It is a mark of a civilised society that, save for the loss of their liberty, prisoners enjoy the same rights as any other citizen. A judge made that point in awarding substantial damages to a killer who was attacked and gravely injured by a fellow prisoner who was known to pose a serious risk to others. Both the victim …
Murderer Attacked by Fellow Prisoner Awarded £85,000 in Compensation Read More »
No matter how long and technical the wording of an insurance policy may be, it may contain ambiguities that can only be resolved with expert legal assistance. A case on point concerned an eight-figure loss sustained by an operator of private hospitals arising from a breast surgeon’s negligent and criminal acts. The company inherited the liabilities of a predecessor which …
Private Hospitals Operator Triumphs in £20 Million Insurance Dispute Read More »
A parent who wishes to move from one country to another with his or her child must first obtain the consent of the parent left behind. That principle of international law is easily stated but, as a guideline Court of Appeal ruling showed, applying it in a way that protects the child’s welfare is often a much more complicated matter. …
Cross-Border Child Abduction and Habitual Residence – Guideline Ruling Read More »
Balancing freedom of the press against the human rights of individuals is always a fraught exercise and, as a High Court case showed, that is doubly so in a criminal context when young children commit heinous offences. The case concerned two women who were aged 13 and 14 when they murdered Angela Wrightson, a vulnerable adult, in Hartlepool. They inflicted …
High Court Grants Child Murderers of Angela Wrightson Lifetime Anonymity Read More »
Deciding where blame lies for road accidents is one of the more anxious tasks faced by judges, particularly if the victim is a child. That was certainly so in the case of a 13-year-old boy who was catastrophically injured by a reckless driver who was on the run from the police. The driver, who had an extensive criminal record, leapt …
Teenager Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver Due Massive Compensation Read More »
So-called ‘missing trader’ frauds yield vast profits to organised criminals but can be extraordinarily hard to detect. However, the task faced by police in tackling such operations may be rendered a little easier by a Court of Appeal ruling that covert recordings were lawfully used in evidence against two perpetrators. The case concerned a group of companies that dealt in …
‘Missing Trader’ Fraud – Covert Recordings Lawfully Used in Evidence Read More »
In extreme cases where children stray beyond parental control, putting themselves at risk, the High Court has the power to deprive them of their liberty. In an example of that power being exercised, a judge acted to save a 16-year-old boy from the malign influence of the drugs gang culture into which he had fallen. The teenager frequently ran away …
High Court Authorises Deprivation of Runaway Teenager’s Liberty Read More »
Even banks and other sophisticated financial institutions are sometimes caught out by apparently thriving businesses which are not all that they seem. In a case on point, the High Court came to the urgent aid of an overseas bank which claimed to have lost more than $1 billion as a result of wholesale fraud. The case involved a UK-registered company …
Worldwide Asset Freezing Orders Issued After Bank Cries $1 Billion Fraud Read More »
