Fire-bomb attack trio are jailed – BBC News

“Three men have been jailed for fire-bombing a house and a temple after being angered by the marriage of a Sikh woman to a Hindu man.”

Full story

BBC News, 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Footballer jailed for match death – BBC News

“An amateur footballer who killed a rival player in west London in a row after a game has been jailed for 28 months at the Old Bailey.”

Full story

BBC News, 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

City wrongdoers face bigger fines – BBC News

“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to impose much bigger fines on firms or individuals who cheat their customers or engage in insider dealing.”

Full story

BBC News 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jonathan Ross’s Hannah Montana joke ‘not homophobic’ rules Ofcom – Daily Telegraph

“Jonathan Ross did not breach broadcasting rules by suggesting that parents should put their sons up for adoption if they asked for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, Ofcom ruled.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

MoD drops opposition to Basra deaths inquiry – The Guardian

“The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, has conceded the need for a fresh independent inquiry into the deaths of Iraqis in Basra in 2004 after allegations they were tortured and killed by British troops, the high court was told today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 6th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mercedes executive killer jailed – BBC News

“A martial arts expert who strangled his partner over her plans to leave him for another man has been jailed for life.”

Full story

BBC News, 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Top judge: ‘use of drones intolerable’ – The Independent

“The use of unmanned drones as weapons of war in conflicts around the world has been called into question by one of Britain’s most senior judges. Lord Bingham, until last year the senior law lord, said that some weapons were so ‘cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance’.

Full story

The Independent, 6th July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Solicitors take advantage of LDP rules while the bar still lags behind – Law Society’s Gazette

“Three months after Legal Services Act 2007 reforms took effect, solicitors have gained the ‘upper hand’ over the bar, with 61 firms becoming legal disciplinary practices (LDPs).”

Full story

Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Sentencing policy attacked by MPs for being incoherent and inconsistent – Law Society’s Gazette

“MPs have branded current sentencing policy incoherent and inconsistent, and warned that it risks being driven by a misguided view of what the public want.”

Full story

Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

GISDA Cyf v Barratt – WLR Daily

GISDA Cyf v Barratt [2009] EWCA Civ 648; [2009] WLR (D) 229

“The ‘effective date of termination of employment’ within section 97(1)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 was not necessarily the date yielded by contractual analysis. When determining the relevant time limit for making an unfair dismissal claim, an employment tribunal had not erred in concluding that the effective date of termination of employment was when the employee read the letter of summary dismissal and not the date when the letter reached the employee’s home address when she was away.”

WLR Daily, 3rd 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.

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Holland and another – WLR daily

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Holland and another [2009] EWCA Civ 625; [2009] WLR (D) 228

“A human director of a corporate director could in certain circumstances be regarded as a de facto director of the subject company but he would not automatically be so regarded.”

WLR Daily, 3rd 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.

Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino – WLR Daily

Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649; [2009] WLR (D) 227

“A judge should give due weight to the marital property regime into which a couple entered so as to legitimately exercise the very wide discretion conferred on judges to achieve fairness between the parties to ancillary relief proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 3rd 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.

Regina v Morley (Anthony) – Times Law Reports

Regina v Morley (Anthony)

Court of Appeal

“However comprehensive legislation relating to sentences might seek to be, it could not cover all the many different facets of human criminal behaviour which sentencing judges had to take into account.”

The Times, 6th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Boyle v SCA Packaging Ltd, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening – Times Law Reports

Boyle v SCA Packaging Ltd, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening

House of Lords

“In determining whether a person was disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1975 by reason of having an impairment which, although capable of being controlled by measures taken to treat it, would be likely to have substantial adverse effects but for those measures, the word ‘likely’ did not mean ‘probable’ but ‘could well happen’.”

The Times, 6th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Law on damages – consultation response – Ministry of Justice

“Law on damages – consultation response.”

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Regulating Damages Based Agreements – consultation – Ministry of Justice

“This consultation paper seeks views on the proposals to regulate damages based agreements, a type of no win no fee, which is commonly used in Employment Tribunals in England and Wales.”

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Press Release: Sonnex & Farmer Unduly Lenient Sentence Decision – Attorney General’s Office

“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has decided not to refer the minimum life terms of Dano Sonnex and Nigel Farmer to the Court of Appeal as possibly unduly lenient.”

Full press release

Attorney General’s Office, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

BSB committed to quality when considering new legal structures – Bar Standards Board

“The Chair of the Bar Standards Board, Baroness Ruth Deech, talks today of the need to take a scrupulous approach when considering barristers’ involvement in new legal structures.”

