High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Knight v Axa Assurances [2009] EWHC 1900 (QB) (24 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Clarke, R (on the application of) v Cardiff University [2009] EWHC 2148 (Admin) (19 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped a case against a filmmaker from west London who was accused of stealing 0.003 pence worth of electricity.”
BBC News, 19th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Coroners are refusing to carry out post-mortem tests for an infection that causes the human form of mad cow disease, despite pleas that they could help to monitor the disease.”
The Times, 19th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The owner of a brothel in the West Midlands has been ordered to pay back £2m under the Proceeds of Crime Act.”
BBC News, 19th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) plans to extend company director bans to include not just those who were directly involved in competition law offences but those who should have done more to prevent them.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Court Appeal (Civil Division)
Booth v Oldham MBC [2009] EWCA Civ 880 (18 August 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Strydom v Vendside Ltd [2009] EWHC 2130 (QB) (18 August 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sabmiller Africa BV v Tanzania Breweries Ltd [2009] EWHC 2140 (Comm) (18 August 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
City & General (Holborn) Ltd v Structure Tone Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2139 (TCC) (18 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2009
The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Designation of a Gas Transporter) Order 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Refilling of Air Conditioning Systems by Service Providers) Regulations 2009
The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina v K (Matrimonial proceedings: Privilege against self-incrimination)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“While information disclosed under compulsion in matrimonial ancillary relief proceedings was not admissible in criminal proceedings, admissions made in withoutprejudice negotiations were not inadmissible.”
The Times, 19th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two prisoners ran an international cocaine ring from their jail cells in England and Panama, a court heard today.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Repeat and serious offenders are escaping court because police just hand out a string of on-the-spot fines for easy convictions, magistrates have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The NHS spent more than £800m settling legal claims last year as complaints of medical negligence against the service rose sharply.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of anti-social behaviour orders has plummeted by almost half in two years signalling the death of Labour’s flagship weapon.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A police force has been rebuked by the Home Office after admitting that its statistics for intimate body searches going back to 2000 are misleading.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council found negligent in its clean-up of former steel works which may have led to birth defects is to appeal against a High Court ruling.”
The Independent, 19th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two property developers accused of assaulting and falsely imprisoning a rooftop protester have walked free from Cardiff Crown Court.”
BBC News, 18th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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