1,000 criminals still on the run from prison – The Independent
“Almost 1,000 criminals who should have been returned to prison are still at large, it was revealed yesterday.”
The Independent, 7th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Month: July 2009
Martial arts expert who strangled partner jailed for life – Daily Telegraph
“Alan Jermey was told he must serve at least 16 years after being found guilty of murdering Kirsty Wilson.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Business associate of Jowell’s husband has assets frozen – The Independent
“An Iranian millionaire and business associate of David Mills, the estranged husband of Tessa Jowell, has had his assets frozen by the High Court as part of a claim that he and his company received £6.2m in unauthorised fees and payments from a Welsh steel mill which collapsed with the loss of more than 300 jobs.”
The Independent, 7th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
MI5 accused of bribe offer in Rangzieb Ahmed torture case – The Guardian
“The security service MI5 is being accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by offering a man inducements to drop his allegation that its officers colluded in his torture.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Masood and others v Zahoor and others – WLR Daily
Masood and others v Zahoor and others [2009] EWCA 650; [2009] WLR (D) 231
“Where a claimant relied on a forged document he forfeited the right to have an adjudication of his claim, and it was irrelevant that the defendant also relied on forged documents. There was no weighing or balancing exercise to be carried out.”
WLR Daily, 7th July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina (Aweys and Others) v Birmingham City Council; Moran v Manchester City Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (Aweys and Others) v Birmingham City Council; Moran v Manchester City Council
House of Lords
“A local housing authority had been entitled to decide that overcrowded families were homeless but to leave them there in the short term; it was a question of fact what term was too long.”
The Times, 7th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
In re Stanford International Bank Ltd and others – WLR Daily
“The ‘centre of main interests’ for the purposes of the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 must be identified by reference to factors which were both objective and ascertainable by third parties. What was ascertainable by a third party was what was in the public domain and what a typical third party would learn as a result of dealing with the company.”
WLR Daily, 6th July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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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
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
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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
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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
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