‘The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has recovered a council home and £105,000 after a former resident was sentenced earlier this month in relation to two charges of housing fraud.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Convicted terrorists will face lie-detector tests under a raft of measures drawn up in the wake of the most recent London Bridge attack to toughen up the monitoring of offenders in the community.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Do Defendants have a right to see unredacted settlement agreements which have privileged communications in them? The case of BGC Broker LP (above) addresses this.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 17th January 2020
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘The NHS in England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence, the BBC has learned through a Freedom of Information request.’
BBC News, 21st January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Re QD, the children of a man is his sixties, living in Spain with his second wife, KD, had become concerned about the care that KD was providing. KD started proceedings in Spain but before these had concluded, QD’s children brought him to England and moved him to a care home.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 17th January 2020
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘This article discusses a recent case whereby the court found that as the Defendant’s employee had failed to report an issue with a passenger lift, they had not acted reasonably. Therefore, the Defendant had been in breach of s2 of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957.’
Becket Chambers, 15th January 2020
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘On 19th January, after discussions within the Royal Family, it was announced that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will step back from royal duties, no longer receive public funds, or ‘formally represent the Queen’. Neither will they use their HRH titles, and more generally they will not be classed as ‘working members of the Royal Family’. Instead, the Sussexes will pursue a new life in Canada, outside the structure of the Royal Family, although they have committed to continue to ‘uphold the values of Her Majesty’.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 21st January 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
W (A Child: Leave To Oppose Adoption) [2020] EWCA Civ 16 (21 January 2020)
Ping Europe Ltd v Competition and Markets Authority [2020] EWCA Civ 13 (21 January 2020)
The London Borough of Bromley v Persons Unknown (Rev 3) [2020] EWCA Civ 12 (21 January 2020)
Wickes Building Supplies Ltd v Blair (No.2 : Costs) [2020] EWCA Civ 17 (21 January 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Russell v Cartwright & Ors [2020] EWHC 41 (Ch) (20 January 2020)
Martin v Martin [2020] EWHC 49 (Ch) (20 January 2020)
TBD (Owen Holland) Ltd v Simons & Ors [2020] EWHC 30 (Ch) (17 January 2020)
Pharmagona Ltd v Taheri & Anor [2020] EWHC 66 (Ch) (17 January 2020)
Koninklijke Philips NV v Asustek Computer Inorporation & Ors [2020] EWHC 29 (Ch) (17 January 2020)
Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd v The Hut Group Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 5 (Ch) (17 January 2020)
Inspiration Finance Ltd v Cadwallader & Anor [2020] EWHC 15 (Ch) (17 January 2020)
Northamber Plc v Genee World Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 31 (Ch) (16 January 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Taqa Bratani Ltd & Ors v Rockrose UKCS8 LLC [2020] EWHC 58 (Comm) (17 January 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Carter & Anor v Essex Police [2020] EWHC 77 (QB) (21 January 2020)
Hamilton v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2020] EWHC 59 (QB) (20 January 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Medical negligence experts James Badenoch QC (now retired) and David Hart QC of 1 Crown Office Row discuss some of the solutions proposed to the vast expense to the NHS of damages claims in negligence and whether any of these propositions – such as a tariff system run by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board – is feasible.’
Law Pod UK, 20th January 2020
Source: audioboom.com
‘A reconsideration entails a review by the Home Office of a decision that it has made. If you have lodged an appeal in the First Tier Tribunal against an immigration decision, you may wish to consider submitting a reconsideration request (if relevant, with new evidence in support of your case) to the Home Office while the appeal is pending. Our barristers can advise you about whether your case is suitable for requesting a reconsideration.’
Richmond Chambers, 20th January 2020
Source: immigrationbarrister.co.uk
‘The government is being urged to set up domestic violence prevention programmes targeting offenders as well as victims.’
BBC News, 21st January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An ultra-Orthodox Jew who left her community to transition from male to female has abandoned a family court fight to see her five children.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘White Constructions, a developer, engaged a sewer designer (“IWS”) and water servicing coordinator (“SWC”) to design a sewerage solution that complied with New South Wales regulations. The initial design was rejected by the relevant authorities, but a second design was later submitted and accepted. Subsequently, White Constructions brought proceedings against IWS and SWC for failing to produce a sewer design acceptable to the relevant authority within a reasonable time period, submitting that this failure caused delay to the completion of the project and thereby led to significant additional costs. At trial, the parties were each permitted to engage their own experts to assess the alleged delay. White Construction’s expert used an ‘as planned versus as-built windows analysis’, stipulating that there had been a serious delay of 240 days. The Defendants’ expert used a ‘collapsed as-built (or “but-for”) analysis’, demonstrating that there had been, at most, a 19-day delay. However, neither evidences were used by the Court because the they seen as not being appropriate for the case. Instead, the Court appointed a third expert whose evidence was preferred. The Court found that no breach had been established and so damages were not awarded.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 16th January 2020
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘The facts of the case were straightforward. The Claimant was riding his motorcycle along a road for which the Local Authority were responsible when he fell and injured himself as a result of a pothole. A claim was brought against the Local Authority. Liability was denied, but after proceedings were served the case settled for a sum of £800.’
Guildhall Chambers, 17th January 2020
Source: www.guildhallchambers.co.uk
‘A man with an “Aladdin’s cave of weapons” in his home shot at police through his letterbox and threatened to “blow their brains out”, a court heard.’
BBC News, 20th January
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘At least 12 highly vulnerable people with eating disorders have died over the last seven years after failings in care that were so severe that coroners in England and Wales issued legal warnings to hospitals to try to prevent further deaths.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A recent podcast on BBC sounds by ‘File on 4’ focused on separated siblings in the care system.’
Transparency Project, 19th January 2020
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
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