“A company did not indirectly discriminate against a Muslim security guard by preventing him from attending Friday prayers at a Mosque, an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Disciplinary panel says officer exploited position of trust to pursue girl living in care home.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman has admitted handling stolen goods after being accused of taking potato waffles, pies, and 100 packets of ham from a bin outside of a Tesco Express in Essex. But if something is thrown away, when is it illegal to take it?”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Should lawyers be allowed to pay for work referred to them? The debate remains as heated today as it was in 2004 when the Law Society, under pressure from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), first allowed solicitors to pay so-called referral fees.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New European data protection law proposals risk compromising freedoms and security, UK Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said. He said that he opposed a ‘one size fits all’ approach to European data protection law.”
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OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Palmer, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1316 (12 May 2011)
Attorney General Reference No 017 Of 2011 [2011] EWCA Crim 1319 (12 May 2011)
Attorney General Reference No 18 of 2011 [2011] EWCA Crim 1300 (12 May 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Illingworth, R. (on the application of) v Leeds City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 640 (26 May 2011)
Omega SA v Omega Engineering Incorporated [2011] EWCA Civ 645 (27 May 2011)
Ridgeland Properties Ltd v Bristol City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 649 (27 May 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Group Lotus Plc & Anor v 1Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD & Ors [2011] EWHC 1366 (Ch) (27 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sitek v Circuit Court In Swidnica, Poland [2011] EWHC 1378 (Admin) (27 May 2011)
DL & Anor v London Borough of Newham [2011] EWHC 1127 (Admin) (27 May 2011)
Hassan v Secretary of State for Justice [2011] EWHC 1359 (Admin) (27 May 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Awal Bank BSC v Al- Sanea [2011] EWHC 1354 (Comm) (27 May 2011)
Hess Corp v Stena Drillmax III Ltd. & Anor [2011] EWHC 1340 (Comm) (27 May 2011)
Suek AG v Glencore International AG [2011] EWHC 1361 (Comm) (27 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Ex-Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick has been jailed for 12 months for falsely claiming £11,277 in parliamentary expenses.”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The question of who was a head of state such as to attract state immunity was a matter for the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and not for the court. A certificate issued by the Secretary of State under section 21 of the State Immunity Act 1978 was conclusive evidence of the status of a territory for the purposes of Part I of the 1978 Act. The certificate was the only proper means by which the court could, for the purposes of the common law where it continued to apply, inform itself of a territory’s status and of the identity of the head of state.”
WLR Daily, 25th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Sutton and others v England and others [2011] EWCA Civ 637; [2011] WLR (D) 182
“The partition of a trust fund did not necessarily have more than an incidental impact on, or necessarily involve a variation or rearrangement of, the beneficial interests in it. The court therefore had power, in appropriate circumstances, to grant an application by trustees under section 57(1) of the Trustees Act 1925 for the appropriation and partition of trust property.”
WLR Daily, 26th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Konsumentombudsmannen v Ving Sverige AB (Case C-122/10); [2011] WLR (D) 181
“A commercial communication constituted an ‘invitation to purchase’ within the meaning of article 2(i) of Parliament and Council Directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market, as soon as the information on the product and its price were sufficient for the consumer to be able to make a transactional decision. Information on price could be sufficient for those purposes where it contained an entry-level price and information on the product’s characteristics could be contained in a verbal or visual reference. It was sufficient for the purposes of providing the material information for an invitation to purchase required pursuant to article 7(4)(a) of the Directive for only certain of the product’s main characteristics to be given in that invitation and for the trader to refer in addition to its website, provided the essential information was on that website. Whether or not a reference to an entry-level price was misleading for the purposes of article 7(4)(c) was for the national court to ascertain in the circumstances of the case.”
WLR Daily, 12th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“HM Revenue & Customers is looking at how to replace the terms ‘lunatic’, ‘idiot’, and ‘insane person’ in tax law.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A burglar has been freed early from jail – because keeping him locked up breaches the human rights of his children, judges ruled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of miles of cycle routes could be created across England following a move to make it easier for councils to scrap outdated local laws.”
The Independent, 29th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith has said it was ‘justice, not money’ that motivated her during a two-year legal challenge over her controversial sacking in the wake of the Baby Peter tragedy.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mistress of Sir Fred Goodwin yesterday failed to persuade a High Court judge to help keep her identity secret.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Court 10 at the Royal Courts of Justice has had more visitors than usual in the past month as the press fights back against what it perceives as encroaching privacy laws.”
The Lawyer, 30th May 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A couple are facing jail after admitting keeping 11 dogs, nine geese, a pony, two goats and a cat in the dark, filthy cellar of their south Wales home.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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