‘Media reports that celebrity baker Paul Hollywood and his estranged wife have used social media to indulge in some online taunting will comes as no surprise to many family lawyers.’
Family Law, 1st June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Legal Services Board has handed out a public censure for the first time, after finding that the Law Society had governance arrangements in place that could have interfered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 31st May 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘John Gould puts disciplinary procedures & the standard of proof required by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal under the spotlight.’
New Law Journal, 1st June 2018
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘An open space can be designated as an asset of community value even if its present use is one arising from trespass, the Court Of Appeal has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The only limit on the court’s discretion to make third-party costs orders against insurers is that it must be exercised justly, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Litigation Futures, 31st May 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Forthright tabloid press coverage of an immigrant family’s decision to turn down an offer of a five-bedroom local authority house as too cramped for eight children was not defamatory, the presiding judge of the Media and Communications Bench ruled. However Mr Justice Warby allowed a complaint about readers’ comments to go ahead on the grounds of harassment.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th May 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A UK parliamentary committee is to scrutinise how the government plans to reduce emissions and meet its climate change targets should the cost of using carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) solutions not fall.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The High Court has criticised a law firm’s “very heavy reliance on partner time”, and the “astonishing” amount of time junior counsel was planning to spend in preparing for trial, as it slashed by more than half many of their budgeted costs for representing two claimants in the phone hacking litigation against Mirror Group Newspapers.’
Litigation Futures, 30th May 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A Liverpool care home should not have banned a daughter from visiting her mother without warning, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised the London Borough of Bromley after it significantly reduced the support package provided to a man with special needs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Broadband providers in the UK are now subject to stricter rules over the claims they can make about the speed of their services.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Family Division president Sir James Munby, who has long argued for allowing the ‘glare of publicity’ in to family courts, says some cases should not be debated under the public gaze, as he denied a mother the chance to take her case to the ‘court of public opinion’.’
Law Society's Gazette, 31st May 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Sentencing Council has produced this consultation paper in order to seek views from as many people as possible interested in the sentencing of Public Order Act offences.’
Sentencing Council, 9th May 2018
Source: consult.justice.gov.uk
‘A woman left in unsuitable housing is not entitled to damages from the London Borough of Enfield, the High Court has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has rejected a legal challenge brought by private hire vehicle operators over changes introduced by Transport for London to its licensing fees structure.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a ‘gang injunction’ restricting the actions and movement of 18 members of a Birmingham gang. One of the men affected, Jerome Jones, unsuccessfully challenged the injunction, arguing that the proceedings by which it was made properly required proof to the criminal standard, and that the application of the civil standard violated his right to a fair trial under Article 6 ECHR.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st May 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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