“A Muslim man was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years today after being convicted of conspiracy to murder by plotting with Abdulla Ahmed Ali, the convicted ringleader of the foiled plan to blow up passenger jets.”
The Times, 10th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Solicitors and barristers have reacted with anger to last-minute ‘cost-cutting’ proposals on pay for the most serious criminal cases, which they say ‘drive a coach and horses through two years of patient and careful negotiation’.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court
Barratt Homes Ltd v Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) [2009] UKSC 13 (09 December 2009)
Horncastle & Ors, R. v [2009] UKSC 14 (09 December 2009)
A, R (on the application of)v B [2009] UKSC 12 (09 December 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Glaister & Ors v Appelby-In-Westmorland Town Council [2009] EWCA Civ 1325 (09 December 2009)
Dadourian Group International Inc & Ors v Simms & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 1327 (09 December 2009)
Dhami & Anor v Lloyds TSB General Insurance Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1326 (09 December 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
IB v R [2009] EWCA Crim 2575 (09 December 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kazeminy & Ors v Siddiqi & Ors [2009] EWHC 3207 (Comm) (09 December 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lord Chancellor v Purnell & Anor [2009] EWHC 3158 (QB) (07 December 2009)
Hughes v Risbridger & Anor [2009] EWHC 3244 (QB) (09 December 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Anglo Swiss Holdings Ltd & Anor v Packman Lucas Ltd [2009] EWHC 3212 (TCC) (09 December 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Hounslow) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Redbridge) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Islington) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (Transport for London) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (City of Westminster) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Wandsworth) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Carbon Accounting (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2009
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Non-Domestic Rating (Stud Farms) (England) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The recent controversy over bonuses paid to civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence highlights the public interest in salaries and bonuses of public sector officials.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Family lawyers have attacked government plans to extend the media’s right to report family cases, warning that they will clog the courts with preliminary hearings and lead to miscarriages of justice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“MPs are lobbying prime minister Gordon Brown to exclude solicitors from any government-run scheme to compensate workers for asbestos-related pleural plaques.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Office for Legal Complaints has announced further moves to set up a new ombudsman scheme that will investigate and resolve complaints by consumers of legal services.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Regina v Horncastle and Another; Regina v Marquis and Another
Supreme Court
“A defendant’s right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights would not be violated where his conviction was based solely or to a decisive extent on the statement of an absent witness, provided that the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were observed.”
The Times, 10th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former BBC TV presenter who was jailed for two years for hitting a teenager with a pole has been told he cannot appeal against his sentence.”
BBC News, 9th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On 10 December 2009 we published our report on Conspiracy and Attempts. This report makes recommendations to reform the law governing the criminal liability of those who agree, or attempt, to commit offences.”
Law Commission, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“Senior lawyers say the law in England and Wales should be changed to make it easier to prove criminal conspiracy. The Law Commission says criminals can currently escape prosecution for conspiracy by claiming they did not know what they were doing was illegal.”
BBC News, 10th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The use of intercept evidence in criminal trials is not yet ‘legally or practically viable’, the independent reviewer of terror laws has said.”
BBC News, 10th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judges rule battle to publish book must be pursued in secretive investigatory powers tribunal.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A review launched by the government in the wake of high-profile match-fixing allegations is set to recommend the creation of a single unit dedicated to investigating corruption in sports betting.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“England’s draconian libel laws pose a danger to public health because they are interfering with the research published by medical journals, senior editors and scientists said.”
The Times, 10th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Bath and North East Somerset Council was paid at least £4.17m in compensation for the delayed Bath Spa Project, its accounts have revealed.”
BBC News, 9th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service [2009] UKSC 12; [2009] WLR (D) 356
“Jurisdiction to hear a claim against the intelligence services for a violation of the right to freedom of expression guaranteed by art 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was granted exclusively to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (“IPT”) by s 65(2)(a) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. Therefore the High Court had no jurisdiction to hear an application for judicial review brought by a former member of the Security Service in respect of a refusal of permission to publish a book about his work with the service.”
WLR Daily, 9th December 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.
“A County Durham man left with brain damage after being kicked by a horse at a Cumbrian fair, has been blocked from claiming compensation.”
BBC News, 9th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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