‘Stephen Wood QC considers this important recent case concerning the notification requirements imposed upon Defendants, following conviction for terrorism offences.’
Broadway House Chambers, 17th February 2021
Source: broadwayhouse.co.uk
‘Lawyers and litigants awoke this morning to the wholesale move of procedure rules to a government website described by one as “unusable”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th February 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A discharge care plan approach (DCPA) written by the London Borough of Islington and North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) was unlawful on nine points, the High Court has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This note considers the judgment of Turner J in the Technology and Construction Court of 10 November 2020 in the case of Município de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group plc, BHP Billiton plc and BHP Group Ltd. In that judgment, Turner J struck out a claim by a very large group of claimants for compensation for damage caused by the 2015 collapse of the Fundão Dam in South Eastern Brazil, in which over 40 million cubic metres of tailings washed into the Doce River with massive human, environmental, and economic cost. This note presents the factual background of the case and sets out the most relevant features of the judgment for the practice of mass tort litigation in the multinational context.’
Blackstone Chambers, 15th February 2021
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘An allegation of an offence in an information or charge must describe the offence in ordinary language and make it clear what the prosecutor alleges. Amendments to section 179 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) mean that it is no longer necessary, when prosecuting a defendant for non-compliance with an enforcement notice, to aver within the information the date upon which the period of compliance expired. The court held that the exact moment at which the compliance period expired was no longer of critical or defining importance. It is a necessary inference within an information that the date upon which the offence is said to have been committed, occurred after the period of compliance had expired. The prosecutor would still need to prove as a fact that the date for compliance had expired, but this fact was not essential to enable the defendant to understand what the prosecutor was alleging.’
5SAH, 16th February 2021
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘Police forces are having to ration forensic toxicology work, especially samples from suspected drug drivers, because there is not enough capacity in the system to handle the volume of work, the outgoing forensic science regulator has said.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The director of public prosecutions has called into question the age of criminal responsibility amid fears too many children are facing adult justice.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th February 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (FJO) has launched a consultation seeking views about supervision orders and their use in care proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘One of the survivors of the Rotherham grooming scandal has asked the government to give children born from rape legal “victim” status so they can receive specialist help and potentially prosecute their fathers.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court ruled that the requirement that the childcare element (CCE) of Universal Credit (UC) could be paid to applicants only after they had actually paid for childcare, rather than becoming liable so to do (“the proof of payment rule”), was unlawful because it discriminated indirectly against women contrary to Article 14 ECHR read with Article 8 and/or A1P1 Further, having scrutinised the justification for the Secretary of State’s approach through the prism of Article 14, he went on to find that it was also irrational as a matter of common law. The decision engages intelligently with the sometimes tricky question of appropriate comparator pools, and shines useful light on the potential for common law rationality to accommodate discrimination-based claims even were direct reliance on Article 14 to become unavailable.’
Equality Law Blog, 16th February 2021
Source: equalitylawblog.com
‘An electrician has been cleared of killing a seven-year-old boy who was electrocuted by a set of poorly installed lights in a pub garden.’
BBC News, 16th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2021
The Universal Credit (Work-Related Requirements) In Work Pilot Scheme (Extension) Order 2021
The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021
The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
TW Logistics Ltd v Essex County Council & Anor [2021] UKSC 4 (12 February 2021)
Okpabi & Ors v Royal Dutch Shell Plc & Anor [2021] UKSC 3 (12 February 2021)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
O (A Child : Judgment: Adequacy Of Reasons) [2021] EWCA Civ 149 (16 February 2021)
R (Children: Control of Court Documents) [2021] EWCA Civ 162 (12 February 2021)
Procter & Anor v Procter & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 167 (12 February 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Murphy & Anor v Munir & Ors (Re Muhammed Munir) [2021] EWHC 278 (Ch) (15 February 2021)
The Official Receiver v Atkinson & Ors [2021] EWHC 175 (Ch) (12 February 2021)
Cameron v Cameron [2021] EWHC 229 (Ch) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Republic of Sierra Leone v SL Mining Ltd [2021] EWHC 286 (Comm) (15 February 2021)
Black Sea Commodities Ltd v Lemarc Agromond Pte Ltd [2021] EWHC 287 (Comm) (15 February 2021)
Gordian Holdings Ltd v Sofroniou & Anor [2021] EWHC 235 (Comm) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Family Division)
J, K, and L (Children) (Transnational Abandonment) [2021] EWHC 280 (Fam) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hanchard-Kerr, On the Review of the Tariff in the case of [2021] EWHC 265 (QB) (16 February 2021)
Mueen-Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 269 (QB) (16 February 2021)
Moludi, On the Review of the Tariff in the case of [2021] EWHC 264 (QB) (16 February 2021)
HXA & Anor v Surrey County Council [2021] EWHC 250 (QB) (15 February 2021)
Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB) (12 February 2021)
Parris v Ajayi & Ors [2021] EWHC 285 (QB) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co. Ltd [2021] EWHC 296 (TCC) (16 February 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Ex-military personnel dismissed from the armed forces because of their sexuality can now reclaim lost medals.’
BBC News, 16th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The time has come for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to consider whether lawtech companies, along with other unregulated legal services providers, should be regulated, the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) has said.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Since starting his role as the UK’s first football hate crime officer earlier this month, PC Stuart Ward has been busier than expected, considering football fans are banned from stadiums as part of the coronavirus lockdown.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘T & R involved an appeal against a decision to refuse to approve a plan of adoption in respect of two children, T (a 3 year old boy) and R (a 2 year old girl) and accordingly, refuse to make placement orders.’
Transparency Project, 15th February 2021
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
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