‘Following Ofsted winning a judgment against an Islamic co-education state school, Rosalind English talks to Rajkiran Barhey about measuring unlawful discrimination in cases where two groups of students are treated equally, but separately, by their school.’
Law Pod UK, 21st December 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘A defendant was entitled to withdraw admission of liability in the face of a personal injury claim which rocketed in size from less than £25,000 to over £300,000, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd January 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A judge has criticised prosecutors after they failed to hand over crucial evidence that could have exonerated a wealthy businessman standing trial for alleged sexual assault.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This week, Theodore Johnson pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-partner – the third woman he has killed. Is this a uniquely tragic triple crime, or a systemic failure to take domestic violence seriously?’
The Guardian, 3rd January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A dating website’s claim that it used a “scientifically proven matching system” to pair up those looking for love, has been banned.’
BBC News, 3rd January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Paralegals should be given rights of audience to enable them to do more legal aid work, an academic has argued.’
Legal Futures, 4th January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Rosalind English talks to Charlotte Gilmartin about the implications of a recent High Court ruling overturning Hackney council’s decision to allow permission to demolish part of a historic canal side building.’
Law Pod UK, 21st December 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘Police are “routinely ignoring” the needs of women detainees on their periods, the Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA) has said.’
BBC News, 4th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government’s power to block requests for information on national security grounds has been significantly curtailed by a tribunal ruling over targeted killings of British jihadists abroad.’
The Guardian, 4th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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‘If an individual has in years past paid him or herself for mental health aftercare services, which should have been paid for by public bodies, does that person have a valid restitution claim to be refunded the monies spent? The Court of Appeal in Richards v Worcestershire County Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1998 has upheld the decision of Newey J at first instance, that a claimant can bring a private law action against public authorities under Part 7 of the CPR, when it is alleged that:
· the public authority was responsible for providing mental health aftercare services to the claimant pursuant to section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983;
· aftercare services were received by the claimant; and
· those services were paid for by the claimant themselves.
Such a claim would be brought in restitution, on the basis that the payments made by the claimant served to relieve the public authority of liabilities which they ought to have been bearing under section 117.’
Community Care Blog, 18th December 2017
Source: communitycare11kbw.com
‘On 18 December 2017 the BBC reported ‘Water cremation’ plans on hold over environmental fears following an earlier refusal* by Severn Trent Water to grant a trade effluent permit to Sandwell Council who wished to operate an alkaline hydrolysis plant (“resomation”) for the disposal of human remains.’
Law & Religion UK, 21st December 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Nearly 20 years after the Construction Act 1996 was introduced to stamp out bad payment practices, you would be forgiven for thinking there must be a voluminous pile of case law in relation to the all-important final account. But you would be disappointed. While there is plenty of guidance from the TCC on interim payments, the courts have not had much to say about final accounts, particularly post 2011. This is why Systems Pipework Ltd v Rotary Building Services Ltd is so welcome. Coulson J draws together the authorities on interim and final account payments and concludes (in a characteristically clear and to the point judgment) that the same rules apply to both.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 20th December 2017
‘The government review of its legal aid reforms should reflect this summer’s Supreme Court ruling on access to justice as a constitutional right, the justice select committee said.’
Legal Futures, 21st December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The current framework of legal regulation is “inconsistent”, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) accepted today, but said it could not commit to the formal review sought by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and others.’
Legal Futures, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Given the nebulous nature of surrogacy law in the UK and the decision in Briody v St Helen’s and Knowsley Area Health Authority [2001] EWCA Civ 1010, [2001] 2 FLR 1094, with its confusing obiter dicta, it is somewhat surprising that the funding of surrogacy for an infertile young woman was included in the heads of damages in the decision in XX v Whittington Hospital Trust [2017] EWHC 2318 (QB).’
Family Law, 20th December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
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