Arthur Collins loses appeal against Dalston acid attack sentence – BBC News
‘A man who threw acid across a packed London nightclub has lost an appeal against his 20-year jail sentence.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: appeals
Case Comment: Commissioners for HMRC v Taylor Clark Leisure Plc (Scotland) [2018] UKSC 35 – UKSC Blog
‘This case revolves around Carlton Clubs Ltd’s (“Carlton”) claims for repayment of overpaid VAT following the change in VAT treatment of income generated from bingo and gaming machines.’
UKSC Blog, 1st October 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
Unfixed fixed terms – Nearly Legal
‘This was Ms Bamber’s appeal of a decision on a preliminary issue in possession proceedings. The first instance court held that in the circumstances of the case, Livewest were not obliged to give 6 months notice of intention to terminate Ms B’s tenancy, under s.21(1B) Housing Act 1998.’
Nearly Legal, 29th September 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
A noisy appeal – Nearly Legal
‘This was Curo Places appeal of a Circuit Judge’s dismissal of its possession claim against Ms Walker.’
Nearly Legal, 30th September 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Court of Appeal quashes finding that doctor was dishonest — Sapan Maini-Thompson – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Raychaudhuri v General Medical Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2027. On 14th September 2018 the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by a doctor against a finding that his fitness to practice was impaired by reason of dishonesty.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th September 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Multiple defendants, discontinuance and QOCS – Zenith PI
‘Cartwright v Venduct Engineering Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1654. When a claimant with the benefit of QOCS protection discontinues a claim there should be no enforceable costs order against them unless there has been fundamental dishonesty in bringing the claim. But what is the position in a case of multiple defendants where the same claimant is eventually successful in obtaining damages from another defendant to the action?’
Zenith PI, 26th September 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Ilott v Mitson (no. 2) revisited – Zenith PI
‘At long last, 18 months after the judgments were delivered, Ilott v Mitson has reached the Law Reports – [2018] AC 554. It gives an opportunity to look again at some of the views expressed by the Supreme Court in what was and may well remain the one and only time that the interpretation of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 was considered by the Supreme Court.’
Zenith PI, 25th September 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Birmingham pub bombing inquests: Suspects will not be named – BBC News
‘Suspects in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings will not be named at fresh inquests, the appeal court has ruled. Coroner Sir Peter Thornton challenged an earlier High Court decision to allow evidence about alleged suspects to be included in the inquest hearings. Judges at the Court of Appeal have now ruled in the coroner’s favour.’
BBC News, 26th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge slams decision to house paedophile near children’s home – BBC News
‘A judge has ordered a police force and council to pay £52,000 to a sex abuse victim after a convicted paedophile was housed near his children’s home.’
BBC News, 24th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
First ever convicted cross-border sex-trafficker has sentence increased – Attorney General’s Office
‘The first person to be convicted under the Modern Slavery Act for human trafficking outside the UK has today had her sentence increased after the Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, personally argued that her sentence was too low in the Court of Appeal.’
Attorney General's Office, 20th September 2018
Source: www.gov.uk
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal over ‘dishonest’ costs claims – Litigation Futures
‘The Supreme Court has refused permission for a third appeal by a Leeds law firm against a ruling that it submitted ‘dishonest’ costs claims.’
Litigation Futures, 19th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Supreme Court to hear appeal from firm blamed for missed claim – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A long-running dispute about the rights of a client to sue his former solicitors will come to the Supreme Court later this year. The court confirmed today that it will hear the appeal of defunct claimant firm Raleys Solicitors against the ruling of the Court of Appeal from May 2017.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court rejects bid to appeal ruling on £2.7bn highways PFI contract – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has refused to grant contractor Amey permission to appeal in its dispute with Birmingham City Council over the correct interpretation of a £2.7bn highways PFI contract, it has emerged.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Vinci v Beumer: the case that keeps on giving (and giving) – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘It is the start of autumn and July seems a long way off now, with the summer holidays all over and the World Cup just a distant memory. Consequently, it may be easy to have forgotten about Vinci Construction UK Ltd v Beumer Group UK Ltd, which had its latest outing in the TCC at the end of that month. This time it was Jonathan Acton Davis QC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge) who enforced the adjudicator’s decision and dismissed Beumer’s (the sub-contractor) arguments that the adjudicator was in breach of the rules of natural justice.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 4th September 2018
Home Office loses 75% of its appeals against immigration rulings – The Guardian
‘Nearly three-quarters of final immigration court appeals brought by the Home Office against rulings allowing asylum seekers and other migrants to stay in the UK are dismissed, according to figures seen by the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Bereaved mother entitled to widow allowance – Supreme Court – UK Human Rights Blog
‘An unmarried mother has won a landmark Supreme Court case which could allow cohabitees to claim Widowed Parent’s Allowance, a benefit previously only applicable to married parents.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st August 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Fugitive speedboat owner who killed woman on first date launches appeal against conviction while still on run – The Independent
‘A man convicted of killing a woman on their first date in a speedboat crash on the River Thames has launched an appeal – despite being on the run from police.’
The Independent, 30th August 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Serial killer Stephen Port lodges appeal against convictions – BBC News
‘Serial killer Stephen Port has lodged an appeal against his murder convictions.’
BBC News, 30th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The variation or revocation of a settlement order under the Children Act 1989 – Family Law
‘In Re C (A Child) (Schedule 1 Children Act Variation) [2018] Lexis Citation 63, [2018] All ER (D) 32 (Aug) the Family Court examined the power of a court to vary or revoke an order for the settlement of property that had already been made. Charlotte Sanders, associate at Stewarts, discusses the outcome of the case.’
Family Law, 29th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Case Comment: R (Bashir & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 45 Part Two – UKSC Blog
‘The Supreme Court held that the terms of the Convention do not entitle the respondents to be resettled in the UK metropolitan territory. Overall, a state’s duties to a refugee reaching a particular territory – whose international relations the state controls – are in principle and in normal circumstances limited to providing and securing the refugee’s Convention rights in that context.’
UKSC Blog, 24th August 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
