Legal News

Prosecutors handed G20 death file ? BBC News

Posted on August 04, 2009
“Prosecutors have been handed a file of evidence about the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in London in April.” Full story BBC News, 4th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 04, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Attorney General Reference No 23 of 2009 [2009] EWCA Crim 1683 (07 July 2009) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Dias [2009] EWCA Civ 807 (31 July 2009) High Court (Chancery Division) Occlutech GmbH v Aga Medical Corp [2009] EWHC 2013 (Ch) (31 July 2009) Source: www...

Suicide guidance will apply to UK ? BBC News

Posted on August 04, 2009
“Guidelines on assisted suicide will apply in the UK as well as overseas, the Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed.” Full story BBC News, 4th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

?Torture complicity?: Key cases ? BBC News

Posted on August 04, 2009
“A report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights has accused ministers of trying to avoid Parliamentary scrutiny in relation to a string of allegations of British complicity in the torture of terrorism suspects abroad. The report by MPs and peers lists a number of key cases that link the British intelligence and security agencies [...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

Judicial Response to the publication of the Attorney General?s unduly lenient referral statistics ? Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on August 04, 2009
“The Deputy Head of Criminal Justice, Lord Justice Thomas, has responded to the release of statistics today by the Attorney General?s office. The figures report the number of cases where the Attorney General asked the Court of Appeal to decide whether a sentence imposed by the Crown Court was unduly lenient...

Desmond v Bower ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 04, 2009
Desmond v Bower Court of Appeal “A defendant who wished to call similar-fact evidence to justify an alleged libel was entitled to do so even though the evidence related to events after the libel was published.” The Times, 4th August 2009 Source: www...

Regina v McMorris and Others; Attorney-General?s References Nos 8, 9 and 10 of 2009 ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 04, 2009
Regina v McMorris and Others; Attorney-General?s References Nos 8, 9 and 10 of 2009 Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “A sentencing judge was entitled to impose a more severe sentence than that indicated by the Sentencing Guidelines Council if, in the circumstances, that was what justice required...

Plan to slash patent litigation costs would boost access to justice, say authors ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 04, 2009
“A plan to cut the cost of litigating over patent infringements by a factor of ten has been submitted to a review of litigation costs in England and Wales. The plan proposes cutting the cost of action from between £500,000 and £1 million to £50,000...

Afghan war unlawful, says ?deserter? ? The Independent

Posted on August 04, 2009
“A soldier facing court martial over his refusal to serve in Afghanistan is expected to claim in his defence that the war is unlawful.” Full story The Independent, 4th August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

MPs and peers call for inquiry into torture ? The Guardian

Posted on August 04, 2009
“Democratic accountability of the security and intelligence agencies is ‘woefully deficient’ and an independent inquiry must be set up to investigate numerous and detailed allegations of their complicity in torture, a cross-party group of senior MPs and peers will say today...

?Why did the judge say no to me?? ? The Independent

Posted on August 04, 2009
“Families of the two deformed children excluded from last week’s ruling against Corby council are vowing to fight on.” Full story The Independent, 4th August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

?Soft? sentences increased on appeal ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 04, 2009
“Concerns over the leniency of the courts deepened yesterday after almost three quarters of sentences suspected of being too soft were increased on appeal.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Government may allow Commons time to hear assisted dying bill ? The Guardian

Posted on August 04, 2009
“The government is to consider giving time for a bill to allow assisted dying if the director of public prosecutions fails to come up with clearer advice on when it is legal or illegal to help someone to die.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd August 2009 Source: www...

?Fake cigarette? legal bid fails ? BBC News

Posted on August 04, 2009
“A lorry driver lost his bid to overturn a smoking fine despite claiming he was using an ‘electric’ cigarette.” Full story BBC News, 3rd August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The Big Question: What exactly did Gary McKinnon do wrong, and should he be extradited? ? The Independent

Posted on August 04, 2009
“Why are we asking this now? Because Gary McKinnon has been fighting the United States’ plans to have him extradited on hacking charges for the best part of seven years.” Full story The Independent, 4th August 2009 Source: www.independent...

