“The Government will overhaul the way UK media companies are regulated with a new Communications Act. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that a new law was needed ‘to create regulatory certainty’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th January 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Local residents have lost their High Court battle to block an ‘extremely large’ increase in the number of flights proposed for London City Airport.”
The Independent, 20th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A gagging order placed on convicted murderer Eddie Gilfoyle upon his release from jail has been lifted.”
BBC News, 19th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
Morge v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2 (19 January 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Booker v R [2011] EWCA Crim 7 (19 January 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A (A Child), Re (No 2) [2011] EWCA Civ 12 (19 January 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Mears Ltd v Leeds City Council [2011] EWHC 40 (QB) (19 January 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC; [2011] WLR (D) 5
“A local planning authority, when considering an application for planning permission for a development which was alleged to affect the habitat of a protected species, was entitled to place reliance on the fact that Natural England, the body responsible for enforcing the Council Directive prohibiting the disturbance of protected species, had withdrawn its initial objection to the application. When Natural England had expressed its satisfaction that development would be compliant with the Directive, the planning authority was entitled to presume that that was so.”
WLR Daily, 19th January 2011
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.
“The principles of cause of action estoppel applied to successive complaints before a professional disciplinary body. Whether, and in what circumstances, a public interest exception should be recognised to the strict application of those principles in the disciplinary context was a matter for Parliament not the courts.”
WLR Daily, 19th January 2011
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.
Robinson v PE Jones (Contractors) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 9; [2011] WLR (D) 4
“The builder/vendor of a building did not by reason of his contract to construct or to complete the building assume any liability in the tort of negligence in relation to defects in the building giving rise to purely economic loss.”
WLR Daily, 19th Janaury 2011
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.
“The home secretary, Theresa May, faces fresh embarrassment over the much-delayed review of counter-terrorism powers after the Home Office confirmed that the police power to detain terror suspects for up to 28 days without charge will lapse on midnight on Monday.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Faced by a backbench rebellion, the government is to slash the number of prisoners to be given the right to vote, even though it is likely to increase the risk of successful compensation claims against the government in court.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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