‘Criminal and civil lawyers have spelt out to MPs on the justice select committee a catalogue of ways in which court modernisation is undermining access to justice.’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Trends in personal injury claims since LASPO, with damages falling, are an “affront to justice”, the new president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 21st May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A meals on wheels delivery driver has been jailed for life 24 years after he murdered an elderly woman, following a DNA breakthrough.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘”He tried to strangle me” – hardly innocuous words. But when Nicola Stocker posted them on Facebook in 2012 she could not have known it was the start of a 76-month libel dispute over two simple questions – questions that would reach the Supreme Court as Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th May 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A judge has criticised solicitors in a copyright infringement claim for describing a disclosure request made by the opposing side as “imbecilic”.’
Litigation Futures, 20th May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A small law firm sacked its administrator by sending him a brief WhatsApp message – and then backdated his P45 to support an argument that he was actually fired earlier and so his claim was out of time, an employment tribunal has found.’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In early May the UK government became the first in the world to declare an environment and climate change emergency. The impact of climate change will affect every aspect of daily life, and generates a number of significant financial risks.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st May 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A man who was infected by contaminated blood has told a public inquiry of a life of fear, paranoia and anger.’
BBC News, 21st May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A bill which aims to protect women’s jobs when they return to work after giving birth will have little impact, a pregnancy rights campaigner says.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In R (Maughan) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire v The Chief Coroner for England Wales [2019] EWCA Civ 809, the Court of Appeal conclusively held that the standard for proof for both short form and narrative conclusions concerning suicide was the civil balance of probabilities test, rather than the criminal beyond reasonable doubt.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th May 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Brexit party funding row shows how technology has outpaced electoral law.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2019
The Armed Forces Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2019
The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019
The Cyber-Attacks (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019
The Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2019
The Wireless Telegraphy (Register) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Wireless Telegraphy (Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Thakrar v Crown Prosecution Service [2019] EWCA Civ 874 (21 May 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Global Energy Horizons Corporation v Gray [2019] EWHC 1260 (Ch) (21 May 2019)
First National Trustco (UK) Ltd & Anor v Page & Ors [2019] EWHC 1187 (Ch) (20 May 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Indigo Projects London Ltd v Razin & Anor [2019] EWHC 1205 (TCC) (17 May 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
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