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?Hospital hopper? given criminal asbo ? The Guardian

Posted on June 03, 2010
“A 41-year-old man has cost the NHS tens of thousands of pounds in hospital treatment for a range of fake illnesses over a three-year period.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Guardian says dating site rivals violated database rights ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 03, 2010
“The Guardian newspaper has sued two online dating sites in the High Court claiming that the companies have violated its database rights by using profiles taken from its own dating service.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 2nd June 2010 Source: www...

Lord Lester?s bill a ?catalyst? for libel reform ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on June 03, 2010
“Liberal Democrat peer and barrister Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC has introduced a private member?s bill to reform the country?s ?archaic? libel laws.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2010 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

UK?s gun laws are among the toughest in the world ? The Independent

Posted on June 03, 2010
“Britain is one of the most regulated countries in the world when it comes to owning guns.” Full story The Independent, 3rd June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

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Lord Saville?s Bloody Sunday report is a failure of the judicial process ? The Guardian

Posted on June 03, 2010
“The Bloody Sunday report, to be published by the Northern Ireland secretary on 15 June, will no doubt be welcomed by the families of those killed when British troops opened fire in Derry more than 38 years ago. But it will not be welcomed by the legal establishment, which regards Lord Saville’s inquiry into the [...

Revenue and Customs to challenge football creditors rule in high court ? The Times

Posted on June 03, 2010
“The controversial ‘football creditors’ rule, which permits millionaire players to take huge sums out of insolvent clubs while smaller creditors such as St John Ambulance and local businesses are denied most of their dues, is being challenged in the high court...

Sentencing Council: judges told that justice is safe from ?tramline? sentencing ? The Times

Posted on June 03, 2010
“It must be the toughest judicial brief going: tasked with overseeing sentencing in England and Wales, when prisons are full to bursting and there is no money to build any more. But Lord Justice Leveson is firm about one thing: ‘I have not considered this as a brief to produce guidelines that are going to [...

IPCC to publish report on Rachel Nickell?s death ? BBC News

Posted on June 03, 2010
“The police watchdog is publishing a report into claims officers failed to detain a rapist who went on to kill Rachel Nickell.” Full story BBC News, 3rd May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Plan to protect anonymity of rape accused watered down ? The Independent

Posted on June 03, 2010
“A surprise plan to grant anonymity to rape defendants will be significantly redrawn by the coalition Government after intense criticism of the proposals.” Full story The Independent, 3rd June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Equalities watchdog rebukes police over disproportionate use of stop and search ? The Guardian

Posted on June 03, 2010
“Five police forces could face legal action after the equalities watchdog issued a final warning over their disproportionate use of stop-and-search powers against people from ethnic minorities.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd June 2010 Source: www...

Pleading guilty to police should mean lighter sentence, judge says ? The Times

Posted on June 03, 2010
“Suspects who plead guilty in the police station should benefit from a hefty cut in their sentences, the judge in charge of sentencing has told The Times.” Full story The Times, 3rd June 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 03, 2010
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) British Airways Plc v Unite the Union [2010] EWHC 1210 (QB) (17 May 2010) High Court (Family Division) B v B [2010] EWHC 193 (Fam) (15 January 2010) Source: www.bailii.org

Police officer jailed for ?cavalier? attitude to law ? The Independent

Posted on June 03, 2010
“A police officer who showed a ‘cavalier disregard for the law’ when he repeatedly lied about a motoring offence was jailed today.” Full story The Independent, 3rd June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

O?Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 02, 2010
O?Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd [2010] UKSC 23; [2010] WLR (D) 137 “In a claim under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 based on the rights conferred under Council Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products, which by art 11 required proceedings to be brought against the producer within ten years of the product being [...

Jones v Kernott ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 02, 2010
Jones v Kernott [2010] EWCA Civ 578; [2010] WLR (D) 13 “Where the parties had agreed when they separated that they had equal interests in a residential property conveyed into their joint names there had to be something to displace those interests before the court could impute from the parties? conduct an intention to vary [...

