‘A High Court challenge over plans to close children’s centres in east London has been dropped after the council accepted its consultation was “unlawful”.’
BBC News, 7th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Adopted children are likely to be allowed much closer contact with their birth families in the future as part of “seismic” changes recommended in a report published today. Some families say the changes are long overdue – but others worry they may deter people from adopting.’
BBC News, 7th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A builder fears he may not be able to walk his daughters down the aisle after he was left paralysed when he fell through a ceiling. Andrew Clifford misses the simple things he used to love – the gardening, washing the car and jobs around his family home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Now, he says, he cannot wash or dress himself after he fell two years ago when he was working on a house for Mansfield-based Paul Freeman Ltd. The company was fined £40,000 on Monday at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court over a health and safety breach in relation to the fall.’
BBC News, 5th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Online service providers in scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) should get ahead and prepare to conduct an illegal content risk assessment to ensure they do not fall foul of Ofcom’s enforcement powers, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Angela Piears considers a First-tier Tribunal (FTT) case about HMO licences: How should the FTT approach the hearing of an HMO licensing appeal? Who can challenge the decision to grant an HMO licence? How should a local authority serve notices on a freehold company?’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Robert Bowker considers how the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has dealt with fire safety cases where an improvement notice under the Housing Act 2004 has been served and an application for a remediation order under s. 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022 has been made.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Matthew Watts and Sarah Orchard briefly explore the changes being proposed in the Renters’ Rights Bill and consider some of the impacts on the supported housing sector, where flexibility in management of housing stock is often key.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The leaders of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) yesterday refused to apologise to the profession about the Axiom Ince collapse as they dismissed the report criticising its actions as just opinion.’
BBC news, 6th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The former head of a police force’s professional standards department has been banned from driving after “swerving all over the road” while drink-driving.’
BBC News, 5th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A nurse who had a relationship with a patient at a high-security psychiatric hospital before resuming it years later has been struck off.’
BBC News, 6th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scores of taxi drivers have been able to obtain licenses despite having convictions for violent offences, a charity has found. Data obtained following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reveals drivers with convictions, including for violent crimes like assault, battery and harassment, have still been given licences even though licensing authorities are aware of the offences they committed.’
The Independent, 5th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A domestic abuse victim said she was left fearing for her life after a company which obtains restraining orders accidentally leaked her home address to her ex-partner.’
The Independent, 5th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A ban to stop children from legally smoking tobacco when they become adults is set to be introduced in Parliament.’
The Independent, 5th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘As every southerner knows, people from the north of England will not eat chips without gravy, insist on talking to every stranger they meet and often sport a flat cap when walking the whippet. But do they also swear more? In an employment tribunal judgment that raises further questions about regional stereotypes, a judge has suggested that swearing in the workplace is particularly common in the north.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Cross-channel train operator Eurostar has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating the number of £39 seats on sale. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that Eurostar ads across Instagram and Facebook for £39 tickets from London to Amsterdam and Brussels were misleading, the second time it has censured its ads this year.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales.’
BBC News, 6th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ballard & Ors v Buzzard [2024] EWHC 2765 (Ch) (04 November 2024)
Nardelli & Ors v Richardson & Anor [2024] EWHC 2740 (Ch) (04 November 2024)
Blower v GH Canfields LLP [2024] EWHC 2763 (Ch) (04 November 2024)
Maxima Creditor Resolutions Ltd v Fealy & Anor [2024] EWHC 2694 (Ch) (01 November 2024)
Wythe & Ors v Zavos [2024] EWHC 2784 (Ch) (01 November 2024)
Abrey v Abrey & Ors [2024] EWHC 2689 (Ch) (31 October 2024)
Thomas v Southwark Council [2024] EWHC 2739 (Ch) (31 October 2024)
Ponsford & Anor v Sali & Anor [2024] EWHC 2748 (Ch) (31 October 2024)
Shorts International Ltd v Google LLC [2024] EWHC 2738 (Ch) (31 October 2024)
Barclays Bank PLC v Dylan & Ors [2024] EWHC 2776 (Ch) (30 October 2024)
Kagbara & Ors v Leigh Day Solicitors (A Firm) [2024] EWHC 2759 (Ch) (30 October 2024)
Rollerteam Ltd v Riley & Anor [2024] EWHC 2736 (Ch) (30 October 2024)
Lloyds Bank PLC v Mealham & Anor [2024] EWHC 2737 (Ch) (29 October 2024)
SP Commodities Ltd, Re [2024] EWHC 2747 (Ch) (29 October 2024)
Light SA, Re [2024] EWHC 2733 (Ch) (28 October 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Thurrock Council & Anor v Adams & Ors [2024] EWHC 2750 (KB) (30 October 2024)
Pacini & Anor v Dow Jones & Company Inc [2024] EWHC 2714 (KB) (29 October 2024)
Duke v Moores & Ors [2024] EWHC 2746 (KB) (29 October 2024)
Lowry Trading Ltd & Anor v Musicalize Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 2653 (KB) (28 October 2024)
HM Solicitor General v Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) [2024] EWHC 2732 (KB) (28 October 2024)
M & S Restorations Ltd v Banco Santander Totta SA [& Ors [2024] EWHC 2724 (KB) (28 October 2024)
Souurce: www.bailii.org
‘A trainee police officer who joked about raping a colleague has been told he would have been sacked had he not already resigned.’
BBC News, 5th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Employment Rights Bill, introduced to Parliament on 10 October 2024, is said to be the first phase of delivering Labour’s 2Plan to Make Work Pay” and follows the Government’s manifesto commitment to introduce (draft) legislation within the first 100 days of coming to office.’
12 King’s Bench Walk, 4th November 2024
Source: 12kbwemploymentlaw.wordpress.com
‘This month’s issue reviews the summaries of two cases decided in May 2024: (i) MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2024] UKSC 18 and (ii) Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) Plc v RAV Bahamas Ltd [2024] UKPC 11.’
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, 4th November 2024
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
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