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Thomas v Director of Public Prosecutions QBD October 23, 2009 (apparently only reported in the Times, although I swear I saw it somewhere else too). This was an appeal by way of case stated against conviction for obstructing a police officer. Mr Thomas lost...
I've had an email from a reader who has found that the Nearly Legal URL is redirecting to a spam blog. I can't replicate this behaviour, but has anyone else seen it? I'm checking to see if we've been hacked, but I'd be grateful if anyone could confirm...
We've been told that Ali & Ibrahim v Birmingham City Council (now Ali, Ibrahim and Tomlinson v BCC) was heard in the Supreme Court today, 23 November, and continues tomorrow. Our report on the Court of Appeal judgment ([2008] EWCA 1228) is here. The issue is...
R (Neville) v London Borough of Wandsworth [2009] EWHC 2405 (Admin) [not on Bailii yet] This was a renewed application for permission for a Judicial Review of Wandsworth's refusal of a discretionary succession. Mr Neville had been living with his mother. Mrs...
We reported the County Court hearing of Universal Estates v Tiensia in this post. Since then we have heard of developments in this case, with a tantalising hint of a higher court judgment in the offing. Tiensia at County Court first instance found that late...
Ethos Recycling Ltd v Barking & Dagenham Magistrates Court [2009] EWHC 2885 (Admin) This was an application for judicial review by Ethos Recycling of a District Judge's decision in the Barking and Dagenham Magistrates' Court given at Havering Magistrates...
May I introduce Mr Trevor Hobden, lately of Canada House Partnership, Grammar School Road, North Walsham, Norfolk and lately a solicitor. Mr Hobden is to be noted for his balanced approach to billing. Mr Hobden has been struck off the roll and will have to...
The Government in the form of the DCLG has issued its response to consultation on the directions it is to give the Tenant Services Authority under s.197 Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and also the directions on regulatory standards themselves. The...
Belmain Finance Limited v Peter James Bentley High Court (Chancery Division) Cardiff. In a widely reported settlement (see here, here and here for example) this case has come to an end. Belmain Finance had lent £40,000 to Mr Bentley, secured against his...
We are not actually in Devon, just for clarity, but in Concord, Washington, Tyne & Wear. I happen to know Concord, which is both ill-named and if one is honest, probably at the negative end of the architecturally charming list. But I won't hear a word...
Southern Pacific Mortgage Ltd v Heath [2009] EWCA Civ 1135 It has taken me a day or three to get to this one. Nobody else was up for doing it and frankly the detail of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, allegedly intended to make agreements clear for consumers,...
Central Bedfordshire Council v Taylor & Ors We've just heard that permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in Central Beds v Taylor has been refused. Our note of the Court of Appeal case is here. This was surely a chance for the Supreme Court to revisit Kay...