Tesco to change Clubcard logo after losing Lidl legal battle – BBC News
‘Tesco has been told to stop using its Clubcard Prices logo after losing a long legal battle with rival Lidl.’
BBC News, 19th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
To Babanaft or not to Bananaft – the extra jurisdictional effect of an anti-suit injunction (Renaissance Securities (Cyprus) Ltd v Chlodwig Enterprises Ltd) – Gatehouse Chambers
‘The court was considering the appropriate form of order continuing an anti-suit injunction (previously made without notice).’
Gatehouse Chambers, 5th February 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
Supermarket’s ‘cheapest Christmas dinner’ advert ruled misleading – The Independent
‘A national press advert for Aldi claiming the discounter was the “home of Britain’s cheapest Christmas dinner” misled consumers, a watchdog has ruled.’
The Independent, 20th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Retailers who break new smoking ban face on-the-spot fines in UK – The Guardian
‘Powers to issue £100 on-the-spot fines are to be handed to council officers enforcing a landmark law banning future generations from smoking, which Rishi Sunak has hailed as a chance to “save thousands of lives and billions of pounds”.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Black inmates at Wormwood Scrubs ‘disproportionately subjected to use of force’ – The Guardian
‘Black prisoners are disproportionately subjected to the use of force inside one of Britain’s most notorious jails, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 19th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Courting controversy: the use of trigger warnings in teaching human rights law – The Law Teacher
‘This article explores how legal academics approach sensitive topics in human rights law, specifically how content is chosen, curated and discussed with students. It draws on data collected as part of a small pilot study which looked at how human rights academics approach “controversial” topics and how their views on controversy and sensitivity may be reflected in their curriculum. It focuses on the wider debate around trigger warnings in higher education and explores how academics use them. It concludes that, despite their negative reputation, “trigger warnings” can play a necessary and welcome role in navigating sensitive material.’
The Law Teacher, 1st March 2024
Source: www.tandfonline.com
How has UK extremism definition changed and why is it attracting criticism? – The Guardian
‘The communities secretary, Michael Gove, has laid out a new definition of extremism. Here the Guardian examines what has changed and why, and the reason it is attracting criticism.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court judge makes care order for teenage boy despite local authority seeking to withdraw its application – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has refused to allow a local authority to withdraw its application for a care order, finding that an order would be in the “best interests” of a teenage boy with complex needs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Construing non-assignment – could a party be responsible for assignment arising as a matter of law? (Dassault Aviation v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance) – Gatehouse Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal applied ordinary black letter contractual interpretation in construing a non-assignment clause in a contract for sale.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 14th February 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
The UK and the ECHR After Brexit: The Challenge of Immigration Control – EIN Blog
‘This article examines the challenges that immigration control-related political imperatives in the United Kingdom (UK) have posed for UK compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and evaluates the challenges that the UK’s moving away from ECHR compliance pose for its post-Brexit relationship with the European Union (EU) and its member states. The contribution begins with an examination of the constitutional parameters of UK (non-)compliance with the ECHR in the field of immigration control and the implications of this for the post-Brexit arrangements with the EU and its member states. The contribution then focuses on substantive immigration and refugee law and the impact of the current situation on asylum transfer co-operation within and outside of the EU. Through these areas, the article examines how EU law has infiltrated the interpretation of the ECHR with the result of raising standards of protection for asylum seekers and migrants and hampering the exercise of state sovereignty in the field.’
EIN Blog, 14th March 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
Kaylea Titford had no care plan in place when she died, review finds – The Guardian
‘A 16-year-old girl with “significant and chronic disabilities” who died in squalor at her family home in rural mid-Wales did not have a care plan in place, a child practice review into her death has found.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Madeline Gleeson & Theodore Konstadinides: The UK’s Rwanda policy and Lessons from Australia- UK Constitutional Law Association
‘In November 2023, the Supreme Court of the UK dealt a critical blow to the government’s proposal to send certain asylum seekers to the Republic of Rwanda. In AAA and Others v the Home Secretary, the Court ruled that removal to Rwanda would be unlawful because that country was not, at the time, a ‘safe country’.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th March 2024
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Former Lord Chief cautions against regulation of litigation funding – Legal Futures
‘Regulation may not be answer for the future of the third-party litigation funding market, a former Lord Chief Justice has cautioned ahead of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) review of the sector.’
Legal Futures, 15th March 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Jailed bankers appeal against interest rate ‘rigging’ convictions – BBC News
‘Two former bankers jailed for rigging interest rates are appealing against their convictions after an eight-year battle to clear their names.’
BBC News, 14th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Trial judge appointed special examiner to hear the evidence of a sanctioned Russian litigant and his witness in Dubai (Gorbachev v Guriev) – Gatehouse Chambers
‘Dispute Resolution analysis: HHJ Pelling, the trial judge in a piece of commercial litigation in England has approved an order by which he was appointed a special examiner to hear the evidence of sanctioned Russian Defendant and a witness on his behalf, his son in Dubai. The witnesses could not give evidence in England and Wales due to a travel ban imposed by the sanctions Regulations. This decision contrasts with a recent decision in the SKAT Litigation.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 20th February 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
Court of Protection declares lawfulness of care plan setting out arrangements for termination of woman’s pregnancy – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judge sitting in the Court of Protection has declared that a care plan setting out the arrangements for the termination of a woman’s pregnancy was lawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Ground rent not legally or commercially necessary, says UK watchdog – The Guardian
‘Britain’s competition watchdog has said ground rent is “neither legally nor commercially necessary” and that government may need to step in to protect consumers from soaring costs.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Case Comment: Target Group Ltd v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2023] UKSC 35 – UKSC Blog
‘In this post, Mark Whiteside, Partner at CMS, and Johanna Dodgson, Associate at CMS, comment on the Supreme Court’s judgment in Target Group Ltd v Commissions for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2023] UKSC 35.’
UKSC Blog, 12th March 2024
Source: ukscblog.com
