Binance: Watchdog clamps down on cryptocurrency exchange – BBC News
‘Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has been issued a warning by the UK’s financial regulator.’
BBC News, 28th June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Wednesbury man sentenced to six months in jail for fabricating personal injury claim against local authority – Local Government Lawyer
‘Walsall Council has prosecuted a man for dishonestly bringing a claim worth £55,000 in damages and legal costs after making what the judge called an “entirely fictitious” personal injury claim against the local authority.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th June 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Dalian Atkinson killing: officer was kept on despite gross misconduct – The Guardian
‘The police officer convicted of the manslaughter of Dalian Atkinson had been previously found by a police disciplinary hearing to have committed gross misconduct but was allowed to remain an officer and given a stun gun, it has been revealed.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge’s surprise at firm’s failure to ensure “basic compliance” with CPR – Legal Futures
‘A High Court judge has expressed her surprise at a London law firm’s failure to ensure “basic levels of compliance” with the Civil Procedure Rules by a client and its experts.’
Legal Futures, 29th June 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Colin Pitchfork: Review of decision to release child killer – BBC News
‘The decision to release double child killer Colin Pitchfork will be reviewed, it has been confirmed.’
BBC News, 28th June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It just doesn’t stop!’ Do we need a new law to ban out-of-hours emails? – The Guardian
‘During the pandemic many workers have felt more under siege than ever from work emails that arrive at all hours. Could the legal right to disconnect help?’
The Guardian, 29th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Confiscation and enforcement notices: the roll-back from Panayi – Carmelite Chambers
‘Richard Furlong considers the Court of Appeal decision in Barnet v Kamyab, and the prospect of Edis LJ conducting a fact-finding confiscation hearing. An interesting issue arises as to the first-instance defendant’s right of appeal from that exercise.’
Carmelite Chambers, 6th June 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
Fit for Purpose? Fitness to Plead and Mental Health in the Magistrates’ court – Carmelite Chambers
‘An analysis of the law on fitness to plead and stand trial in the magistrates’ courts: Silas Lee reviews the key issues and provides some take-away points for defence representatives.’
Carmelite Chambers, 6th June 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
Discharge of a Care Order – Court of Appeal summarises the test to be applied – Becket Chambers
‘In TT (Children: Discharge of Care Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 742 the Court of Appeal sets out the tests to be applied on an application to discharge a care order and also considered the relevance of attachment theory in welfare evaluations. Mostyn J’s approach to these issues in the recent case of GM v Carmarthenshire County Council [2018] EWFC 36, [2018] 3 WLR 1126 (‘GM”) was overruled.’
Becket Chambers, 15th June 2021
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
Uplifting News: revised Assault Guidelines take consultation responses on board – Carmelite Chambers
‘Vanessa Reid discusses the significant changes soon to be implemented by the revised guidelines for assault offences.’
Carmelite Chambers, 6th June 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
Cyber-attacks, Theft of Confidential Information and Norwich Pharmacal Orders – The 36 Group
‘In Stokoe Partnership Solicitors v Grayson & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 626, the Court of Appeal considered the test for ordering the cross-examination of an individual, prior to trial, on the content of his sworn affidavit which had been provided pursuant to a Norwich Pharmacal order.’
The 36 Group, 15th June 2021
Source: 36group.co.uk
Undercover Policing Inquiry refers first suspected miscarriages of justice – Garden Court Chambers
‘This week, the Undercover Policing Inquiry referred the first suspected miscarriages of justice, identified through its investigations, to a dedicated panel set up by the Home Office.’
Garden Court Chambers, 23rd June 2021
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
Restricting or Revisiting the Issue of Credit for Pleading Guilty? – Broadway House Chambers
‘What level of credit are you going to submit the Defendant is entitled to for his guilty pleas in the following scenario?’
Broadway House Chambers, 1st June 2021
Source: broadwayhouse.co.uk
Court of Appeal Guidance on Credit for Guilty Plea Indications – 25 Bedford Row
‘This article reviews the Court of Appeal case of R v Plaku [2021] EWCA 568 which provides guidance concerning credit for guilty plea indications.’
25 Bedford Row, 2nd June 2021
Source: www.25bedfordrow.com
Maya Forstater v CGD Europe and Others – No. 5 Chambers
‘What does it mean for a belief to not be worthy of respect in a democratic society? In Maya Forstater v CGD Europe and Others UKEAT/0105/20/JOJ, the Employment Appeal Tribunal sought to answer this question.’
No. 5 Chambers, 11th June 2021
Source: www.no5.com
The meaning of the term “associated person”- s.62 (3) of the Family Law Act 1996 – Becket Chambers
‘Why is it important to show that the parties are “associated persons” for the purposes of FLA 1996 (FLA 1996)?’
Becket Chambers, 17th June 2021
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
UK leads the way as class actions surge across Europe – Litigation Futures
‘A record number of class actions has been filed across Europe in recent years, with more than half of them brought in the UK, according to new research.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd June 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
R (Morahan) v HM Coroner for West London [2021] EWHC 1603 (Admin) – Inquests and Inquiries Law Blog
‘In this article, Ed Ramsay discusses the recent case of Morahan, which deals with the issue of when the enhanced investigative duty under Article 2 of the ECHR will be automatically engaged in an inquest.’
Inquests and Inquiries Law Blog, 22nd June 2021
Source: inquestsandinquirieslawblog.com
Mediation – Don’t panic in the Pandemic – be prepared – 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
‘The coronavirus pandemic and the current and continuing lockdown imposed by government has led to a number of consequences for the resolution of commercial disputes, and the administration of justice. First is where trials are being adjourned to uncertain dates, currently unable to take place due to the inability or unwillingness of people to attend court. Second is what is going to happen when the lockdown is eased or lifted, and disputes, which have been building up in the normal course, enter the system creating a backlog. Judges are understandably concerned that the courts and arbitral tribunals could face and potentially be overwhelmed by a wave of commercial cases. A number of these disputes will have arisen due to the parties’ inability to honour their contractual obligations due to the lockdown with complicated issues of law as to the remedies available.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 21st June 2021
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
Knife, Stone, Paper – Stephen Sedley – London Review of Books
‘Working in 2010 on a knotty judgment about the power of the home secretary to include additional criteria in immigration rules that she had previously laid before Parliament as required by statute, something clicked in my memory. Four centuries earlier, in 1611, in a decision known as the Case of Proclamations, it had been ruled that “the King by his proclamation or other ways cannot change any part of the common law, or statute law, or the customs of the realm … The King hath no prerogative, but that which the law of the land allows him.” It gave a key to the question, since immigration rules are made, without need of statutory authority, under the prerogative power to control entry into the realm, a power which is itself part of the common law and subject to its constraints. It was so when Elizabeth I’s autocratic successor, James I and VI, wanted to rule by proclamation; it was so in 2010 when Theresa May wanted to use the royal prerogative to bypass Parliament; it was still so in 2017 when it was proposed that the UK leave the EU by ministerial fiat rather than parliamentary authority, and again in 2019 when Elizabeth II was required by Boris Johnson to prorogue Parliament for no recognised reason.’
London Review of Books, 1st July 2021
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
