BAILII: recent Decisions

Posted August 27th, 2019 in law reports by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Singh v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1504 (22 August 2019)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Armstrong v Armstrong [2019] EWHC 2259 (Ch) (23 August 2019)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Boyo v Lloyds Bank Plc [2019] EWHC 2279 (QB) (23 August 2019)

Source: www.bailii.org

Costs budgeting is not inevitable – Charlie Cory-Wright QC – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 27th, 2019 in budgets, civil procedure rules, costs, news, personal injuries by sally

‘Generally speaking, we lawyers dislike procedural change. While we may well understand that a particular change is necessary and we will certainly recognise that we need to adapt to it when it comes, such changes nonetheless tend to make us feel ignorant and highly uncomfortable. We have to treat any new procedural regime as a known unknown, which presents pitfalls for the unwary, at least until we become familiar with it. And in the meantime, a culture of half-knowledge develops, an uncertain and dangerous combination of a little learning, anecdote, and false assumptions. This very often leads to negative over-simplification.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, August 2019

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

Expert “failed to provide objective opinion”, says High Court – Litigation Futures

Posted August 27th, 2019 in accountants, bias, evidence, expert witnesses, news by sally

‘An expert witness who said in oral evidence that he saw his role as presenting his side’s case “in the most favourable light” has been criticised by the High Court.’

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Litigation Futures, 27th August 2019

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Man jailed over Sheffield McDonald’s machete attack – BBC News

Posted August 27th, 2019 in guilty pleas, news, offensive weapons, sentencing, wounding by sally

‘A man has been jailed for 12 years for attacking a man with a machete outside a branch of McDonald’s.’

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BBC News, 23rd August 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Possession and licensing in Wales – Nearly Legal

Posted August 27th, 2019 in housing, landlord & tenant, licensing, news, repossession, Wales by sally

‘Does failing to be licensed under The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 prevent a landlord from serving any notice seeking possession, or just a section 21 notice? That was the issue in a county court appeal in Evans & Evans v Jarvis, County Court at Swansea, 20 August 2019.’

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Nearly Legal, 26th August 2019

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Bitcoin worth £900,000 seized from hacker to compensate victims – The Guardian

‘A judge has ordered the confiscation of bitcoin worth more than £900,000 from a jailed hacker in the first case of its kind for the Metropolitan police.’

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The Guardian, 23rd August 2019

Source: www.theguardian.com

Simon Dobbin: Brain-damaged football fan’s family want law change – BBC News

Posted August 27th, 2019 in assault, medical treatment, news, sentencing, sport, violent disorder by sally

‘The family of a football fan who suffered horrific injuries at the hands of hooligan opposition fans are campaigning for a change in the law.’

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BBC News, 24th August 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Unhappy paralegal refused discrimination claim rerun – Legal Futures

Posted August 27th, 2019 in disability discrimination, news, paralegals, retrials by sally

‘An employment tribunal has refused to reconsider a decision that comprehensively rejected a disability discrimination claim brought by a paralegal who worked for well-known personal injury firm Ralli.’

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Legal Futures, 27th August 2019

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Police chief: Attackers of PCs ‘must be jailed, no ifs no buts’ – BBC News

Posted August 27th, 2019 in assault, emergency services, imprisonment, news, sentencing by sally

‘Harsher sentences for people who attack police officers “would be very welcome”, the head of the national body for police bosses has said.’

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BBC News, 25th August 2019

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Transgender journalist loses discrimination claim against the Times – The Guardian

‘A transgender woman made redundant by the Times has lost an employment tribunal in which she claimed to have experienced discrimination and unfair dismissal.’

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The Guardian, 23rd August 2019

Source: www.theguardian.com