‘Two NHS foundation trusts have won a High Court challenge over Lancashire County Council’s decision to award a contract to Virgin Care for the provision of public health and nursing services to children and young people.’
Local Government Lawyer, June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court judgment in the Pimlico Plumbers case has been hailed as a victory for workers in the gig economy – and a blow for organisations that rely on large numbers of ‘self-employed’ contractors. In fact, the judgment largely confirms what we already knew – that employment status must be considered on the individual facts of each case and what happens on the ground is more important than the wording of the contract.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A serial rapist has been found guilty of 24 sex attacks, including four counts of rape on a child.’
BBC News, 25th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has quashed changes introduced by the Ministry of Justice to the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS), it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Alec Samuels shares his reflections on the legal significance of the Jeremy Thorpe case.’
New Law Journal, 21st June 2018
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘On Monday in the House of Lords, Lord Pannick withdrew his amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill retaining the EU Charter as part of the UK’s post-Brexit settlement. With this, the Charter’s fate in UK law post Brexit was sealed. When the UK leaves the EU, the EU Charter will cease to apply. The status of the Charter during the transitional period, whilst the UK is neither in nor out of the EU, is still to be confirmed but it would seem inconceivable that the Charter would not continue to apply during that period.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 20th June 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘A young personal injury solicitor who dishonestly backdated 23 documents to conceal inactivity as she struggled to keep on top of her workload, has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 25th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The daughter of a driving instructor who killed her teenage sister in a horror crash has been spared jail after a judge accepted no sentence could punish her more than her “incalculable” loss.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘As the summer sunshine continues, so too does the flow of Supreme Court appeals dealing with fundamental family law questions. In the last few weeks, they have looked at extending civil partnerships to straight couples and the modern approach to ‘unreasonable behaviour’ within divorce petitions. The latest issue considered by the UK’s highest court has been maintenance, specifically, the correct approach to varying a maintenance order years after the divorce and financial settlement have been finalised.’
Family Law, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is wrong to assume that premiums will fall as a result of its professional indemnity insurance (PII) reforms, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned.’
Legal Futures, 25th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Uber’s appeal against the decision not to renew its licence in London will begin on Monday.’
The Guardian, 25th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A campaigner has lost a High Court challenge calling on the government to provide gender-neutral passports.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ardmore Construction Ltd v Revenue And Customs [2018] EWCA Civ 1438 (21 June 2018)
S (A Child), Re [2018] EWCA Civ 1453 (21 June 2018)
Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth [2018] EWCA Civ 1436 (21 June 2018)
Gempride Ltd v Bamrah & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 1367 (21 June 2018)
A P Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1420 (21 June 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
OO v AB & Ors [2018] EWHC 1488 (Ch) (21 June 2018)
McCallum-Toppin & Anor v McCallum-Toppin & Ors [2018] EWHC 1562 (Ch) (21 June 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Burki v Seventy Thirty Ltd & Ors [2018] EWHC 1570 (QB) (21 June 2018)
Ardron v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 1535 (QB) (18 June 2018)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Merit Merrell Technology Ltd [2018] EWHC 1577 (TCC) (21 June 2018)
‘The UK government has issued the following announcement on its ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (a.k.a. “the Lanzarote Convention”).’
Law & Religion UK, 21st June 2018
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘In Victory House General Partner Ltd, Re A Company [2018] EWHC 1143 (Ch), the court dismissed a party’s winding-up petition as the employer’s cross-claim was bona fide and the debt was disputed on substantial grounds.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 22nd June 2018
‘R (Parkinson) v. HM Senior Coroner for Kent and Others. If anyone had the lingering hope that the door to argue “system failure” in any but the most exceptional case of medical negligence remained ajar after the decision of the Grand Chamber in Lopes de Sousa, then the recent Divisional Court decision in Parkinson shows the door has been well and truly slammed shut.’
UK Human Rights Law Blog, 19th June 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down what one of the lawyers involved has described as a “watershed” ruling on the conduct of detailed assessment proceedings, which saw a successful claimant lose half of her profit costs for claiming a higher hourly rate than she was entitled to.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission have today published updated draft legislation intended to pull the law of insurable interest into the 21st century.’
Law Commission, 20th June 2018
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk/
‘Wendy Williams, one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary will have oversight of the Windrush lessons learned review, the Home Secretary announced today.
Home Office, 21st June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Parents have a duty to maintain their children irrespective of the amount of time they spend with them or what country they live in. However international payment can be difficult to enforce. Parents cannot enforce an arrangement made informally between them, it must be made legally binding first.’
Family Law, 21st June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
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