BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cook, R v [2018] EWCA Crim 530 (14 March 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz [2018] EWHC 508 (Ch) (16 March 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Hart v Hart [2018] EWHC 549 (Fam) (15 March 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Pook v Rossall School [2018] EWHC 522 (QB) (16 March 2018)
Marcura Equities FZE & Anor v Nisomar Ventures Ltd & Anor [2018] EWHC 523 (QB) (16 March 2018)
Siddiqui v University of Oxford [2018] EWHC 536 (QB) (16 March 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
Solicitor struck off after ‘heinous’ attempt to cover up litigation error – Litigation Futures
‘A solicitor whose corporate client had a summary judgment entered against them because he failed to attend a court hearing, has been struck off after making a false statement denying he knew about it in advance.’
Litigation Futures, 19th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Who is it that doesn’t like Mondays? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Music nerds may remember with fondness the great copyright wrangle involving Procol Harum and Bach. The focus of that dispute was the organ line in the 1967 hit Whiter Shade of Pale, and Blackburne J’s judgment is imperative reading for anyone interested in the law’s dominion over music, ideas or intellectual property in general. Go to the end of this post for a reminder of that entertaining litigation and its outcome.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th March 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Big win for NHS Resolution in test cases on pre-LASPO funding switches – Litigation Futures
‘The Court of Appeal has found for NHS Resolution (NHSR) in three test cases over the reasonableness of solicitors switching clients from legal aid to conditional fee agreements (CFAs) ahead of the introduction of LASPO.’
Litigation Futures, 16th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Serial killer Stephen Port: Report into Met’s handling of case ‘will be damning’ – BBC News
‘Families of serial killer Stephen Port’s victims have been told a report into the Met Police’s initial response to the four deaths “will be damning”, according to solicitors.’
BBC News, 19th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rapist caught after urinating in plant pot 30 years later – BBC News
‘A rapist who evaded capture for more than 30 years until he urinated in a neighbour’s plant pot – leading to a DNA match – has been jailed.’
BBC News, 16th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Call for stricter rules on doorstep loans – BBC News
‘People who borrow money from doorstep lenders should get the same protection as those with payday loans, a charity has argued.’
BBC News, 19th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gambling regulator says FOBT stakes could be set higher than £2 – The Guardian
‘The UK’s gambling regulator has given the government the all-clear to defy calls to cut the stakes on the roulette-style games offered on controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) to £2.’
The Guardian, 19th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Parsons Green attack: Iraqi teenager convicted over Tube bomb – BBC News
‘A teenager who showed warning signs to authorities that he could carry out a terrorist attack has been found guilty of 2017’s Parsons Green Tube bombing.’
BBC News, 16th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The ‘MV Renos’ [2018] EWCA Civ 230 – 4 New Square
‘In the ‘MV Renos’ the Court of Appeal had to determine whether the Respondents (“Owners”) had lost the right to abandon the vessel and claim that it was a constructive total loss (“CTL”).’
4 New Square, 21st February 2018
Source: www.insurancelaw.london
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2018
The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 2018
The Waste Enforcement (England and Wales) Regulations 2018
The National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2018
The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2018
The Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Nesbit Law Group LLP v Acasta European Insurance Company Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 268 – 4 New Square
‘In Nesbit Law Group LLP the Court of Appeal had to determine the proper construction of an exclusion clause in a series of Fidelity Guarantee Indemnity policies and whether the insurer should be permitted to amend its defence (the application having been made weeks before the hearing of the appeal) to allege various breaches of a loan agreement by insured which breaches were necessary for the insured to be caught by the exclusion clause.’
4 New Square, 23rd February 2018
Source: www.insurancelaw.london
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Springer v University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 436 (15 March 2018)
Lloyds Bank Plc v McBains Cooper Consulting Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 452 (15 March 2018)
Dunhill v W Brook & Co. (A Firm) [2018] EWCA Civ 505 (15 March 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Belhaj & Ors v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors [2018] EWHC 514 (Admin) (15 March 2018)
Belhaj & Anor v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors [2018] EWHC 513 (Admin) (15 March 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Hart v Hart [2018] EWHC B000 (Fam) (15 March 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ballard v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 527 (QB) (15 March 2018)
DDM v Al-Zahra (PVT) Hospital & Ors [2018] EWHC 526 (QB) (15 March 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
Head teacher fails in Supreme Court challenge to dismissal over failure to disclose – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal brought by a head teacher who was sacked after she failed to disclose her friendship with a convicted sex offender to a local authority.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Trading standards team at Royal Borough secures its longest-ever sentence – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Trading Standards team at the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has secured its longest-ever sentence after a rogue builder was jailed for six years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Parliament warned of ‘threat to profession’s independence’ over legal aid funding decisions – Legal Futures
‘There is a “worrying trend” towards potential government interference in decisions over the grant of legal aid that threaten the independence of the profession, a leading solicitor warned parliamentarians this week.’
Legal Futures, 16th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
