Paul Gascoigne becomes hacking test case – BBC News
“Paul Gascoigne will be one of the four test cases for alleged victims of News of the World phone-hacking.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 1 July 2011
Lord Hanningfield jailed for nine months for fiddling parliamentary expenses – Daily Telegraph
“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has jailed for nine months after being found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Dowler family cross-examination puts advocates on the spot – The Guardian
“The furore over the cross-examination of Milly Dowler’s parents has placed advocacy in the courts under a fierce spotlight. Putting the rights and wrongs of the Dowler case to one side, the public debate has probably come at a good time for the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG), which will shortly introduce a controversial quality assurance scheme for advocates (QASA) working in criminal law.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Grandmother’s corpse: Benefit fraud woman jailed – BBC News
“A woman who left the corpse of her mother at their Wirral home unburied for up to six months has been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court to consider suspending bail ruling – BBC News
“The Supreme Court will consider on Monday suspending a judgement that has thrown police bail into chaos.”
BBC News, 1st July, 2001
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother walks free from court after strangling autistic son with belt – Daily Telegraph
“A mother who strangled her autistic son because she could no longer cope with looking after him has walked free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Skydiving Rhondda benefit cheat gets suspended sentence – BBC News
“A woman who was filmed skydiving while claiming sickness benefits has been handed a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
Source; www.bbc.co.uk
Tougher penalties planned for NHS data losses – The Guardian
“Information commissioner Christopher Graham says fines of up to £500,000 could be imposed for Data Protection Act breaches.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Pryor v Greater Manchester Police [2011] EWCA Civ 749 (30 June 2011)
Clark v Bourne Leisure Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 753 (30 June 2011)
Mahan Air & Anor v Blue Sky One Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 771 (01 July 2011)
Grant v HM Land Registry [2011] EWCA Civ 769 (01 July 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cordoba Holdings Ltd v Ballymore Properties Ltd [2011] EWHC 1636 (Ch) (30 June 2011)
Frontsouth (Witham) Ltd & Anor, Re [2011] EWHC 1668 (Ch) (30 June 2011)
High Court Commercial Court)
Gard Marine & Energy Ltd. v Tunnicliffe & Ors [2011] EWHC 1658 (Comm) (30 June 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ashcroft v Foley & Ors [2011] EWHC 1710 (QB) (01 July 2011)
MacIntyre v Ministry of Defence [2011] EWHC 1690 (QB) (30 June 2011)
Smith & Ors v Ministry of Defence [2011] EWHC 1676 (QB) (30 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others – WLR Daily
“An injunction obtained in representative proceedings was binding on all persons represented in the claim, but a judge was entitled, in the exercise of his discretion, to refuse to frame the order in terms which would make it enforceable by or against persons who were not parties to the claim.”
WLR Daily, 29th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
White v Davenham Trust Ltd – WLR Daily
White v Davenham Trust Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 747; [2011] WLR (D) 212
“A guarantor of a debt could not set aside a statutory demand served by a creditor where the creditor had security over the assets of the principal debtor, and so could not serve a statutory demand on the principal debtor because of rule 6.5(4)(c) of the Insolvency Rules 1986, but had the benefit of an unsecured debt owed by the guarantor.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Gwynedd nurse Alan Roberts cleared of assault on appeal – BBC News
“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”
BBC News, 30th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disability charity mounts court challenge to Jackson reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“A disability charity has mounted a High Court challenge to oppose government plans to reform ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Government imposes more demands on News Corporation in its takeover bid for BSkyB – OUT-LAW.com
“An independent director will have to sit in on Sky News board meetings when editorial decisions are being made if News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB is successful and the news provider is spun off into a separate company, the Government said today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Film industry asks court to force BT to cut off access to alleged copyright-infringing website – OUT-LAW.com
“Film industry representatives have asked a UK court to force BT to block its customers’ access to a UK-operated website it says violates copyright rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Challenge and opportunity – DPP speech to the Whitehall and Industry Group Lawyers Network – Crown Prosecution Service
“Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. I would like to tell you something about the challenges the Crown Prosecution Service is currently facing and what we are doing about them.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th June 2011
Source; www.cps.gov.uk
Vital safeguard of right to lawyer in police stations ‘under attack’ – The Guardian
“Plan to scrap automatic access to legal aid solicitors is a full-blown assault on the universal right to representation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
