Barry George in compensation case – BBC News
“Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 18 May 2012
Juror fined £450 after smoking cannabis on rape trial lunch break – The Independent
“A juror on a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour was today fined £450 after admitting contempt of court.”
The Independent, 18th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
How do you insult someone legally? – BBC News
“Campaigners want to overturn laws targeting “insulting words and behaviour”. Just how safe is it to scorn others?”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 669 (18 May 2012)
El Goure v The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea [2012] EWCA Civ 670 (18 May 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Wolman v Weller [2012] EWHC 1292 (QB) (18 May 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
Sam Hallam: the cost of failure – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Imagine that and you are 17-years-old and wrongly convicted! Yesterday, the Court of Appeal quashed Sam Hallam’s conviction for murder by joint enterprise after he had served seven years of a life sentence. He is now 24. He has been inside since before Take That announced they would reform and before Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire became the highest grossing film of 2005. He has missed the 2008 Olympics and Diversity winning #BGT. He will not have been Facebooking his mates or hanging out with girls. He has no employment history, no iPhone and his Dad committed suicide whilst he was imprisoned.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Education Secretary Michael Gove loses High Court battle – BBC News
“Education Secretary Michael Gove has lost a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Early retirement rights under occupational pension schemes do transfer under TUPE, High Court rules – OUT-LAW.com
“The buyer of a business will be liable for certain early retirement pension rights under the original owner’s occupational pension scheme if the transfer takes place under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Sulamérica Cia Nacional de Seguros SA and others v Enesa Engenharia SA and others – WLR Daily
“Where a commercial contract contained a choice of law clause exclusively in favour of one country and a jurisdiction clause giving the courts of the same country exclusive jurisdiction, but an arbitration clause by which the seat of the arbitration was to be in a different country, the issue of the proper law of the arbitration clause was a matter of contractual interpretation. The proper law depended on all the terms of the particular contract, when read in the light of the surrounding circumstances and commercial common sense.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re MK Airlines Ltd (in liquidation); MK Airlines Property Ltd (in administration) v Katz and another – WLR Daily
“Arrears of rent due during the provisional liquidation period were to be treated as an expense of the liquidation and payable in priority to most other liquidation expenses.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Good Constitution: Sir David Williams Lecture – Speech by Lord Justice Laws
The Good Constitution (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Laws
Sir David Williams Lecture, 4th May 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Sex offenders in Yorkshire given police cautions – BBC News
“Sex offenders, kidnappers and burglars are among criminals who have been given cautions or warnings instead of being taken to court, the BBC has found.”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Laboratory dog cages could be made smaller – The Independent
“The size of cages holding beagles awaiting experiments could be reduced under new Government proposals, animal welfare campaigners warned yesterday.”
The Independent, 18th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