Drug charity director sues after he is wrongly targeted by sniffer dogs ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 04, 2009
“A drugs charity director is suing British Transport Police after he was wrongly targeted by sniffer dogs at an Underground station.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jewish school wins right to appeal against ruling its entry policy was racist ? The Guardian

Posted on August 04, 2009
“Europe’s largest Jewish school succeeded today in winning leave to appeal against a court judgment that said its entry policy was racist.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd August 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Emails and phone calls did not establish a contract, rules Court of Appeal ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 04, 2009
“A series of emails and phone calls were not sufficient to establish a contract, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The communications did not contain enough information or the formal qualities necessary for a contract to have been made, it said.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Judge to be investigated after outburst ? The Independent

Posted on August 04, 2009
“A judge who described Britain’s immigration system as “completely lax” is to face an official investigation, it was revealed today.” Full story The Independent, 4th August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 03, 2009
High Court (Queen’s Bench) Imerman v Tchenguiz & Ors [2009] EWHC 2024 (QB) (27 July 2009) FP v Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust [2009] EWHC 1965 (QB) (31 July 2009) London Borough of Barnet v Adler & Ors [2009] EWHC 2012 (QB) (31 July 2009) Khader v Aziz & Anor [2009] EWHC 2027 (QB) (31 July 2009) [...

Criminal trials from 18th and 19th centuries go online for first time ? The Times

Posted on August 03, 2009
“The records, published in a collaboration between the website and the National Archives, include every criminal trial in England and Wales that was reported to the Home Office between 1791 and 1892.” Full story The Times, 3rd August 2009 Source: www...

Freedom of expression and the role of the Supreme Court ? some issues from across the world ? Speech by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE

Posted on August 03, 2009
Freedom of expression and the role of the Supreme Court – some issues from across the world (PDF) Speech by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE A Judicial-Academic Conference,31st July 2009 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

House of Lords Judgments: What?s new?

Posted on August 03, 2009
Moore Stephens (a firm) (Respondents) v Stone Rolls Limited (in liquidation (Appellants) [2009] UKHL 39 (30 July 2009) Lexington Insurance Company (Respondents) v AGF Insurance Limited (Appellants) and one other action Lexington Insurance Company (Respondent) v Wasa International Insurance Company Limited (Appellants) and one other action [2009] UKHL 40 (30 July 2009) Fisher (Original Respondent and Cross-appellant) v [...

Stone & Rolls Ltd (in liquidation) v Moore Stephens (a firm) ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
Stone & Rolls Ltd (in liquidation) v Moore Stephens (a firm) [2009] UKHL 39; [2009] WLR (D) 277 “A company, which was in the exclusive control of its sole director and shareholder so as to be primarily liable for frauds committed against third parties, could not bring an action for damages against its auditors on the [...

R (Friends of the Earth and another) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
R (Friends of the Earth and another) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2009] EWCA Civ 810; [2009] WLR (D) 276 “On an application for judicial review of the Secretary of State?s alleged failure to take steps to implement targets specified in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and the UK [...

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd and others (No 4) ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd and others (No 4) [2009] UKHL 43; [2009] WLR (D) 275 “There was no jurisdiction under CPR Pt 71 for a judgment creditor who was owed a judgment debt by a foreign company to obtain an order for the examination of the company?s officer who was outside the jurisdiction...

Fisher v Brooker and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
Fisher v Brooker and another [2009] UKHL 41; [2009] WLR (D) 274 “When a claimant did not, for almost 40 years, assert his right to a share of the copyright in intellectual property, his claim could not be defeated by the doctrines of estoppel or laches when the defendants had suffered no detriment by acting in [...

Transport for London (London Underground Ltd) v Spirerose Ltd (in administration) ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
Transport for London (London Underground Ltd) v Spirerose Ltd (in administration) [2009] UKHL 44; [2009] WLR (D) 273 “Where permission for the redevelopment of the claimant?s land would on the balance of probability have been granted as at the valuation date, the Lands Tribunal had not been entitled to value the land on the basis that [...

R v C ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
R v C [2009] UKHL 42; [2009] WLR (D) 272 “The words of s 30(2)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 ‘or for any other reason’ were wide enough to include an irrational fear preventing the free exercise of choice, and inability to communicate the choice made within s 30(2)(b) was not limited to physical inability...

R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 03, 2009
R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening) [2009] UKHL 45; [2009] WLR (D) 271 “The Director of Public Prosecutions should be required to promulgate a policy identifying the facts and circumstances to be considered in exercising his discretion under s 2(4) of the Suicide Act 1961 whether to [...

Bloggers, promote your law blog by nominating your blog for inclusion in USLaw.com's Law Blog Directory and RSS Reader. Benefits described.