“A high court judge today dismissed a claim by the family of the barrister Mark Saunders that the investigation into his shooting by police was unlawful.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A severely disabled woman will take her battle to stop the government’s post office closure programme to the High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (St Helens Borough Council) v Manchester Primary Care Trust and Another
Court of Appeal
“The decision whether the care needs of a woman who required constant and expensive care should be met by the health service or by social services was one for the primary care trust acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. That decision was capable of challenge by judicial review, but the social services authority did not have the power to reach its own decision.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
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“Two charities are taking the government to court because they say not enough is being done to tackle high energy bills.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“An asylum-seeker who turned out to be a child in need had to be looked after by the first local authority where he lived when he made his application and not the second one into whose care he had been temporarily released.”
The Times, 3rd October 2008
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“Judgement in a High Court challenge to the investigation into the police shooting of a lawyer has been reserved.”
BBC News, 15th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“This police shooting is a disgrace and an outrage, argues a former high-ranking soldier with 20 years’ experience incounter-terrorism at home and abroad.”
The Independent, 14th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The exams regulator is being taken to court over its refusal to allow humanism to be taught in religious education classes.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judicial review into aspects of the death of a lawyer shot dead by police in London is to open at the High Court.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bb.c.co.uk
“It was for the primary care trust acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health and not for the local authority to decide whether the care needs of a woman with dissociative identity disorder were primarily for health care or for care which a social services authority should provide. The trust was required to define in its decision the services which the social services authority was required to provide to the woman, whose mental and psychological conditions required constant and expensive care. It was not satisfactory for the two parties to resolve the issue by costly litigation, since the money for the care and the litigation all came from the public purse.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 2008
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Ewing v Director of Public Prosecutions; [2008] WLR (D) 276; [2008] WLR (D) 276
“It was necessary for a person who was the subject of a civil proceedings order to seek leave, under s 42(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, to make an application for permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review notwithstanding that the underlying decision he sought to challenge related to a criminal cause or matter.”
WLR Daily, 1st August 2008
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R (Securiplan plc) v Security Industry Authority [2008] EWHC 1762 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 271
“Despite the absence of any express powers under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the Security Industry Authority, the body established under the 2001 Act to carry out licensing, monitoring and inspection functions, had power to prosecute alleged offences under that Act.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2008
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“A British resident held in Guantanamo Bay is to launch a court battle to make the UK government release evidence for his defence.”
BBC News, 27th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“The mere existence of an ex gratia scheme for compensation to the victims of miscarriages of justice was not by itself sufficient to create a legitimate expectation that the scheme would be continued. In consequence, the minister was entitled to abolish it without consultation or notice.”
The Times, 21st July 2008
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“The mere existence of a discretionary scheme for compensation to the victims of miscarriages of justice did not create the conditions necessary to establish a legitimate expectation that the scheme would be continued, so that the Secretary of State was entitled to withdraw it without notice or consultation.”
WLR Daily, 11th July 2008
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Constitutional Justice: lessons from Magna Carta (PDF)
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls at Royal Holloway, University of London, 16th June 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Regina (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“The management and allocation of housing stock by a registered social landlord was a function of a public nature, so that it was amenable to judicial review and regarded as a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
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R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 749; [2008] WLR (D) 221
“The Court of Appeal set down the appropriate procedure to deal with protective costs orders in the Court of Appeal.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2008
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R (Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 746; [2008] WLR (D) 216
“Apparent bias or predetermination on the part of a planning authority did not render the grant of planning permission unlawful unless the authority had made its decision with a closed mind.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2008
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“Last week’s report by the House of Commons Justice Committee on the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill draws attention to an issue of fundamental importance: whether judicial review should be excluded if and when the Attorney-General stops a criminal investigation or prosecution on national security grounds. The committee rightly objected to such an unconstitutional immunity.”
The Times, 3rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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