“A high court judge has criticised the Metropolitan police for failing to adequately investigate allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today. But individuals who make malicious false allegations should know they risk prosecution, he said.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th February 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A high court challenge has been launched over the Ministry of Justice’s refusal to identify hundreds of children who have been unlawfully restrained in privately run child jails using techniques that have since been banned.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Romani v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 183 (14 February 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hertfordshire County Council, R (on the application of) v JM [2011] EWCA Civ 77 (15 February 2011)
Iqbal v Dean Manson Solicitors [2011] EWCA Civ 123 (15 February 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Murdock v Scarisbrick Group Ltd. [2011] EWHC 220 (QB) (11 February 2011)
Hirschfeld v McGrath [2011] EWHC 249 (QB) (15 February 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The mother of a young woman with learning difficulties who is pregnant with her second child broke down in tears as she pleaded with a high court judge to allow her daughter to be forcibly sterilised for her own protection.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related: Test case over sterilisation puts court of protection under public scrutiny
“A schoolgirl who was found guilty of falsely accusing a 14-year-old boy of rape when she was 15 was told by a judge she had only narrowly avoided a custodial sentence.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Traversa v Freddi [2011] EWCA Civ 81 (14 February 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lightfoot v Go-Ahead Group Plc [2011] EWHC 89 (QB) (01 February 2011)
XYZ v Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 243 (QB) (14 February 2011)
Poi v “Lina” [2011] EWHC 234 (QB) (14 February 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Ground Gilbey Ltd & Anor v Jardine Lloyd Thompson UK Ltd [2011] EWHC 124 (Comm) (02 February 2011)
Sharon’s Bakery (Europe) Ltd v Axa Insurance UK Plc & Anor [2011] EWHC 210 (Comm) (09 February 2011)
High Court (Patents Court)
Datacard Corporation v Eagle Technologies Ltd [2011] EWHC 244 (Pat) (14 February 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
“Here is a potted guide to the Court of Protection, which is expected to rule today on whether a woman with a learning disability should be sterilised to prevent her from becoming pregnant again.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will today respond to the Government’s proposals for the reform of the costs of civil litigation. It will say that cost reduction is in the public interest but will warn that whilst cost reduction is welcome significant threats to access to justice must be addressed and that one size cannot fit all in litigation.”
The Bar Council, 14th February 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Our response to the MOJ’s proposals for Legal Aid Reform states that the cuts to Legal Aid will have no discernible positive regulatory impact and do little to protect and promote the public interest.”
Bar Standards Board, 14th February 2011
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Law Society v McPhail [2011] WLR (D) 45
“In the interests of fairness, a person charged with contempt of court whose liberty was therefore at stake should be able to appear at a hearing to answer points raised by his accusers.”
WLR Daily, 14th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
“A provision of national law which excluded an employee from entitlement under the guarantee of payment of employees’ outstanding claims in the event of their employer’s insolvency, on the ground that the employee within the six months preceding the application for a declaration of insolvency had been the owner of an essential part of the undertaking or business concerned and had had a considerable influence on it activities, was compatible with Parliament and Council Directive 2008/94/EC relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer.”
WLR Daily, 14th February 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.
“Broadcasters must show a ‘P’ logo for three seconds at the start and end of television programmes that contain product placement, regulator Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying ‘Thief’ around his neck has paid £13,000 after the criminal sued for ‘humiliation’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Crime may rise if funding is cut for youth offending prevention projects in England and Wales, MPs have warned.”
BBC News, 15th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An NHS Trust has paid out a five-figure compensation settlement to a couple whose son was stillborn following a series of ‘basic errors’ in ante-natal care.”
The Independent, 14th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A bizarre assault case in which a woman was injured by a flying sausage has been thrown out after a judge said such a prosecution could impact on the dignity of the court.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A London woman who sent her teenage son to their native Nigeria because she disapproved of his lifestyle has been jailed for eight months.”
BBC News, 14th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A controversial court that still holds its hearing in private will decide tomorrow whether a pregnant woman with learning difficulties should be forcibly sterilised once she gives birth.”
The Independent, 14th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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