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Torture collusion claims silenced for legal reasons ? The Guardian

Posted on May 21, 2009
“Fresh claims about British security service collusion in torture were abruptly silenced today by a parliamentary committee, amid claims that if made public they would cut across an ongoing legal case.” Full story The Guardian, 20th May 2009 Source: www...

Police ordered to delete images of peaceful protester Andrew Wood ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“Police surveillance tactics were dealt a blow by appeal judges today with a ruling that photographs taken of peaceful protesters campaigning against the arms trade must be destroyed.” Full story The Times, 21st May 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 21, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Palmer v Cornwall County Council [2009] EWCA Civ 456 (21 May 2009) High Court (Chancery Division) Daimler Ag v Sany Group Company Ltd [2009] EWHC 1003 (Ch) (14 May 2009) Gresham International Ltd & Anor v Moonie & Ors [2009] EWHC 1093 (Ch) (20 May 2009) Calltel Telecom Ltd & Anor v [...

Footballer convicted of killing girlfriend in double jeopardy case ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“A footballer today admitted killing his former girlfriend more than six years after he was cleared of the crime.” Full story The Times, 21st May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Chief executive jailed for £2.4 million fraud ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A chief executive almost brought an international company to its knees by defrauding it of more than £2.4 million to finance the high-life, a court heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Bank worker who raided Sir Victor Blank?s account jailed for three years ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 20, 2009
“Anthony Webster, 23, acted as the “inside man” in a scam which saw more than £615,000 in total stolen from wealthy clients of Barclays, a court heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Court enforcement officers to help employees collect unpaid awards from tribunals ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on May 20, 2009
“Tough new measures to improve the payment of employment tribunal awards and reduce the costs of enforcing unpaid ones were announced today by Justice Secretary Jack Straw.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2009 Source: www.justice...

Proposals to regulate damages based agreements ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on May 20, 2009
“The Ministry of Justice has announced plans to clamp down on ?no-win no-fee? lawyers who are exploiting vulnerable clients by taking a large proportion of the damages they are awarded as payment for excessive legal fees.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2009 Source: www...

Practice directions ? Amendment No. 22 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction ? Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on May 20, 2009
“The Lord Chief Justice has handed down Amendment No. 22 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction.  It has three main parts.  Primarily, the amendments set out the different bases on which a defendant may plead guilty.  Secondly, minor changes are made to paragraph III...

R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 20, 2009
R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2009] EWCA Civ 441 “A British soldier on military service in Iraq was subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom within the meaning of art 1 of the Human Rights Convention and as such benefited from the rights guaranteed by the Human [...

Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 20, 2009
Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 387 “A length of service criterion within the selection matrix for redundancy selection, contained in collective agreements between a company and a workers? union, was not in breach of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, in that the inclusion of the criterion was a ‘proportionate means [...

Stamp assault footballer jailed ? BBC News

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A Sunday league footballer who stamped on an opponent’s leg as he lay injured has been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 19th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lawyers face calls to give business free service ? The Times

Posted on May 20, 2009
“Banks and other cash-strapped businesses are putting pressure on law firms by calling for the services of junior lawyers free of charge during the downturn.” Full story The Times, 20th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Legal party drug that killed student set to be banned ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 20, 2009
“Jacqui Smith, The Home Secretary, is to finally move to ban the legal party drug GBL that killed Hester Stewart, a promising medical student, almost a year after her chief drugs advisor told her to.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009 Source: www...

Football teams club together to win groundbreaking WIPO domain name case ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on May 20, 2009
“Some of England’s biggest football clubs have become the first companies to band together to win case under the best-known arbitration system for domain name disputes.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 19th May 2009 Source: www.out-law.com

Hit-and-run driver who sold car on eBay sentenced to jail ? The Guardian

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A former embassy official who fatally injured a cyclist in a hit-and-run crash and then attempted to cover her tracks by selling her car in parts on eBay was today sentenced to 10 years in jail.” Full story The Guardian, 19th May 2009 Source: www...

Man accused of double murder admits tying up French student ? The Guardian

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A man on trial for the murder of two French students in south London today admitted tying one of them up before they were repeatedly stabbed.” Full story The Guardian, 19th May 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bin body killers jailed for life ? BBC News

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A drug dealer and his lover have been jailed for life for murdering a boy and dumping his body in a recycling bin.” Full story BBC News, 20th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Men guilty of torture raid murder ? BBC News

Posted on May 20, 2009
“Two men have been jailed for life for beating and torturing a 75-year-old man to death during a burglary at his Wiltshire home.” Full story BBC News, 20th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Rapist father receives reduction in his sentence after latest ruling ? The Times

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A man who subjected his two daughters to more than 20 years of abuse ? including rapes that got them pregnant 19 times ? won a cut in his minimum jail term yesterday.” Full story The Times, 20th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Former England cricketer Chris Lewis gets 13 years for cocaine smuggling ? The Guardian

Posted on May 20, 2009
“Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was today jailed for 13 years for smuggling liquid cocaine valued at more than £140,000 into Britain hidden in fruit juice tins in his cricket bag.” Full story The Guardian, 20th May 2009 Source: www.guardian...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on May 20, 2009
The Armed Forces (Financial Penalty Enforcement Orders) Regulations 2009 The Amendments to Law (Resolution of Dunfermline Building Society) Order 2009 The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Order 2009 The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 Source: www...

Couple claimed number plate was stolen to avoid speeding fines ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A couple claimed their number plate had been stolen and berated police in a local newspaper to avoid speed camera fines, a court has heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 20, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Revenue & Customs v Proctor & Gamble UK [2009] EWCA Civ 407 (20 May 2009) Yesiloz v London Borough of Camden & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 415 (20 May 2009) Aerotel Ltd v Wavecrest Group Enterprises Ltd & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 408 (20 May 2009) Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd & Ors v Coutinho [...

Driver jailed over bike-tow death ? BBC News

Posted on May 20, 2009
“A driver has been jailed for causing the death of a friend he had been towing on a bicycle.” Full story BBC News, 19th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bolsover District Council v Dennis Rye Ltd ? Times Law Reports

Posted on May 19, 2009
Bolsover District Council v Dennis Rye Ltd Court of Appeal “A judge hearing a winding-up petition against a company, when faced with a cross-claim by the company against the petitioner, had to consider only whether the evidence before him was sufficient to satisfy him that the company?s cross-claim was not merely arguable but was genuine and serious, [...

Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Victim Personal Statements; Pleas of Guilty in the Crown Court; Forms) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on May 19, 2009
Practice Direction (Criminal proceedings: Victim personal statements; Pleas of guilty in the crown court; forms) “Amended provisions concerning the practice in criminal proceedings in relation to victim personal statements, pleas of guilty in the crown court and forms would come into force with immediate effect...

Cab driver?s sex victims to sue ? BBC News

Posted on May 19, 2009
“Victims of a taxi driver who sexually assaulted five female passengers in London and raped one are preparing a legal claim for damages against him.” Full story BBC News, 19th May 2009 Source: www.bb.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 19, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Berghoff Trading Ltd & Ors v Swinbrook Developments Ltd & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 413 (19 May 2009) Napier & Anor v Pressdram Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 443 (19 May 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) Eagles & Anor v Minister for the Environment Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government & Anor [2009] EWHC 1028 [...

?Discipline? father?s crop attack ? BBC News

Posted on May 19, 2009
“A father who horsewhipped his three children for discipline and to stop them ‘going off the rails’ has been jailed at Cardiff Crown Court.” Full story BBC News, 18th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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