Khyra Ishaq’s mother appeals over prison sentence – BBC news
“The mother of a seven-year-old girl who was starved to death at her home in Birmingham has lodged an appeal to reduce her jail sentence.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 28 June 2010
Bolton firebomb threat man bailed and on the run again – BBC News
“Prosecutors are under fire for not challenging the bail of a man who admitted witness intimidation only for him to go on the run for a second time.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Journalists win payout after police admit failing to respect press freedom – The Guardian
“Two journalists have won an out-of-court settlement after the Metropolitan police admitted failing to respect the freedom of the press when officers prevented them covering a protest.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
IPCC publishes findings following investigation into Metropolitan Police handling of sexual offences case – Independent Police Complaints Commission
“A Superintendent and two Inspectors are to face a Full Powers Misconduct Panel, following an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the case of Kirk Reid.”
Full press release and link to full report
Independent Police Complaints Commission, 28th June 2010
Source: www.ipcc.gov.uk
Scotland Yard condemned for serial sex attacker failings – The Guardian
“Three senior Scotland Yard officers could face dismissal after ‘sustained failure’ by police allowed a serial sex attacker to continue stalking lone women in south-west London four years after he was identified as a suspect. In a damning report, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) today described the police investigation into the series of attacks as a ‘shameful chapter’ in the history of the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman jailed for ‘vicious’ revenge attack – The Independent
“A carer was today sentenced to a total of seven years in prison for her part in a ‘prolonged and vicious’ revenge attack on her husband’s former lover.”
The Independent, 28th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Disgraced Ali Dizaei to make renewed conviction appeal – The Independent
“Sacked police officer Ali Dizaei is to make a last ditch bid to have his conviction for corruption overturned, his solicitor said today.”
The Independent, 28th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Gibbon v Manchester City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 726 (25 June 2010)
Steele v The Home Office [2010] EWCA Civ 724 (25 June 2010)
Smith v Cooper & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 722 (25 June 2010)
Smith v Co-Operative Group Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 725 (25 June 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bowles v R [2010] EWCA Crim 1460 (25 June 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Khudairi & Anor v Abbey Brokers Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 1486 (Ch) (22 June 2010)
CPC Group Ltd v Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company [2010] EWHC 1535 (Ch) (25 June 2010)
Miah v Islam [2010] EWHC 1569 (Ch) (25 June 2010)
Frasers Islington Ltd v The Hanover Trustee Company Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 1514 (Ch) (25 June 2010)
High Court Queen’s Bench Division)
Noye, R. v [2010] EWHC 1468 (QB) (25 June 2010)
Best v Smyth [2010] EWHC 1541 (QB) (25 June 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Swann & Anor v Potton Ltd [2010] EWHC 1577 (TCC) (25 June 2010)
Sources: www.bailii.org
Regina v Lee – WLR Daily
Regina v Lee [2010] EWCA Crim 1404; [2010] WLR (D) 160
“The offence under s 85(5)(b) of the Medicines Act 1968 of selling or supplying a medicinal product which was misleadingly labelled or marked in respect of the nature or quality of the product, where such sale or supply was done by a person ‘in the course of a business carried on by him’, could not be committed by a person who was merely employed or engaged by the business which carried out the sale or supply, but was committed by the employer, namely the person or body carrying on the business.”
WLR Daily, 25th June 2010
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.
Regina v Brewster – WLR Daily
Regina v Brewster [2010] EWCA Crim 1194; [2010] WLR (D) 159
“Where a party sought to admit evidence of a witness’s bad character which bore only indirectly on his credibility, and that credibility was a matter in issue in the proceedings and of substantial importance in the context of the case as a whole, such evidence was only admissible pursuant to s 100(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 as evidence of substantial probative value on the issue of creditworthiness if it was reasonably capable of assisting a fair minded jury to reach a view as to whether the witness’s evidence was worthy of belief.”
WLR Daily, 25th June 2010
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.
The incoming tide: The civil law, the common law, referees and advocates – Speech by Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls
“The incoming tide: The civil law, the common law, referees and advocates – the European Circuit of the bar’s first Annual Lecture at Gray’s Inn on 24 June.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 28th June 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Report due into Kirk Reid police rape inquiry – BBC News
“The Metropolitan Police is expected to be criticised over its investigation of a sex attacker who targeted women in south-west London.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family court body review ‘needed’ – BBC News
“The body that looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings in England is lurching from ‘crisis to crisis’, a union says.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher sacked for sexually inappropriate comments – Daily Telegraph
“A male teacher at a girls’ school was sacked after making sexually inappropriate comments to teenage pupils about their breasts and prostitutes.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Baroness Hale: Human Rights Act hampered by constitutional problems – The Guardian
“Baroness Hale of Richmond has spoken to the Salford Human Rights Conference on the development of human rights law, and has lamented the time spent on constitutional wrangling rather than applying the essence of the Act.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK bill of rights plan a ‘bad idea’, warns head of European court – The Guardian
“Senior judge’s remarks that human rights could be hit if act repealed threatens to inflame row over power of Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Civil liberties row sparked by tough parole controls on terrorism act offenders – The Observer
“A major civil liberties row is threatening to erupt over the ‘unprecedented’ parole conditions imposed on members of Islamist groups now being released from prison having completed their sentences for terrorist offences.”
The Observer, 27th June 2010
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
