‘A former inmate of Wales’ only privately run jail has been sent to prison after he posted on a Facebook group a video of a staff member restraining a prisoner.’
BBC News, 11th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Covid denier who suggested “whacking” Prof Sir Chris Whitty with a rounders bat has been jailed for five years after being convicted of encouraging terrorism.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Church of England bishop has called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign, calling his position “untenable” after a damning report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church.’
BBC News, 11th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The full extent of conditions at a rat-infested jail has been revealed in a report that calls for urgent improvements.’
BBC News, 12th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rape victims in England and Wales have echoed the message of Gisèle Pelicot in France that “shame belongs to perpetrators, not them”, in the largest ever survey of rape and sexual assault survivors, according to the government’s key adviser on the crime.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Nearly 200 care providers have been given government licences to bring foreign nurses to the UK despite having previously violated labour laws, according to a study that highlights widespread employment problems in the social care sector.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cush & Ors v R. [2024] EWCA Crim 1382 (07 November 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Budzichowska v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2024] EWHC 2835 (Admin) (08 November 2024)
Juchi v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2024] EWHC 2825 (Admin) (07 November 2024)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Raja & Anor v ATM Law & Ors [2024] EWHC 2782 (Ch) (08 November 2024)
Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell & Anor [2024] EWHC 2831 (Ch) (08 November 2024)
Palmer & Anor v Sans (Re Insolvency Act 1986) [2024] EWHC 2685 (Ch) (08 November 2024)
Asertis Ltd & Anor v Melhuish & Ors [2024] EWHC 2819 (Ch) (07 November 2024)
Azhdari v Adjari [2024] EWHC 2824 (Ch) (06 November 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
O v C [2024] EWHC 2838 (Comm) (08 November 2024)
High Court (Family Division)
A & B, Re (Separate Representation) [2024] EWHC 2834 (Fam) (08 November 2024)
W & Anor v K & Anor [2024] EWHC 2849 (Fam) (08 November 2024)
KA & Anor v B [2024] EWHC 2855 (Fam) (07 November 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Cullen v Henniker-Major (Rev1) [2024] EWHC 2809 (KB) (07 November 2024)
Robertson v Cornwall Council [2024] EWHC 2830 (KB) (06 November 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Report of the Ecclesiastical Judges Association Working Party into Churchyard Memorial Regulations (“the Report”), reviewed here and reproduced at the end of this post, included a consideration of how chancellors have dealt with petitions that do not comply with the criteria set by the diocesan Churchyard Regulations for the introduction of a memorial without a faculty.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th November 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Despite artificial intelligence (AI) making significant inroads in the legal sector, with 82% of lawyers now using or planning to use the technology, it is clear that it is no substitute for human expertise.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A council worker who protested against his local authority employer’s pronouns policy has been ordered to pay £12,000 in costs after his claim of unfair dismissal was dismissed in the Employment Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court recently considered the scope of s70A Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Arevik Jackson looks at the lessons from the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In a recent ruling a district judge has provided helpful clarity on the role of third party delivery drivers and the question of supply in the provision of late night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003. Leo Charalambides and James Rankin examine the ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A law firm was not negligent in advice to settle £2m of claims brought by a businessman’s trustee in bankruptcy against his wife and daughter, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A paralegal has been awarded £41,000 in damages against a law firm that unfairly dismissed and discriminated against her because she could not work full-time due to disability.’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Speech by the PFD: Suspected Physical Abuse of Children – Experts in the Family Court.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 7th November 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A solicitor accused of negligence by clients who changed their minds over a mediation settlement in fact acted competently, the High Court has ruled in a long-running litigation over a businessman’s bankruptcy. Even if negligence had been shown, the failure to show it caused any loss would have been fatal to the claim, His Honour Judge Paul Matthews ruled in Sandra Blower v GH Canfields LLP.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th November 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The importance of the ‘clean break’ has been reemphasised in recent years with greater emphasis being placed on MCA 1973 s 25A (and s 28(1A)), particularly in the judgments of Mostyn J.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 8th November 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A man found to have been repeatedly restrained and once detained for nearly five hours at his former school will receive £18,900 in damages.’
BBC news, 10th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The decision to release the man who brutally killed a young woman in a flat in Cardiff will not be reviewed, the Ministry of Justice has said. Jeffrey Gafoor, 59, is set to leave prison on parole after attempts to change the decision to release him failed.’
BBC News, 10th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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