‘An unfair dismissal case has highlighted the need for companies to update policies and procedures and to obtain full consent before using biometric data in the workplace.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th June 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A free advice clinic provided by law students has a six-month waiting list because people on low incomes struggle to get a solicitor, its director says.’
BBC News, 13th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man convicted of killing his date in a speedboat incident is set to have a challenge against his conviction heard at the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th June 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In this episode we are bringing the second of two highlights from the recent one crown office row’s seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. Dominic Ruck Keene dicusses the effects of the case.’
Law Pod UK, 10th June 2019
Source: audioboom.com
‘In this episode we are bringing the first of two highlights from the recent 1COR seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. We hear from Jonathan Metzer as he gives his interpretation of the case.’
Law Pod UK, 10th June 2019
Source: audioboom.com
‘Jack and Sean – not their real names – suffered severe abuse from their father for more than 15 years.’
BBC News, 13th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have apologised to six victims of football coach Bob Higgins for the way the case was handled in the 1990s.’
BBC News, 13th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The next prime minister will have the power to prevent MPs blocking a no-deal Brexit, though would he or she dare close the Commons for three months?’
The Guardian, 13th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The updated Pensions Scam Industry Group (PSIG) code of practice (107 page / 2.6MB PDF) includes a number of changes, such as guidance designed to help trustees and providers deal with claims management companies and updates on how to notify the UK’s fraud reporting centre Action Fraud of scams.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th June 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A scheme for the naming of employers found to be in breach of the UK’s national minimum wage (NMW) has been suspended while the government reviews the scheme.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th June 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
Supreme Court
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd & Anor [2019] UKSC 27 (12 June 2019)
Samuels v Birmingham City Council [2019] UKSC 28 (12 June 2019)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Woodward & Anor v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 985 (12 June 2019)
Kuznetsov v Amazon Services Europe SARL [2019] EWCA Civ 964 (11 June 2019)
Harrison-Mills v the Public Trustee & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 966 (11 June 2019)
B v A Local Authority [2019] EWCA Civ 913 (11 June 2019)
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 947 (10 June 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Connolly v Landy & Ors [2019] EWHC 1457 (Ch) (10 June 2019)
Lines v Wilcox & Ors [2019] EWHC 1451 (Ch) (10 June 2019)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
NG v GA [2019] EWHC 1412 (Fam) (06 June 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Advertising Standards Authority Ltd v Mitchell [2019] EWHC 1469 (QB) (11 June 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The High Court has rejected a defendant’s request to revise his costs budget upwards, saying that the extra costs came from matters he either should have anticipated or brought on himself.’
Litigation Futures, 12th June 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The government has no intention of making court processes exclusively online and so there is no need to give way to demands to guarantee this in primary legislation, peers were told this week.’
Legal Futures, 12th June 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has begun reviewing the system of intermediated securities in order to identify potential issues for both investors and companies.’
Law Commission, 11th June 2019
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘An electrical company has been fined £25,000 after a woman was pulled into the shutter door machinery and crushed to death.’
The Independent, 11th June 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two drugs gang bosses have been jailed after cocaine with a street value of £20m was seized from a van on the M6 in Cheshire.’
BBC News, 11th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Oxfam has been severely criticised by the Charity Commission for the way it dealt with claims of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in Haiti.’
BBC News, 11th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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