‘Extinction Rebellion has demanded to know how its upcoming demonstrations will be policed after the Supreme Court ruled that protest can be a “lawful excuse” to block roads under human rights law.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
R5 Capital Ltd v Mitheridge Capital Management LLP [2021] EWHC 2316 (Ch) (20 August 2021)
Fraine v Foy [2021] EWHC 2302 (Ch) (20 August 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
W (Young Person: Unavailability of Suitable Placement) [2021] EWHC 2345 (Fam) (20 August 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Aderounmu v Colvin [2021 EWHC 2293 (QB) (20 August 2021)]
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Switching from one immigration category to another, from inside the UK, is not always straightforward. Certain routes allow you to stay in the UK under the Immigration Rules by switching visa category, whilst others do not. The updated Points-Based System (PBS), introduced at the end of 2020, has opened more visa categories to in-country switching.’
EIN Blog, 17th August 2021
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A council has avoided liability for compensation for the effects of a rare “revocation order” made by them to revoke a planning permission granted in error for residential development by launching a Councillor-led judicial review of the grant after the revocation order proceedings had commenced. Meyric Lewis explains what happened.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An ice-cream van operator has been banned from operating on an East Suffolk Council street over a complaint that one of its vehicles sounded its chimes for too long.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge has rejected claims by the wife of a convicted Kazakh businessman that she was overcharged by a London law firm for her asylum application and described the allegations of misconduct she levelled as “regrettable”.’
Legal Futures, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Public Defender Service (PDS) has been ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation to an employee unfairly dismissed after suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to her work debriefing a murderer.’
Legal Futures, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former police officer who used his position to groom and sexually exploit vulnerable women has been sentenced.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th August 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A High Court judge has backed the Royal Parks in its battle to stop the removal of a boathouse on the north bank of the Serpentine lake in London’s Hyde Park. The ruling hinged on the question of whether a wooden structure erected by the operator of rowing and pedal boats forms part of Hyde Park and therefore belongs to the Crown.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Homeowners in low-rise apartment blocks are being told they must hand over life-changing sums because their flats could go up in flames, even though the government has claimed the buildings pose “no systemic risk” and don’t need to be fixed.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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