‘The “strong public interest” in pursuing claims for fraud, bribery and corruption may justify allowing the use of documents obtained in one set of legal proceedings in a different set of proceedings, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Oil and gas distributing company Glencore Energy’s application for judicial review of the issue of a diverted profits tax (DPT) charging notice by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been rejected for a second time.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘As the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) increasingly focuses on large-scale frauds, the overall number of fraud prosecutions in the UK is falling, new figures show.’
The Independent, 5th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Use of non-custodial sentences in England and Wales has fallen sharply but risen significantly in Scotland, according to a report highlighting their effectiveness in preventing re-offending. The comparative study by the Centre for Justice Innovation reveals that over the past decade there has been a 24% decrease in the number of community sentences imposed in England and Wales compared with an 18% increase in Scotland.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police investigations into children sharing sexual images of themselves and others have more than doubled in two years, figures have shown.’
BBC News, 6th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Adam Architecture Ltd v Halsbury Homes Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1735, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that section 111 of the Construction Act 1996 (and the requirement to serve pay less notices) applies to payments due following completion or termination of a contract, as well as interim payments.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 2nd November 2017
‘A Bedford-based private healthcare provider has been fined after it failed to act on concerns raised about the running of its internal occupational health service.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cheema v Jones & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1706 (02 November 2017)
Adam Architecture Ltd v Halsbury Homes Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1735 (02 November 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Zarmaev v The Government of the Russian Federation [2017] EWHC 2705 (Admin) (02 November 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Christodoulides v Marcou [2017] EWHC 2691 (Ch) (01 November 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
ES v OS [2017] EWHC 2735 (Fam) (31 October 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘An appeal by the London Borough of Southwark in a possession case has been dismissed as being based on a disagreement about the facts found by the original judge.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st November 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Manchester City Council has lost an appeal over whether a person who has been compulsorily detained in a hospital for mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983 and has then been released from detention but still requires “after-care services” is entitled to require his local authority to provide such services at any time before he has exhausted the sums received in damages from his personal injury claim.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd November 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The country’s first Courts & Tribunals Service Centres will be launched in Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent.’
Ministry of Justice, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Rt Hon David Lidington MP, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, has today delivered an Oral Statement to the House of Commons.’
Ministry of Justice, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A “wholesale cultural change” in the approach to disclosure in the Business and Property Courts is needed, a judiciary-led working group has said, which will be brought about by a completely new rule and guidelines applying to the majority of cases.’
Litigation Futures, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court has upheld the right of a defendant in a personal injury claim to resile from a settlement agreement made three days before the discount rate was cut earlier this year.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Legal jobs are already being lost to technology, with the figure climbing to tens of thousands over the next two decades as automation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) take hold, according to the Law Society.’
Legal Futures, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Family analysis: Farooq Ahmed, barrister at Westgate Chambers, considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in Re B (A Child) and how practitioners should consider whether to introduce covert recordings in family proceedings.’
Family Law, 1st November 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘For those thinking of applying to the High Court we asked serving High Court judges and a former High Court judge why they applied, what their preconceptions were and what their experience has been.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The High Court has served notice to solicitors to submit complete invoices after it backed a ruling that a statute bill served by a law firm should contain details of disbursements.’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The dilapidated state of some courts, a shortage of support staff and heavy administrative burdens are depressing the judiciary’s morale, a parliamentary report has warned.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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