‘A woman who served nine years in jail for her husband’s murder before her conviction was quashed has been reunited with her sons.’
BBC News, 7th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Campaigners have hailed a legal victory against a multinational company that took out a “draconian and anti-democratic” injunction against protesters.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Solicitors handling low-value personal injury claims since LASPO should have undertaken risk assessments before setting success fees – rather than just applying 100% across the board – the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A woman has won a libel battle against her ex-husband over comments she made on Facebook about him trying to strangle her.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A solicitor does not have to investigate whether a medical reporting organisation (MRO) is right to charge VAT on the whole of its bill, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a case that it said affected “thousands” of others.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A conviction for sex offences against celebrity publicist Max Clifford has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “serial liar” who invented false rape and sexual assault allegations has failed in a bid to clear her name.’
BBC News, 28th March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Someone who does not appeal against a local authority review decision that it has discharged its duty towards them as being homeless cannot later challenge that decision in a subsequent application, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Acting without integrity involves “greater moral turpitude” on the part of a solicitor than dishonesty but a lesser sanction, a High Court judge has found, while appearing to question previous Court of Appeal authority on the issue.’
Legal Futures, 27th March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The time of day that a cause of action accrues can alter the date on which the limitation period for raising a claim against that action expires, the Court of Appeal has suggested.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th March 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A case that threw a wrecking ball at the practice of lawyers making stand-still agreements over late claims could be challenged in the Court of Appeal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th March 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A court of appeal decision on a first instance application, where the main issue was whether, given an historic possession order, the landlord could bring fresh possession proceedings.’
Nearly Legal, 24th March 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The family of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked riots across England in August 2011, are suing the Metropolitan Police for damages, BBC News has learned.’
BBC News, 23rd March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A person who applies to set aside a judgment on the basis of fraud does not have to demonstrate that the fraud could not have been spotted with reasonable diligence, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgment in Takhar v Gracefield Developments Limited and others seeks to resolve a ‘bare-knuckle’ conflict between two long-standing principles of public law: that fraud unravels all and that there must come an end to litigation.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th March 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The family of Shamima Begum has formally started court challenges against the home secretary, saying Sajid Javid’s decision to strip the teenager of her citizenship is unfair because hundreds of Britons who went to Islamic State territory have been allowed back.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The background, as you may recall, is that Mr Kennedy, a Times journalist, was trying to get information out of the Charity Commission in connection with the ‘Mariam Appeal’, a fund set up by George Galloway MP for the purposes of supporting Iraqi children suffering from leukaemia. Mr Kennedy wanted to get hold of the information in connection with an investigation he was conducting into whether monies collected under the name of Mariam’s Appeal had been misused. Mr Kennedy made a FOIA request to the Charity Commission, which had conducted an investigation into Mariam’s Appeal. Mr Kennedy’s request was refused on the basis that the information requested fell within the scope of s. 32 FOIA (absolute exemption concerning court records).’
Panopticon, 18th March 2019
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘A nurse who spent 15 years in prison for murdering her disabled husband by injecting him with insulin could have her conviction quashed in the wake of new medical evidence.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Family Law Week, 14th March 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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