High Court rules on the history of the caravan – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge wrote a brief history of the caravan after the Court of Appeal ruled on a planning dispute.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Month: July 2012
Leeds United win high court ruling over police costs at Elland Road – The Guardian
“Leeds United have won their high court action over who should pay for policing of matches at Elland Road. The Championship side asked for a decision on which of the services deployed by West Yorkshire Police for the last three seasons were special police services, and whether it was entitled to be repaid for services wrongly categorised.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Benefit fraud Lottery winner Edward Putman jailed – The Independent
” A convicted rapist who won nearly £5 million on the lottery but continued to fraudulently claim benefits has been jailed for nine months.”
The Independent, 24th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Operation Weeting – CPS charging decisions – Crown Prosecution Service
“Statement from Alison Levitt QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP): This statement is made in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in relation to Operation Weeting.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Gary McKinnon extradition decision due in October – BBC News
“The home secretary will decide whether to order computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the US by mid-October, the High Court has heard.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Amy Hofmeister car chase crash killers sent to prison – BBC News
“Two drivers have been sent to prison after being convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl during a car chase through Taunton.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ABS offers barristers at £75 an hour – Law Society’s Gazette
“A new law firm which promises clients fixed fees and immediate face-to-face meetings with barristers has become the latest alternative business structure (ABS). Red Bar Law was formed in September last year and applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for ABS status in January. Today the SRA confirmed it has become the ninth organisation to be granted a licence, which will be effective from 10 July.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012
The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012
The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2012
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Authority to Carry) Regulations 2012
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
S (A Child), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 1031 (24 July 2012)
Itochu Corporation v Johann M.K. Blumenthal GmbH & Co Kg & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 996 (24 July 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Red Bull GmbH v Sun Mark Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2046 (Ch) (24 July 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii. org
Maidment v Attwood and others – WLR Daily
Maidment v Attwood and others: [2012] EWCA Civ 998; [2012] WLR (D) 220
“Where a minority shareholder had brought a petition under section 994 of the Companies Act alleging that remuneration paid to a director of a now insolvent company in liquidation was excessive and therefore unfairly prejudicial, there was no basis in the statutory provisions or in principle or in authority to impose a requirement for diligence on shareholders in regards to the company’s filed accounts.”
WLR Daily, 19th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Sky’s ‘totally unlimited broadband’ claims not misleading, ASA rules – OUT-LAW.com
“A major UK internet service provider’s (ISP’s) claim that it could offer a ‘totally unlimited broadband’ service to customers was not misleading, despite the fact the service would contain ‘inherent limitations’, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Draft planning fees regulations laid before Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“Draft regulations which propose to allow local planning authorities to increase the fees they charge for planning applications have been laid before Parliament, but the cap on the maximum fees that can be charged remains the same.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Judicial robustness and the right to be heard – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“In this age of active case management, judges are rightly expected to take a robust approach to dealing with the cases before them. But sometimes robustness can be taken too far – as illustrated by the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Labrouche v Frey [2012] EWCA Civ 881, [2012] All ER (D) 33 (Jul).”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
R v Patel: sentencing offences contrary to the Bribery Act 2010 – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“The first prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 to reach the Court of Appeal has arrived. However, it is perhaps not the high-profile scalp that the proponents of the Act might have wanted. I’m not too sure how much can be taken from the case that is of any wider application but nevertheless, it being ‘a first’, it may be of some interest. In any event the facts of the case are less dry than most.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI – The Guardian
“The mother of Clare Bernal, who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has joined the second wave of alleged victims of News of the World phone hacking suing News International for damages.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Taxi driver Andrew Flood jailed for Southport murders – BBC News
“A Southport taxi driver with a gambling addiction has been jailed for at least 30 years after admitting murdering two of his elderly passengers.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Clifford Collinge murder: Market Warsop trio found guilty – BBC News
“A woman and two men she met in a pub have been found guilty of the murder of her husband, who died of 46 injuries.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Leveson does not want to impose ‘Ofcom-style’ statutory regulation – The Guardian
“Lord Justice Leveson has revealed he will not impose tough Ofcom-style statutory regulation on newspapers, after almost nine months of evidence exposing what the newspaper industry has admitted were ‘appalling’ practices in the press.
The Guardian, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
