‘This article provides a short synopsis of two key 2024 decisions, Yordanov [2024] and Mapfre [2024], which raised issues surrounding the applicable law to substantive issues, interest, and subrogated claims.’
Farrar's Building, 17th July 2024
Source: www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk
‘An “evil man” who strangled his wife for having an online affair and dumped her body in a river has been sentenced to life in prison.’
BBC News, 30th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has issued a judgment upholding the English courts’ jurisdiction and ordering an expedited RAND trial in a significant dispute between Nokia and Amazon.’
Blackstone Chambers, 26th July 2024
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘A judge has jailed the Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary for life with a minimum term of 28 years for running a banned terrorist organisation, telling him: “I cannot foresee a time when you will cease to be dangerous.”’
The Guardian, 30th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Electoral Commission after hackers gained access to servers that contained the personal information of approximately 40 million people.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘All Saints Spring Park Parochial Church Council v Church Commissioners [2024] UKPC 23 was an appeal by the PCC and the incumbent of All Saints Spring Park under the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council against a scheme made by the Church Commissioners under the Measure. An episcopal visitation in 2016 had concluded that the parish was not financially viable [5], and the Commissioners made a scheme under the Measure to dissolve the parish and divide its area between the neighbouring parishes of St John Shirley and St George Shirley. The incumbent, Revd Yvonne Clarke – who was the first black woman to be ordained deacon in the Church of England and one of the first women to be ordained priest [3] – and the Parochial Church Council had made written representations on the proposal, but the Bishop of Southwark duly approved the scheme in June 2020.’
Law & Religion UK, 31st July 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A woman who made more than half a million pounds by travelling throughout England and Wales shoplifting and then claiming refunds on the stolen goods has been jailed for 10 years.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Since the 1800s, laws had been passed to try to keep people safe at work.’
BBC News, 31st July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This article is the first to demonstrate how the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations can be used in UK domestic law and courts. The UPR is a cyclical review of UN member states’ human rights obligations. It is unique because it involves states (rather than judges or experts) scrutinising and making recommendations to one another on how they can improve human rights on the ground. These recommendations are then subject to a process of follow-up in the subsequent review, which will occur four to five years later when the state can then be scrutinised about their implementation of recommendations made in the previous cycle. The UPR was set up as an international political process, and as a consequence legal practitioners may be unaware of the UPR, or at least unfamiliar with its relevance to their work. Indeed, it has almost never featured in reported case law in England and Wales.’
Judicial Review, 29th July 2024
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘In an important recent judgment, the UK Supreme Court has rewritten the post-Brexit rules on application of EU case law in the UK courts, so that they apply retrospectively in proceedings in respect of pre-Brexit events.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th July 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has ordered the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to pay costs of £5,000 after bringing a “flawed and misconceived” case against a non-solicitor.’
Legal Futures, 30th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A husband who hired a hitman to murder his former wife while he was having an affair has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years.’
BBC News, 29th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued enforcement notices against Devon and Cornwall Police and Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust over hundreds of unanswered freedom of information (FOI) requests.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has granted a final injunction to stop a district judge being harassed by his brother-in-law over a will.’
Legal Futures, 30th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A ban on prescribing puberty blockers to children with gender dysphoria in England, Scotland and Wales was lawful, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘With an election taking place during the Euros, it is almost too tempting to describe the Labour Party as running towards an open goal. A new government is almost seen as inevitable, with the real question being the size of its majority. Yet it remains unclear whether this change will embolden much-needed reform to the criminal justice system. For any future Justice Secretary, addressing the plight of those serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) must be at the top of their to-do list.’
Mountford Chambersm 1st July 2024
Source: www.mountfordchambers.com
‘Provisional damages are often bought off as part of the overall settlement agreement but as Lauren Karmel and Jimmy Barber remind us it is important to consider whether this is appropriate. They offer some guidance in provisional damages in clinical negligence claims and practical steps to consider in the latest edition of AvMA’s Lawyers Services Newsletter.’
St John's Chambers, 3rd July 2024
Source: www.stjohnschambers.co.uk
‘In Williams and ors v Compair Maxam [1982] ICR 156, the EAT laid down guidelines that a reasonable employer is expected to follow when undertaking dismissal by reason of redundancy and against which fairness or unfairness under s.98(4) ERA is judged. The fifth principle, at [162F], is: ‘The employer will seek to see whether instead of dismissing an employee he could offer him alternative employment.’’
Cloisters, 29th July 2024
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The First Respondent (“LCL”) agreed to loan £1,881,000 to the Third Appellant, CEK Investments Limited (“CEK”), for a period of 12 months. The loan was secured by a debenture over CEK’s assets, personal guarantees from CEK’s directors the First Appellant and her husband (who had subsequently died and whose estate was now represented by their son, the Second Appellant), and mortgages over 5 buy-to-let properties and their family home.’
Falcon Chambers, 4th July 2024
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘In the recent matter of Y (Failure to Clarify Immigration Status), Re [2024] EWFC 159, the High Court gives useful guidance in respect of public law children cases where there is a question in relation to the immigration status of either the subject child or parents.’
Broadway Chambers, 29th July 2024
Source: www.broadwayhouse.co.uk
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