Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Giusti v Ferragamo [2019] EWCA Civ 691 (17 April 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bakrania & Anor v Shah & Ors [2019] EWHC 949 (Ch) (24 April 2019)
Sheffield v Kier Group Plc & Ors [2019] EWHC 986 (Ch) (23 April 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Slough Borough Council misinterpreted government guidance and so an order providing for the abolition of two parish councils in its area must be quashed, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Robert Jones and Joseph Marsden, who work within the insurance and reinsurance group at CMS, comment on the decision handed down in the matter of Wells v Devani [2019] UKSC 4.’
UKSC Blog, 24th April 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A solicitor has been suspended from practice after being convicted of allowing a small cannabis farm to grow in her house.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Since its formal introduction in the Maastricht Treaty, EU citizenship has laid claim to a constitutional status. The Union Treaties – long described by the Court of Justice as the EU’s constitutional texts – explicitly confer the status of Union citizenship on all nationals of the Member States. The asserted significance of this was subsequently confirmed in the seminal Grzelczyk judgment, in which the Court famously declared that EU citizenship was ‘destined to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States’.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 24th April 2019
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The cultures of some law firms and other legal workplaces mean that well-being is “often not a concern” while they chase increased profits, researchers have found.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘PTSD is not a “get out of jail free card”, a judge has warned as he jails a veteran who blamed his crimes on “harrowing” experiences in Afghanistan.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Local authorities should be given greater powers to make it easier for them to impose restrictions on junk food advertising in their areas, a report has recommended.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 100,000 webpages containing child sexual abuse imagery (CSAI) or videos were identified and blocked over the last year by the UK charity tasked with maintaining the nationwide blacklist, an increase of more than a third on the year before.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Graysons Restaurants Ltd v Jones & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 725 (17 April 2019)
Goldscheider v Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation [2019] EWCA Civ 711 (17 April 2019)
G-L-T (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 717 (17 April 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Windsor-Clive & Ors v Rees & Anor [2019] EWHC 1008 (Ch) (18 April 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Donovan & Anor v Grainmarket Asset Management LLP [2019] EWHC 1023 (QB) (18 April 2019)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
PBS Energo AS v Bester Generacion UK Limited [2019] EWHC 996 (TCC) (17 April 2019)
Source: www.bailii..org
‘An eight-year-old boy has moved home after a judge was told he was being influenced by his mother’s “hateful feelings” towards his father.’
The Guardian, 22nd April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal reviewed Hillingdon’s Equality Impact Assessments, both when introducing the policy in 2013, and when amending it in 2016 (this latter being after Mr Gullu had begun his judicial review). On neither occasion was there any consideration of Travellers or refugees (or indeed Non UK nationals).’
Nearly Legal, 22nd April 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The ‘exceptional circumstances’ test by which claimants whose cases exit the RTA portal can claim more than fixed recoverable costs is a high, rather than a low, bar, the High Court has held.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘This was a very interesting case for two reasons. First, the claim was for the infringement of the claimant’s British and European Union trade marks for educational services, training, seminars and the like relating to psychology by providing mental health care in its hospitals and training in its use under an acronym that was the same as those registered marks. Secondly, the trial of the action took place outside London the first time in the history of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (“IPEC”).’
NIPC Law, 21st April 2019
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.com
‘A fall of nearly 60% in the number of victims receiving payments from the criminal injuries compensation scheme, and an almost halving of the amount paid out since the Conservative government came to power, have been condemned by an alliance of charities.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paralegal who stole £70,000 from people’s estates to splash out on designer clothes and handbags has been jailed for more than three years.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The health secretary has vowed to end the use of non-disclosure agreements that prevent would-be NHS whistleblowers speaking out.’
The Guardian, 22nd April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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High Court (Administrative Court)
Lorrell v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2019] EWHC 981 (Admin) (16 April 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Davey v Money & Anor [2019] EWHC 997 (Ch) (17 April 2019)
Green v Group Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 954 (Ch) (17 April 2019)
High Court (Family Division)
Vasilyeva v Shemyakin [2019] EWHC 932 (Fam) (16 April 2019)
High Court (Patents Court)
E Mishan & Sons, Inc (t/a Emson) v Hozelock Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 991 (Pat) (17 April 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2019] EWHC 970 (QB) (17 April 2019)
EF v Darkwa & Anor [2019] EWHC 1005 (QB) (17 April 2019)
Ferri v Gill [2019] EWHC 952 (QB) (17 April 2019)
Rahman v Rahman [2019] EWHC 1011 (QB) (17 April 2019)
State Bank of India & Ors v Mallya & Ors [2019] EWHC 995 (QB) (17 April 2019)
Mohamed v London Borough of Barnet [2019] EWHC 1012 (QB) (17 April 2019)
Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 980 (QB) (16 April 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
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