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Yeong v General Medical Council ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
Yeong v General Medical Council [2009] EWHC 1923 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 268 “When considering a medical practitioner?s fitness to practise where the misconduct consisted of violation of the professional relationship between doctor and patient the efforts made by the practitioner to address his behaviour for the future might carry less weight than in cases where [...

R (SRM Global Master Fund LP) v Commisioners of HM Treasury; R (RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Ltd v Same; R (Grainger and others) v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
R (SRM Global Master Fund LP) v Commisioners of HM Treasury; R (RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Ltd v Same; R (Grainger and others) v Same [2009] EWCA Civ 788; [2009] WLR (D) 267 “The statutory scheme established to compensate shareholders subsequent to the nationalisation of Northern Rock plc, on the basis of the assessment of [...

R v Nelson; R v Pathak; R v Paulet ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
R v Nelson; R v Pathak; R v Paulet [2009] EWCA Crim 1573; [2009] WLR (D) 266 “Confiscation proceedings properly taken in accordance with statutory provisions should not be stayed as an abuse of process on the ground that the judge considered that they might produce an oppressive result...

HIV sex offender appeal rejected ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A sex offender from Devon who breached an order banning him from contacting people over the age of 60 has failed in a bid to reduce his latest jail term.” Full story BBC News, 30th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Stiletto snag smoker wins payout ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A woman who broke a leg after catching her stiletto heel in a pub’s smoking area has received �18,000 compensation.” Full story BBC News, 30th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 31, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) NA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) 2009] EWCA Civ 846 (29 July 2009) AB & Ors v Nugent Care Society (Rev 1) [2009] EWCA Civ 827 (29 July 2009) AM, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 833 [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on July 31, 2009
The�Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 (Games Association Right) Order 2009 The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Application to Service Courts) Order 2009 The Welsh College of Horticulture (Dissolution) Order 2009 The School Admissions Code (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2009 Source: www...

R v Charles ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
R v Charles [2009] EWCA Crim 1570; [2009] WLR (D) 265 “Where a person was charged with an offence under s 1(10) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 of doing something which he was prohibited from doing by an anti-social behaviour order without reasonable excuse, the legal burden of proving that the defendant acted without [...

R v Bannister ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
R v Bannister [2009] EWCA Crim 1571; [2009] WLR (D) 264 “A driver?s special skill, or lack of skill, was an irrelevant circumstance when considering whether his driving was dangerous.” WLR Daily, 30th July 2009 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...

Bookmakers? Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd and others v Amalgamated Racing Ltd and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
Bookmakers? Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd and others v Amalgamated Racing Ltd and others [2009] EWCA Civ 76; [2009] WLR (D) 263 “A co-operative venture between several business participants as the necessary and proportionate means to enter a new market to achieve the overall objective of the venture was not anti-competitive contrary to art 81EC of the [...

Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd and another; Belmont Park Investments Pty Ltd v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd and another; Belmont Park Investments Pty Ltd v Same [2009] EWHC 1912 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 262 �”Although a contractual provision which had the effect of requiring a person who had become insolvent to be deprived of an asset conflicted with the principle that an insolvent?s [...

R v Khan ? WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2009
R v Khan [2009] EWCA Crim 1569; [2009] WLR (D) 261 “The circumstance that, on a charge of murder, there was unchallenged expert medical evidence that the defendant suffered from such abnormality of mind as to support a defence of diminished responsibility did not of itself necessitate the withdrawal of the charge from the jury...

Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions; Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening ? Times Law Reports

Posted on July 31, 2009
Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions; Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening House of Lords “The Director of Public Prosecutions should be required to promulgate a policy identifying the facts and circumstances that he would take into account in considering whether to prosecute persons such as the claimant?s husband for aiding and abetting an [...

Reducing reoffending in London ? consultation response ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A consultation setting out proposed priorities for the delivery of prison and probation services in the capital and the joint work between agencies to reduce reoffending. The consultation will be used to inform an action plan for 2009-11.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 31st July 2009 Source: www...

