Day: 26 January 2024
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SarL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 29 (26 January 2024)
J, P & Q (Care Proceedings) [2024] EWCA Civ 22 (26 January 2024)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Gross, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 21 (23 January 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Laing, R (On the Application Of) v The Cornwall Council [2024] EWHC 120 (Admin) (26 January 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Macquarie Bank Ltd v Banque Cantonale Vaudoise [2024] EWHC 114 (Comm) (26 January 2024)
GLAS SAS (London Branch) v European Topsoho SarL & Ors [2024] EWHC 83 (Comm) (26 January 2024)
Al Saud v Gibbs [2024] EWHC 123 (Comm) (24 January 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
Government announces early legal advice pilot for separating couples – Legal Futures
‘The government is to launch a pilot of early legal advice for separating couples to judge what impact it could have to speed up a resolution.’
Legal Furures, 26th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Financial Sanction and Free Speech in the High Court – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Graham Phillips, the Claimant, is a British national and video blogger who posts content from the Donbass dressed in Russian military fatigues. He says he is a journalist who provides a “counterbalance” to widespread western misunderstanding of the true situation in Ukraine but the Administrative Court disagrees. On 12 January 2024, it handed down judgment in R (Phillips) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2024] EWHC 32 (Admin), in which it upheld the Government’s view that the Claimant is a propagandist for Russia who is lawfully subject to a sanctions regime which allows the state to freeze his assets.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th January 2024
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Indonesian fruit picker landed in debt bondage challenges Home Office – The Guardian
‘When Ismael found himself sleeping rough at York station in the late October cold he struggled to understand how an opportunity to pick berries 7,000 miles from his home had so quickly ended there.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Environmental watchdog criticises Government over lack of monitoring and transparency – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has attacked the Government over a lack of transparency in measures to protect the environment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Nottingham attacks: attorney general considering killer’s sentence for review – The Guardian
‘The attorney general is considering whether judges should review the sentence of the Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane after receiving a submission that it could be unduly lenient.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Scope of duty since Khan v Meadows – Law Pod UK
‘Rachel Marcus and Marcus Coates-Walker of 1 Crown Office Row join Lucy McCann to explore the principle of the scope of duty in the context of clinical negligence claims. First by analysing the decision in Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 and then discussing how the courts have grappled with scope of duty issues since.’
Law Pod UK, 25th January 2024
Source: audioboom.com
Mother of girl whose death was linked to air pollution sues UK government – The Guardian
‘The mother of a nine-year-old girl who became the first person in the UK to have air pollution cited on their death certificate has launched a high court claim against the government.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Horizon scandal: post office operator cleared after years of suffering in silence – The Guardian
‘A former post office branch operator who suffered in silence and endured humiliation after being convicted of fraud based on evidence from the faulty Horizon IT system has had her conviction quashed by the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court judge gives guidance on use of intermediaries in Family Court – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has given guidance on the use of intermediaries in the Family Court, in a case concerning a 2-and-a-half year old girl, which was in week 127 at the hearing last month.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Men admit conspiracy to remove genitals – BBC News
‘Two men have admitted being part of an extreme body-modification plot involving pay-per-view website videos.’
BBC News, 25th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Case Comment: TUI Limited v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48 – UKSC Blog
‘In this case, Catherine McAndrew, a Senior Associate in the Insurance and Reinsurance team at CMS, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision in TUI Limited v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48, which was handed down on 29 November 2023.’
UKSC Blog, 26th January 2024
Source: ukscblog.com
Llanelli DJ jailed for urinating on cancer patient and posting video online – The Guardian
‘A wedding DJ has been jailed for 14 weeks for urinating on a cancer patient and then posting the footage online.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
