‘In Victory House General Partner Ltd, Re A Company [2018] EWHC 1143 (Ch), the court dismissed a party’s winding-up petition as the employer’s cross-claim was bona fide and the debt was disputed on substantial grounds.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 22nd June 2018
‘R (Parkinson) v. HM Senior Coroner for Kent and Others. If anyone had the lingering hope that the door to argue “system failure” in any but the most exceptional case of medical negligence remained ajar after the decision of the Grand Chamber in Lopes de Sousa, then the recent Divisional Court decision in Parkinson shows the door has been well and truly slammed shut.’
UK Human Rights Law Blog, 19th June 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down what one of the lawyers involved has described as a “watershed” ruling on the conduct of detailed assessment proceedings, which saw a successful claimant lose half of her profit costs for claiming a higher hourly rate than she was entitled to.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Parents have a duty to maintain their children irrespective of the amount of time they spend with them or what country they live in. However international payment can be difficult to enforce. Parents cannot enforce an arrangement made informally between them, it must be made legally binding first.’
Family Law, 21st June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘On 17 May, the Supreme Court heard the case of Owens v Owens. It is the first time that the ‘fault based’ divorce provisions in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) have been considered by the highest court.’
Family Law, 21st June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A man arrested on suspicion of murdering a six-year-old boy almost 24 years ago will not face charges, prosecutors have said.’
BBC News, 21st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge’s sharp criticism of the Financial Conduct Authority for its failure to go after top bankers has put a cat right into the middle of the City regulator’s pigeons.’
The Independent, 21st June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sir Philip Green is seeking a gagging order to prevent the full publication of a watchdog’s report that casts fresh light on the BHS scandal. On Thursday, Green launched a high court bid to stop the Financial Reporting Council publishing its damning report on the failures of the auditors responsible for checking BHS’s accounts.’
The Guardian, 21st June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Church of England has made last-ditch efforts to engage with sexual abuse survivors before a report of how it recorded cases of abuse is published next month.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Data collected by NHS whistleblowing body shows 7,000 staff came forward with patient safety or bullying concerns in 2017-18 but this is “just the tip of the iceberg.”‘
The Independent, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Hundreds of deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital are to be investigated by a new force after Hampshire’s chief constable admitted its inquiries were not fit for purpose.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government must overhaul its “mess” of a botched programme to privatise probation that is failing against every measure and may threaten public safety, MPs have said.
An eight month inquiry by the Justice Committee found that the controversial Transforming Rehabilitation scheme had created a “two-tier” service seeing vital services outsourced to loss-making contractors.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Days after it emerged that a national board set up to improve the performance of the family justice system and chaired by government ministers had not met for 17 months, a national unit set up only three years ago to support a pioneering problem-solving court service for families is shutting down due to lack of government support.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government was wrong to decide a planning appeal without referring to a decision he reached shortly before on a similar issue in the same area, the Court of Appeal has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lucia Clark, Partner (dual-qualified in English and Scottish family law) and Alex Critchley, Solicitor, both of Morton Fraser LLP consider the implications of the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Villiers v Villiers.’
Family Law Week, 18th June 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A farmer who deliberately mislabelled barn eggs as pricier free range ones must pay back his £500,000 profits.’
BBC News, 21st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The murder of a man by a violent schizophrenia patient “could have been avoided” had a medical tribunal been given complete information on his past, a report has concluded.’
BBC News, 21st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Online gambling firm 32Red has been handed a £2m fine for failing to protect a problem gambler and granting the customer VIP status. The Gambling Commission identified 22 incidents where the vulnerable customer’s behaviour should have raised red flags, including one where they told 32Red staff that they had spent too much money on gambling.’
The Independent, 20th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A family say they have been left £15,000 in debt, without passports and unable to register their son as British because of the Home Office’s actions. The Bristol couple are among 1,000 highly-skilled migrants said to be facing deportation because of how the government has applied immigration law. Home Secretary Sajid Javid has ordered a review into use of Section 322(5).’
BBC News, 21st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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