BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Caine v Advertiser And Times Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 2278 (QB) (23 August 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
Offer to settle for no damages was valid under part 36 – Litigation Futures
‘An offer to settle a case for no damages but an admission of liability was a valid part 36 offer and it was not unjust to apply the usual consequences of beating an offer when the claimant won at trial, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 28th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Public sector to launch ‘mass legal battle’ over pension reforms – The Guardian
‘Mass legal claims on behalf of teachers and doctors alleging that changes to their pensions in 2015 were discriminatory are being launched against the government.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Investigation prompts rapid upgrades to asylum seekers’ homes – The Guardian
‘Hundreds of asylum seekers crammed into a network of “guest houses” provided by a Home Office contractor that are overrun by cockroaches, rats and mice have seen a raft of improvements in the past few days after the Guardian exposed their dire living conditions.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Vaping ad banned for using ‘bald head and eyebrows’ suggesting Sir Mo Farah endorsed product, watchdog rules – Daily Telegraph
‘A vaping advert has been banned for using a “bald head and eyebrows” that suggested Sir Mo Farah endorsed the product, a watchdog as ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lip-reading CCTV will have people ‘cupping hands over their mouths’ in street, warns surveillance watchdog – Daily Telegraph
‘People will be left “cupping their hands over their mouths” in the street if new lip-reading CCTV is not reined in, the Government’s surveillance watchdog has warned. Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, said in future people would have to guard their conversations from prying cameras in the same manner as football managers on live TV, unless ministers act to regulate emerging intrusive technologies.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This is our secret’: Retired choirmaster who sexually abused boys jailed for 12 years – The Independent
‘A retired school choirmaster who “hid a dark paedophile inclination” has been jailed for sexually abusing four boys.’
The Independent, 27th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Domestic abuse: Killers ‘follow eight-stage pattern’, study says – BBC News
‘Men who kill their partners follow a “homicide timeline” that could be tracked by police to help prevent deaths, new research suggests. Criminology expert Dr Jane Monckton Smith found an eight-stage pattern in 372 killings in the UK. The University of Gloucestershire lecturer said controlling behaviour could be a key indicator of someone’s potential to kill their partner.’
BBC News, 27th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Home Office ad telling EU citizens how to stay in UK after Brexit banned for being ‘misleading’ – The Independent
‘A Home Office campaign informing EU nationals how to confirm their UK status after Brexit has been banned by the advertising watchdog for being “misleading”.’
The Independent, 27th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Singh v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1504 (22 August 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Armstrong v Armstrong [2019] EWHC 2259 (Ch) (23 August 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Boyo v Lloyds Bank Plc [2019] EWHC 2279 (QB) (23 August 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
Costs budgeting is not inevitable – Charlie Cory-Wright QC – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Generally speaking, we lawyers dislike procedural change. While we may well understand that a particular change is necessary and we will certainly recognise that we need to adapt to it when it comes, such changes nonetheless tend to make us feel ignorant and highly uncomfortable. We have to treat any new procedural regime as a known unknown, which presents pitfalls for the unwary, at least until we become familiar with it. And in the meantime, a culture of half-knowledge develops, an uncertain and dangerous combination of a little learning, anecdote, and false assumptions. This very often leads to negative over-simplification.’
UK Human Rights Blog, August 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Expert “failed to provide objective opinion”, says High Court – Litigation Futures
‘An expert witness who said in oral evidence that he saw his role as presenting his side’s case “in the most favourable light” has been criticised by the High Court.’
Litigation Futures, 27th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Man jailed over Sheffield McDonald’s machete attack – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for 12 years for attacking a man with a machete outside a branch of McDonald’s.’
BBC News, 23rd August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Possession and licensing in Wales – Nearly Legal
‘Does failing to be licensed under The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 prevent a landlord from serving any notice seeking possession, or just a section 21 notice? That was the issue in a county court appeal in Evans & Evans v Jarvis, County Court at Swansea, 20 August 2019.’
Nearly Legal, 26th August 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Bitcoin worth £900,000 seized from hacker to compensate victims – The Guardian
‘A judge has ordered the confiscation of bitcoin worth more than £900,000 from a jailed hacker in the first case of its kind for the Metropolitan police.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Simon Dobbin: Brain-damaged football fan’s family want law change – BBC News
‘The family of a football fan who suffered horrific injuries at the hands of hooligan opposition fans are campaigning for a change in the law.’
BBC News, 24th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Unhappy paralegal refused discrimination claim rerun – Legal Futures
‘An employment tribunal has refused to reconsider a decision that comprehensively rejected a disability discrimination claim brought by a paralegal who worked for well-known personal injury firm Ralli.’
Legal Futures, 27th August 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Police chief: Attackers of PCs ‘must be jailed, no ifs no buts’ – BBC News
‘Harsher sentences for people who attack police officers “would be very welcome”, the head of the national body for police bosses has said.’
BBC News, 25th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Transgender journalist loses discrimination claim against the Times – The Guardian
‘A transgender woman made redundant by the Times has lost an employment tribunal in which she claimed to have experienced discrimination and unfair dismissal.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Costs Orders against Lawyers: A line in the sand – Hailsham Chambers
‘Imagine a case where lawyers, seek damages on behalf of a client which include their unrecovered costs in earlier litigation where they acted for the same client. If the new claim fails, are they personally liable for the winner’s costs? This was the startling proposition advanced in this case. Rose LJ has said that it is wrong.’
Hailsham Chambers, 9th August 2019
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
