“Reforms to open up the family courts to the media are at risk of being scuppered by mounting opposition from senior judges, lawyers, children’s groups and MPs, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Parts of the Crown Prosecution Service in London are in ‘meltdown’ with criminals being handed ‘get out of jail free cards’ while ‘open and shut’ cases are being thrown out of court, a memo seen by The Independent claims.”
The Independent, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The prison service’s early release scheme under which more than 80,000 prisoners have walked out of jail 18 days early is to end by 10 April, when the general election campaign is widely expected to be getting under way.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Garside v Black Horse Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 190 (QB) (12 February 2010)
Pankhurst v White [2010] EWHC 311 (QB) (18 February 2010)
Malone & Ors v British Airways Plc [2010] EWHC 302 (QB) (19 February 2010)
Sabin v BRB (Residuary) Ltd [2010] EWHC 267 (QB) (19 February 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Thomas & Anor v BPE Solicitors (A Firm) [2010] EWHC 306 (Ch) (19 February 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
James v Birmingham City Council [2010] EWHC 282 (Admin) (19 February 2010)
Peake v Director of Public Prosecution [2010] EWHC 286 (Admin) (19 February 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Eribo & Anor v Odinaiya & Anor [2010] EWHC 301 (TCC) (19 February 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A predatory paedophile who stealthily groomed a 14-year-old girl with depraved and crude sexual chats before taking her to woods for sex was jailed for four years today.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, today issued a clarified and updated edition of The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code).”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Judicial Studies Board specimen directions provided guidance for trial judges but were not authority binding them unless approved or adopted by the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division.”
The Times, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Valentas; Regina v Tabus
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Until there was a definite guideline issued by the Sentencing Council, proposals of the Sentencing Advisory Panel did not constitute guidance to sentencers which displaced guideline decisions of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division.”
The Times, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division
“If a member of the jury had to be discharged, at whatever stage in the trial, the judge was not required to direct the remaining members of the jury to ignore any views expressed by the juror who had departed.”
The Times, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Stephen Sedley finds the insights of a senior law lord clear and compelling.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Export Control (Guinea) Order 2010
The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2010
The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Environment) Order 2010
The Infrastructure Planning (Decisions) Regulations 2010
The Childcare (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Muhammed v R [2010] EWCA Crim 227 (19 February 2010)
Azam & Ors v R [2010] EWCA Crim 226 (19 February 2010)
Thames Water Utilities Ltd, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 202 (19 February 2010)
Moore, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 224 (19 February 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Al Dawood Shipping Lines Ltd v Dynastic Maritime Inc (Rev 1) [2010] EWCA Civ 104 (19 February 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd [2010] EWHC 316 (Ch) (19 February 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
Z, Re [2009] EWHC 3621 (Fam) (21 December 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A fantasist who claimed to be a decorated war veteran has had all charges against him dropped at Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court because of a legal technicality.”
The Times, 20th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The barrister Jonathan Sumption has been described as the cleverest man in Britain, with ‘a brain the size of the planet’ and fees to match. So when David Miliband hired this top legal banana to help to suppress evidence of MI5’s complicity in torturing a terrorist suspect, the foreign secretary did not envisage any slip-ups.”
The Times, 21st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Assisted suicide will be effectively decriminalised by the back door in landmark guidance to be published next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who has spent the past 23 years in jail for shooting dead five of his relatives is to have his conviction re-examined after doubts were raised over key evidence used during his trial.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After walking through the double doors of Court 35, Peter Blake turned down a winding staircase and within three minutes had navigated his way unnoticed through the Gothic maze of the Royal Courts of Justice.”
The Times, 20th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Solicitors have expressed disappointment that the Office of Fair Trading did not propose the regulation of estate agents in its home buying and selling report published last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Only two of almost 150 race claims made against the country’s largest police force in the past four years have been upheld at tribunals, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As befits Britain’s most senior spy, Jonathan Evans is noted in Whitehall for being cool under fire. That quality will be tested this week when MI5’s director-general learns whether his service is about to be engulfed by one of the biggest crises in its 100-year history.”
The Times, 21st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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