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 02, 2010
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571; [2010] WLR (D) 135 “An employee who suffered damage as a result of findings of personal or professional misconduct leading to dismissal and loss of professional status that were made against him in disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contract, and which would [...

Mobilix Ltd (in Administration) v HM Revenue and Customs; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same Calltel Telecom Ltd and; Another v Same ? Times Law Reports

Posted on June 02, 2010
Mobilix Ltd (in Administration) v HM Revenue and Customs; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same Calltel Telecom Ltd and; Another v Same Court of Appeal “Where a trader knew or should have known that by his purchase he was participating in a transaction connected with fraudulent evasion of value-added tax he lost his right to [...

Regina v Lancaster ? Times Law Reports

Posted on June 02, 2010
Regina v Lancaster Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “The jury had to decide on the facts of the case whether an omission in a claim form was significant.” The Times, 2nd June 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

11th Programme of Law Reform ? Consultation ? Law Commission

Posted on June 02, 2010
“We regularly consult on projects to be included in our programmes of law reform. We are now looking for suggestions for our Eleventh Programme.” Full story Law Commission, 1st June 2010 Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk

Jim Watts is serving 12 years for abusing disabled women but is he a victim of a miscarriage of justice? ? The Guardian

Posted on June 02, 2010
“Jim Watts, 57, a former disability bus driver, is serving a 12-and-a-half year jail sentence for sexually assaulting four severely mentally and physically disabled women.But there are serious concerns, raised by his legal team, that Watts, a married father of two, has been the victim of a gross miscarriage of justice, and that his case [...

Digital Economy Act: Ofcom consults on blacklisting infringers ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 02, 2010
“Small ISPs, mobile operators and Wi-Fi providers like hotels and coffee shops will be exempt from a notification and blacklisting process under the Digital Economy Act, at least initially, according to a draft Code published by Ofcom.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 02, 2010
Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1230 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 138 “The phrase ‘a self-contained part of a building’ in ss 3 and 4 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 did not, either expressly or by implication, require that a self-contained part of a building [...

O?Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd ? Times Law Reports

Posted on June 01, 2010
O?Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd Supreme Court “Domestic law could not allow the producer of an allegedly defective product to be substituted as the defendant more than ten years after its being put into circulation in place of a wholly owned subsidiary, who was the supplier, but had been erroneously thought to be the [...

Funding crisis over legal aid threatens UK asylum chaos, ministers are warned ? The Guardian

Posted on June 01, 2010
“The government has been warned of impending chaos in the asylum system if a body representing the rights of people fleeing persecution and violence is forced to close due to changes in the way legal aid is paid.” Full story The Guardian, 30th May 2010 Source: www...

Pay-out after Coventry park naked boy photos caution ? BBC News

Posted on June 01, 2010
“A man has received �500 in compensation after wrongly being made to register as a sex offender for taking photographs of his girlfriend’s five-year-old son.” Full story BBC News, 28th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The case for a Bill of Rights ? The Independent

Posted on June 01, 2010
“Criticised by many Tories, defended by the Liberal Democrats, the Human Rights Act is highly divisive within the coalition. In fact, it doesn’t go far enough: if we care about liberty, we must create our own declaration, argues Geoffrey Robertson QC...

Europe pressures Westminster on votes for prisoners ? The Guardian

Posted on June 01, 2010
“The government faces being hauled before the European court of human rights unless it gives prisoners the right to vote as a matter of urgency.” Full story The Guardian, 30th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

One in four FOI requests turned down by public bodies ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 01, 2010
“Almost one in four Freedom of Information requests are being turned down by Government departments and public bodies, and the trend is getting worse.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Shipman coroner says all baby deaths must be probed ? BBC News

Posted on June 01, 2010
“The way in which neonatal deaths are investigated should be more consistent, a senior coroner said.” Full story BBC News, 1st June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ministers move to change universal jurisdiction law ? The Guardian

Posted on June 01, 2010
“The government is moving swiftly to change the law on universal jurisdiction to abolish the ability to bring private prosecutions for international crimes in the UK.” Full story The Guardian, 30th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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