Home Buyer’s Nightmare: The Seller’s Wife Won’t Leave – St Philips Barristers

Posted September 2nd, 2024 in chambers articles, families, land registration, news by sally

‘Iqbal Mohammed explores the unusual facts in the case of Pervaiz v Akhtar, decided by Her Honour Judge Truman in July 2024.’

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St Philips Barristers, 1st August 2024

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The recent sentencing of climate protestors – Six Pump Court

‘On 18th July 2024, attentions were drawn to the sentences received by five Just Stop Oil activists, including its co-founder, Roger Hallam, for the offence of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance, namely by disrupting traffic on the M25.[1] Mr Hallam received a sentence of five years and the others received sentences of four years. Many viewed the sentences as excessive and repressive considering that the protests were peaceful,[2] despite causing large-scale disruption with significant economic consequences.’

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Six Pump Court, 9th August 2024

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Family Law Newsletter – August 2024 – Spire Barristers

Posted September 2nd, 2024 in chambers articles, families, family courts, news by sally

‘Family Law Newsletter – August 2024; Articles, news, legislation updates and case updates from Care Proceedings, Private Law and Financial Remedy matters.’

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Spire Barristers, 19th August 2024

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When property held “in trust” is not a trust: the decision in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 – Wilberforce Chambers

Posted September 2nd, 2024 in appeals, chambers articles, families, land registration, news, wills by sally

‘At first blush the decision of Freedman J in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB) appears counterintuitive. Section 33(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (“AEA”) states that:
“On the death of a person intestate as to any real or personal estate, that estate shall be held in trust by his personal representatives with the power to sell it”.’

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Wilberforce Chambers, 30th July 2024

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‘Grenfell is a warning to the world’: The survivors still searching for justice – The Independent

‘As the Grenfell inquiry prepares to publish its final report into the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72, Nadine White speaks to those still grappling with its tragic legacy.’

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The Independent, 1st September 2024

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‘People tend to think these battles have been won’: Next equal pay claimant on fight for recognition – The Guardian

‘During an average shift on the shop floor at Next, Helen Scarsbrook has to remain polite and keep smiling while she makes split-second judgments about which customers need help and which need to be tactfully discouraged from shoplifting and ushered out of the store.’

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The Guardian, 1st September 2024

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One-word Ofsted grades scrapped in England’s schools – BBC News

‘One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools are being scrapped immediately.’

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BBC News, 2nd September 2024

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Upper Tribunal allows appeal by council over imposition of conditions that compromised enforcement notice – Local Government Lawyer

‘The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has overturned a decision of the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), which it said had not been entitled to impose conditions which had the effect of compromising an enforcement notice and would “perpetuate the harm to the landscape and heritage assets identified by the inspector”.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024

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Alarm at failure to inspect 60% of England homecare providers in four years or longer – The Guardian

Posted August 30th, 2024 in care workers, government departments, news, quality assurance by sally

‘Care leaders have warned of a serious safety risk as research revealed 60% of homecare providers had not been inspected for at least four years, or ever.’

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The Guardian, 30th August 2024

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Council decision-making procedures and legal advice “not followed” during closure of care home, independent review finds – Local Government Lawyer

Posted August 30th, 2024 in care homes, local government, news by sally

‘An independent review into Wakefield Council’s decision to close a residential care home, moving some residents in less than 48 hours, has found that the council’s decision-making procedures were “not followed properly”, and that there wasn’t enough focus on the needs of residents.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024

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Cleaners at prestigious UK girls’ school win dispute over pay and conditions – The Guardian

Posted August 30th, 2024 in compensation, employment, news, remuneration, trade unions by sally

‘Cleaners at a prestigious London private school have won their battle for improved pay and working conditions, as well as compensation for steep cuts in their hours, scrapping plans for industrial action that was due to have started next week.’

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The Guardian, 29th August 2024

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Man who threatened to kill Ed Miliband jailed – BBC News

Posted August 30th, 2024 in imprisonment, news, parliament, sentencing, threatening behaviour by sally

‘A man who threatened to kill former Labour leader Ed Miliband has been jailed for three years.’

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BBC News, 29th August 2024

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“A most ingenious paradox” – Law & Religion UK

Posted August 30th, 2024 in burials and cremation, Church of England, news by sally

‘“We know your taste for curious quips, For cranks and contradictions queer“…

…. and in the recent judgment Re St. Mary Fawkham [2024] ECC Roc 1 Willink Ch. evinces the solution to the question “When is a petition not a petition?“, in which circumstances “a memorial” (in a churchyard) had to be distinguished from the broader (legal) meaning of “a memorial” . The circumstances of the case itself will be familiar to canon lawyers – the Petitioner wished to install a memorial in the churchyard in memory of his late wife. The proposed memorial was a headstone and kerbs, the proposed stone being polished paradiso granite, described as “a swirling mixture of pink, grey, red and black colours in a strongly-defined tortoiseshell-type pattern.”’

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Law & Religion UK, 29th August 2024

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Teenager guilty of murdering Holly Newton, 15 – BBC News

Posted August 30th, 2024 in children, murder, news, stalking, young offenders, young persons by sally

‘A 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering Holly Newton, 15, who was stabbed to death in January 2023.’

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BBC News, 29th August 2024

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High Court judge criticises council over handling of contempt proceedings in dispute over riverboats – Local Government Lawyer

Posted August 30th, 2024 in injunctions, local government, news, nuisance, trespass by sally

‘The London Borough of Richmond has lost a case over mooring on the River Thames in which a judge had earlier “excoriated” another judge’s order.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024

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SRA: Convictions highlight Chinese ‘underground banking’ danger – Legal Futures

‘The sentencing of seven people involved in a money laundering network via Chinese underground banking is a valuable reminder to solicitors of its risks, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said.’

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Legal Futures, 30th August 2024

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Woman, 52, and daughter admit part in far-right disorder in Middlesbrough – The Guardian

Posted August 30th, 2024 in demonstrations, immigration, news, public order, violent offenders by sally

‘A woman, her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend have admitted taking part in violent far-right disorder earlier this month in Middlesbrough.’

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The Guardian, 29th August 2024

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Judges releases law firm from privilege to defend claim – Legal Futures

Posted August 29th, 2024 in arbitration, fiduciary duty, insolvency, law firms, loans, news, privilege by sally

‘A City law firm will be able to fully defend itself from serious allegations in the High Court after a judge held that its former clients cannot claim legal professional privilege (LPP) because of the iniquity exemption.’

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Legal Futures, 29th August 2024

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Financial watchdog to review pure protection insurance market – The Independent

Posted August 29th, 2024 in competition, financial regulation, insurance, markets, news by sally

‘The financial watchdog is to review the UK’s pure protection insurance market, amid concerns that competition in the sector is “not working well”.’

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The Independent, 28th August 2024

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Lucy Letby: Questions grow in debate on killer’s convictions – BBC News

Posted August 29th, 2024 in children, evidence, expert witnesses, hospitals, murder, news, nurses by sally

‘Lucy Letby has become arguably the most notorious serial killer of modern times.’

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BBC News, 29th August 2024

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