‘A witness statement verified by a statement of truth made by a prospective claimant before the commencement of proceedings can give rise to contempt, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 11th November 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A new report has called for reform of the process by which schools permanently exclude students after suggesting that school teachers have an inconsistent understanding of their Equality Act duties and that Independent Review Panels (IRPs) lack the power to remedy unlawful exclusions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘NHS trusts must ensure that pregnant inmates in prisons across the country are cared for by specialist midwives, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has urged.’
Rights Info, 12th November 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Lady Hale, president of the Supreme Court, has called on the courts to learn lessons from the tribunal service in improving the diversity of judges.’
Legal Futures, 12th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Liberal Democrats are launching a legal challenge against ITV over its decision to exclude their leader from the channel’s election debate.’
BBC News, 11th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Much may have changed in the political world since the Coalition Government introduced its controversial ‘bedroom tax’, but the legal fall-out from the policy continues. The European Court of Human Rights has delivered its verdict on the compatibility of the scheme with the prohibition on discrimination set out in Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Strasbourg Court has found that the policy discriminated unlawfully against women at risk of domestic violence.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th November 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A lorry driver has been jailed for 18 months after smashing into a queue of stationary traffic.’
BBC News, 11th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Raqeeb, R (On the Application Of) v Begum & Anor [2019] EWHC 2976 (Admin) (11 November 2019)
Court (Chancery Division)
Airways Pension Scheme Trustee Ltd v Fielder & Anor [2019] EWHC 3032 (Ch) (11 November 2019
Vance & Anor v Collerton & Anor [2019] EWHC 2866 (Ch) (08 November 2019)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Aviva Insurance Ltd v Oliver [2019] EWHC 2824 (Comm) (11 November 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Employers paying for an employee’s to speak to a lawyer about settling a dismissal dispute need to stump up significantly more than £500 for proper legal advice, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 12th November 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Conservative plans to water down the Human Rights Act – to prevent prosecutions of soldiers accused of murders in Northern Ireland – will make the UK a pariah, the party has been warned.’
The Independent, 11th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who smuggled 60 guns hidden in his car into the UK has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 11th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In the recent case of Orexim Trading Ltd v Mahavir Port and Terminal Private Ltd (Costs) [2019] EWHC 2338 (Comm), Christopher Hancock QC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) made an order against the defendant for payment of costs on account in the event that the defendant failed to comply with an ‘unless order’. Orexim followed the approach of Mr Justice Coulson (as he then was) in Bruce MacInnes v Hans Thomas Gross [2017] EWHC 127 (QB).’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Human rights campaigners have launched a landmark legal bid to determine whether homeless people are being “criminalised” by fines against begging and leaving bedding in doorways.’
Rights Info, 8th November 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A county court has disallowed a court fee after finding the claimant had failed to apply for remission. District Judge Jenkinson, sitting at Liverpool County Court, ruled in Stoney v Allianz that the £455 fee was not a disbursement reasonably incurred and was not recoverable.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A legal secretary who claimed she felt humiliated and insulted by a colleague commenting on her 50th birthday has lost her claim for harassment and age discrimination against the law firm.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will next week consider whether parts of the Communities Secretary’s guidance on the investment of Local Government Pensions Schemes relating to UK foreign and defence policy were for an unauthorised purpose.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The law reform group Justice has called for a radical overhaul of exclusions amid concerns that too many schools do not fully understand their legal duties and that the appeal process available to parents wishing to challenge an exclusion is inadequate.
The Guardian, 11th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Alaina Wadsworth, Ben Brown, Ed Foss and Thomas Pangbourne, who all work within the Insurance & Reinsurance Group at CMS, comment on the decision handed down by the UK Supreme Court on 30 October 2019, in the matter of Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ [2019] UKSC 48.’
UKSC Blog, 11th November 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘This appeal was on the issue of whether a local authority and the First Tier Tribunal could take into account previous convictions that were spent under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 in deciding whether an applicant for a Housing Act 2004 licence was a ‘fit and proper person’.’
Nearly Legal, 10th November 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has lifted practising restrictions on a finance director who was sanctioned less than three years ago, over the objections of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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