‘The cornerstones of wildlife and habitat protection have been quietly left out of the withdrawal bill ripping the heart out of environmental law, campaigners say.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal (CoA) has issued a landmark judgment which clarifies the rights and obligations for issuers of bearer notes and investors in them.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Courts in the UK did not breach their obligation to protect a budding politician’s right to respect for his reputation when it dismissed his claim for allegedly defamatory comments published about him online, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Jacobs UK Ltd v Skanska Construction UK Ltd was a dispute all about the adequacy of Jacobs’ design services, which related to street lighting in Lewisham and Croydon. It highlights some interesting issues related to whether a party is entitled to withdraw from an adjudication and then start again.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog , 17th October 2017
‘I recently represented the Claimant/Appellant before HHJ Gosnell in Leeds in relation to an appeal against the refusal of an application for relief from sanctions at first instance. The appeal was successful, with relief being granted and the Claimant being permitted to rely on his costs budget, despite it having been served over two months late, rather than being treated as having filed a budget comprising only the applicable court fees.’
Zenith PI, 16th October 2017
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lungowe & Ors v Vedanta Resources Plc & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1528 (13 October 2017)
Bukovsky v Crown Prosecution Service [2017] EWCA 1529 Civ (13 October 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Tapster v Nursing And Midwifery Council [2017] EWHC 2544 (Admin) (13 October 2017)
General Medical Council v Stone [2017] EWHC 2534 (Admin) (13 October 2017)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Zayo Group International Ltd v Ainger & Ors [2017] EWHC 2542 (Comm) (13 October 2017)
The Kyrgyz Republic v Stans Energy Corporation & Anor [2017] EWHC 2539 (Comm) (13 October 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Royal Mail Group Ltd v Communication Workers Union [2017] EWHC 2548 (QB) (13 October 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Ministers confirm plans to introduce tougher sentences for those who drive irresponsibly and devastate lives.’
Ministry of Justice, 15th October 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The government has accepted Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendation that the Civil Justice Council (CJC) be tasked with negotiating a new bespoke process and fixed costs regime for low-value clinical negligence claims, it emerged yesterday.’
Litigation Futures, 17th October 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Dobson and Smith had their sentences significantly increased by the Court of Appeal.’
Attorney General's Office, 13th October 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Hundreds of people who received allegedly faulty hip replacements are suing the manufacturer at the High Court. The hearing is thought to be one of the largest product liability group actions ever heard in the UK.’
BBC News, 16th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The scandal over the biggest ever loss of NHS medical correspondence has deepened with the revelation that a further 162,000 documents went missing, in addition to the 702,000 pieces of paperwork already known to have gone astray.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The failure by some to cooperate with the independent review into the game’s child sexual abuse scandal was laid bare again on Monday night after it emerged six County Football Associations had not responded to requests for information five months after being asked to do so.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Government does not have parliamentary support for revised boundary changes, which would boost Tory election win chances, say Labour and Lib Dems.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An opera singer is locked in a High Court battle with her film writer former boyfriend over who wrote the script to a Hollywood blockbuster.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Children, campaigners and some judges are calling for a change in the law so that children at the heart of family cases in England and Wales can talk in private to the judge if they so choose.’
BBC News, 17th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A family is in dispute over the ongoing care of a woman with brain damage who had suggested she would want to die in such circumstances, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘New peers could be restricted to sitting in the House of Lords for 15 years, rather than being given life peerages, under plans to slash the numbers in the house.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The number of hate crimes prosecuted last year dropped despite a spike in reported attacks in the wake of the EU referendum, new figures show.’
The Independent, 17th October 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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