“Intercept evidence should not be allowed into British terror trials, the government’s terrorism reviewer said today.”
The Guardian, 24th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Thomas v Director of Public Prosecutions
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Vulnerable homeless persons in rooms in local authority hostels with a licence to occupy for a day a bedroom with a lock, were as entitled to the protection of the law as anyone else and could exclude trespassers.”
The Times, 25th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A judge should not continue to try a case alone after discharging the jury because of jury tampering where an informed objective bystander might legitimately conclude that there was a real possibility of bias by the judge.”
The Times, 25th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Dozens of law firms are having to turn away vulnerable clients, including victims of domestic violence, because they have exhausted this year’s legal aid budgets.”
The Times, 24th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Millions of current account customers could come a step closer to reclaiming ‘unfair’ charges they paid on unauthorised overdrafts today when the supreme court hands down a long-awaited appeal ruling.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A straight couple who want to become the first hetrosexuals in Britain to form a civil partnership will launch a legal challenge after a council refused their request.”
The Times, 25th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The £100,000 compensation awarded to the family of Jean Charles de Menezes pales beside the £4m being claimed in a current sexual harrassment case. Why the huge difference?”
The Guardian, 25th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The body protecting children in family courts is going through unprecedented strain, a union has warned.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general was under intense pressure tonight to order a wider series of police investigations into British complicity in torture after one of the world’s leading human rights organisations said there was clear evidence of the UK government’s involvement in the torture of its own citizens.”
The Guardian, 24th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An epileptic mother-to-be and her unborn baby, both of whom almost drowned when she suffered a fit whilst unattended in a hospital bath, have won more than £4 million in High Court damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who claims he was repeatedly shot with a Taser during his arrest in Nottingham intends to sue the police, the BBC understands.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Prime Minister has been criticised by his independent reviewer of terrorism legislation for comments he made about an anti-terrorist raid.”
The Times, 25th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An abridged version of a lecture given by Jack Straw at Brunel University’s Magna Carta Institute on Monday 23 November 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Pacan & Ors, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 2436 (16 October 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Transview Properties Ltd v City Site Properties Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1255 (24 November 2009)
Widlake v BAA Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1256 (23 November 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
The Lord Chancellor v Michael J Reed Ltd [2009] EWHC 2981 (QB) (23 November 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Stratford On Avon District Council v Dyde [2009] EWHC 3011 (Admin) (04 November 2009)
Goldsmith v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 3010 (Admin) (04 November 2009)
Bhatti & Ors v Croydon Magistrates Court & Ors [2009] EWHC 3004 (Admin) (06 November 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
SK Shipping (S) Pte Ltd v Petroexport Ltd [2009] EWHC 2974 (Comm) (24 November 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Rights and Responsibilities: civic duty and the rule of law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Denning Lecture, 23 November 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
B v N (A and S, Third Parties) [2009] EWHC 2884 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 340
“The court’s power under s 80(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (now repealed) to order ‘any person having possession of realisable property’ to give possession to a receiver did not empower the court to make such an order against tenants protected by contract and/or statute whose interests had not been determine by a court order.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 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.
Patel and another v Keles and another [2009] EWCA Civ 1187; [2009] WLR (D) 339
“Where a landlord opposed an application for renewal of a business tenancy by asserting an intention to occupy the premises for the proposes of his own business, but it was shown that he was highly likely to sell, the landlord did not have the requisite intention to defeat the application for renewal.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 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.
Al Rawi and Others v Security Service and Others
Queen’s Bench Division
“Closed material procedure, as was used in criminal proceedings, sitting in camera and using special advocates who were not allowed to disclose secret evidence to their clients, could be used in a civil claim for damages.”
The Times, 24th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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