Woman fined over take-for-free cabinet left outside her home – BBC News
‘A woman has been handed a £500 fine for fly-tipping after leaving a cabinet for free collection outside her home.’
BBC News, 17th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disabled woman told to repay £5,000 of benefits – BBC News
‘A woman has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds to the Department for Work and Pensions after being incorrectly paid benefits she was told she was entitled to.’
BBC News, 17th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
2 Hare Court Professional Discipline Newsletter – 2 Hare Court
‘Welcome to the latest edition of the Professional Discipline Newsletter.’
2 Hare Court, 10th September 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Revenue and Customs v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd [2024] UKSC 29 (16 September 2024)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Y, V & B (Fact-Finding: Perpetrator) [2024] EWCA Civ 1034 (13 September 2024)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Smith & Ors v Rex [2024] EWCA Crim 1040 (13 September 2024)
Shortt, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 1041 (13 September 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Folds Farm Trustees Ltd & Anor v Cutts & Ors (Re Costs) [2024] EWHC 2143 (Ch) (13 September 2024)
High Court (Patents Court)
Alcatel Lucent SAS v Amazon Digital UK Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 2339 (Pat) (13 September 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Deakin-Stephenson v Behar & Anor [2024] EWHC 2338 (KB) (13 September 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
Fewer remedies despite more notifications under UK’s national security and investment regime – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK’s foreign investment screening regime saw an increase in the number of notifications in 2023-24, but fewer cases were subject to remedies or prohibitions compared to the previous year, as the regime “is settling in”, a legal expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
DMCC Act overhauls UK consumer law enforcement and expands consumer rights – OUT-LAW.com
‘Consumer protection laws, and particularly the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) enforcement powers, have been substantially strengthened by landmark new UK legislation which elevates directly enforceable consumer protection rules to the same status as competition law.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Thomas Horsley: Relations Reset or Regression? Devolution and the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘On 4 September 2024, the UK Government published the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill (the PRMB). Introduced in the Lords, the PRMB is certainly not the most headline-grabbing Bill announced in the King’s Speech. Its substance – product standards and weights and measures – is important, but unlikely to excite the masses. However, as the new UK Government’s first intervention to regulate the UK internal market, the Bill is remarkable for at least two reasons.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 17th September 2024
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Recent orders for possession in University protest camp claims – implications for academic institutions – Local Government Lawyer
‘Joe Walker and Fred Groves provide an update on unauthorised pro-Palestinian protest encampments on university premises where many have refused to comply with demands to vacate.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Parents fail in High Court challenge to permanent exclusion of child from school – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has rejected a legal challenge brought by parents over a decision of the Governors Disciplinary Committee (GDC) of a school to uphold the decision of the headteacher to permanently exclude their child.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Magistrates could give longer sentences under new proposals – BBC News
‘Magistrates in England and Wales could be given powers to hand down longer custodial sentences under proposals to help reduce the backlog in crown courts and prisons.’
BBC News, 16th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Four key takeaways from Huw Edwards’ sentencing – BBC News
‘Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been given a suspended prison term after he admitted making indecent images of children. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard he received more than 40 images over several months from convicted sex offender Alex Williams. Here are four things we learned from the sentencing hearing.’
BBC News, 16th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Huw Edwards spared jail as disgraced BBC presenter sentenced for indecent images of children – The Independent
‘Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been handed a suspended sentence after accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.’
The Independent, 16th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Doctor who feared having to leave UK after visa blow wins Home Office U-turn – The Guardian
‘Doctor who feared having to leave UK after visa blow wins Home Office U-turn.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
A very unfit home – Circuit Judge decision on unfitness and damages. – Nearly Legal
‘Godagam & Edirisinghe v Hanson. Mayors & City of London County Court. 3 May 2024. A county court Circuit Judge judgment on a possession claim with disrepair and unfitness for human habitation counterclaim. Very interesting both as a relatively rare CJ decision on disrepair/fitness, and for the CJ’s viw on the appropriate approach to quantum for unfitness.’
Nearly Legal, 15th September 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
English institutions and law popular for global dispute resolution – OUT-LAW.com
‘New research shows the important role that English law, courts and arbitration bodies play in dispute resolution in a competitive global market, experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
IR35: taxation of off-payroll workers explained – OUT-LAW.com
‘The off-payroll working rules, known as IR35, apply where a business engages an individual to provide services off-payroll and through an intermediary – commonly a company referred to as a ‘personal services company’ (PSC). IR35 targets the use of PSCs to avoid employment taxes.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Solicitor fined for statements made on “antisemitic” Iranian TV show – Legal Futures
‘A solicitor who appeared on an antisemitic television programme on the Iranian state-owned TV channel has been fined for comments he made about London law firm Mishcon de Reya.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Long read: Judges tire of gameplaying tactics in costs disputes – Law Society’s Gazette
‘In two rulings, claimants’ overstated costs budgets and the inability to settle issues without a hearing have attracted judicial ire. Experts are warning that parties are not immune from sanctions.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th September 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