Full press release

Bar Standards Board, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Mother fights to save frozen embryos – Daily Telegraph

“A mother faces losing 11 frozen embryos under a new law which rules they must be destroyed after five years.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man’s ‘double jeopardy’ trial ends with guilty verdict – The Independent

“A violent footballer who beat his ex-girlfriend to death yesterday became the first person acquitted of a crime to be jailed for it under new ‘double jeopardy’ laws. The former Maidstone United player Mario Celaire, 31, must serve a minimum of eight years after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Cassandra McDermott.”

Full story

The Independent, 4th July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Begging Jack Straw’s lack of pardons – The Guardian

“Two decisions by Jack Straw last week, two men kept in prison. Ronnie Biggs and Michael Shields were not linked, nor did the cases raise similar issues, but the timing made it only too easy to portray Straw as hard-hearted and cynical, his decisions based on political grounds and/or the desire to court the public.”

Full story

The Guardian, 6th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Serious Fraud Office called in by Business Secretary to investigate MG Rover collapse – The Times

“Lord Mandelson will tell Parliament today that he has asked the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to investigate the collapse of MG Rover, the Midlands carmaker, four years ago.”

Full story

The Times, 6th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Planning laws leave war memorials at risk, says London Assembly – The Times

“Hundreds of war memorials are at risk of being lost or damaged because planning laws fail to cover their preservation, according to a report published today.”

Full story

The Times, 6th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Disability hate crimes ‘unseen’ – BBC News

“Hate crimes against people with disabilities in Wales are unreported or unrecognised for what they are, campaigners and charities say.”

Full story

BBC News, 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

War crime suspects may see UK immunity loophole closed – The Observer

“There has been a huge increase in action against suspected war criminals by the UK authorities, the Guardian has learned, as anti-genocide campaigners await an announcement on Tuesday on whether the government will act to end immunity for genocide suspects.”

Full story

The Observer, 5th July 2009

Source: www.http://observer.guardian.co.uk/

Disciplinary query over G20 assault case officer – The Observer

“The Metropolitan police officer being investigated for an assault on Ian Tomlinson before he died had a chequered history which should have barred him from the force, it has emerged.”

Full story

The Observer, 5th July 2007

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk

Equality watchdog faces discrimination lawsuit from pregnant employee – The Guardian

“The government’s equality watchdog, set up to combat all forms of prejudice at work, faces a sex discrimination lawsuit this week from a female member of its own staff.”

Full story

The Guardian, 4th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ruling brands Judaism racist – Chief Rabbi – The Guardian

“The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, issued a rallying cry for Jews today to defend their schools from English law after the court of appeal decided that admission on the basis of a parent’s Jewish status was discriminatory. Writing in this week’s Jewish Chronicle, he condemned the ruling, saying it branded Judaism ‘racist’.”

Full story

The Guardian, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Black family wrongly accused outside West End theatre wins police damages – The Guardian

“A black family wrongly prosecuted for assault after the father was falsely accused of drug dealing by police outside a London theatre has won “substantial” damages and an apology from Scotland Yard, four years after the case collapsed.”

Full story

The Guardian, 4th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Express proprietor, Richard Desmond, in libel action against journalist – The Times

“Richard Desmond, the owner of the Daily and Sunday Express,will become the first newspaper proprietor to take the stand in the High Court since Robert Maxwell, when he launches his libel action against the investigative journalist Tom Bower on Monday.”

Full story

The Times, 4th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Jealous partner guilty of strangling his lover – The Independent

“A jealous martial arts expert who strangled his partner after learning she planned to leave him for another man was found guilty of murder today.”

Full story

The Independent, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Killer jailed for life years after being cleared – The Independent

“A violent footballer was given two life sentences today after he admitted killing his ex-girlfriend seven years after being cleared of the crime.”

Full story

The Independent, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Prisoners on run cannot be named ‘due to privacy rights’ – Daily Telegraph

“Prisoners on the run from Holleseley Bay prison cannot be identified because it would breach their rights to privacy, the Ministry of Justice has said.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Evidence ‘not enough’ as terror suspect scores win – The Times

“A terror suspect must be brought back to London from ‘internal exile’ in the Midlands despite convincing secret evidence that he intended to take part in terrorist-related activity, the High Court ruled today.”

Full story

The Times, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Pathologist in Ian Tomlinson death case suspended from Home Office register – The Guardian

“The pathologist who said Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes at the G20 protests has been suspended from an official government register and is under two separate investigations into his professional conduct, it emerged today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Freedom of information regulator accused of excessive delays – The Guardian

“Freedom of information campaigners say the regulator takes too long to decide to release documents to the public, undermining efforts to open up official files.”

Full story

The Guardian, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Speeding fine couple seek review – BBC News

“A couple from Sheffield are taking their legal fight against a speeding ticket to London’s High Court.”

Full story

BBC News, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 – OPSI

Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 – OPSI

Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 – OPSI

Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

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