Police bail debate raises legal eyebrows – The Guardian
“The supreme court seemed to be exercising powers it does not have when it offered to consider suspending the bail ruling”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Month: July 2011
HSBC manager held overdrawn customer against her will – BBC News
“HSBC bank has written off a customer’s overdraft after a judge decided it had unlawfully imprisoned her and harassed her with hundreds of phone calls.”
BBC News, 6th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
White, male-dominated judiciary ‘shows need to reform recruitment’ – The Guardian
“Giving politicians a role in selecting judges would deliver a more diverse and representative judiciary, the House of Lords has been told.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Clarke announces additional funding to help victims of homicide – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has announced an additional £500,000 to help victims of homicide, following the publication of the Victims Commissioner’s report today.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th July 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Parliament could scrutinise judicial appointments – The Guardian
“As judges find themselves increasingly under attack from the current and previous governments, the rightwing press and liberals concerned about the lack of diversity in the judiciary, a House of Lords committee is looking at judicial appointments, including whether there should be US-style parliamentary confirmation hearings to increase judicial accountability.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jamaican lesbian can stay in UK, tribunal rules – BBC News
“A Jamaican lesbian has won the right to stay in the UK after immigration judges ruled she risks persecution if she returns to her home country.”
BBC News, 6th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Carer battle over as ex-ballerina loses supreme court fight – The Guardian
“A former prima ballerina left disabled after a stroke has lost her supreme court battle for an overnight carer to give her ‘dignity and independence’.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Society calls for safeguards in bail legislation – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society has urged the home secretary to consider safeguards to the emergency bail legislation about to go through Parliament to prevent abuse of the bail system by police.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Legal protection should only be given to artists who sign up for copyright exchange, says musicians’ rights campaigner – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government should approve the creation of a new digital copyright exchange and should make some legal protections available only to musicians who sign up to it, a campaigner for music artists’ interests has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
P v Independent Print Ltd. & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 756 (04 July 2011)
Glentree Estates Ltd v Holbeton Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 755 (05 July 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Schütz (UK) Ltd & Anor v Delta Containers Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 1712 (Ch) (05 July 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Russian Commercial Bank (Cyprus) Ltd v Khoroshilov [2011] EWHC 1721 (Comm) (05 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
DPP responds to Louise Casey report with enhanced service to bereaved families – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service is extending its service for bereaved families at court, announced the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, today. He also welcomed the Victims Commissioners report: Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Milly Dowler phone hacking: Speaker grants emergency Commons debate – The Guardian
“The Speaker has granted a rare emergency Commons debate on Wednesday into calls for a public inquiry into phone hacking by News International journalists, and a potential cover up by its senior executives.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vereniging van Educatieve en Wetenschappelijke Auteurs (VEWA) v Belgische Staat – WLR Daily
“National legislation establishing a system under which the remuneration payable to authors in the event of public lending was calculated exclusively according to the number of borrowers registered with public establishments on the basis of a flat-rate amount fixed per borrower and per year was contrary to article 5(1) of Council Directive 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (OJ 2006 L376, p28).”
WLR Daily, 30th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
War of the rose: Rival breweries fight legal battle – The Independent
“More than 700 years after the Plantagenet’s death, his floral emblem has become the subject of a struggle as lawyers representing two neighbouring Yorkshire brewers – one large, one small – square up in the High Court to argue their claims over the right to use the symbol in what has been dubbed the civil war of the rose.”
The Independent, 6th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Life term for wife killer Malcolm Webster – The Independent
“A man who murdered his first wife in a staged car crash and tried to kill his second in a copycat smash was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Met police kettled pupils aged 11 during fee protests, court told – The Guardian
“Metropolitan police officers illegally detained children as young as 11 for more than six hours during a ‘kettling’ operation against tuition fee protesters, the high court has been told.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-ballerina Elaine McDonald to hear carer decision – BBC News
“A former ballerina from west London left disabled by a stroke is to learn the outcome of her legal battle to get an overnight carer.”
BBC News, 6th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sun and Daily Mirror articles ‘could have impeded trial’ in Yeates case – The Guardian
“The Sun and Daily Mirror published three stories after the arrest of a suspect in the hunt for the killer of Joanna Yeates that could have ‘prejudiced’ and ‘impeded’ a trial, the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC, told the high court on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
