“A man who posed as a businessman to trick two couples into renting out their homes where he and his wife squatted has been jailed for 15 months.”

Full story

BBC News, 14th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

” ‘Humanitarian considerations’ that have arisen in the case of Asperger’s syndrome sufferer Gary McKinnon mean he should not face trial in the US for hacking into American military computers, the high court heard today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 14th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“A golfer who beat a fellow player around the head with an eight iron after an outbreak of ‘golf rage’ was today jailed for nine months.”

Full story

The Guardian, 14th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“Kenneth Erskine, known as the Stockwell Strangler after he killed seven London pensioners in a three-month period in 1986, has today had his murder convictions reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.”

Full story

The Times, 14th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Speculation is ­mounting at the bar that Lord David Neuberger will become the 95th Master of the Rolls (MR) when the incumbent MR Anthony Clarke joins the Supreme Court in October.”

Full story

The Lawyer, 12th July 2009

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

DA (Colombia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 682 (13 July 2009)

Bourne Leisure Ltd (t/a British Holidays) v Marsden [2009] EWCA Civ 671 (13 July 2009)

Highland Crusader Offshore Partners LP & Ors v Deutsche Bank AG & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 725 (13 July 2009)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Knaggs v R. [2009] EWCA Crim 1363 (13 July 2009)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Al-Sweady & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWHC 1667 (Admin) (10 July 2009)

High Court (Chancery Division)

S & D Property Investments Ltd v Nisbet [2009] EWHC 1726 (Ch) (13 July 2009)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Geofizika DD v MMB International Ltd [2009] EWHC 1675 (Comm) (10 July 2009)

Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimiche Tunisien [2009] EWHC 1684 (Comm) (13 July 2009)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Stokes v London Borough of Brent [2009] EWHC 1426 (QB) (10 July 2009)

Green v Sunset & Vine Productions Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 1610 (QB) (13 July 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org

The General Dental Council (Constitution of Committees) Rules Order of Council 2009

The Transfer of Functions of the Charity Tribunal Order 2009

The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009

The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Agriculture and Rural Development) Order 2009

The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Regina v Athwal and Another

Court of Appeal

“Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 provided a comprehensive code on the admissibility of hearsay in criminal proceedings.”

The Times, 14th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Everitt v Budhram (a Bankrupt) and Another

Chancery Division

“The needs of a bankrupt could include his financial, medical, emotional and mental needs.”

The Times, 14th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ul-Haq and Another v Shah

Court of Appeal

“It was not possible to strike out a genuine claim on the ground that the claimant had been involved in a fraud upon the court in respect of an associated claim.”

The Times, 14th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“The government’s new strategy on serious organised crime introduces plans to create a more hostile environment for organised criminals by seizing assets and shutting businesses.”

Full press release

Home Office, 13th July 2009

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

“Ryanair will change the way it advertises its services after being referred to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) by advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

“The terms and conditions in a letting agency’s contracts with landlords were unfair, the High Court has said. The agency, Foxtons, must now change the way it contracts with landlords.”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

“A gunman who shot a rival gang member in a north London barber shop as ‘payback’ for two other deaths has been jailed for life for murder.”

Full story

BBC News, 13th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“The man dubbed the Stockwell Strangler for the murders of seven people will find out later if an appeal on mental health grounds has been successful.”

Full story

BBC News, 14th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“A total of 25 claimants, most of them interpreters, claim they were owed a duty of care by the Government and are expected to launch legal action later this week, according to the BBC.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“The celebrity publicist MAx Clifford is starting a legal action against the News of the World to uncover any role its journalists may have played in intercepting messages left on his mobile phone.”

Full story

The Guardian, 14th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“A review of the so-called default retirement age, which allows employers to require staff to retire at 65, is to be brought forward by a year, the Government announced today.”

Full story

The Independent, 13th July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“Tax investigations of the kind used to convict Al Capone are to be used to tackle the 30,000 organised criminals who cost the UK up to £40 billion a year.”

Full story

The Times, 13th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“District judge Araba Obadai has found herself on the other side of the court for the last 18 months over a long-running feud with her neighbour over his Doberman dogs.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“The parents of a toddler who drowned in a pond at a holiday park were today ordered to repay their compensation award.”

Full story

The Independent, 13th July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“A school caretaker called Stephen Singer was jailed for life on Monday for killing his lover Dina Sharpe after lacing her omelette with sleeping pills.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“An aristocrat aged 82 has been fined after she was found guilty of driving without due care and attention in an incident which preceded a fatal crash.”

