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Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010

Posted on March 22, 2010
Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Tenfold rise in whistleblower cases taken to tribunal ? The Guardian

Posted on March 22, 2010
“The number of employees claiming to have been sacked, mistreated or bullied for exposing corrupt practices at work has increased tenfold over the last decade, according to official figures.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd March 2010 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on March 22, 2010
The Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2010 The Conditional Fee Agreements (Amendment) Order 2010 The M5 Motorway (Junction 29 Connecting Road) Scheme 2010 The A30 Trunk Road (Improvement at M5 Junction 29) Order 2010 The A30 Trunk Road (Improvement at M5 Junction 29) Order 2010 The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No...

Baxter v Mannion ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 22, 2010
Baxter v Mannion [2010] EWHC 573 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 82 “There was no good reason to confine the jurisdiction of the registrar under para 5(a) of Sch 4 to the Land Registration Act 2002 to the correction of procedural mistakes. If any statutory condition which was a prerequisite for registration was shown not to have [...

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Maroudas v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 22, 2010
Maroudas v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2010] EWCA Civ 280; [2010] WLR (D) 81 “An application under s 53(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to upgrade a byway from a road used as a public path to a byway open to all traffic did not need to be [...

Bloomsbury International Ltd and others v Sea Fish Industry Authority and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 22, 2010
Bloomsbury International Ltd and others v Sea Fish Industry Authority and another [2010] EWCA Civ 263; [2010] WLR (D) “The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) Regulations 1995, which empowered the Sea Fish Industry Authority to treat sea fish and sea fish products imported from a member state of the European Union as ‘landed’ in the [...

R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 22, 2010
R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 15; [2010] WLR (D) 79 “An asylum seeker was excluded from protection under the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171), pursuant to art 1F(a), if there were serious reasons for considering him voluntarily to have contributed [...

Fewer rape convictions because plea bargains prevail, report suggests ? The Guardian

Posted on March 22, 2010
“Hundreds of convictions gained in rape cases are actually for lesser offences, official figures reveal.” Full story The Guardian, 20th March 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Supreme Court to decide on the validity of prenuptial agreements ? The Times

Posted on March 22, 2010
“Britain?s most senior judges will hear a landmark appeal this week over whether divorcing couples should be bound by pre-marriage agreements on how their assets will be split.” Full story The Times, 22nd March 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Human rights alliance demands inquiry into UK torture role ? The Guardian

Posted on March 22, 2010
“Human rights groups have joined forces with a group of British MPs to campaign for an independent inquiry into the UK’s role in torture and rendition during the so-called war on terror.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd March 2010 Source: www...

What I?m really thinking: The defence barrister ? The Guardian

Posted on March 22, 2010
“‘How can you defend someone if you know they’re guilty? The answer is, you never know.’” Full story The Guardian, 20th March 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gagging law to protect Prince Charles ? The Times

Posted on March 22, 2010
“The government is trying to change the law to protect the Prince of Wales from scrutiny when he intervenes in public affairs.” Full story The Times, 21st March 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Prosecutors must ?raise game? on disabled hate crime ? BBC News

Posted on March 22, 2010
“The Crown Prospection Service should do more to help disabled victims of hate crime, an official has admitted.” Full story BBC News, 22nd March 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New law could catch those who tempt others into death ? The Times

Posted on March 22, 2010
“At least 39 people have killed themselves in Britain after receiving advice on the internet, but no one has been prosecuted for encouraging them.” Full story The Times, 20th March 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

160 plastic policemen charged with crimes ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 22, 2010
“More than 2,000 police community support officers have been investigated for misconduct and more than 160 charged with criminal offences since the role was created, it can be revealed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2010 Source: www...

Court allows judicial review over Yarl?s Wood detention ? The Guardian

Posted on March 22, 2010
“Lawyers have been granted permission to challenge the government’s detention policy, which they claim amounts to ‘cruel, inhumane and degrading’ treatment of women and children.” Full story The Guardian, 20th March 2010 Source: www...

Wrestling with the libel hydra ? The Times

Posted on March 22, 2010
“Pressure is growing to stop the rich and powerful using the courts to stifle debate ? but time is running out.” Full story The Times, 21st March 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on March 19, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Sarkar v West London Mental Health NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 289 (19 March 2010) Maroudas v Secretary of State for Environment Food & Rural Affairs [2010] EWCA Civ 280 (18 March 2010) Connor v Surrey County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 286 (18 March 2010) William Hare Ltd v Shepherd Construction [...

Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010

Posted on March 19, 2010
Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010

Posted on March 19, 2010
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Marriage (Wales) Act 2010

Posted on March 19, 2010
Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Appropriation Act 2010

Posted on March 19, 2010
Appropriation Act 2010 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure 2010

Posted on March 19, 2010
Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure 2010 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010

Posted on March 19, 2010
Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) v Charity Commission for England and Wales (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 19, 2010
Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) v Charity Commission for England and Wales (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2010] EWHC 520 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) “A Roman Catholic adoption agency was entitled to rely on reg 18 of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 which afforded to charities generally an exemption from the prohibition [...

Wood Floor Solutions Andreas Domberger GmbH v Silva Trade SA ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 19, 2010
Wood Floor Solutions Andreas Domberger GmbH v Silva Trade SA (Case C-19/09); [2010] WLR (D) 77 “Where services were provided in several member states of the European Union, the court which had jurisdiction to hear and determine all the claims arising from the contract was the court in whose jurisdiction the place of the main [...

Regina v W ? Times Law Reports

Posted on March 19, 2010
Regina v W Court of Appeal, Criminal Division “Whether a defendant was acting dishonestly was a matter for the jury after a correct direction from the trial judge.” The Times, 19th March 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Gibson and Others v Sheffield City Council ? Times Law Reports

Posted on March 19, 2010
Gibson and Others v Sheffield City Council Court of Appeal “Merely because an employer could explain a pay disparity, which was not directly discriminatory, that did not necessarily mean that the pay practice was not tainted by sex discrimination, so that the employer would have to justify that disparity objectively in order to rely on the [...

Investors to pay for prisoner rehabilitation ? The Guardian

Posted on March 19, 2010
“Private investors will pay for a project to rehabilitate prisoners and receive a return on their money if reoffending rates drop, under a pioneering plan announced by the government today which could eventually the way much welfare work is financed...

Innospec admits corruption in UK first ? The Times

Posted on March 19, 2010
“The British arm of a chemical firm faces an �8 million fine after it admitted bribing public officials in Indonesia.” Full story The Times, 18th March 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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