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Legal fight against airport plans - BBC News

Posted on February 25, 2009
“Plans for an expansion of Stansted Airport in Essex which were given the go-ahead by the government are facing a High Court challenge.” Full story BBC News, 24th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: 10 years on - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 25, 2009
“Jack Straw has given a speech on the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry published ten years ago today.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 24th February 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Fear of Fraud - BBC News

Posted on February 25, 2009
“It’s predicted that fraud will rise as the recession bites - but do we have the mechanisms to fight it?” Full story BBC News, 24th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Straw vetoes publication of cabinet Iraq war minutes - The Guardian

Posted on February 25, 2009
“Jack Straw today said he would take the unprecedented step of vetoing the release of cabinet minutes relating to the decision to invade Iraq.” Full story The Guardian, 24th February 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 24, 2009
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Heronslea (Mill Hill) Ltd. v Kwik-Fit Properties Ltd. [2009] EWHC 295 (QB) (20 February 2009) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Richard J Thompson Trading As R J Thompson International v James K Charlesworth [2009] EWHC B3 (TCC) (17 February 2009) Source: www...

Protectacoat Firthglow Ltd v Szilagyi - WLR Daily

Posted on February 24, 2009
Protectacoat Firthglow Ltd v Szilagyi [2009] EWCA Civ 98; [2009] WLR (D) 67 “In determining whether a person who had carried out work for a company was its employee within the meaning of s 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, if the document purporting to retain the services of a person did not represent the [...

Isle of Anglesey County Council and another v Welsh Ministries and others - WLR Daily

Posted on February 24, 2009
Isle of Anglesey County Council and another v Welsh Ministries and others [2009] EWCA Civ 94; [2009] WLR (D) 66 “In determining the effect of an Act of 1868 considerations of common sense and the principle of legal certainty made it permissible to take account of the subsequent history...

Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 24, 2009
Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions Court of Appeal “The refusal by the Director of Public Prosecutions to publish detailed guidance as to the circumstances in which individuals would or would not be prosecuted for assisting another person to commit suicide was lawful...

Treating offenders with mental health issues ?would save �700m? - The Guardian

Posted on February 24, 2009
“The government could shave �700m annually from criminal justice costs if it overhauled the process for diverting offenders with mental health problems from jail to the mental health system, according to new research.” Full story The Guardian, 23rd February 2009 Source: www...

Straw forced into retreat over ?Big Brother? data sharing plan - The Independent

Posted on February 24, 2009
“The Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, will make a U-turn over sweeping new powers which were to allow public bodies to swap the data they hold on individuals.” Full story The Independent, 24th February 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Release Binyam torture data - MP - BBC News

Posted on February 24, 2009
“The US government should urgently release details about the treatment of a British resident who alleges he was tortured, a senior Labour MP has said.” Full story BBC News, 24th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lawyers back call for single City fraud watchdog - The Times

Posted on February 24, 2009
“Senior lawyers have backed a call by Sir Ken Macdonald, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, who wrote in The Times yesterday calling for a single regulator to fight City fraudsters in order to restore confidence in banks and the financial sector...

ID card reviews must be published, rules Information Tribunal again - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 24, 2009
“The Government will have to publish controversial reports on its identity card scheme after the Information Tribunal backed the Information Commissioner’s order to publish at the end of a protracted legal wrangle.” Full story OUT-LAW...

?Tortured? asylum seeker?s plight - BBC News

Posted on February 24, 2009
“An asylum seeker who says she was tortured in her homeland claims she was forced by poverty into prostitution after her bid to stay in the UK failed.” Full story BBC News, 24th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Skating pensioner fined by court - BBC News

Posted on February 24, 2009
“A rollerblading pensioner has been fined �300 after he was filmed skating along a street in Southport.” Full story BBC News, 24th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Government to cap legal bills in libel cases - The Times

