‘The presence of a generally worded arbitration agreement or exclusive jurisdiction clause applicable to the debt relied upon by a creditor bringing a winding-up petition should not lead to the stay or dismissal of the petition unless the debt is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds.’
Pump Court Chambers, 2nd July 2024
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
‘The Court of Appeal in Winter & Anor v Winter & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 699 recently considered an appeal focused on the finding of the judge at first instance that there was detriment for the purposes of a proprietary estoppel claim. The case provides a useful recap of the relevant principles to be applied when detriment falls to be considered.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 25th July 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘The UN special rapporteur on torture has urged Sir Keir Starmer to review the cases of thousands of people trapped in prison indefinitely under Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.’
The Independent, 21st August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who shouted abuse at police guarding a hotel housing asylum seekers and celebrated as missiles were thrown at officers has been jailed for three years and four months, as more people were sentenced for their part in the riots on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 20th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Wandsworth prison is crumbling, overcrowded and vermin-infested, with inmates living in half the cell space available when it was first opened in 1851, according to a report published on Thursday.’
The Guardian, 22nd August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An advert for the takeaway delivery service Just Eat that featured a McDonald’s burger has been banned for not taking sufficient care to ensure that it was not aimed at children under 16.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A coroner has revealed a prisoner serving an abolished indefinite sentence took his own life after learning the government had rejected proposals to resentence IPP prisoners.’
The Independent, 21st August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In Re St Mary the Virgin Morpeth [2024] ECC New 2, the petitioners – the Revd Simon White, Rector of Morpeth, Dr Andrew Mowat, a churchwarden, and Camilla Stephenson, the Supervising Location Manager for DNA Films – sought a faculty to permit the filming within the church during June and July 2024 of a sequel to two “horror” films: 28 Days and 28 Weeks After. The sequel was to portray “a post-apocalyptic world in which people are largely infected by a ‘rage’ virus which leads them to violence”. Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle was to direct the film, which would star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Jack O’Connell and Ralph Fiennes.’
Law & Religion UK, 22nd August 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A former soldier who served in Kosovo, Bosnia and Northern Ireland has been jailed for two and a half years after admitting confronting police as they tried to protect a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Half of staff on rape investigation teams are not fully qualified and are still training, police inspectors have warned.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘There are multiple factors behind the failure of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives to “shift the systemic inequalities that are entrenched” across the legal profession, a report for the Legal Services Board (LSB) has found.’
Legal Futures, 22nd August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Three men have been found guilty of raping girls in Plymouth.’
BBC News, 20th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A controversial decision to refuse refunds to wrongly convicted prisoners who were charged for bed and board while in jail was made in part to save money, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Decolonisation can be described as a collection of repudiatory and resistant responses to the multifaceted inauguration of colonial ways of thinking, being, and doing in the world—this inauguration is often dated to the fifteenth century.’
OUP Blog, 16th August 2024
Source: blog.oup.com
‘Keir Starmer has made several eye-catching appointments to his new government from outside Parliament, continuing the practice of his predecessor, Rishi Sunak, who appointed David Cameron as foreign secretary last November, making him a peer in order to do so. Many find the practice of making outside appointments constitutionally suspect. However, the constitutional issue that requires rectification isn’t so much the way in which prime ministers appoint ministers but the way in which prime ministers themselves are appointed.’
London Review of Books, 15th August 2024
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
‘According to Home Office data, in 2023-2024 in England alone, 587 hotels, boarding houses or hostels had primary fires, of these 458 were accidental, two involved accidental fatalities and there were 92 non fatal casualties.’
Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog, 19th August 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Stop and search is one of the less effective tactics to tackle rising violence such as knife crime, according to the results of a study.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father of three who shouted at a police dog and used racist slurs has been jailed for 20 months for violent disorder.’
BBC News, 20th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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