‘This week, the English family courts have sent yet another message in support of families and free choice.’
The Independent, 20th March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Anti-avoidance provisions in the 1995 Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act prevent a tenant from assigning a lease to its guarantor, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st March 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Last week I went off to the County Court at Newcastle to defend a strike out application made by the Defendant alleging abuse of process. I suspect this won’t be the first time that this factual scenario has arisen where defendants have sought to strike out a claim and where they have been successful, but here the claim was allowed to proceed because it was found that there was no abuse.’
Zenith PI Blog, 21st March 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A High Court judge has ruled that the claims of two boys against a council for negligence in failing to protect them from harassment from neighbours on the estate where they lived were wrongly struck out.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th March 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Bill and Mary Nicholson were awarded compensation after the Cedar tree’s roots caused serious damage to their semi-detached £400,000 property’
Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Neighbour nuisance. These are often difficult and indeed expensive cases. And always there are those affected who believe that a landlord is liable for their tenant’s nuisance (which they just aren’t, save for the extremely rare case in which the landlord has participated in or, by letting the property authorised their tenant’s nuisance – Lawrence v. Fen Tigers Ltd (No. 2) [2014] UKSC 46, [2015] AC 106,).’
Nearly Legal, 20th March 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘John Martin killed talented musician Natalia Strelchenko on their two year wedding anniversary.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Met Police inquiry into claims a VIP Westminster paedophile ring abused children in the 1970s and 1980s has closed without charges being brought, Scotland Yard has announced.’
BBC News, 21st March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Serial killer Harold Shipman timed his suicide so his wife could cash in a £100,000 pension payout, according to secret prison records. ‘
The Independent, 20th March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police have been accused of concealing the involvement of two undercover officers in a long-running legal case from judges in the UK’s highest court.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A mother who smoked cannabis before killing her daughter and her son’s girlfriend in a car crash has been found guilty of causing their deaths.’
BBC News, 21st March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘You wait for 4 years for another case on bannisters and the Defective Premises Act 1972 and then two come along at once…
Sternbaum v Dhesi [2016] EWCA Civ 155
Dodd v Raebarn Estates Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 262 (QB)
Both can be dealt with fairly quickly and together, as the courts follow the same lines. Both cases involved falls on stairs, very sadly in Dodd, a fatal fall. In each case, there was no bannister to the staircase. Both claims were on appeal from being dismissed at first instance.’
Nearly Legal, 20th March 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The co-founder of a YouTube “prankster” channel has been arrested for scaring the public with bomb hoaxes and staging mock burglaries.’
The Independent, 21st March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed after being convicted of deliberately setting his wife on fire, killing her.’
The Independent, 21st March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This has been a bit of an epic. First, the problem of High Court Enforcement Officers using form N293A to obtain writs of possession against tenants was raised by us in November 2015, then the scale of that use became clear by January 2016, and there were updates in February. Now, the coup de grace (which, if I am entirely honest, I’ve known was coming for a while).’
Nearly Legal, 21st March 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The claims were horrifying. Politicians, generals and spies had tortured and sexually abused children in apartments, hotels, and army bases. Three boys had been murdered.’
BBC News, 21st March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Newlove warns quality of the programmes which offer victims the chance to confront offenders are still a ‘concern”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A jury considering verdicts in the trial of a police custody sergeant and two detention officers accused of killing a church caretaker who died after being restrained has been discharged.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police in England and Wales need to further encourage sexual abuse victims to come forward, the College of Policing has said.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government has been defeated in the Lords as peers voted to allow 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into the country.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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