SI 2022/1353 – The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022
SI 2022/1351 – The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/1356 – The Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/1355 – The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) (Threshold Amount) Order 2022
SI 2022/1354 – The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lovett v Wigan Borough Council (Re Breaches of ASBIs) [2022] EWCA Civ 1631 (16 December 2022)
Wright v Rogers [2022] EWCA Civ 1658 (16 December 2022)
Trafalgar Multi Asset Trading Company Ltd v Hadley & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1639 (16 December 2022)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Havila Kystruten AS v Abarca Companhia De Seguros, SA [2022] EWHC 3196 (Comm) (16 December 2022)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Pathan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2022] EWHC 3244 (KB) (16 December 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Home Office’s policy of placing asylum seekers in hotels and hostels has given rise to a number of legal issues for local authorities. Dean Underwood and Jack Barber detail the areas of concern.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Aileen McColgan KC examines a Court of Appeal ruling that the Government’s planning definition of “gypsies and travellers” was unlawfully discriminatory.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Victims are seeing significant improvements in the criminal justice system’s response to rape, a new report has revealed today.’
Ministry of Justice, 15th December 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that a costs bill can be challenged after the one-year time limit for requesting detailed assessment. In Menzies v Oakwood Solicitors, Mr Justice Bourne said Leeds firm Oakwood Solicitors had not made clear to a former client the procedure for objecting to the deduction of costs from his damages. Payment was therefore not effected by a settlement of account and a challenge could still be made.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th December 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A powerful new lobby has joined the fight to stop the government capping costs for clinical negligence claims worth less than £25,000. Some 28 families involved in the Shrewsbury and Telford maternity scandal have signed an open letter to health secretary Steve Barclay opposing the proposals.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th December 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The home secretary is acting unlawfully in failing to ensure the rate of support for more than 50,000 asylum seekers is adequate by not implementing an increase of almost £5 a week recommended by officials, the high court has found.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Broken heating, sewage, mould, asbestos and leaking toilets and roofs are among the problems encountered by solicitors in courts in England and Wales, a survey by the Law Society has found.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A husband and wife who lived a “lavish lifestyle” with other people’s money have been sentenced for their part in a multi-million pound fraud.’
BBC News, 17th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New legislation will be introduced to tighten security at venues in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing. The new rules, dubbed Martyn’s Law, will cover all of the UK and require venues and local authorities to have preventative action plans against terror attacks, the government said.’
BBC News, 19th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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