‘Outlines findings from a research study looking at the level of attrition in fraud and cyber crime cases reported to Action Fraud..’
Home Office, 16th July 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The owner of a care home who tried to defraud residents out of £4.1million by isolating them from their families and persuading them to make him a beneficiary of their wills has been jailed today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th July 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Too little, too late? As the CPS publishes its disclosure review, Narita Bahra and Fiona Robertson assess whether its assurances and safeguards can possibly achieve the pledged sea change.’
Counsel, July 2018
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Google fail? Heather Rogers QC puts the legal record straight on the first two ‘right to be forgotten’ cases – tried under the twilight data protection regime but with issues far from resolved.’
Counsel, July 2018
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A widower who is the sole carer of his four-year-old son has been forbidden to work and ordered to leave the country – even though the Home Office’s own lawyers advised them to drop the case.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Excessive court reporting restrictions, inadequate listing information and difficulties in obtaining documents are preventing scrutiny of economic crimes and bribery cases, according to a report by Corruption Watch UK.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In the recent case of R (Hutchinson & Anor) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor the Administrative Court considered a challenge to the creation of a new model for the provision of health and social care in England.’
Community Care Blog, 10th July 2018
Source: communitycare11kbw.com
‘New UK trade mark laws have been finalised, although they will not take effect until early next year.’
OUT-LAW.co., 13th July 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘1 October 2019 will see a significant shake-up of the VAT rules in the construction sector. New rules will come into force on that date which will, in many cases, require the recipient of the supply of construction services, rather than the supplier, to account for VAT on the supply. Large and small businesses making standard-rated or reduced-rated supplies of construction services may be impacted. There may be cash flow implications, which could be positive or negative, for the businesses concerned.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 11th July 2018
The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2018
The European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Canada Trade Agreement) Order 2018
The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2018
The Financial Market Infrastructure Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018
The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) (England and Wales) Order 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Doherty v Fannigan Holdings Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1615 (12 July 2018)
Kamara v London Borough Of Southwark [2018] EWCA Civ 1616 (12 July 2018)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v MR (Pakistan) [2018] EWCA Civ 1598 (12 July 2018)
Thum v Thum [2018] EWCA Civ 624 (12 July 2018)
Personal Management Solutions Ltd & Anor v Brake Bros. Ltd & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 1635 (12 July 2018)
M (BIIa Article 19: Court First Seised) [2018] EWCA Civ 1637 (12 July 2018)
Broughal v Walsh Brothers Builders Ltd & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 1610 (10 July 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Buchanan vThe Crown Prosecution Service [2018] EWHC 1773 (Admin) (10 July 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Angel Group Ltd v Davey [2018] EWHC 1781 (Ch) (12 July 2018)
Signia Wealth Ltd v Vector Trustees Ltd [2018] EWHC 1774 (Ch) (11 July 2018)
Barker v Baxendale-Walker [2018] EWHC 1681 (Ch) (10 July 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
FM Capital Partners Ltd v Marino & Ors [2018] EWHC 1768 (Comm) (11 July 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Sheffield City Council v Fairhall & Ors [2018] EWHC 1793 (QB) (12 July 2018)
Coghlan v Chief Constable of Manchester Greater Police & Ors [2018] EWHC 1784 (QB) (12 July 2018)
TPE v Franks [2018] EWHC 1765 (QB) (10 July 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Chief Magistrate, Dame Emma Arbuthnot, has dismissed a prosecution of a driver using the Uber App, based on an allegation that the App was a form of plying for hire. Philip Kolvin QC of Cornerstone Barristers, who appeared for the defendant, Mudassar Ali, said the judicial decision was the first on the topic.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th July 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘There was no need for a judge who rejected permission to appeal on paper to recuse herself from the full hearing, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Lord Justice Patten said Her Honour Judge Baucher in Central London County Court had “done no more than indicate in her order” that the appeal would have no real prospect of success and there was “no other compelling reason” to grant permission.’
Litigation Futures, 12th July 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Centre for Ethics & Laws at University College London is to hold an independent review into the regulatory framework for legal services. It will be led by Professor Stephen Mayson, a leading commentator on legal regulation.’
legal Futures, 12th July 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Sue Brookes, Principal Associate and Rose-Marie Drury, Senior Associate, both with Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during June 2018.’
Family Law Week, 11th July 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Police and prosecution lawyers are failing to correctly disclose evidence in nearly half of court cases, watchdog review has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A multi-millionaire banker’s wife who found out her husband had taken his mistress to his office party has won the right to divorce him in England.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government has bowed to pressure to reinstate legal aid for child migrants in a major U-turn after admitting unaccompanied minors in the UK may have been denied access to justice. Campaigners, who said that access to justice for these vulnerable individuals is an “absolute lifeline”, hailed the decision after a five-year legal challenge.’
The Independent, 12th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Photographs of a teenager who died at home were “hauntingly reminiscent of starving victims in the extermination camps of the second world war”, according to a judge who jailed his mother, grandmother and sister.’
The Guardian, 12th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The trustees of the Presidents Club, a controversial black-tie event mired in sexual harassment allegations, have been censured by the Charity Commission.’
The Independent, 13th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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