Daily Mail and Sun pay out to Tamil hunger striker – The Guardian
“Papers apologise to Parameswaran Subramanyam after falsely claiming he sustained himself with hamburgers during fast.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Month: July 2010
Teenagers’ ‘happy slapping’ sentences to be reviewed – The Independent
“The Attorney General will review the sentences of two teenage members of a ‘happy slapping’ gang who killed a grandfather in a bid to determine whether they were too lenient, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 29th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UKIP wins court case over order to pay back donation – BBC News
“The UK Independence Party does not have to forfeit all of a £367,697 ‘impermissible donation’, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Luton man who threw egg at Baroness Warsi jailed – BBC News
“A man who threw an egg at the face of a Conservative peer on a visit to Luton has been jailed for six weeks.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cuts ‘would close supreme court’ – The Guardian
“The UK Supreme Court would have to close for business if proposed public spending cuts of 40% were implemented, its chief executive has warned.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Covertly found assets no longer valid in divorce – The Guardian
“Separated couples will no longer be able to use secretly obtained documents to reveal their spouse’s hidden assets in divorce proceedings, the court of appeal has ruled.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Al Fayed loses damages in fight over Oxted oil field – BBC News
“Mohamed Al Fayed’s battle for compensation after a company drilled for oil under his Surrey estate has been thrown out by the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 28th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parents of Mansfield neglect death girl lose appeals – BBC News
“The mother and stepfather of an eight-year-old girl found hanged in her ‘squalid’ Mansfield bedroom have failed in appeals against their prison terms.”
BBC News, 28th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes (A Partnership) [2010] EWCA Civ 899 (28 July 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kang v Eau [2010] EWHC 1837 (QB) (27 July 2010)
Sternlight v Barclays Bank Plc [2010] EWHC 1865 (QB) (22 July 2010)
Black Horse Ltd v Speak & Anor [2010] EWHC 1866 (QB) (21 July 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
Butt v Butt [2010] EWHC 1989 (Fam) (27 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Kent lawyer loses retirement age discrimination case – BBC News
“A Kent lawyer who sued his own firm of solicitors when he was made to stop work at 65 has lost his discrimination case at the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 29th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another [2010] UKSC 35; [2010] WLR (D) 204
“Damages for trespass occasioned by an oil company drilling underneath another party’s land were to be assessed on the basis that the right to drill for oil was a compulsory acquisition under statute and, therefore, any additional value of the right of access attributable to the oil extraction scheme was to be disregarded.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (ZO (Somalia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (MM (Burma)) v Same – WLR Daily
“An asylum seeker who made a new application for asylum after his original application for asylum had finally failed, was entitled to the benefits conferred by the European Directive setting minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers. That included an entitlement to permission to work if the new application had not been determined within one year of its presentation.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 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.
Morrison Sports Ltd and others v Scottish Power UK plc – WLR Daily
Morrison Sports Ltd and others v Scottish Power UK plc [2010] UKSC 37; [2010] WLR (D) 202
“A person who suffered loss as a result of a breach of statutory duty did not have a private right of action for damages when there was statutory provision for other forms of enforcement of the duty on behalf of the public.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 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 Gnango – WLR Daily
Regina v Gnango [2010] EWCA Crim 1691; [2010] WLR (D) 201
“Where a defendant voluntarily engaged in an exchange of gunfire with ‘B’ in a public place amounting to an affray, and in the course of that gunfire B shot and killed a passer-by and the defendant foresaw that in the course of that gunfire B might shoot with intent to kill or do really serious injury, if each party sought to shoot the other but not be shot himself, there was no common purpose and therefore no joint enterprise in the commission of the affray, and accordingly the defendant could not be guilty of the murder of the passer-by by transferred malice on the basis of joint enterprise.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Hertfordshire County Council v Veolia Water Central Ltd – WLR Daily
Hertfordshire County Council v Veolia Water Central Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 887; [2010] WLR (D) 200
“In order to avoid absurdity, s 81 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and regs 3 and 4 of the Street Works (Maintenance) Regulations 1992 had to be given a purposive interpretation, meaning that the power of a street authority to undertake emergency works under reg 4 was conditional upon an inspection having been undertaken under reg 3 only where appropriate.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 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.
Terror suspects could win damages after control orders ruling – The Guardian
“A court of appeal ruling today cleared the way for two international terrorism suspects to claim damages for having control orders wrongly imposed on them for three and a half years.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord chief justice defends trial by jury – Law Society’s Gazette
“The lord chief justice emphasised the importance of trial by jury last week as the Court of Appeal overturned two High Court decisions that trials could proceed without a jury.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Theresa May to scrap asbos – The Guardian
“Senior Labour figures mounted a last-ditch defence of antisocial behaviour orders tonight after the home secretary, Theresa May, indicated she is to kill off Tony Blair’s flagship measure to deal with youth crime.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Morrison Sports Ltd & Ors v Scottish Power [2010] UKSC 37 (28 July 2010)
Star Energy Weald Basin Ltd & Anor v Bocardo SA [2010] UKSC 35 (28 July 2010)
O’ Brien v Ministry of Justice [2010] UKSC 34 (28 July 2010)
Rollins, R v [2010] UKSC 39 (28 July 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Stablewood Properties Ltd v Amrit Virdi & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 865 (28 July 2010)
HM Revenue & Customs v Banerjee [2010] EWCA Civ 843 (28 July 2010)
Schlumberger Holdings Ltd v Electromagnetic Geoservices AS [2010] EWCA Civ 819 (28 July 2010)
Lekpo-Bozua v London Borough of Hackney & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 909 (28 July 2010)
AN v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 869 (28 July 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Crookshank, Re Setting the Applicant’s Minimum Term [2010] EWHC 1879 (QB) (28 July 2010)
Khan, Re Setting the Applicant’s Minimum Term [2010] EWHC 1880 (QB) (28 July 2010)
HA & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 1940 (QB) (28 July 2010)
Green, Re Setting the Applicant’s Minimum Term [2010] EWHC 1881 (QB) (28 July 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Trimast Holding Sarl v Tele Columbus GmbH [2010] EWHC 1944 (Ch) (28 July 2010)
Nintendo Company Ltd & Anor v Playables Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 1932 (Ch) (28 July 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AY [2010] EWHC 1860 (Admin) (26 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010
The Tax Avoidance Schemes (Penalty) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2010
The Energy Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2010
The Energy Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2010
The Electricity (Competitive Tenders for Offshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2010
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2010
The Equality Act 2010 (Offshore Work) Order 2010
The Secretary of State for Education Order 2010
The Lord President of the Council Order 2010
The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2010
The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Organic Products (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Alcoholic Liquor Duties (Definition of Cider) Order 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
