‘Statements which, considered in isolation, do not cause or are not likely to cause serious harm to a person’s reputation cannot be aggregated for the purposes of bringing a defamation claim in England and Wales, a High Court judge has ruled.
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘As construction lawyers, most of us have had experience with claims concerning the financial loss and/or damage to property arising from a negligent survey of a house.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 1st August 2018
‘Recent cases, including the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Bou-Simon v BGC Brokers LP and the (as yet unreported) case of Harrow LBC v Engie Regeneration (Apollo) Ltd (2018) (TCC), provide a useful reminder of the strict constraints on implying terms into a commercial contract.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 1st August 2018
‘The Supreme Court in R (AR) v CC Greater Manchester Police [2018] UKSC 47 upheld the inclusion of information in an enhanced criminal record certificate (ECRC) that a person had been acquitted of rape. The judgment shows the importance of chief officers considering with great care the various factors in order to strike a fair balance between the rights of the individual applying for the ECRC as opposed to the wider rights of the community, including vulnerable persons.’
UK Police Law Blog, 1st August 2018
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘The new guideline will come into effect on 1 November 2018.’
Sentencing Council, 31st July 2018
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘Historic England has failed in a challenge to Milton Keynes Council over its decision to allow a development on part of a historic railway yard.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st August 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has hammered both sides in a medical negligence case involving a mentally ill woman for outrageous “bimbling”. His Honour Judge Gore QC, sitting as a High Court judge, said the word – which means to move at a leisurely pace – was used by one of his daughters.’
Litigation Futures, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is looking to clarify the threshold used by law firms when deciding whether to report concerns over misconduct.’
Legal Futures, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Family analysis: Sarah Bazaraa, senior associate at Pannone Corporate LLP, looks at the unusual facts in Bruzas v Saxton [2018] EWHC 1619 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 160 (Jun) and considers whether the issues raised in the case may redefine the boundaries of legal professional privilege.’
Family Law, 1st August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Family Law Week, 26th July 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A man whose six-month-old son died from “catastrophic” injuries, including bleeding to his brain, has been convicted of manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Human rights campaigners have lost a challenge against Theresa May in the high court in which she was accused of abandoning the longstanding principle that members of the government should be bound by international law.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “cowardly predator” who cyber-stalked a disabled campaigner against online abuse has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who stamped on his partner’s head and then tried to kill her neighbour has been jailed for 20 years with five more years on extended licence.’
BBC News, 1st August
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A children’s author faces a £1m payout after terrorising her actor neighbour with her “monstrously out of control” garden.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Home Office has failed to protect British women and teenage girls forced into abusive marriages by granting their foreign husbands visas, charities have warned. Officials dealt with nearly 90 cases of victims trying to block visas last year, although almost half were still issued, data obtained by The Times shows.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Government plans for a new NHS whistleblowing service have come in for criticism from MPs over “conflict of interest” concerns about letting NHS hospitals investigate themselves.’
The Independent, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A high court judge has decided that a couple’s Islamic marriage falls within the scope of English matrimonial law, in a ruling that could have implications for thousands of Muslims in the UK.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who banned his girlfriend from using Snapchat and controlled her use of Facebook has been jailed for his psychological abuse after a relationship that lasted less than a month’
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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