Tenant sues council over asbestos – BBC News
“A council tenant is planning to sue her local authority following the discovery of asbestos in her south London home.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 9 July 2009
Labour defeat on incitement laws – BBC News
“Labour has been defeated in the Lords over the issue of free speech and laws against inciting homophobic hatred.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Extradition battle over ‘onion risk’ – The Independent
“A man attempted to avoid extradition today because his human rights could be breached by being fed ‘potentially life threatening’ red onions in an Irish jail.”
The Independent, 9th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
British teenager Thomas Hutchinson faces jail over drunken White House bomb hoax call – Daily Telegraph
“A British teenager, Thomas Hutchinson, has been warned that he could face jail for telephoning the White House with a hoax bomb warning in a ‘breathtakingly stupid’ drunken prank.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2009
Soure: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gang jailed for murder of innocent teenager Shaquille Smith – The Times
“Six members of a notorious teenage knife gang were told they were arrogant cowards as they were jailed for life today for murdering an innocent schoolboy yards from his home.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Abuse at school ‘went undetected’ – BBC News
“A paedophile housemaster recruited by another child molester abused pupils undetected for years, an inquiry found.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Beckinsale awarded libel damages – BBC News
“Actress Kate Beckinsale has been awarded £20,000 libel damages over a newspaper claim that she had been dropped from a remake of Barbarella.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
PCC statement on phone message tapping claims – Press Complaints Commission
“PCC statement on phone message tapping claims.”
Press Complaints Commission, 9th July 2009
Source: www.pcc.org.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Syska (Elektrim SA) v Vivendi Universal SA & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 677 (09 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
RF, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 678 (08 July 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2009] EWHC 1574 (Fam) (03 July 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
D Pride & Partners v Institute for Animal Health & Ors [2009] EWHC 1617 (QB) (08 July 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Aceramais Holdings Ltd v Hadleigh Partnerships Ltd [2009] EWHC 1664 (TCC) (8 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2009
The Reconstitution of the Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board Order 2009
The Social Security (Deemed Income from Capital) Regulations 2009
The Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2009
The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Amendments to Law (Resolution of Dunfermline Building Society) (No. 2) Order 2009
The Dunfermline Building Society Independent Valuer Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
BCL Old Co Ltd and Others v BASF SE and Others – Times Law Reports
BCL Old Co Ltd and Others v BASF SE and Others
Court of Appeal
“The two-year time limit for bringing a claim for loss resulting from an infringement of EC or UK competition rules could be postponed where there was an appeal against the infringement itself. The time limit continued to run, however, where there was an appeal against the penalty imposed.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn and Others – Times Law Reports
Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn and Others
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“Male colleagues of female equal pay claimants were entitled to bring ‘piggyback’ claims using the female claimants as comparators and were able to recover sums equivalent to those awarded to successful comparators by way of arrears.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R v Leeks – WLR Daily
“The failure to endorse an order amending an indictment would amount to a fundamental error if the court had failed positively to exercise its discretion to make such an order.”
WLR Daily, 8th 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.
Youth conditional caution code of practice – consultation response – Ministry of Justice
“A consultation paper inviting views on the draft code of practice for Youth Conditional Cautions for 16 and 17 year olds that is planned to be piloted during 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Government plans for the reform of financial markets – HM Treasury
“The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has today published ‘Reforming Financial Markets’, a document setting out the Government’s proposals for the reform of the financial system.”
HM Treasury, 8th July 2009
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Mother wins money back in NHS row – BBC News
“A mother who spent £31,000 on life-saving treatment for her daughter while NHS bodies argued over funding is to get her money back.”
BBC News, 8th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Multimillion pound deal could send Nigerian prisoners home – The Guardian
“Hundreds of Nigerians in British jails could be sent home to finish their sentences under a multimillion pound deal now being negotiated by the government. Talks are starting on a British investment to improve prison conditions in the west African country so as to allow the transfer of as many as possible of the 400 Nigerian prisoners here.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High wheelclamping charges illegal, says RAC – The Independent
“Wheelclampers are acting illegally by imposing exorbitant charges for the release of cars parked on private land, the RAC said today. The concept of one citizen ‘punishing’ another is alien in English law, according to barrister and engineer Dr Chris Elliott, whose review of private-property parking regulations was published today by the RAC.”
The Independent, 9th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Darling rules out radical changes in City white paper – The Guardian
” Alistair Darling stepped back today from a radical overhaul of Britain’s banks when he ruled out caps on bankers’ pay or breaking up the biggest City institutions.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims – The Guardian
“Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers has paid out more than £1m to settle legal cases that threatened to reveal evidence of his journalists’ repeated involvement in the use of criminal methods to get stories.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
