Claimant “does not know” identity of funder backing her case – Legal Futures

‘The High Court has rejected an attempt to progress a challenge to a major international tax transparency measure where the claimant has refused to identify their litigation funder.’

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Legal Futures, 11th March 2024

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Lives at risk due to Clare’s Law delays – daughter – BBC News

‘The daughter of a woman who was murdered by her ex-partner has said she fears more people will be killed because of “poor” handling of an abuse prevention scheme set up in her mother’s memory.’

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BBC News, 7th March 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Shein UK breaches company law by failing to disclose human owner – The Guardian

Posted March 7th, 2024 in company law, disclosure, financial regulation, news by sally

‘The UK business of the fast-fashion company Shein has failed to disclose its ultimate ownership, a breach of company law that could disrupt the firm’s reported plans to consider listing in the UK.’

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The Guardian, 6th March 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

New protocol issued on disclosure of information between family and criminal agencies and jurisdictions – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 6th, 2024 in disclosure, families, family courts, local government, news, police by sally

‘A new Protocol on the disclosure of information between family and criminal agencies and jurisdictions has been launched by the judiciary.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th March 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Lim and others v Ong – Wilberforce Chambers

Posted March 6th, 2024 in chambers articles, contempt of court, disclosure, enforcement, fraud, news by sally

‘The Defendant was sentenced yesterday to 22 months immediate imprisonment in respect of a vast array of contempts of court, including dealing and dissipating assets in breach of a worldwide freezing order, providing inaccurate ancillary asset disclosure inflating his true asset position, providing false affidavit evidence seeking to justify dissipation, and 59 breaches of the standard form weekly living allowance.’

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Wilberforce Chambers, 21st February 2024

Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk

Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure updated – Attorney General’s Office

Posted March 4th, 2024 in attorney general, codes of practice, criminal justice, disclosure, news by tracey

‘The Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure have been updated with guidance on digital materials, the Solicitor General has confirmed.’

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Attorney General's Office, 29th February 2024

Source: www.gov.uk

Litigant misled court over response from other side’s solicitors – Legal Futures

Posted February 27th, 2024 in auctioneers, disclosure, legal representation, litigants in person, news by tracey

‘A litigant in person who made a ‘without notice’ application to move property transactions to completion, blaming the other side’s solicitors for not replying to him, mislead the court, a judge has found.’

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Legal Futures, 27th February 2024

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Wrong in principle – Nearly Legal

Posted February 26th, 2024 in disclosure, housing, injunctions, news, notification, pre-action conduct, repossession by tracey

‘Morgan v Business Mortgage Finance 5 Plc (2024) EWHC 309 (KB). This was a High Court hearing of an ex parte application for an “emergency injunction” to stay an eviction (amongst other things).’

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Nearly Legal, 25th February 2024

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List of prison deaths to be published in move ‘from secrecy to openness’ – The Independent

Posted February 23rd, 2024 in death in custody, disclosure, Ministry of Justice, news, ombudsmen, prisons, statistics by michael

‘The prisons and probation ombudsman (PPO) will post weekly updates identifying those who have died, the prison where they were being held and the date of their death.’

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The Independent, 22nd February 2024

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SSHD’s appeal on Bouchereau exception dismissed by Court of Appeal – EIN Blog

Posted February 20th, 2024 in criminal records, disclosure, drug offences, immigration, news by tracey

