ISPs and defamation law: hold fire, Robert Jay – The Guardian
“Defining internet service providers as publishers within defamation law would be totally unworkable.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Day: 25 January 2013
Robert Coulson jailed for smuggling cannabis – BBC News
” 71-year-old man who admitted trying to smuggle more than £168,000 worth of
cannabis through a ferry port has been jailed for three years and nine months.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Guns and drugs smuggling soldiers jailed – BBC News
“Four British soldiers who tried to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK have been jailed.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jill Dando: Barry George ‘not innocent enough to receive compensation’ – Daily Telegraph
“Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of
the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has lost his High Court bid for
compensation as a victim of a ‘miscarriage of justice’.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Father jailed for biting off love rival’s finger at Nativity play – Daily Telegraph
“A father-of-three who bit part of the finger off a love rival in a brawl at a children’s school Nativity play has been jailed for 11 months.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gay marriages: Government publishes legislation – BBC News
“Legislation to enable same-sex marriages to take place in England and Wales has been published.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge denies Barclays staff anonymity in Libor case – The Guardian
“Barclays has been forced to reveal the identities of more than 100 employees who had been attempting to keep their names out of the public domain ahead of a case involving the alleged manipulation of the Libor rate.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Nulty & Ors v Milton Keynes Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 15 (24 January 2013)
Sims v Dacorum Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 12 (24 January 2013)
Hamilton v Hamilton [2013] EWCA Civ 13 (24 January 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Snelling & Anor v Burstow Parish Council [2013] EWHC 46 (Ch) (24 January 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Young v Young [2013] EWHC 34 (Fam) (16
January 2013)
High Court (Patents Court)
IPCom GmbH & Co Kg v HTC
Europe Co Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 52 (Pat) (24 January 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
Eckerle and others v Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH and another – WLR Daily
“The holders of dematerialised shares in a public company were not entitled to the same protection under section 98 of the Companies Act 2006 as registered minority shareholders.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Kenya Aid Programme v Sheffield City Council – WLR Daily
Kenya Aid Programme v Sheffield City Council: [2013] EWHC 54 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 23
“In determining whether a charity was entitled to mandatory charitable relief from non-domestic rates because the premises were ‘wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes’, the question was whether the use which the charity made of the premises was directly to facilitate the carrying out of its main charitable purposes.”
WLR Daily, 22nd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Evans (Fabian) – WLR Daily
Regina v Evans (Fabian): [2013] WLR (D) 22
“Migrants of Jamaican origin who had returned to Jamaica after having been resident in the USA, Canada or the United Kingdom, or persons who had been removed or deported back to Jamaica from those countries, did not constitute a ‘particular social group’ for the purposes of article 1A(2) of the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Prudential plc and another) v Special Comr of Income Tax and another (Institute of Chartered Accountants and others intervening) – WLR Daily
“Legal advice privilege would not be extended to communications in connection with advice given by professional people other than members of the legal profession, even where that advice was legal advice which the professional person was qualified to give.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Financial Services Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013
The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Renewable Energy Projects) Regulations 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Designated Areas) Regulations 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Transitional Protection Payments) Regulations 2013
The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No.6) Order 2013
The Passenger Car (Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee) Order 2013
The Offers to Settle in Civil Proceedings Order 2013
The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Strict new code to prevent powers of entry being abused – Home Office
“Strict new guidelines are to be established to prevent public bodies abusing powers to enter homes and businesses.”
Home Office, 22nd January 2013
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
A balanced approach to the challenges of economic crime – Attorney General’s Office
“Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP outlined steps taken to prosecute economic crime at the Cityforum round table. Originally given at City of London Guildhall. This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ slightly from the delivered version.”
Attorney General’s Office, 21st January 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Monkey on my back – NearlyLegal
“Even since McCann v. UK (2008) 47 EHRR 40, a lot of people (around these parts) have been waiting for a case on Article 8 and the rule in Hammersmith v Monk (Hammersmith and Fulham LBC v. Monk [1992] AC 478) to reach the higher Courts. Is the rule that notice by one joint tenant determines the tenancy for both/all compatible with Article 8 (or Protocol 1 Article 1)? Now one case has got to a higher stage. In a somewhat eccentric fashion, the Court of Appeal has given a distinctly forthright view, even if what the Court could actually do with the appeal was, more or less, nothing at all.”
NearlyLegal, 25th January, 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
Silk cut: are QCs a luxury we can’t afford? – LegalVoice
“Criminal defence silk’s earnings from legal aid came into focus this week after Justice Secretary Chris Grayling gave strong indications he is considering targeting QCs, writes Elizabeth Davidson.”
LegalVoice, 25th January 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Plebgate: Met police calls in external force to review Scotland Yard inquiry – The Guardian
“The Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has called in an external force to review Scotland Yard’s criminal investigation into the plebgate saga.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
