“Paul Chambers, a former trainee accountant who was fined £1,000 after posting a message to the social network Twitter joking about blowing up an airport, is to appeal against his conviction.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new libel law proposed by a Liberal Democrat peer would clarify how quickly ISPs and publishers have to act when told of a defamatory post or article. Defamatory material would not have to be taken down for 14 days, under the proposal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“An accountant and two lawyers accused of insider dealing walked free from court today, marking the first time the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has lost such a prosecution.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
British Airways Plc v Unite the Union [2010] EWHC 1210 (QB) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
B v B [2010] EWHC 193 (Fam) (15 January 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A police officer who showed a ‘cavalier disregard for the law’ when he repeatedly lied about a motoring offence was jailed today.”
The Independent, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Today (2 June) I talk to Chris Kenny, CEO of the Legal Services Board. Chris Kenny discusses the role and the function of the Legal Services Board and whether there is a need for it. He talks about the opportunities and threats to lawyers and legal services over the next five years. He looks at the impact on the Rule of Law given the proposed cuts to civil and criminal legal aid. He discusses the globalisation of legal services and international regulatory standards. Lastly, a bit of futurology, Chris discusses the likely legal landscape in the next five years.”
Charon QC, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Brazzill and others v Willoughby and others [2010] EWCA Civ 561; [2010] WLR (D) 140
“A segregated trust account was held on trust for all account holders of a bank in respect of whose deposits should have been made into the account in accordance with a notice served by the Financial Services Authority (‘FSA’) and was not limited to those account holders in respect of whose accounts payments were in fact made into the account. ‘Deposits’ had its regulatory meaning which meant it was limited to regulated depositors only.”
WLR Daily, 28th May 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.
In re A (Children) (Abduction: Interim Powers) [2010] EWCA Civ 586; [2010] WLR (D) 139
“S 5 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 permitted a court to give directions to a local authority to provide accommodation for the abductor and abducted children.”
WLR Daily, 28th May 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.
Kennedy v United Kingdom (Application No 26839/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“Sufficient safeguards existed in the United Kingdom’s interception of communications regime to ensure that individuals’ rights were not breached.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Defence counsel must avoid ambushing the prosecution with a new issue.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, is today bringing legal action to remove peace protesters camping in Parliament Square.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Acquitted defendants can claim the full cost of private legal fees, after the Ministry of Justice admitted there is a drafting error in the regulations intended to implement its controversial policy to cap awards.”
Full story
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“It was years in the making and the centrepiece of Labour’s radical shake-up of legal services but the highly touted ‘Tesco law’ phenomenon could be heading for the long grass, kicked there by less enthusiastic ministers in the new coalition Government.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 41-year-old man has cost the NHS tens of thousands of pounds in hospital treatment for a range of fake illnesses over a three-year period.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Guardian newspaper has sued two online dating sites in the High Court claiming that the companies have violated its database rights by using profiles taken from its own dating service.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Liberal Democrat peer and barrister Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC has introduced a private member’s bill to reform the country’s ‘archaic’ libel laws.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Britain is one of the most regulated countries in the world when it comes to owning guns.”
The Independent, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Bloody Sunday report, to be published by the Northern Ireland secretary on 15 June, will no doubt be welcomed by the families of those killed when British troops opened fire in Derry more than 38 years ago. But it will not be welcomed by the legal establishment, which regards Lord Saville’s inquiry into the events of 30 January 1972 as an embarrassing failure of the judicial process and the waste of a promising career.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The controversial ‘football creditors’ rule, which permits millionaire players to take huge sums out of insolvent clubs while smaller creditors such as St John Ambulance and local businesses are denied most of their dues, is being challenged in the high court.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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