‘Families of the victims of serial killer Stephen Port say it is unfair that they have to pay for legal representation at inquests into their relatives’ deaths while the police can rely on public money for their costs.’
BBC News, 5th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has issued 59 pages of guidance notes to help staff register EU citizens for a post-Brexit scheme that the former home secretary Amber Rudd said would be as easy to apply for as an online account with the clothes retailer LK Bennett.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An unmarried mother has won a landmark Supreme Court case which could allow cohabitees to claim Widowed Parent’s Allowance, a benefit previously only applicable to married parents.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st August 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The case of Owens v Owens rocked the legal world in late July, when the Supreme Court decided that Tini Owens could not divorce her husband, despite the court recognising that this could leave her “trapped in an unhappy marriage.” Her husband, Hugh John Owens, had sought to defend against Mrs Owens’ petition for divorce on the grounds that “although never emotionally intense, the marriage had been successful and that he and Mrs Owens had learnt how to “rub along”. In ruling against Mrs Owens, Lord Wilson said the decision “generates uneasy feelings” and suggested that Parliament should consider statutory change. Yet, bearing in mind that statutory change may take some time, is the right to leave an unhappy marriage not also a human right?’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 27th August 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘A man who claimed he had sex with a woman while he was asleep has been jailed for five years for rape.’
BBC News, 31st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain has apologised for the “shameful” way it evicted islanders from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, but insisted Mauritius was wrong to bring a dispute over sovereignty of the strategic atoll group to the United Nations’ top court.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Employment tribunals should generally give the benefit of doubt to a legal representative facing a wasted costs applications where their client refuses to waive privilege, the president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 31st August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Many solicitors and judges were not ready for the electronic bill of costs when it became compulsory in April and few are keen on it now, according to a survey by the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL).’
Litigation Futures, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Legal Services Consumer Panel is ready to tell the government some “uncomfortable truths” about legal aid, its new chair has said.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The trial of an alleged mastermind of the Hatton Garden heist has been delayed until next year following a new blockbuster film release about the robbery.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Cyprus-based dealer who got his mother to run a £300,000 drug ring from the UK has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Kweku Adoboli, the former trader who was found guilty of causing a $2.3bn (£1.8bn) financial loss, has been detained by the Home Office as preparations for his deportation to Ghana begin.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has discharged a $3 billion worldwide freezing order (WFO) granted in favour of the sovereign wealth fund of Angola due to “serious and substantial” breaches of its duty to provide full and frank disclosure of all material facts in the case.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A major in the British army and a former officer are facing trial by court martial over the deaths of three men who suffered fatal heat illness during an SAS test march in the Brecon Beacons in south Wales.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The shadow justice secretary has ripped into the Civil Liability Bill, saying Labour will vote against it as it stands.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A cancer patient who lost most of his penis to a flesh-eating superbug after routine surgery has won a six-figure payout.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wild v Wild & Ors [2018] EWHC 2197 (Ch) (31 August 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
LXA & Anor v Willcox [2018] EWHC 2256 (QB) (23 August 2018)
Burki v Seventy Thirty Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 2151 (QB) (15 August 2018)
Brown & Anor v Neon Management Services Ltd & Anor (Rev 1) [2018] EWHC 2137 (QB) (10 August 2018)
Shakespeare v Martin [2018] EWHC 2114 (QB) (9 August 2018)
Advantage Insurance Co Ltd v Stoodley & Anor [2018] EWHC 2135 (QB) (09 August 2018)
Blake v Mad Max Ltd (Rev 1) [2018] EWHC 2134 (QB) (08 August 2018)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Hodgson v National House Building Council [2018] EWHC 2226 (TCC) (29 August 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A self-styled “paedophile hunter” has been jailed after admitting falsely accusing a man of grooming teenagers.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The 20th century showed how vulnerable humans are to tyrannical leaders. Today [3 September], at 65, the ECHR is as vital as ever.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A second council has objected to the Ministry of Justice’s changes to court locations in the West Midlands.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th August 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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