use of unmanned drones as weapons of war in conflicts around the world has been called into question by one of Britain’s most senior judges. Lord Bingham, until last year the senior law lord, said that some weapons were so ‘cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance’.
The Independent, 6th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sentencing policy attacked by MPs for being incoherent and inconsistent – Law Society’s Gazette
“MPs have branded current sentencing policy incoherent and inconsistent, and warned that it risks being driven by a misguided view of what the public want.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
P, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2009] EWCA Civ 701 (06 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Downer, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1361 (06 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Home Office & Anor v The Information Commissioner [2009] EWHC 1611 (Admin) (06 July 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Clift v Slough Borough Council & Anor [2009] EWHC 1550 (QB) (06 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org.
GISDA Cyf v Barratt – WLR Daily
GISDA Cyf v Barratt [2009] EWCA Civ 648; [2009] WLR (D) 229
“The ‘effective date of termination of employment’ within section 97(1)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 was not necessarily the date yielded by contractual analysis. When determining the relevant time limit for making an unfair dismissal claim, an employment tribunal had not erred in concluding that the effective date of termination of employment was when the employee read the letter of summary dismissal and not the date when the letter reached the employee’s home address when she was away.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 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 Holland and another – WLR daily
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Holland and another [2009] EWCA Civ 625; [2009] WLR (D) 228
“A human director of a corporate director could in certain circumstances be regarded as a de facto director of the subject company but he would not automatically be so regarded.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 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.
Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino – WLR Daily
Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649; [2009] WLR (D) 227
“A judge should give due weight to the marital property regime into which a couple entered so as to legitimately exercise the very wide discretion conferred on judges to achieve fairness between the parties to ancillary relief proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 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.
Regina v Morley (Anthony) – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“However comprehensive legislation relating to sentences might seek to be, it could not cover all the many different facets of human criminal behaviour which sentencing judges had to take into account.”
The Times, 6th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Boyle v SCA Packaging Ltd, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening – Times Law Reports
Boyle v SCA Packaging Ltd, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening
House of Lords
“In determining whether a person was disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1975 by reason of having an impairment which, although capable of being controlled by measures taken to treat it, would be likely to have substantial adverse effects but for those measures, the word ‘likely’ did not mean ‘probable’ but ‘could well happen’.”
The Times, 6th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law on damages – consultation response – Ministry of Justice
“Law on damages – consultation response.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Regulating Damages Based Agreements – consultation – Ministry of Justice
“This consultation paper seeks views on the proposals to regulate damages based agreements, a type of no win no fee, which is commonly used in Employment Tribunals in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Press Release: Sonnex & Farmer Unduly Lenient Sentence Decision – Attorney General’s Office
“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has decided not to refer the minimum life terms of Dano Sonnex and Nigel Farmer to the Court of Appeal as possibly unduly lenient.”
Attorney General’s Office, 2nd July 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Mother fights to save frozen embryos – Daily Telegraph
“A mother faces losing 11 frozen embryos under a new law which rules they must be destroyed after five years.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
