‘The identity of a mystery tweeter responsible for fake Wetherspoon Twitter accounts will be revealed to the pub chain following a judge’s ruling.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former Cambridge University rugby player has been locked up after forcing himself on a fellow student in her college bedroom..’
The Independent, 13th December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A seriously ill 11-month-old girl who has spent her life in hospital should be allowed to die peacefully, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has ruled a man with severe gangrene in his foot will have it amputated against his wishes.’
The Independent, 13th December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A police officer who only joined the force “to gain the keys to a sweetshop” has been jailed for raping a girl.’
BBC News, 13th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Wolff v Trinity Logistics Usa Inc [2018] EWCA Civ 2765 (12 December 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pearse v Revenue and Customs [2018] EWHC 3422 (Ch) (12 December 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
University of Warwick v Balfour Beatty Group Ltd [2018] EWHC 3230 (TCC) (11 December 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Speech by the Right Honourable Lady Justice Rafferty to the Criminal Law Review Conference.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 12th December 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov
‘The Home Office is trying to force two British-born children with lifelong and complex physical and mental disabilities out of Britain in a move which experts say breaches UK and UN law.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A girl starved of oxygen during birth who needs 24-hour care has been awarded compensation totalling £22m.’
BBC News, 12th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have won a challenge against a decision that had paved the way for entertainer Michael Barrymore to receive substantial damages over a wrongful arrest he says destroyed his career.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A new inquest into the unsolved murder of a girl found dead in a wood 43 years ago has been ordered by the high court.’
BBC News, 12th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who orchestrated an online harassment campaign against her ex-boyfriend, before lying about being pregnant and even staging a fake kidnapping, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.’
The Independent, 12th December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The wife of Britain’s most controversial buy-to-let landlord, Fergus Wilson, has been ordered to pay £25,000 in fines and legal costs after a court ruled that she had failed to supply hot water to a disabled tenant.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A loophole in the Forestry Act means the habitats of protected species can be cut down – no matter how rare, how vulnerable or how much effort has gone into the regional conservation of the animal.’
The Independent, 13th December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Gambling chiefs say they are “responding to public concerns” after confirming plans to effectively ban television betting adverts during pre-watershed live sport.’
BBC News, 13th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has quashed a jail sentence of two and a half years imposed on a solicitor, who specialised in care for the elderly, for neglecting her mother.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Court held that a Coroner was entitled to remain unsure about the particulars of the death of an individual who was shot by a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.’
Park Square Barristers, 16th November 2018
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘In late 2015, the Government introduced an additional nil rate band for inheritance tax purposes applying where a deceased person’s interest in their residence is “closely inherited” by their children and other descendants, known as the residential nil rate band (“RNRB”). The objective was to meet the criticism that the estates of persons, who are by no means wealthy, were being dragged into the inheritance tax net by virtue only of the historic rise in residential property prices.’
Radcliffe Chambers, 5th December 2018
Source: www.radcliffechambers.com
‘An adjudication decision was made in favour of Synergy Gas Services against Northern Gas Heating on 8 August 2018. The present case concerns an application by Synergy Gas Services for enforcement of the adjudication award.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 3rd December 2018
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
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