Full story

BBC News, 10th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

E, R (on the application of) v Governing Body of JFS & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 681 (10 July 2009)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v QY (China) [2009] EWCA Civ 680 (10 July 2009)

Chadwick v Lloyds TSB Bank [2009] EWCA Civ 726 (10 July 2009)

Chadwick v Lloyds TSB Bank [2009] EWCA Civ 670 (10 July 2009)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Forest Heath District Council & Ors v The Electoral Commission & Ors [2009] EWHC 1682 (Admin) (10 July 2009)

Moghaddam v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham [2009] EWHC 1670 (Admin) (10 July 2009)

Hay v HM Treasury [2009] EWHC 1677 (Admin) (10 July 2009)

Al-Sweady & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWHC 1687 (Admin) (10 July 2009)

Al-Sweady & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWHC 1667 (Admin) (10 July 2009)

HIgh Court (Chancery Division)

Sharma & Anor v Farlam Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 1622 (Ch) (10 July 2009)

Brazzill & Ors v Willoughby & Ors [2009] EWHC 1633 (Ch) (10 July 2009)

PNPF Trust Company Ltd (Pilots’ National Pension Fund, trustee of) v Taylor & Ors [2009] EWHC 1693 (Ch) (10 July 2009)

The Office of Fair Trading v Foxtons Ltd [2009] EWHC 1681 (Ch) (10 July 2009)

High Court (Patents Court)

Novartis AG & Anor v Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd (t/a Johnson & Johnson Vision Care) & Anor [2009] EWHC 1671 (Pat) (10 July 2009)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

A v Enskat [2009] EWHC 1630 (QB) (10 July 2009)

MGN Ltd v Horton [2009] EWHC 1680 (QB) (10 July 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org

The M57 Motorway Junction 7 (Switch Island) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2009

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

The Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) Regulations 2009

The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009

The Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off Regulations 2009

The General Dental Council (Constitution) Order 2009

The Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2009

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2009

The Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Partial Property Transfers) (Amendment) Order 2009

The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses) Regulations (No. 8) 2009

The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses) Regulations (No. 9) 2009

The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

The International Monetary Fund (Limit on Lending) Order 2009

The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses) Regulations (No. 10) 2009

The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses) Regulations (No. 11) 2009

The National Health Service Trusts (Transfer of Staff, Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Wales) Order 2009

The Local Health Boards (Transfer of Staff, Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Wales) Order 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Hovell v Ashford & St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 670; [2009] WLR (D) 237

“An independent expert report as to equal value was not always necessary before an employment tribunal could determine an equal value pay claim based on the contents of a job evaluation scheme (’JES’). However, the fact that there was only a small difference in points awarded to a claimant and her male comparators in a JES did not of itself establish that the jobs were of equal value, and a claimant who relied on such a JES rather than an independent expert’s report risked failing to persuade the tribunal that her job was of equal value.”

WLR Daily, 10th 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.

Syska and another v Vivendi Universal SA and others [2009] EWCA Civ 677; [2009] WLR (D) 236

“Where a party to an arbitration reference became insolvent in an EU member state while the arbitration proceedings were pending in another member state, the appropriate law applicable to determine the validity of the agreement to progress the arbitration was the law of the member state where the arbitration was pending.”

WLR Daily, 10th 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 Lucien

Court of Appeal

“Where a judge did not accept the basis of a defendant’s plea of guilty, he was obliged to inform the defendant of that fact before proceeding to sentence.”

The Times, 13th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Lee v Whitehouse

Court of Appeal

“A judge who was asked to make a possession order under section 98(1)(a) of the Rent Act 1977 on the ground that there was suitable alternative accommodation available had to decide whether or not it was reasonable to make an order by evaluating the effect on both parties if an order was made and if it was not.”

The Times, 13th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino

Court of Appeal

“Judges exercising the wide discretion they have in achieving fairness between the parties in matrimonial ancillary relief proceedings were able to take into account the terms of any prenuptial agreement.”

The Times, 13th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“The annual report for the family procedure rule committee, a non-departmental public body set up under the Courts Act 2003 to make rules of court for use in family proceedings.”

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 10th July 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

“Justice Minister Claire Ward has made a statement about the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.”

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 13th July 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

“An illegal immigrant was today removed from the United Kingdom after being arrested on his wedding day last week.”

Full press release

UK Border Agency, 9th July 2009

Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

“Prosecutors have made a flying start in a vital piece of work to improve public confidence in the justice system, the Attorney General Baroness Scotland QC said today, marking the set-up phase for a major initiative from the Crown Prosecution Service – the Community Prosecutor approach.”

Full press release

Attorney General’s Office, 9th July 2009

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

“A claim of racial discrimination and unfair dismissal by a police community support officer has been thrown out at an employment tribunal.”

Full story

BBC News, 10th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“The chewing gum maker Wrigley’s has been fined £150,000 after an employee suffered severe arm injuries as he cleaned a moving production line.”

Full story

BBC News, 10th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“A newlywed couple who killed a man the morning after their wedding have been jailed for manslaughter.”

Full story

BBC News, 10th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“The Ministry of Defence faces the threat of hundreds of claims for alleged abuse and torture of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers. Lawyers say emerging evidence of abuses, including use of electric shocks, points to a systematic policy of sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation and beatings throughout the occupation of Basra, which must have been authorised by senior officers or politicians and known to hundreds of soldiers.”

Full story

The Independent, 12th July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“A major public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian called Baha Mousa in British military custody with the former Queen’s Lancashire Regiment will begin on Monday.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“A group of 13 doctors who believe that Dr David Kelly, the Government scientist, did not commit suicide, but was murdered, are launching a legal campaign to demand an inquest.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk