‘The government is facing a legal challenge over its new planning policy, which campaigners say was illegally adopted because the government failed to assess its environmental impact.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Drivers who fail to read a number plate from 20m (65ft) away when stopped by police will have their licences revoked immediately in a new crackdown.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘All applications made for visas for skilled workers from outside the EU were granted this month, for the first time since November 2017.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The fact that there is a lot of competition in the legal market does not mean it is working well for consumers, the chair of the Legal Services Consumers Panel says in her first interview.’
Legal Futures, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Plymouth City Council has claimed to be the first to use the Sustainable Communities Act to try to force the government to reveal the impact of Brexit.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th August 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Siobhan McLaughlin, an unmarried mother of four from County Antrim, gaining access to Widowed Parent’s Allowance following her partner’s death in 2014.’
Family Law, 31st August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will be looking for “clear evidence” that banks have properly investigated claims by customers for compensation in cases of suspected authorised push payment (APP) fraud.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Supreme Court may look to change the courts’ approach to dealing with claims over negligently conducted litigation later this year in a case involving miners’ compensation, a barrister has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 31st August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An experienced criminal law solicitor who broke the conditions on his practising certificate (PC) just days after they were imposed and then lied about it in a witness statement, has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 31st August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A national minimum wage (NMW) back pay compliance scheme for care sector employers will continue to operate in its current form despite a recent court judgment on how staff should be compensated for overnight ‘sleep-in’ shifts.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A severely disabled Doncaster boy’s family has had to wait three years for Doncaster Council to provide them with the special adaptations their home needs, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st August 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘More than £413,000 has been spent by Sheffield City Council on legal proceedings against tree felling protestors, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
The Architects Act 1997 (Amendments etc.) Order 2018
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2018
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2018
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018
The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘A recent family law case has highlighted a hole in the legal protection of Islamic couples whose ‘marriage’ may be considered a void marriage in English law, or may not be a marriage at all.’
Family Law, 30th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Hundreds of firearms officers may have to lay down their weapons because of new rules designed to detect those who have problems with colour vision, says the organisation representing them.’
The Guardian, 2nd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A golfer with a prosthetic leg is suing a local council for refusing to let him play on its golf course using a buggy.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘MPs will vote this week on whether to make misogyny a hate crime for the first time, as the campaign to compel police forces across the UK to recognise street harassment of women as a hate crime gathers momentum.’
The Guardian, 2nd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
City of York v Trinity One (Leeds) Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1883 (29 August 2018)
Manzi v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 1882 (29 August 2018)
Committeri v Club Méditerranée SA (t/a Club Med Business) [2018] EWCA Civ 1889 (09 August 2018)
James v James [2018] EWCA Civ 1982 (09 August 2018)
Aziz & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1884 (08 August 2018)
SL (St Lucia) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1894 (07 August 2018)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Electricity North West Ltd, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 1944 (23 August 2018)
Cyprian Okoro (No 3) v R [2018] EWCA Crim 1929 (22 August 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Khan v Bar Standards Board [2018] EWHC 2184 (Admin) (24 August 2018)
Ames, R (On the Application Of) v The Lord Chancellor [2018] EWHC 2250 (Admin) (23 August 2018)
H v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2191 (Admin) (16 August 2018)
VI, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lewisham [2018] EWHC 2180 (Admin) (15 August 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Massimo Osti SRL v Global Design And Innovation Ltd & Anor [2018] EWHC 2263 (Ch) (30 August 2018)
Stewart v NHS Business Services Authority [2018] EWHC 2285 (Ch) (29 August 2018)
Videology Ltd, Re Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 [2018] EWHC 2186 (Ch) (16 August 2018)
Gwinnutt v George & Anor [2018] EWHC 2169 (Ch) (14 August 2018)
Clutterbuck & Anor v Cleghorn [2018] EWHC 2125 (Ch) (10 August 2018)
Reynard v Fox [2018] EWHC 2141 (Ch) (08 August 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Fundo Soberano De Angola & Ors v dos Santos & Ors [2018] EWHC 2199 (Comm) (16 August 2018)
The Cultural Foundation & Anor v Beazley Furlonge Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 2185 (Comm) (15 August 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
A v A [2018] EWHC 2194 (Fam) (17 August 2018)
Venables, Re (No 2 [2018] EWHC 2128 (Fam) (08 August 2018)
A-F (Children) (No 2) [2018] EWHC 2129 (Fam) (08 August 2018)
F v M [2018] EWHC 2106 (Fam) (03 August 2018)
High Court (Patents Court)
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd v UCB Pharma SA & Ors [2018] EWHC 2264 (Pat) (24 August 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The High Court has held in Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Brown [2018] EWHC 2046 (Admin) that qualified one-way costs shifting (“QOCS”) protection does not apply automatically in proceedings where a claimant is advancing both a claim for damages for personal injury and a claim other than a claim for damages for personal injury (a “mixed claim”).’
UK Police Law Blog, 28th August 2018
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘A judge was wrong to jail an unrepresented woman for contempt of court without giving her more time to find a lawyer, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 30th August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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