Former PE teacher jailed for Scarborough child abuse – BBC News
“A former PE teacher who abused young girls in North Yorkshire more than 30 years ago has been jailed.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 22 October 2010
Solicitor jailed for £250,000 fraud – The Independent
“A solicitor was jailed for five years today after pleading guilty to fraud offences, which benefited him to the tune of almost £250,000, police said.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
999 call handler sacked after police delay in murder case – The Independent
“A call handler was sacked after an investigation into why police took so long to respond to the 999 calls of a woman who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cottingham Lazaat hotel raid: armed teenagers jailed – BBC News
“Four teenagers have been jailed after an armed raid at an East Yorkshire hotel left a night porter ‘terrified.’ ”
BBC News, 21st October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jilted ex-boyfriend found guilty of Asha Muneer murder – BBC News
“A jilted teenager has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her to death on a river towpath.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man convicted of parents’ manslaughter in south London – BBC News
“A man has been jailed indefinitely for killing his parents at their home in south London after they criticised him for being in bed with a hangover.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby P social workers lose unfair dismissal claim – The Independent
“Two social workers sacked over the Baby P tragedy have lost their claim for unfair dismissal, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Taxi driver jailed for drugging and attacking girls – Daily Telegraph
“A taxi driver, Phillip Brindle, has been jailed for life after being convicted of drugging girls and filming himself attacking them.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Priest jailed for 21 years on child abuse charges – Daily Telegraph
“A former priest, James Robinson, who fled to the United States 25 years ago has been jailed for 21 years for the sexual abuse of young boys which began in the 1950s.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Aktas v Adepta (A Registered Charity) [2010] EWCA Civ 1170 (22 October 2010)
Wilkinson & The Estate of Brian Wilkinson v Farmer [2010] EWCA Civ 1148 (22 October 2010)
Law Debenture Trust Corporation Plc v Elektrim SA & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1142 (22 October 2010)
Eminence Property Developments Ltd. v Heaney [2010] EWCA Civ 1168 (21 October 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
LM & Ors v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 2327 (21 October 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Fanmailuk.Com Ltd & Anor v Cooper & Ors [2010] EWHC 2647 (Ch) (21 October 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company Sal [2010] EWHC 2640 (Comm) (21 October 2010)
Dolphin Tanker Srl v Westport Petroleum Inc [2010] EWHC 2617 (Comm) (21 October 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Gray v UVW [2010] EWHC 2367 (QB) (21 October 2010)
Dowson & Ors v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police (Rev 1) [2010] EWHC 2612 (QB) (20 October 2010)
High Court (Technology & Construction Court)
Bewley Homes Plc v CNM Estates (Surbiton) Ltd [2010] EWHC 2619 (TCC) (21 October 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
KG Bominflot Bunkergesellschaft für Mineraloele mbH & Co v Petroplus Marketing AG (The Mercini Lady) – WLR Daily
“There was no justification for implying a term in a contract for the sale of goods that goods which were accepted as complying with specification on loading at a seaport should be capable of remaining in an acceptable condition until unloaded at the end of a voyage. The contract specified that the buyer ‘assumes all risks pertaining thereto’. These included the risk of cargo instability. Were the term to be implied it would destroy certainty in the international sale of goods because the testing and certification of goods at the point of loading would always have to make way for a special implied term. Despite the huge inroads made first by the common law and then statute, the underlying principle remained caveat emptor, let the buyer beware.”
WLR Daily, 20th October 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 (King) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
Regina (King) v Secretary of State for Justice [2010] EWHC 2522 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 258
“The discretion of a prison governor to decide the extent of an inmate’s basic association with his fellows did not remove from association its quality as a personal right, a right which was subject to the lawful exercise of discretion by the governor. Within the autonomous meaning afforded to civil rights by the European Court of Human Rights, a prisoner’s residual right of association was a ‘civil right’ within art 6(1) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 20th October 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 (SO) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (The Children’s Society intervening) – WLR Daily
“Local authorities enjoyed, by virtue of s 23C(4)(c) of the Children Act 1989, the power to accommodate a person who had formerly been a child in care and was therefore a former ‘relevant child’ within s 23A of the Act, and a local authority was not entitled, when considering whether the welfare of a former ‘relevant child’ who was also an asylum seeker required that he be accommodated by it, to take into account the possibility of support by the National Asylum Support Service.”
WLR Daily, 20th October 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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Improperly obtained documents in divorce proceedings – Law Society’s Gazette
“In light of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Tchenguiz v Imerman; Imerman v Imerman [2010] EWCA Civ 908, all family lawyers are obliged to reconsider the advice given to clients in respect of improperly obtained documents.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Scrutiny of vetting and barring scheme gets underway – Home Office
“The system of checks that people working with children and vulnerable adults are required to undergo will be considered afresh in a radical examination of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS). The Government today outlined the terms of a thorough review of the VBS which will re-examine whether the scheme is the most appropriate mechanism to protect children and vulnerable people and, if so, how many roles should be covered by it.”
Home Office, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Tracy Dawber’s conviction brings shocking paedophile case to a close – Crown Prosecution Service
“The retrial of Tracy Dawber brings to an end the prosecution of one of the most shocking child abuse rings in the country, said Ann Reddrop, the Crown Prosecution Service lawyer who dealt with all the cases.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th October 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Newhaven people smugglers jailed – UK Border Agency
“A couple who tried to smuggle 2 illegal immigrants into Britain in the boot of their hire car have been jailed.”
UK Border Agency, 21st October 2010
SOurce: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
One year for ammunition smuggler – UK Border Agency
“A Cambridgeshire man has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to smuggle ammunition into the UK.”
UK Border Agency, 21st October 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Takeover panel protects target companies with rule changes – OUT-LAW.com
“Long term investors’ interests are too easily damaged by hostile takeovers, the Takeover Panel has said. It will amend the City’s rules on takeovers of publicly traded companies to protect the existing shareholders of target companies.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st October 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
