‘HM Courts Service is behind where it expected to be at this stage of its ambitious reform programme, the National Audit Office has warned.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Technology will revolutionise the way we educate, train, and utilise legal expertise, a senior judge has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 10th May 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Leave.EU has been fined £70,000 and its chief officer has been referred to the Metropolitan police after the Electoral Commission found it had breached multiple counts of electoral law during the referendum to leave the European Union.’
The Guardian, 11th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of companies face legal action after failing to meet an extended deadline to report their gender pay gap, Britain’s equality watchdog said.’
BBC News, 10th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In UK tax avoidance disputes there are practical difficulties in asserting legal privilege to prevent legal advice being disclosed to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) where the taxpayer has to explain the motivations behind a transaction, but properly asserting privilege should never be seen as being ‘uncooperative’.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th May 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The UK government has reached a settlement with former Libyan dissident Abdul Hakim Belhaj over a long-running rendition case, the BBC understands.’
BBC News, 9th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Muir, R (On the Application Of) v Smart Pre-Schools Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1035 (09 May 2018)
Botleigh Grange Hotel Ltd v Revenue And Customs [2018] EWCA Civ 1032 (09 May 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Henderson v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (Costs) [2018] EWHC 1092 (Admin) (09 May 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Tish & Ors v Olley & Ors [2018] EWHC 1069 (Ch) (09 May 2018)
Bank St Petersburg PJSC & Anor v Arkhangelsky & Ors [2018] EWHC 1077 (Ch) (09 May 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
KMG International NV v Chen & Anor [2018] EWHC 1078 (Comm) (09 May 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Harrap v Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] EWHC 1063 (QB) (09 May 2018)
Kimathi & Ors v The Foreign And Commonwealth Office [2018] EWHC 1070 (QB) (09 May 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Two fairground workers have been found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of a seven-year-old girl who died after a bouncy castle blew away with her inside it.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Fewer people are being charged with racially and religiously aggravated hate crimes in England and Wales, despite a two-fold increase in reports.’
BBC News, 9th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Appeal judges have refused to create a duty of care with “potentially serious and costly consequences for very little practical gain” in a case over whether overgrown vegetation contributed to a road accident.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A former undercover police officer who has become a whistleblower has joined a boycott of a public inquiry into the covert infiltration of political groups, saying it was concealing the state’s misconduct.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Over the bank holiday weekend, a spate of shootings across England hit the headlines. They add to a picture of rising gun crime, after more than a decade of big decreases.’
BBC News, 10th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The wrongly convicted are abandoned by the state. This week, the supreme court has a chance to change that.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who attacked his four children with a hammer and drove them into a wall at 92mph has had his sentence increased from 14 to 24 years by appeal court judges.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should investigate whether there are regulatory barriers to law firms that become alternative business structures (ABSs) providing other professional services such as accountancy and surveying, rather than vice versa, a report it commissioned has recommended.’
Legal Futures, 10th May 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A 15-year-old who stabbed two other girls during a fight publicised on Snapchat has been jailed.’
BBC News, 9th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A family have begun judicial review proceedings to replace a “combative and sarcastic” coroner they say is blocking a full inquest into how their autistic daughter died while in the care of an NHS-funded private care home.’
The Guardian, 10th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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