M6 wrong way lorry driver Pal Korbely jailed – BBC News
“A lorry driver has been jailed for eight months and disqualified for three years after driving the wrong way down the M6 for three miles.”
BBC News, 10th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 10 August 2012
Suffer the little children to come unto me – The Guardian
“Should a 10-year-old Jewish girl be baptised against her mother’s wishes? Judge Platt handed down an empathetic judgment last week.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The court of construction will not improve a document (A licence in this case) – NearlyLegal
“It is no part of the court of construction to improve a document.”
NearlyLegal, 10th August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sohal v Suri & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 1064 (03 August 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v Sumal & Sons (Properties) Ltd – WLR Daily
Regina v Sumal & Sons (Properties) Ltd: [2012] EWCA Crim 1840; [2012] WLR (D) 247
“A landlord who committed an offence of managing an unlicensed house, contrary to section 95(1) of the Housing Act 2004, did not ‘obtain’ property ‘as a result of or in connection with’ his criminal conduct, for the purposes of section 76(4) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, by the receipt of rent. Therefore a court sentencing a landlord for such an offence could not impose a confiscation order in the sum of the rent received.”
WLR Daily, 8th August 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Comply with Claim Management Regulations or risk being shut down – Ministry of Justice
“That’s the latest warning from the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit as they reveal more than 400 claims management companies (CMCs) have been cancelled, suspended or warned in figures released today in the 2011/12 annual report. ”
Ministry of Justice, 10th August 2012
Source: www.justice,gov.uk
OFT revokes payday lender licence, but firm continues to lend – The Guardian
“A payday lender has been fined and had its licence taken away by the Office of Fair Trading for the first time – but is still lending money at interest rates of more than 5,000%.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Humberside police: ex-detective sentenced for sex assault on colleague – The Guardian
“Former policeman given curfew and community order in force’s third sexual offences case.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Aalihya Jordon-Fellows killing by uncle ‘preventable’ – BBC News
“The death of a four-month-old girl in Birmingham four years ago ‘could and should have been prevented’, according to a serious case review.”
BBC News, 9th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Coronation Street storyline encourages rape victim to report attack – Daily Telegraph
“A babysitter who raped an eight year old boy more than a decade ago was jailed after his victim went to the police after being inspired by a storyline on Coronation Street.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Kill list’ legal challenge brought by man who lost five relatives in missile strike – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s alleged role in supplying information used by the US military to establish ‘kill lists’ in Afghanistan has been made the subject of a legal challenge.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Libor to be overhauled as part of reforms, says FSA – The Guardian
“Martin Wheatley, FSA boss, says Libor is ‘no longer fit for purpose’ and intends to make Libor manipulation a criminal offence.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Why giving polygraph tests to sex offenders is a terrible idea – The Guardian
“Polygraphs are notoriously unreliable and easy to fool, and sooner or later sex offenders will discover the truth about them.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Litvinenko inquest: Judge appointed to oversee inquest – BBC News
“A High Court judge has been appointed to hold the inquest into the death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in London in 2006.”
BBC News, 9th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Is it still possible to scandalise the court? – Law Commission
“In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission is asking whether the offence of scandalising the court is still necessary or should be consigned to history.”
Law Commission, 10th August 2012
Teenager jailed for breaking into parents’ home to steal £7,500 – Daily Telegraph
“A teenager has been jailed for breaking into her wealthy parents’ home and stealing £7,500 cash from their bedroom, after the judge told her he wanted to give her a ‘short sharp shock’.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge rules that doctors can withhold treatment in ‘desperately sad’ case – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has allowed doctors to stop trying to treat a seriously ill hospital patient who has a needle phobia and physically resists help from medics, in what she called a ‘desperately sad’ case.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
