“Local councils have been given the green light by the courts to cut social care services to elderly and disabled people previously assessed by law as needing them.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2010] UKSC 45 (03 November 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Malone & Ors v British Airways Plc [2010] EWCA Civ 1225 (03 November 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Withers LLP v Harrison [2010] EWHC 2769 (QB) (03 November 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 2747 (Ch) (29 October 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“When exercising its duty under s 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 to make arrangements to meet an individual’s needs, a local authority was entitled to consider what that individual’s needs were in relative terms as the starting point for calculating the personal budget allocated to meet them, and had to give reasons for its decision.”
WLR Daily, 3rd November 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 Williams (Jason John) [2010] EWCA Crim 2552; [2010] WLR (D) 274
“As a matter of statutory construction, fault or other blameworthy conduct on the part of the defendant was not required to establish that he was guilty of an offence under s 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988 of causing the death of another person by driving while unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured; and it was sufficient that the driving was a cause of the death, provided that it was a more than negligible or de minimis cause.”
WLR Daily, 3rd November 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.
“A judge questioned why a father who grabbed an abusive teenager and made him apologise to younger children following a squabble was charged with kidnapping the youth.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has promised there will be ‘significant changes’ in counter-terrorism laws, and detailed the changing nature of the al-Qaida threat to Britain.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A married clergyman was ordered to register as a sex offender today after being convicted of repeatedly viewing pornographic images of children on the internet.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ministry of Sound is suspending plans to send warning notices to more than 25,000 BT broadband customers suspected of illegal downloading, claiming that the internet service provider has deleted their details.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A senior judge will be appointed to oversee an inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the ‘earliest opportunity’, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency has been warned it may be discriminating unlawfully against Pakistanis applying for British visas and in favour of applicants from Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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