‘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
‘A music teacher convicted of indecently assaulting his students has been banned from teaching children following a long legal battle.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An 80-year-old woman has been jailed for 12 months after her son’s dog attacked a five-year-old girl, leaving her with facial injuries.’
BBC News, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who murdered his girlfriend’s two-year-old son after flying into “a rage” has been jailed for a minimum of 17 years.’
The Independent, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The judiciary needs a pay rise, a senior judge paid more than £200,000 a year has said. Lord Justice Gross, who sits in the Court of Appeal, made the comments in a speech to the Institute of Maritime Law on Wednesday. He said: “No one goes into the Judiciary to make money. But there comes a point when pay is so far out of line with the private sector market that it endangers recruitment – of the very best – and retention. There is a danger in relying unduly on goodwill.”‘
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The families of three men who suffered fatal heat illness during an SAS training march in the Brecon Beacons have expressed dismay that two relatively junior special services soldiers face charges of neglect rather than more senior figures or Ministry of Defence officials.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Not enough is being done to find almost 56,000 absconded foreign nationals due to be deported, a report has said. The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration said efforts to monitor a further 80,000 foreign offenders and illegal immigrants was being “seriously compromised” by Home Office failings.’
BBC News, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Tinsley v Manchester City Council & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1704 (01 November 2017)
Actavis Group PTC EHF & Anor v Teva UK Ltd & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1671 (01 November 2017)
Bedford County Council v GE (Eritrea) [2017] EWCA Civ 1521 (01 November 2017)
Kamki v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1715 (31 October 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Lewis & Anor, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 1734 (01 November 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Shah v Shah & Anor [2017] EWHC 2693 (Ch) (01 November 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Interserve Construction Ltd v Hitachi Zosen Inova AG [2017] EWHC 2633 (TCC) (31 October 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Amendment and constitution of tribunals) Rules 2017
The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017
The Judicial Appointments and Discipline (Amendment and Addition of Offices) Order 2017
The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Felix Ngole, a second-year Master’s student on a social work course at Sheffield University, had been excluded from the course by the Faculty of Social Sciences Fitness to Practise [“FTP”] Committee after comments he posted on Facebook about his personal opposition to same-sex marriage. Before the Administrative Court, he argued that fitness to practise was a matter for the professional social work bodies rather than for the University. In R (Ngole) v University of Sheffield [2017] EWHC 2669 (Admin), however, Rowena Collins Rice, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, rejected his claim.’
Law & Religion UK, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
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