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Civil Procedure Rules 2009 - update
The second set of amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) for 2009 were contained within the Civil Procedure (Amendment No2) Rules 2009 (SI 2009/3390) and the much longer update 51 which effected changes to the CPR Practice Directions. Unless otherwise stated, the changes were effective from 6 April 2010. ...
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Criminal law - procedural amendments
On 5 April 2010, the Criminal Procedure Rules were consolidated into a new edition, but the opportunity was also taken to make a series of amendments. Part 29 now provides for special measures to assist defendants in relation to witness anonymity orders.
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Employment
Administrative law – Health – Compensation – Compensation agreements Rose Gibb v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justices Laws, Sedley, Rimer): 23 June 2010 The ...
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Human rights
Pensions – Discrimination – Gender reassignment – Retirement age Christine Jennifer Timbrell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justices Thorpe, Moore-Bick, Aikens): 22 June 2010 ...
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Landlord and tenant
Local government – Date of termination – Death – Tolerated trespass Austin (FC) (appellant) v Southwark London Borough Council (respondent): SC (Lords Hope, Walker, Brown, Kerr, Lady Hale): 23 June 2010 ...
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Criminal law
Businesses – Commercial offences – False descriptions – Labelling R v Elizabeth Lee: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Aikens, Mr Justice Royce, Judge Radford (Recorder of Redbridge)): 24 June 2010 ...
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Social security
Education – Carer's allowance – Courses – Full-time students Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Amanda Deane: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justices Ward, Hughes, Lady Justice Hallett): 23 June 2010 ...
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Human rights
Terrorism – Control orders – Right to liberty and security Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent) v AP (appellant): SC (Lord Phillips, Lord Saville, Lord Rodger, Lord Walker, Lord Brown, Lord Clarke, Sir John Dyson): 16 June ...
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Criminal law: new offences, amendments and provisions
Significant parts of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 took effect during the spring of this year. On 1 February section 59 was brought into force amending the Suicide Act 1961. For the old offence under section 2, there is now substituted a provision that ‘a person (D) commits an ...
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Criminal procedure
Admissibility – Confessions – Theft – Trial within a trial R v Bhavna Dhorajiwala: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Aikens, Mr Justice Slade, Judge Wadsworth QC): 9 June 2010 The ...
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Immigration
Asylum – Ethiopia – Persecution – Refugees Secretary of State for the Home Department v St (Eritrea): CA (Civ Div): (Sir Anthony May (president QB), Lords Justices Longmore, Stanley Burnton)9 June 2010 ...
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The law regarding entrapment
The law is unclear as to how much protection is afforded to those entrapped by undercover journalists into committing criminal offences, says David Sleight
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Civil procedure
Automatic striking out – Litigants in person – Non-compliance – Unduly harsh sanction Kinsley v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis: CA (Civ Div): (Lords Justices Ward, Thomas, Pitchford): 9 June 2010 ...
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Competence powers and school exclusions
‘Under new management’ signs are festooned across the variegated organs of government, from Whitehall to town hall. The new coalition government has not been slow in charting new ground.
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Mental health and disability discrimination protection
A person has a ‘disability’ if he or she has a mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse impact on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities – section 1 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Alcohol and drug addiction as well as five ...
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Immigration
Change of circumstances – Entry clearances – Visas – Immigration Act 1971 Secretary of State for the Home Department v DB: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Mummery, Thomas, Pitchford): 28 May 2010 ...