‘A paedophile who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl has been spared jail after backlogs meant his case took over two years to come before the courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been unlawfully forcing trafficked people to wait for months and sometimes years before granting them leave to remain in the UK, the High Court has ruled.’
The Independent, 11th December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The captain of a car ferry that crashed with a pleasure boat has been cleared of committing two maritime offences.’
BBC News, 11th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who had been classed as a “modern slave” has been convicted of murdering a child as part of a drugs feud.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Advice on incentivising employees in a tax efficient manner has a direct and immediate link to the purposes of the business and so VAT input tax should be recoverable, even if the employees are directors and shareholders, the UK’s First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed a council’s appeal over whether it acted unlawfully when it resolved to fix the fees for vehicle licences for taxis and private hire vehicles at an amount which included recovery of all or part of the cost of supervising the conduct of drivers licensed to drive such vehicles.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Derbyshire County Council has been fined £500,000 following the first prosecution that the Care Quality Commission has brought against a local authority since the watchdog was given powers to prosecute health and social care providers for failing to provide safe care and treatment in 2015.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘McKenzie Friends are giving “biased and misleading” advice to vulnerable family litigants, an academic study of online posts has found.’
Legal Futures, 11th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Women in law –the next 100 yearsBACFI DenningLecture2019Athenaeum, Pall Mall, LondonLady Hale, President of The Supreme Court.’
Supreme Court, 4th December 2019
‘A hospital which gave a leukaemia patient five times the amount of drugs that she needed has today (Monday 9 December) been fined £45,000.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 9th December 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ablynx NV & Anor v VHsquared Ltd & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 2192 (10 December 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Revenue And Customs v Direct Affinity Events Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 3063 (Ch) (10 December 2019)
London Capital & Finance Plc v Global Security Trustees Ltd [2019] EWHC 3339 (Ch) (10 December 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Wilson & Ors v Beko Plc [2019] EWHC 3362 (QB) (10 December 2019)
Oliver v Shaikh [2019] EWHC 3389 (QB) (10 December 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A circuit judge has secured an injunction against a disgruntled litigant in person who pursued a vendetta against him following an adverse ruling.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th December 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘TThe epic Bates v Post Office group litigation, which has dragged on for over three years, has been settled, the parties announced today with the Post Office admitting “we got things wrong in our dealings with a number of postmasters”. The surprise announcement was made days before judgment in the so-called the “Horizon trial” – the second trial in the class action – was due to be delivered.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th December 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A former care home owner, already serving a life sentence for child sex abuse, has been found guilty of more historical offences against boys.’
BBC News, 10th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has warned theme park operators about the risk of future deaths unless they address safety concerns over water rides, after an inquest into the drowning of an 11-year-old girl.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A decorated senior Metropolitan police officer controversially convicted of possessing a child abuse video is facing a fast-track dismissal from the force, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Nicknames on gravestones are not to be allowed, a Church of England court has declared as it bans the use of “popsicle” on a church’s headstones.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A GP is facing jail after molesting 23 female patients whom he persuaded to have unnecessary examinations.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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