‘”Modest” proposals to standardise witness statements and improve compliance with the rules have been endorsed in principle by the Business and Property Courts (BPC); the specialist courts of the High Court of England and Wales.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th December 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Since my colleague Eveline Strecker last blogged about modular construction, it has continued to develop in popularity. The more we see of modular, the more it becomes clear that it is a very different beast to “traditional” construction projects, demanding an evolution in procurement routes and contract content.’
Practical Law Construction Blog, 11th December 2019
‘On 1 April 2020, The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019 come into force; these make a number of important changes to the earlier Rules, including: the substitution of a new Part 4 dealing with consultation and advice; revision and expansion of Lists A and B; extension of the Archdeacon’s jurisdiction for temporary minor re-ordering; and various other amendments to improve the operation of the Rules.’
Law & Religion UK, 12th December 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Supreme Court
Lancashire CC, R (on the application of) v SSEFRA & Anor [2019] UKSC 58 (11 December 2019)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lakatamia Shipping Company Ltd v Morimoto [2019] EWCA Civ 2203 (11 December 2019)
Tiplady v City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council [2019] EWCA Civ 2180 (11 December 2019)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
McCarthy v R. [2019] EWCA Crim 2202 (11 December 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Arowojolu v General Medical Council [2019] EWHC 3155 (Admin) (11 December 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Boyle v Burke & Anor [2019] EWHC 3364 (Ch) (10 December 2019)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Manek & Ors v IIFL Wealth (UK) Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 3361 (Comm) (11 December 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kirkegaard v Smith [2019] EWHC 3393 (QB) (11 December 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Supreme Court has by a 3-2 majority allowed appeals by Lancashire County Council and NHS Property Services over whether statutory incompatibility defeats an application to register land as a town or village green where the land is held by the public authority for statutory purposes.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A circuit judge has won an injunction against a disgruntled litigant in person who created a website to attack him and his family, and had thrown out as vexatious an attempt to counter-claim.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar should focus on “real inclusion” and “actionable, practical steps” to improve diversity rather than tick boxes, a black barrister and human rights activist has argued.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Three teenagers have been jailed for numerous robberies and assault of men who had been enticed via one of the largest social media dating apps, Grindr.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th December 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A district judge is suing the Ministry of Justice and two supervising judges for unconscious bias, harassment, victimisation, micro-aggression and discrimination after a complaint was made against him by an appellant in one of his cases.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th December 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Newborns could be diverted from care proceedings if more time is given to pre-birth assessments where there are safeguarding concerns, according to a review published today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th December 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A Facebook advert for a company that sells “life insurance to die for” has been banned for trivialising suicide among young men.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Doctors at a hospital accused of bullying its staff have told the NHS care regulator that they are too scared to report lapses in patient safety in case they end up facing disciplinary action.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paedophile who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl has been spared jail after backlogs meant his case took over two years to come before the courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been unlawfully forcing trafficked people to wait for months and sometimes years before granting them leave to remain in the UK, the High Court has ruled.’
The Independent, 11th December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The captain of a car ferry that crashed with a pleasure boat has been cleared of committing two maritime offences.’
BBC News, 11th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who had been classed as a “modern slave” has been convicted of murdering a child as part of a drugs feud.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Advice on incentivising employees in a tax efficient manner has a direct and immediate link to the purposes of the business and so VAT input tax should be recoverable, even if the employees are directors and shareholders, the UK’s First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed a council’s appeal over whether it acted unlawfully when it resolved to fix the fees for vehicle licences for taxis and private hire vehicles at an amount which included recovery of all or part of the cost of supervising the conduct of drivers licensed to drive such vehicles.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Derbyshire County Council has been fined £500,000 following the first prosecution that the Care Quality Commission has brought against a local authority since the watchdog was given powers to prosecute health and social care providers for failing to provide safe care and treatment in 2015.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘McKenzie Friends are giving “biased and misleading” advice to vulnerable family litigants, an academic study of online posts has found.’
Legal Futures, 11th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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