Some drunk offenders to be spared court and criminal record – BBC News
‘Offenders who commit minor crimes after drinking will be given the chance to attend a course rather than face court.’
BBC News, 7th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Court uses correspondence to clarify settlement wording – OUT-LAW.com
‘Companies and lawyers must be clear and unambiguous when drafting settlement agreements, a court ruling has reminded them. A liquidator had to drop some claims after a court used correspondence to clarify exactly what was meant by the phrase “whole of the claim” in a compromise agreement. The ruling does not affect the liquidator’s claim against another person because she was not mentioned in the correspondence.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
I was re-reading the Ikarian Reefer only last week – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘Sometimes the old cases are the best ones and that surely has to be true of the Ikarian Reefer. Even now, over 25 years since the judgment at first instance was handed down (and countless other pieces of guidance have been published) we still see experts getting it wrong.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 5th June 2015
FCA unveils beefed-up regulatory regime for claims management companies – Legal Futures
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the more stringent regime it intends to apply to claims management companies (CMCs) when it takes over their regulation on 1 April 2019.’
Legal Futures, 6th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear Darnley appeal in A&E receptionist case – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Supreme Court will look again this week at a case that split the Court of Appeal and was widely felt to have serious implications for clinical negligence law. Justices will hear the appeal in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust after a challenge from the paralysed claimant was dismissed by majority in the Court of Appeal last year.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Buckingham Palace worker jailed for having more than 15,000 child sex abuse pictures – The Independent
‘A Buckingham Palace tourist worker had more than 15,000 child sex abuse pictures and videos – including some as young as 18 months old.’
The Independent, 6th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
TSB investigated over IT meltdown – BBC News
‘A computer failure at TSB that caused up to 1.9 million people to lose access to online banking services is being investigated by the financial regulator.’
BBC news, 6th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court backs NHS decision to stop funding homeopathy – Daily Telegraph
‘A decision to stop NHS funding for homeopathy has been upheld by a High Court judge. The British Homeopathic Association (BHA) brought a legal challenge against NHS England’s decision, made in November last year, to stop paying the £92,000 annual cost of homeopathic remedies. But, following a four-day hearing in London in May, Mr Justice Supperstone dismissed the BHA’s case in a ruling on Tuesday.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Doctor can return to work after causing decapitation of baby in mother’s womb, tribunal rules – The Independent
‘A doctor who caused a baby to be decapitated during birth has been cleared of misconduct and can return to work.’
The Independent, 6th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Determination of preliminary points of law by courts in arbitration and adjudication – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘The Palladium is a mighty fine looking “superyacht”. It is an impressive 95 metres long and has all the features one would expect on such a luxury craft, including a helicopter landing pad and swimming pool. A Google search suggests that the yacht is worth circa $200 million, so one can see that a defect in the paint finish would be costly to rectify. It is this defect that ultimately led the parties to an arbitration, for which a five-week hearing was set.
The case ended up before the court because, during the arbitration, an issue arose as to whether the yacht builder’s without prejudice settlement offer had been accepted by the purchaser in correspondence. The purchaser contended that a binding settlement had been reached, which the builder denied.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 29th May 2018
John Bercow will not be investigated over ‘stupid woman’ row – The Guardian
‘John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, will not be investigated by the standards watchdog over allegations that he described the cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom as a “stupid woman”.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sajid Javid’s plan for MI5 to share information on 20,000 individuals raises concerns with campaigners – The Independent
‘Security bosses will hand out information on people suspected of having extremist sympathies to councils, government officials and the police under the government’s new counter-terror plans.’
The Independent, 4th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Baby was decapitated by doctor’s actions, tribunal rules – Daily Telegraph
‘A gynaecologist who caused an unborn baby to be accidentally decapitated in her mother’s womb has been found guilty of medical misconduct.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
London teen guilty of museum terror plot – BBC News
‘A teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack on the British Museum in London with Britain’s first all-woman cell.’
BBC News, 4th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jeremy Thorpe: Police find ‘dead’ suspect alive, but will not reopen investigation – The Independent
‘Police who believed a suspect in the Jeremy Thorpe scandal was dead have announced they have found him alive, but will not reopen an investigation.’
The Independent, 5th june 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Met police to defer prosecutions for some young offenders – The Guardian
‘Britain’s biggest police force is to begin deferring prosecutions for minor offences in an attempt to reduce youth crime and lessen racial bias in the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
TSB letter error ‘may have broken law’- BBC News
‘Some TSB customers receiving letters acknowledging a complaint over the recent IT meltdown have also been sent other customers’ details.’
BBC News, June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Solicitor who attributed false legal aid claims to depression struck off – Legal Futures
‘A criminal defence solicitor has been struck off for dishonestly claiming £7,000 from the legal aid fund and falsifying documents to cover up his mistakes in double-booking advocates – at a time when he said he was suffering from severe depression which led him to drink and take un-prescribed drugs.’
Legal Futures, 4th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Cambridge graduate jailed for brutal rapes saw himself as ‘Christian Grey’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A Cambridge graduate who saw himself as a “Christian Grey poseur” has been jailed for 20 years for raping two women.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
