‘The King’s Bench Guide 2024 has been published. It is been prepared to help everyone who practises or litigates in the King’s Bench Division.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary , 19th April 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘On 6 March 2024, the Supreme Court handed down two important decisions that related to issues under section 20 Extradition Act 2003:
– Bertino v Public Prosecutor’s Office Italy [2024] UKSC 9
– Merticariu v Judecatoria Arad, Romania [2024] UKSC 10
Notably, these two cases had the same constitution of the Court, with Stephens and Burnett LJJ giving a joint judgment in both cases, with which the rest of the Court agreed.’
5SAH, 22nd April 2024
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘Two cookery teachers have been permanently banned from the profession after altering pupils’ dishes in a bid to improve their grades.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers involved in public inquiries often refer, half in jest and half out of fear, to a hypothetical future ‘inquiry into the inquiry’ in which their decisions will be scrutinised. Happily for lawyers, but perhaps to the detriment of future inquiries, there is usually relatively little analysis and certainly no formal mechanism to review the effectiveness of an inquiry following its completion. That is the position notwithstanding the growing reliance on public inquiries to investigate matters of acute public concern, and that chief amongst the many purposes of inquiries – establishing facts, providing accountability, making recommendations – is learning lessons.’
6KBW College Hill, 17th April 2024
Source: blog.6kbw.com
‘Planes, a dragon and a phone box have prompted complaints about one man’s distinctive front garden. Critics said it looked like a theme park or a ram-raid in a gift shop, but officials have agreed to retrospective planning permission.’
BBC News, 24th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The controversial topic of transgender participation in women’s sport was discussed at the recent LawAccord conference. Speakers were – perhaps unsurprisingly – deeply divided on next steps.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘When can a jury be agreed and, at the same time, hung? This intriguing question is posed (and answered) by R (Yusuff) [2024] EWHC 692.’
25 Bedford Row, 28th March 2024
Source: www.25bedfordrow.com
‘The Judgment in the case of Kirsty Williams-Henry makes for very uncomfortable reading for everybody who deals with severe to catastrophic personal injury cases.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 12th April 2024
Source: 12kbw.co.uk
‘In a judgment with potentially wide implications for damages claims for breaches of fundamental human rights, the Court of Appeal in ASY & Others v Home Office [2024] EWCA Civ 373 has held that there is a right to damages for imminent breaches of article 3 of the ECHR (the absolute prohibition on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment).’
3PB, 18th April 2024
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘A law lecturer has been ordered to pay £22,500 to a former colleague after sharing confidential information that was later made public on social media.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In a small community deep in the remote, lush mountains of Bahia, Brazil, Catarina Oliveira de Silva points down at what used to be a lake. “After the mine started extracting there, waste came down. It fell into the spring. It buried this entire lake. Three metres of silt and ore sludge.” Catarina says dust from this mine covered crops she owned, including coffee bushes and banana trees, until she could not produce them anymore. She and her husband had also taken out a loan in 2015 for a business where people could pay to go angling in the lake. “Our project went down the drain,” she says. Catarina and her family live in a traditional Quilombola community, descendants of Afro-Brazilian slaves whose rights to their land and way of life are protected under Brazilian law.
Now, their fight against a UK-owned mining company is set to move to a top court in London.’
BBC News, 24th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There are fears that more people will be separated by the introduction of a minimum salary level for those wanting UK family visas.’
BBC News, 24th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘As one of the largest “training” datasets has been found to contain child sexual abuse material, can bans on creating such imagery be feasible?’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog has condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme, saying it raises “major issues about the human rights of asylum seekers and the rule of law”.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Inclusion on the barred list(s) may be appealed to the Upper Tribunal if there has been a mistake of law or fact. But just what constitutes a mistake of fact has proved a thorny problem. In particular, to what extent may the Upper Tribunal simply disagree with the DBS’ factual finding and substitute its own judgment?’
2 Hare Court, 5th April 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Supponor Ltd & Anor v AIM Sport Development AG [2024] EWCA Civ 396 (23 April 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Worcestershire County Council v Pain & Ors [2024] EWHC 913 (Admin) (23 April 2024)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bourlakova & Ors v Bourlakov & Ors [2024] EWHC 929 (Ch) (23 April 2024)
Lorimer-Wing v Hashmi [2024] EWHC 931 (Ch) (23 April 2024)
Dilworth & Anor v Wosskow Brown Solicitors LLP & Ors [2024] EWHC 903 (Ch) (22 April 2024)
Hayel v Hayel & Ors [2024] EWHC 885 (Ch) (19 April 2024)
Sriram v Revenue & Customs & Anor [2024] EWHC 853 (Ch) (19 April 2024)
Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2024] EWHC 902 (Ch) (19 April 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Onecom Group Ltd v Palmer [2024] EWHC 867 (Comm) (17 April 2024)
High Court (Family Division)
Hersman v De Verchere [2024] EWHC 905 (Fam) (19 April 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Afan Valley Ltd & Ors v Lupton Fawcett (A Firm) & Ors [2024] EWHC 909 (KB) (23 April 2024)
Ludlow v Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 872 (KB) (22 April 2024)
HM Solicitor General v Warner [2024] EWHC 918 (KB) (22 April 2024)
Kuznetsov v Edwards Duthie Shamash (A Firm) & Ors [2024] EWHC 870 (KB) (19 April 2024)
Parsons v Atkinson [2024] EWHC 888 (KB) (19 April 2024)
High Court (Technology & Construction Court)
Peachside Ltd v Lee & Anor [2024] EWHC 921 (TCC) (23 April 2024)
ISG Retail Ltd v FK Construction Ltd [2024] EWHC 878 (TCC) (18 April 2024)
Martell v Roszkowski & Ors [2024] EWHC 840 (TCC) (16 April 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
SI 2024/550 – The Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Order 2024
SI 2024/547 – The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/545 – The Trade Remedies (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/544 – The International Tax Compliance (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/541 – The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/540 – The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/538 – The Civil and Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2024
SI 2024/537 – The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/535 – The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘A man jailed for life for the murder of four British soldiers nearly 50 years ago has had his convictions quashed by Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 22nd April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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