“The family of a psychiatric patient who committed suicide by jumping in front of a train has won £10,000 compensation from the NHS Trust on the grounds that it failed to protect her.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Social services repeatedly missed opportunities to protect a 14-year-old girl from her parents despite concerns about the family and reports of physical abuse.”
The Times, 30th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Appleby, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 926 (29 April 2010)
Jones, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 925 (29 April 2010)
Kazantzis, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 712 (16 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
RW v SW [2010] EWCA Civ 457 (29 April 2010)
Birmingham City Council v Clue [2010] EWCA Civ 460 (29 April 2010)
McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ B1 (29 April 2010)
Southall v The General Medical Council [2010] EWCA Civ 407 (20 April 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Interflora Inc & Anor v Marks and Spencer Plc & Anor [2010] EWHC 925 (Ch) (29 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
TG, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2010] EWHC 907 (Admin) (29 April 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Parbulk AS v Kristen Marine SA & Anor [2010] EWHC 900 (Comm) (29 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A new government should call a halt to the ‘torrent’ of legislation that has made the legal system incomprehensible to judges and the public alike, a senior judge has said.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him has been cleared of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A great-grandmother fitted with an electronic tag after a goldfish was sold to a teenager at her pet shop has had her sentence quashed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An armed woman who was shot dead by a police marksman in Kent was lawfully killed, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Restrictions on the payment of welfare benefits to wives of terror suspects imposed by Ed Balls when he was a Treasury minister have been ruled illegal by the European court of justice.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A millionaire has won a fight with planners to build a luxury eco-home on his own south coast island.”
The Independent, 29th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Football fan Garry Mann has won permission to continue his legal battle against extradition to Portugal, where he was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a riot at the Euro 2004 tournament.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A marriage guidance counsellor’s bid to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals has led to a serious clash between the Christian lobby and the judiciary.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Richards, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 835 (09 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd v Strand Street Properties Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 444 (29 April 2010)
Geofizika DD v MMB International Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 459 (28 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Hughes v Borodex Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 425; [2010] WLR (D) 106
“A tenant who had made extensive improvements at her own expense to the flat which she held on a long residential tenancy was not entitled to have those improvements disregarded by a Rent Assessment Committee fixing the rent of the new assured periodic tenancy of the same premises. On the proper interpretation of Sch 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the improvements fell to be taken into account even though the effect was that the new rent as assessed exceeded the statutory maximum for protection as an assured tenant, the tenant lost her protection and the landlord became entitled to serve a notice to quit.”
WLR Daily, 28th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The requirement of a law degree for eligibility for the highest pay grade as a police legal adviser did not amount to discrimination against those aged over 60.”
WLR Daily, 28th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The first case to reach the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning a dispute between two law firms over the employment law implications of winning a client contract from another firm has provided ‘much-needed clarification’ on the issue, experts have said.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The High Court has thrown out a defamation claim brought against the Daily Telegraph by tennis player Robert Dee, who claimed the paper had defamed him by dubbing him the ‘world’s worst tennis pro’.”
The Lawyer, 28th April 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The stragglers among the stranded volcano victims may be arriving home but we are not out of the ash cloud yet. Indeed — from a legal perspective — the crisis has barely started. Only now, as people dust themselves down and turn to the paperwork, can we start to get a glimmer of what lies ahead. And like the volcanic ash itself, the issues arising will drift across the legal landscape from airlines to regulators, insurance companies to ordinary employers who have only a remote interest in the airline business.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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