“Abu Hamza, the controversial Islamist cleric, has won an appeal against the government’s attempts to strip him of his British passport, a special tribunal ruled today.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Evidence of systematic and brutal mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at a secret British military interrogation centre that is being described as the UK’s Abu Ghraib emerged today during high court proceedings brought by more than 200 former inmates.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hooper used his former girlfriend’s own page on the social networking site to post the seven ‘intimate’ shots of her, Gloucester Crown Court was told. Hooper, 34, of Churchdown, Glos, was jailed for 18 months after he admitted breaching a restraining order and committing an unrelated burglary at another woman’s flat.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former immigration minister Phil Woolas lost his seat as an MP today after an election court ruled that he knowingly made false statements about an opponent in May’s general election.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An overseas student has been jailed for two years at Cardiff Crown Court for fraudulently claiming £250,000 in benefits and funding.”
BBC News, 4th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Parliamentary Ombudsman is to investigate complaints of maladministration made against the Legal Services Commission by the Law Society and several law firms over its late claims to recoup payments made on account.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Fees (Amendment) Order 2010
The Housing (Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2010
The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2010
The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010
The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SK Slavia Praha-Fotbal AS v Debt Collect London Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1250 (04 November 2010)
Bovis Homes Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1252 (04 November 2010)
Kingdon v Kingdon [2010] EWCA Civ 1251 (04 November 2010)
L-W (Children), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 1253 (04 November 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Littlewoods Retail Ltd & Ors v Revenue and Customs [2010] EWHC 2771 (Ch) (04 November 2010)
Brooks v AH Brooks & Co (a firm) [2010] EWHC 2720 (Ch) (04 November 2010)
Long v Comptroller General of Patents [2010] EWHC 2810 (Ch) (04 November 2010)
London Tara Hotel Ltd v Kensington Close Hotel Ltd [2010] EWHC 2749 (Ch) (01 November 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Eurocall Ltd v Energis Communications Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 2790 (QB) (04 November 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Government has asked media regulator to assess the affect on media plurality of the proposal from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation that it take BSkyB private.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Companies claiming that a business partner walked away from a contract should pay less attention to previous cases and more attention to the basic principles behind the law of repudiation, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Malone and others v British Airways plc [2010] EWCA Civ 1225; [2010] WLR (D) 280
“When considering whether a term in a collective agreement was incorporated into employees’ individual contracts of employment, regard would be had, inter alia, to: (i) whether the provision impacted upon the working conditions of the employees; (ii) whether the provision was in truth a collective matter rather than a personal one; and (iii) what the parties had intended the provision to mean.”
WLR Daily, 4th 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.
“When an English court was asked to enforce a foreign arbitration award made against a non-signatory to the contract containing the arbitration clause, whom the arbitral tribunal had determined had been a party to the contract, the court would, if the enforcement claim was challenged, determine anew the question as to whether or not the non-signatory had been a party.”
WLR Daily, 4th 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 county court judge who was invited to make an order for possession against a demoted tenant pursuant to s 143D(2) of the Housing Act 1996 could consider whether it was proportionate to make the order sought, and could investigate and determine any issues of fact relevant for the purpose of that exercise. Consequently, the demoted tenancy regime in the 1996 Act was compatible with art 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 4th 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.
“An assignment of copyright which was subject to automatic reverter in the event of an unremedied notified material breach of contract prior to the expiration of the period of copyright was permitted by s 90 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.”
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 F and M [2010] EWCA Crim 2437; [2010] WLR (D) 276
“An Order in Council, made pursuant to s 1 of the United Nations Act 1946 to give effect to a United Nations Security Council Resolution, could include the creation of a serious criminal offence for a breach of the Order, even though there was a substantial delay between the adoption of the Resolution and the creation of the offence.”
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 company director has been jailed for concealing some of the money stolen in the UK’s biggest cash raid.”
BBC News, 4th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage driver who killed three friends when he crashed into a lamp post has been jailed for three-and-a-half years at St Albans Crown Court.”
BBC News, 5th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A killer who escaped from custody after strangling his girlfriend 16 years ago and raped two women while on the run in Spain is facing a life sentence today.”
The Independent, 4th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for more than 140 Iraqi civilians who allege they suffered torture and inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of British soldiers and interrogators go to the High Court today seeking a wide-ranging public inquiry.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A dispute erupted today over who could have stepped in to deal with poor management at the nursery where worker Vanessa George abused children in her care. A serious case review on the George case concluded that poor regulation, inadequate training and a lack of supervision at Little Ted’s nursery in Plymouth created an ‘ideal environment’ within which she could sexually assault infants.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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