Posted on February 24, 2009
“Plans to cap what can be multi-million pound legal fees incurred in fighting libel cases were outlined by the Government today after pressure from media groups.” Full story The Times, 24th February 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Killer Wright fails in appeal bid - BBC News

Posted on February 24, 2009
“Serial killer Steve Wright has lost his bid at the Court of Appeal to challenge his convictions for the murders of five women in Suffolk.” Full story BBC News, 24th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Artist guilty over safety charge - BBC News

Posted on February 24, 2009
“An artist has been found guilty of breaching health and safety rules after his inflatable sculpture blew away in a County Durham park, killing two women.” Full story BBC News, 24th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Stuart Lubbock death report rules out police corruption - The Guardian

Posted on February 24, 2009
“An independent report into the suspicious death of Stuart Lubbock at the entertainer Michael Barrymore’s home has ruled out allegations that Essex police officers were corrupt.” Full story The Guardian, 24th February 2009 Source: www...

Terrorism and human rights: is it time to reclaim lost ground? - The Times

Posted on February 24, 2009
“Sir Ken Macdonald stoked the flames of the debate on how we tackle terrorism with his timely intervention this week on white collar fraudsters. “ Full story The Times, 24th February 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Jack Straw issues ?veto? certificate under the Freedom of Information Act - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 24, 2009
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has issued a ‘veto’ certificate under section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), overruling the Information Tribunal’s decision of 27 January upholding the Information Commissioner’s decision of 19 February 2008...

Lord Mandelson plan to tear up new laws splits party - The Times

Posted on February 23, 2009
“Plans to axe new laws that would increase costs for businesses, including enhanced maternity leave and tougher equality legislation, are threatening to blow open a Cabinet rift over how Labour should respond to the economic downturn, The Times has learnt...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 23, 2009
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Kinch v Rosling & Ors [2009] EWHC 286 (QB) (20 February 2009) High Court (Commercial Court) JP Morgan Chase Bank & Ors v Springwell Navigation Corp [2009] EWHC 282 (Comm) (20 February 2009) Source: www...

Supreme Court overleaps Lords with avowals of better value, transparency

Posted on February 23, 2009
“From October this year the Supreme Court will replace the House of Lords as the highest court in �England and Wales.” Full story The Lawyer, 23rd February 2009 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Civil Procedure Rules: Cost Capping Orders Response Paper - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 23, 2009
“A consultation being conducted on behalf of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee on proposals to amend part 44 of the Civil Procedure Rules by inserting rules on costs capping orders. The consultation also proposes amendments to the Costs Practice Direction to provide guidance on costs capping...

Mitchell v Glasgow City Council - WLR Daily

Posted on February 23, 2009
Mitchell v Glasgow City Council [2009] UKHL 11; [2009] WLR (D) 65 “Where a local housing authority summoned one of its tenants, who had been abusing and threatening one of his neighbours, to a meeting at which he was told that he could face eviction if his behaviour did not improve and the tenant left the [...

Commune de Sausheim v Azelvandre - WLR Daily

Posted on February 23, 2009
Commune de Sausheim v Azelvandre (Case C-552/07); [2009] WLR (D) 64 “The national authorities could not rely on the protection of public order or other interests in order to oppose the disclosure of information on the location of the release of GMOs into the environment...

Floe Telecom Ltd v Office of Communications and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 23, 2009
Floe Telecom Ltd v Office of Communications and Another Court of Appeal “Where a tribunal had made unnecessary findings which were damaging to the public interest, it was appropriate for the Court of Appeal to entertain the regulator’s appeal against those findings although he had won...

Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 23, 2009
Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Court of Appeal “The requirement in section 329 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 that the court?s permission had to be obtained before a convicted offender could bring civil proceedings for trespass to the person was procedural and directory...

Christian groups lose legal challenge over human and animal embryos - The Times

Posted on February 23, 2009
“Medical research using embryos that contain both human and animal material was cleared to continue yesterday, after the High Court threw out a legal challenge by religious campaigners.” Full story The Times, 20th February 2009 Source: www...

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