‘In principle, a claim can be made against one responsible party for all losses suffered, even when other parties were involved (e.g. a claim against solicitors when a barrister may have also provided advice) but what if a claim is made against you and you aren’t the only one to blame?’
Mills & Reeve, 26th July 2022
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘Shoppers at a grocery store chain across southern England are being surveilled with facial recognition cameras, prompting a legal complaint by civil rights campaigners.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A husband killed his wife shortly after their wedding and stuffed her body into a suitcase, a court has been told.’
BBC News, 25th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In this appeal involving indefinite leave to remain (ILR) on the basis of 10 years’ continuous lawful residence and notices, the Court of Appeal held that Mr Marepally whose application for leave to remain had been rejected by a deficient notice, which failed to inform him of his right to appeal, could not rely on section 3C(2)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 in order to extend his overall period of leave so that he accrued 10 years’ continuous lawful residence. Moreover, the failure to inform him of his right to appeal had caused no injustice as his appeal would have failed in any event. Mr Marepally had a complex immigration history and appealed against the decision that he was not entitled to indefinite leave to remain in the UK. He had entered the UK in February 2009 with entry clearance until 30 April 2014 as a Tier 4 student. Mr Marepally’s leave to remain as a student was curtailed in January 2014, and his application for further leave to remain was rejected. On 29 April 2014 he applied again (unsuccessfully) for leave to remain as a student. His appeal was eventually allowed on 6 May 2016 after which he varied his April 2014 application (on 25 January 2017) by applying for leave to remain as a Tier 5 worker. That application was refused on 29 March 2017, but the notice was deficient and it did not inform him of his right to appeal.’
EIN Blog, 25th July 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Lauren Saint George has been convicted of killing her daughter after the baby was put into her parents’ care against professional advice.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Mediation will be made compulsory for all small claims worth up to £10,000, potentially settling 20,000 cases that would otherwise end up in court, the Ministry of Justice proposed today.’
Legal Futures, 26th July 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who murdered a young woman with a power tool inside a converted shipping container and buried her in a north London park has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 25th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ministers have made little progress developing alternatives to custodial sentences for women, MPs have concluded, amid official predictions that the female prison population may rise by a third in the next three years.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A legal case involving a group of rugby players diagnosed with early-onset dementia and other irreversible neurological impairments now looks destined for the courts. Proceedings are to be issued by Rylands Law on behalf of a group of professional and semi-professional players against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The rules on witness statements should not be seen as encouragement to go through them “with a fine-tooth comb” to identify “as many instances of non-compliance as possible for use in trench warfare”, the High Court has said.’
Legal Futures, 25th July 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Metropolitan Police officer caught spying on a woman in the changing room of a Primark store has avoided jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A key court case that could allow the Scottish Parliament to legislate for another independence referendum will hear arguments in October, the Supreme Court has said.’
BBC News, 21st July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘These three conjoined appeals concern the statutory regime governing the deportation of foreign criminals under section 117C of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”). A “foreign criminal” for the purposes of these appeals is a person who is not a British citizen, is convicted in the UK of an offence, and who is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months. The 2002 Act divides foreign criminals who have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment into two categories. Those sentenced to at least 12 months, but less than four years (“medium offenders”), can avoid deportation if they can establish that its effect on a qualifying child or partner would be “unduly harsh” (“the unduly harsh test”). This is known as Exception 2. Exception 1, which relates to length of lawful residence and integration, is not in issue in this appeal. Those sentenced to at least four years (“serious offenders”) can avoid deportation if they establish that there are “very compelling circumstances, over and above those described in Exceptions 1 and 2” (“the very compelling circumstances test”). Whether deportation would produce unduly harsh effects for a qualifying partner/child is relevant there too.’
UKSC Blog, 20th July 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘On 13 June Arron Banks’ libel claim against Carol Cadwalladr was dismissed, in a significant victory for public interest journalism (Arron Banks v Carole Cadwalladr [2022] EWHC 1417 (QB)).’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘By and large we know by now how hospitals, care homes, schools and most other state-run institutions coped, or didn’t, with the Covid pandemic. But not until now, with this shocking, distressing, authentic and academically robust study, have we had the unvarnished truth about conditions in UK prisons.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This appeal concerned the calculation of annual leave and holiday pay entitlements for workers who work for varying hours during only certain weeks of the year but have a contract throughout that year (“part–year workers”).’
UKSC Blog, 20th July 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘An off-duty paramedic who drank 10 pints before crashing into and killing a cyclist has been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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