‘An insurer which offered to settle directly with personal injury claimants who had filed notices of their claims on the Road Traffic Accidents Portal (RTA Portal) must compensate the claimants’ solicitors, who would otherwise have been entitled to costs by virtue of a conditional fee agreement (CFA).’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th April 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Damages awarded to the owners of a care business for the breach by their former business partners of a non-compete clause and other restrictive covenants should be calculated based on their actual financial loss, rather than hypothetical “negotiating damages”, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th April 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘On Friday 13 April 2018 the Royal Air Force participated in air strikes (together with the United States and France) to degrade the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons capability and to deter further chemical attacks. This intervention in Syria was not authorised by the UN Security Council, nor was the involvement of British troops approved by the House of Commons. Instead, the decision to send British forces to Syria was made by The Prime Minister Theresa in conjunction with the Cabinet. Readers can view her public statement from 14 April 2018 here. Events unfolded this way despite governmental acknowledgement of a War Powers Convention in the 2011 Cabinet Manual.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 20th April 2018
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The legal battle between Sir Cliff Richard and the BBC has begun in the High Court. In August 2014, police raided Sir Cliff’s home based on an allegation of historic child sexual abuse. The BBC broadcast live footage of the raid filmed from a helicopter. The singer was interviewed under caution, but never charged. Sir Cliff alleges that the BBC’s coverage of the police raid on his home was a serious invasion of his right to privacy, for which there was no lawful justification. He also alleges breaches of his data protection rights. The singer seeks substantial general damages, plus £278,000 for legal costs, over £108,000 for PR fees which he spent in order to rebuild his reputation, and an undisclosed sum relating to the cancellation of his autobiography’s publication. He began giving evidence on the first day of the hearing.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd April 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘On one view this is perhaps the most esoteric of the 28 appeals regarding the confiscation or civil recovery legislation which have been determined by the House of Lords, Privy Council or Supreme Court over the past 24 years.’
Supreme Court Blog, 20th April 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
‘In 2017 the Sentencing Council commissioned an independent academic to carry out an internal review to support the Council in considering how best it could exercise its statutory functions and to make recommendations on areas of work it might want to consider taking forward in the future. The work was undertaken by Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms, Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and his colleague, Dr Jo Parsons. The Council welcomes this Review, which we are publishing today alongside a summary of the work we are taking forward as a result.’
Sentencing Council, 18th April 2018
‘A claimant who wrongly began and settled their claim for noise-induced hearing loss outside of the EL/PL protocol should be limited to fixed costs under the provisions that penalise poor conduct in costs, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A man who doused his neighbour with petrol and set her alight has been jailed for 19 years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th April 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Two men who tricked investors into transferring their pensions to a fake scheme before spending almost £1million of the funds have been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who sexually abused a 6 year old girl has had his sentence increased after the Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, appealed it for being too low.’
Attorney General’s Office, 20th April 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Gabrielle Jan Posner, Barrister and Recorder, Trinity Chambers Chelmsford, argues for a more involved role for IROs in care proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 20th April 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Plans to force voters to show photo identification at polling stations may discriminate against people from ethnic minority communities, the equality watchdog has reportedly warned. The new rules – being trialled to prevent voter fraud – would also hit the young and old, those with disabilities and transgender people, the Equality and Human Rights Commission claims in a leaked letter to Cabinet Office minister David Lidington.’
The Independent, 22nd April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An alleged fantasist known as Nick, gave five different accounts of VIP abuse to the police, but was still regarded as “credible and true”, it has emerged, as a review recommends dropping the policy of automatically believing “victims”. Under the current rules, police forces must believe a person who makes a complaint of rape or sexual assault, in order to give victims the confidence to come forward after an attack. But that policy is now expected to be dropped after a string of allegedly malicious complaints were made against high profile people including politicians and celebrities.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A police chief has been accused of performing a spectacular u-turn by failing to initiate a public inquiry into the controversial investigation of Sir Edward Heath.
Angus Macpherson, Wiltshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC), has repeatedly acknowledged the need for an inquiry amid claims that the force’s findings on historical child sex abuse allegations were uncorroborated and failed to justify the time and expense officers were afforded.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government immigration agencies at the centre of the Windrush scandal are “rife” with discrimination and harassment, a survey of their own employees reveals.
Official documents show staff at Border Force reporting high levels of discrimination, with almost one in four (23 per cent) saying they had experienced it.’
The Independent, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Martin Lewis, the consumer advice and money-saving expert, is suing Facebook for defamation after it published dozens of fake adverts featuring his face and name.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police investigation into former bishop of Chichester George Bell has been dropped amid criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury for smearing his name.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Speech by Lord Justice Irwin: Complexity and Obscurity in the Law, and how we might mitigate them.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 19th April 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
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