‘Secretary of State for the Home Department v Okafor [2024] EWCA Civ 23 (23 January 2024). The Court of Appeal has held that UT Judge Grubb’s decision to allow the appeal of Mr Okafor, a Nigerian citizen against the refusal of his leave to enter the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme, notwithstanding his previous conviction for serious drug offences and subsequent related disclosure failures when applying for leave to enter, disclosed no error of law that justified or permitted interference. The judge had considered the cumulative effect of all relevant matters and had not erred in concluding that the individual’s overall conduct did not fall within the exception in R v Bouchereau (Case 30-77) [1978] QB 732 such as to justify his exclusion on the basis that it represented a “genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society” under regulation 27(5)(c) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016. Moylan, Stuart-Smith and Snowden LJJ dismissed the SSHD’s appeal and upheld UT Judge Grubb’s decision to allow Mr Okafor’s appeal against the cancellation and refusal of his leave to enter the UK. Mr Okafor was married to a Swedish national who had been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK in 2019. He was granted entry clearance under the EUSS in July 2020. On his arrival in the UK in September 2020 with an EUSS family permit, he was refused admission on public policy grounds. His permit was revoked and his leave to enter cancelled under paragraph 321B of the Immigration Rules.’

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EIN Blog, 19th February 2024

Source: www.ein.org.uk

UK court decision provides clarity on scope of litigation privilege – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 12th, 2024 in appeals, disclosure, documents, fraud, legal profession, news, privilege by tracey

‘A recent Court of Appeal judgment provides useful clarity that non-parties can be entitled to the protection of litigation privilege, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2024

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

Redaction of names of junior civil servants in judicial review proceedings – Local Government Lawyer

‘In a unanimous judgment, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the government’s appeal of a High Court judgment which proscribed the government’s practice of routinely redacting the names of junior civil servants when supplying disclosure in judicial review proceedings. Christian Grierson and Jonathan Blunden analyse the judgment.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 9th February 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Redacting names of junior civil servants in disclosed documents does not fulfil duty of candour, Court of Appeal finds – Local Government Lawyer

‘The Court of Appeal has found the practice of Government departments redacting the names of junior civil servants when disclosed is “inimical to open government” and does not fulfil the duty of candour.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 7th February 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

New year, same ethnicity pay gap concerns – still no mandatory reporting – Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog

‘After five years of consultation, last year the government confirmed there are no plans to make ethnicity pay gap reporting mandatory for employers. The ethnicity pay gap being the difference between the average earnings of white employees and those of other ethnic groups.’

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Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 23rd January 2024

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk

Law reform charity brings tribunal challenge over police forces withholding Prevent data – Local Government Lawyer

‘The First Tier Tribunal has heard a Freedom of Information (FOI) appeal over the refusal from police forces to release anonymised data relating to the controversial anti-terrorism programme Prevent.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 23rd January 2024

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UK medics told not to report illegal abortions to police – The Guardian

‘Medical staff in the UK should not report women to the police if they believe their patients may have illegally ended their own pregnancy, a professional body has said. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has said it is never in the public interest to report women who have abortions to law enforcement agencies, according to the BBC.’

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The Guardian, 22nd January 2024

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Women harmed after Wiltshire police failed to disclose partners’ violent pasts – The Guardian

‘At least two women were harmed after a “catastrophic” failure in the way a police force dealt with applications under Clare’s law, which gives people the right to ask whether a partner has a violent past, it has emerged.’

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The Guardian, 11th January 2024

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SRA issues first fixed penalty fine for compliance officer rule breach – Legal Futures

‘A law firm in the North-East has become the first to receive a fixed penalty fine for not updating the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on information about a compliance officer.’

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Legal Futures, 12th January 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Insurer not entitled to hold back evidence of potential PI fraud – Legal Futures

Posted January 8th, 2024 in damages, disclosure, fraud, insurance, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘An insurer was not entitled to hold back evidence that a claimant was a friend of the owner of the vehicle he collided with, hoping the claimant would lie about it in his witness statement, the High Court has held.’

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Legal Futures, 8th January 2024

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Revealed: police refusing requests for background checks on violent partners – The Guardian

Posted January 8th, 2024 in disclosure, domestic violence, families, news, police, statistics, violence by tracey

‘Police in England and Wales are leaving people at risk of domestic abuse by refusing to release information on suspected violent partners, the Observer can reveal, with one force declining 95% of requests for checks.’

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The Guardian, 6th January 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com