Bar Council accuses CPS of ?Alice in Wonderland accounting? ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The Bar Council accused the Crown Prosecution Service of ?Alice in Wonderland accounting? this week over the CPS?s claim to have saved millions using its own lawyers rather than external advocates.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 30th July 2009 Source: www...

News focus: miners? compensation ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The work that solicitors have done under the mineworkers? compensation scheme has attracted the attention of press, parliament and the public ever since details of wrongdoing began to emerge earlier this decade. But the debate has focused on two controversies: the millions of pounds that solicitors have earned, and the deductions that some solicitors made [...

Bar Council Contributes to Debate on Civil Litigation Costs ? The Bar Council

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The Bar Council has today published its response to Lord Justice Jackson?s Preliminary Report on the costs of civil litigation.� Lord Justice Jackson, who has been asked by the Master of the Rolls to investigate civil litigation costs, published his Preliminary Report in May 2009...

Food mixer did not violate rival?s trade mark by using similar shape ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A claim that one food mixer violated the trade mark rights of another by being similar in shape has failed. The Court of Appeal said that any similarity in shape between the machines had not given Kenwood an unfair advantage over Whirlpool.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Interest rate of 15% was not a punishment, rules Court of Appeal ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 31, 2009
“An interest rate of 15% agreed in a contract between two companies was not a penalty and was justified, the Court of Appeal has said. The interest, which had been ruled unlawful, can be charged, said the Court.” Full story OUT-Law.com, 30th July 2009 Source: www...

Racecourse price agreements did not break competition law, says Court of Appeal ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Racecourses did not break competition laws when they decided to sell their television rights only to a company that they owned. A rival company owned by betting shops has lost its case at the Court of Appeal.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2009 Source: www...

?Salsa affair? stab man is jailed ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A 66-year-old man who tried to murder his young Filipino wife after she had an affair with a salsa teacher has been jailed for 18 years.” Full story BBC News, 30th July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Banking reform ?largely cosmetic? ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The government’s plans for reforming the regulation of banks are ‘largely cosmetic’ and ‘lack clarity’, MPs in the Treasury Select Committee say.” Full story BBC News, 31st July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Solicitors boycott virtual courts ? BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A government scheme to allow defendants to be dealt with via ‘virtual courts’ is being boycotted by solicitors who say it is ‘justice on the cheap’. Full story BBC News, 31st July 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teacher Guy Button gave gun to father for hospital ward suicide ? The Times

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A music teacher faces up to ten years in prison after he admitted giving his father, who was terminally ill, a gun so that he could shoot himself dead in a busy hospital ward.” Full story The Times, 31st July 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Teenage volunteers face prosecution unless they register with anti-paedophile database ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Guidance for the controversial Independent Safeguarding Authority states that youths who want to help vulnerable groups will have to be vetted ‘in time for their 16th birthday to avoid committing an offence’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2009 Source: www...

Ex-royal bodyguard jailed for �3m investment scam ? The Independent

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A former royal bodyguard who masterminded a �3 million investment scam was jailed for six years today.” Full story� The Independent, 30th July 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ronnie Biggs wins permission to challenge parole decision ? The Guardian

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The great train robber Ronnie Biggs has been given permission to challenge the decision to refuse him parole, his legal adviser said today.” Full story The Guardian, 30th July 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Organist wins battle for recognition for A Whiter Shade of Pale riff ? The Guardian

Posted on July 31, 2009
“The musician who wrote the haunting organ riff in A Whiter Shade of Pale, the 1967 hit for Procol Harum that became part of the soundtrack of the last half-century, is entitled to future royalties, the House of Lords ruled today.” Full story The Guardian, 30th July 2009 Source: www...

Council house cheats can earn �20,000 a year by sub-letting ? The Times

Posted on July 31, 2009
“A crackdown on thousands of council tenants who are making huge profits by sub-letting their homes illegally will be announced by ministers today.” Full story The Times, 31st July 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

?Right to die? campaigner Debbie Purdy wins House of Lords ruling ? The Times

Posted on July 31, 2009
“Families who help terminally ill relatives to end their lives will be free from the risk of prosecution after a landmark ruling yesterday.” Full story The Times, 31st July 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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