‘A recent judgment by the Court of Appeal in England emphasises that while employers can continue to set and uphold standards of respectful behaviour at work, care is required when employees exercise their right to manifest protected beliefs, employment experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Background: Mr Mond had been a trustee of various Jewish charities. As a result of various postings on social media for which he subsequently apologised by way of a press statement, the Commission disqualified him from being a charity trustee for three years, under its powers under s.181A Charities Act 2011. He appealed against his disqualification’
Law & Religion UK, 20th February 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A law firm has been fined more than £25,000 and one of its salaried partners £3,500 for failing to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A Supreme Court judgment centred on the construction of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986, which provides remedies to creditors where a debtor takes steps to defeat or prejudice their claims, “should be welcomed by all creditors”, solicitors say.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The unsuccessful claimant in the first opt-out collective action decided by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has been ordered to make an interim costs payment of £14m.’
Legal Futures, 21st February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Four banks have been fined more than £100 million after traders shared sensitive information with each other about the British Government debt they were buying and selling.’
The Independent, 21st February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Domestic abuse specialists embedded in control rooms receiving 999 emergency calls will help “create force-wide cultural change”, said Jess Phillips as the first phase of “Raneem’s law” was rolled out across England.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An independent adjudicator has ruled partly in favour of students who challenged the University of Chichester after their African history course was abruptly terminated in 2023.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK government may have breached a young soldier’s right to life by failing to protect her from a sexual assault by a more senior colleague and from sustained unwelcome sexual attention from her line manager, a coroner has concluded.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been jailed after pretending another woman was her dead mum to fraudulently claim more than £17,000 in financial support.’
BBC News, 20th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A drug dealing gang member who went on the run in Spain has been ordered to pay back more than £40,000 in illicit earnings.’
BBC News, 20th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An asylum seeker found to have “deliberately sought to mislead” about his age after arriving in the UK in a small boat has lost a challenge against the decision at the Court of Appeal.’
BBC news, 19th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Reece McAllister analyses a significant Court of Appeal ruling on risk assessment and judicial reasoning in care proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) looks at an important new decision from the Court of Protection where the judge identified an evidential divide on capacity between social workers and clinicians.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The decision of the Upper Tribunal in an unreported case was the centre of a clash in the House of Commons during PMQs last week. Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch attacked the government on the grounds that a family from Gaza had successfully applied to live in the UK “using” the Ukraine Scheme. In response, Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed strong disagreement with the decision of the Upper Tribunal to which she was referring. Although he did not specify any point of law on which the decision might be challenged, he did state that the government is looking at the “legal loophole that we need to close”. In this article, we will set out the decision of the Upper Tribunal and seek to identify what might constitute the “loophole” referred to by the Prime Minister.’
EIN Blog, 19th February 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Stakeholders in construction projects that rethink the way they address climate change in project contracts will get ahead of a forthcoming new wave of emissions-related claims expected to impact the industry, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court has ruled that the Home Office has been systemically failing to provide safe and suitable accommodation to disabled applicants, and has given guidance on the interaction between Schedule 10 accommodation and the Care Act 2014. Stephanie Harrison KC, Nadia O’Mara and Isaac Ricca-Richardson analyse its findings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Julia Jones and Julie Bennett look at government guidance which suggests that the discharging from hospital of people at risk of or experiencing homelessness is a window of opportunity to address an individual’s complex needs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal over a High Court judge’s finding that the protective duty under Article 4 of the European Court of Human Rights had not been triggered at the time when a governing body’s disciplinary panel decided not to reinstate a pupil following his permanent exclusion.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘There should be a “fundamental alteration” in the way the legal sector approaches consumer vulnerability, taking an opt-out, rather than opt-in, approach, a study for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has argued.’
Legal Futures, 20th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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