Care review for 214 dead patients – BBC News
“The treatment notes of 214 patients who died at Stafford Hospital, where standards of care have been strongly criticised, are to be reviewed.”
BBC News, 30th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: October 2009
BA facing union legal challenge – BBC News
“Unite the union is to take legal action to try to stop British Airways’ plans to impose new pay and conditions on 14,000 cabin crew.”
BBC News, 30th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Self-absorbed’ husband jailed for slaughter of Vodafone executive – The Times
“A husband who stabbed his wife more than 30 times after she admitted having an affair was jailed for nine years today as a judge condemned him as ‘egotistical and self-absorbed’.
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal action prepared over E.coli – BBC News
“Wrexham Council has said it is preparing to take legal action following an outbreak of E.coli which affected four people earlier this year.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council sued over student’s fall – BBC News
“A man seriously injured after a fall during a night out when he was a student is suing a council for damages.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
SG South Ltd. v King’s Head Cirencester LLP & Anor [2009] EWHC 2645 (TCC) (29 October 2009)
ROK Building Ltd v Celtic Composting Systems Ltd [2009] EWHC 2664 (TCC) (30 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Earles v Barclays Bank plc – WLR Daily
Earles v Barclays Bank plc [2009] EWHC 2500 (Mercantile); [2009] WLR (D) 309
“Although there was no duty on the parties to preserve documents prior to the commencement of proceedings, after proceedings had begun, the situation was radically different. That was particularly so in relation to electronic information stored by a bank.”
WLR Daily, 29th October 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.
Ferrero SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) – WLR daily
“In proceedings concerning the alleged invalidity of a community trade mark, departments of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) are not bound by earlier final decisions in opposition proceedings, since no force of res judicata attaches to such decisions.”
WLR Daily, 29th October 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.
Ali v Birmingham City Council – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“The words ‘inform’ and ‘notify’ did not necessarily mean the same thing. In section 193(5) of the Housing Act 1996, ‘inform’ applied to the content of a notice and required more from a local authority than ‘notify’; it also included ‘make sure that it was understood’.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Joseph and Others v Spiller and Another – Times Law Reports
Joseph and Others v Spiller and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where terms in an agency contract were unlawfully contained in a separate document to the main contract, that breach did not necessarily operate to render the entire contract, or even the terms themselves, unenforceable.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Cheating benefit advisor jailed – BBC News
“A benefits officer who admitted falsely claiming over £75,000 has been jailed for 14 months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child rapist jailed indefinitely – BBC News
“A pensioner has been jailed indefinitely for raping and sexually assaulting three children in Nottinghamshire.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers ‘exploit’ legal aid cash – BBC News
“Lawyers received tens of millions of pounds more than they were entitled to in legal aid payments last year, the government auditor has said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MP wins damages from McBride – The Independent
“A Tory MP has received damages from one of Gordon Brown’s former spin doctors after he targeted her as part of the ‘smear emails’ scandal.”
The Independent, 30th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lamentable’ failures led to Nimrod crash that killed 14 – The Independent
“One of the worst disasters in recent British military history was the result of ‘incompetence, complacency and cynicism’ by senior military figures which broke the covenant the country has with its soldiers, a devastating official report has concluded.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Nimrod families demand corporate manslaughter charges – The Times
“Lawyers for the families of the 14 servicemen killed in an RAF Nimrod that exploded over Afghanistan are considering manslaughter charges against two British defence companies.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Jailed Premier League footballer Marlon King had history of violence – The Times
“A Premier League footballer with a history of violence against women was jailed for 18 months yesterday for punching a student in the face after she rejected his aggressive sexual advances in a nightclub.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has given the ‘Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture’ at the University of Birmingham.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Man and son guilty of pub murder – BBC News
“A father and his 14-year-old son face life sentences after being convicted of stabbing a man to death in a pub.”
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BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
