‘For four years, Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi has been fighting a FOIA battle for the release of correspondence held by the CPS concerning Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.’
Panopticon, 23rd October 2019
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘The buzz around distributed ledger technology (DLT), including blockchain, is much more than hype and the tech will eventually transform conveyancing and probate, an academic specialising in innovation has indicated.’
Legal Futures, 24th October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Strategic and operational risks facing the social housing sector are on the rise, the Regulator of Social Housing’s Sector risk profile 2019 has suggested.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The fact that a successful claimant recovered less than 10% of the damages he sought was not a sufficient reason to disallow some of his costs, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 24th October 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
C (A Child) [2019] EWCA Civ 1777 (22 October 2019)
Watson v KEA Investments Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1759 (23 October 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v PR [2019] EWHC 2800 (Fam) (23 October 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Lawyers keen to protest in the streets with Extinction Rebellion (XR) should carry out their own “risk analysis” before taking part, a regulatory specialist has said.’
Legal Futures, 24th October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A killer once dubbed one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been jailed for at least 26 years.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A furniture shop owner has been jailed for 20 years for causing a “colossal” explosion which injured 81 people in an attempt to claim insurance.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Mail on Sunday features writer has been spared jail after blaming “work pressure” for recording a court hearing on her mobile phone.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men who encouraged copycat terror attacks after shootings in New Zealand have been jailed.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Powers to control justice, policing and prisons should be devolved to the Welsh assembly as they are in Scotland and Northern Ireland, a commission led by the former lord chief justice of England and Wales has recommended.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court
The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v Vauxhall Motors Ltd [2019] UKSC 46 (23 October 2019)
Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors [2019] UKSC 45 (23 October 2019)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
PK (Ukraine) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1756 (22 October 2019)
Curless v Shell International Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1710 (22 October 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Maughan v Wilmot [2019] EWHC 2765 (Fam) (22 October 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The High Court has granted an injunction to protect a former wife, her children and her lawyers from harassment by from her former husband, described as “an exceptionally vexatious litigant”.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former senior in-house lawyer at Shell cannot rely on a leaked internal email or an overheard pub conversation in his discrimination claim against the company, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Seahorses are to be given greater protection from oil drilling off British coastlines after a landmark High Court challenge.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to reconsider its opposition to putting on trial in the UK a pair of British Islamic State terrorists who were members of so-called “Beatles” cell.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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