‘Three online casino companies have been fined and one has been prevented from operating in the UK following a crackdown by the industry regulator. The Gambling Commission has fined three firms almost £14m for not having “effective safeguards” to prevent money laundering and harm to customers from gambling.’
BBC News, 29th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK funeral market could be the subject of the competition watchdog’s next investigation, after the regulator said it had “serious concerns” with the sector due to “unjustified” price hikes of more than 66 per cent over the last 10 years.’
The Independent, 29th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A dairy farmer’s workshy son who “hated the herd” and “made cows nervous” will be thrown out of his home after losing a High Court claim to inherit his parents’ £1million farm.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A landscape gardener who bit a police officer has become the first person to be jailed under new laws to protect emergency workers.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Earlier this year, Fraser J gave a significant judgment in which he: confirmed the circumstances in which fraud could be a successful ground to resist the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision; developed a new circumstance, or principle, in which a stay of execution of an adjudicator’s decision may be granted. This post focuses on, and analyses in further detail, Fraser J’s so-called “principle (g)”.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 28th November 2018
‘Four people who manufactured and sold an unlicensed drug to patients suffering from conditions including cancer, multiple sclerosis, HIV and autism have been sentenced today (27 November).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 27th November 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Regulators have vowed to take action against any solicitor found to have neglected their wider obligations simply to keep a client happy.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th November 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a challenge from a law firm whose former clients wanted a full assessment of more than £200,000 in billed costs. Lord Justice Newey overturned a High Court ruling which had held that a statute bill served by a law firm should contain details of disbursements.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th November 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A singer who toured with Little Mix has been jailed after she killed a cyclist in a road crash when she failed to stop at a roundabout.’
The Independent, 27th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has ordered a review of building safety advice amid concerns that scores of tall buildings fitted with combustible cladding and insulation may have been missed by a testing programme following the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Guardian, 27th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A university student has accepted more than £10,000 after a dentist incorrectly fitted braces on her teeth which she wore for four years.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An architect who offered free help to her friends has won her case after they tried to sue her for £265,000 when the garden landscaping went wrong.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Government fees of more than £1,000 for UK-born children to register as British citizens are to be challenged in the High Court, after campaigners won permission to apply for judicial review.’
The Independent, 28th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “one-man crime wave” who illegally collected more than 5,000 rare bird eggs has been jailed for 18 weeks.’
The Independent, 28th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The price of directory inquiries calls will be capped from April to protect consumers from excessively high charges, with some firms currently charging almost £20 for a 90-second call.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Four women have launched a high court legal challenge to universal credit, arguing that an arbitrary design flaw in the payment system for the new benefit is “irrational and discriminatory” and leaves some families hundreds of pounds a year worse off.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A terminally ill man has lost a legal battle at the UK’s highest court over his right to die.’
BBC News, 27th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A bus company that ignored warnings about a driver who crashed into a supermarket, killing two people, has been fined £2.3m.’
BBC News, 27th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Aspen Insurance UK Ltd & Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Ltd v Sangster and Annand Ltd is a case that concerns a fire at a Scottish hotel, and liability under a Contractor’s Liability Insurance policy. It was heard by HHJ Waksman QC (as he then was) in the Commercial Court in June and, earlier this week, the Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 23rd November 2018
‘The Upper Tribunal decision in of C&C v Governing Body [2018] UKUT 269 (AAC) has provided important clarification to the scope of the Equality Act 2010 in an education context.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th November 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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