‘Trecarrel House Limited v Rouncefield, County Court at Exeter, 13 February 2019. The gas safety certificate section 21 wars rumble on. Following Caridon Property Ltd v Monty Shooltz (our note here), we have a further County Court appeal decision. This time from Exeter and concerning s.36(7) of the 1998 Gas Safety Regulations.’
Nearly Legal, 19th February 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Trade bodies considering drawing up new codes of conduct to govern data privacy practices in their sector will be required to meet admissibility requirements before those codes will be assessed for their compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a data protection watchdog has said.’
out-LAW.com, 21st February 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Construction and engineering contracts often contain provisions specifying that, within a particular time, one party (traditionally the contractor) must notify the other (the employer and/or the contract administrator) of a claim or the likelihood that it might advance a claim. Sometimes these “time-bar” notice provisions are elevated beyond being merely an obligation, to the status of a condition precedent to being able to pursue a successful claim. If such provisions are enforceable, they can be severe: a failure to serve the required notice in the required timescale will be fatal, regardless of the merits of the underlying claim. A well-known example of such a provision is found in clause 20.1 of the 1999 FIDIC contracts.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 20th February 2019
‘Spencer Smith v Ashwell Maintenance Limited (Leicester County Court, 21/1/2019) – claimant who was found to have exaggerated and overstated his difficulties not fundamentally dishonest on the basis that his motive was to convince rather than to deceive.’
Zenith PI, 21st February 2019
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A judge has refused a party’s application to remove their case from the shorter trial scheme.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd February 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Imogen Powell, of Ashfords LLP, writes that parental responsibility is a concept introduced by the Children Act 1989. The Act defines PR as “all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to a child and his property”. As the phrase suggests, the concept of parental responsibility serves to highlight the idea that parents have “responsibilities” or “duties” towards their children, as opposed to “rights” over them.’
Family Law, 22nd February 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A woman who accompanied her husband to Dignitas can claim his £1.8 million estate, a High Court judge has ruled in a test case.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who has been given a life sentence for smothering his partner after a row had previously killed a girlfriend.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A children’s charity is taking High Court action against the government over its claims that some protections of children in care are “myths”. The Article 39 charity is seeking a judicial review of Department for Education guidance to local councils responsible for vulnerable children.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A weekly Sunday service will no longer be compulsory for churches after a vote to change a 400-year-old law was passed by the Church of England’s ruling body.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Radical new laws should allow police to positively discriminate in favour of minority ethnic recruits, otherwise the ranks of officers will be too white for decades to come, the leader of Britain’s police chiefs has said.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two brothers have been jailed for a machete attack at a supermarket in Bristol which left another two men with severe injuries.’
The Independent, 21st February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Countdown presenter Rachel Riley and former EastEnders actor Tracy Ann Oberman are preparing legal action against up to 70 individuals for tweets relating to their campaign against antisemitism in the Labour party, according to the pair’s lawyer.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The mother of a three-year-old boy allegedly crushed by a car seat has been found guilty of child cruelty.’
BBC News, 21st February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former taxi driver has pleaded guilty to four offences of knowingly or recklessly making a false statement or omitting material in an application to a council’s licensing team.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Accident victims have no right to sue an untraced driver, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 20th February 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A driver who confessed to a hit-and-run that killed a young boy had previously been banned from driving on three occasions. Michael Ricardo Robinson, 31, pleaded guilty to causing the death of 11-year-old Taylor Schofield by dangerous driving on 12 January at Manchester crown court. He was sentenced to six years and eight months’ imprisonment on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘New research on facial recognition technology trials by police calls for tighter regulation to protect human rights.’
The Independent, 21st February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who threatened her grandfather with a hammer while robbing him to fund her drug addiction has been jailed for four years.’
The Independent, 20th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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