‘It was only a matter of weeks ago that I encouraged readers to look to 2017 for any future changes to the credit hire landscape. Nevertheless, it appears I was too hasty. The case of William Powell v Babu Palani was heard on 5th September 2016 at Birmingham County Court before His Honour Judge McKenna.’
Zenith PI, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016] EWHC 2864 (QB).The right of a claimant to name the people who abused her prevailed over the rights of the perpetrators and others to private and family life.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Today the Sentencing Council is launching guidance for sentencing cases of “drug driving”. The guidance is to assist those sentencing offences of driving, attempting to drive or being in charge of a motor vehicle with a concentration of a specified controlled drug in the body above the specified limit (Section 5A Road Traffic Act 1988).’
Sentencing Council, 17th November 2016
‘A deputy High Court judge has made a security for costs order whose value is contingent on the outcome of a forthcoming costs management hearing.’
Litigation Futures, 24th November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Claimant personal injury lawyers have been left questioning why the government was prepared to announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement that it is to ban cold-calling in relation to pensions, but not to stop it in personal injury – and whether Chancellor Philip Hammond let slip that the whiplash reforms are already a done deal.’
Legal Futures, 24th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It is a great pleasure to have been invited to give this year’s Law and Society Lecture. Earlier this year, in another lecture, I addressed the topic of “Judicial Leadership”. My subject on this occasion is the judicial role today, exploring some of its boundaries’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 24th November 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Gladman Developments Ltd v Daventry District Council & Anor [2016] EWCA Civ 1146 (23 November 2016)
Iceland Foods Ltd v Berry (Valuation Officer) [2016] EWCA Civ 1150 (23 November 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Rahim v Arch Insurance Co (Europe) Ltd [2016] EWHC 2967 (Comm) (22 November 2016)
Star Polaris LLC v HHIC-Phil Inc [2016] EWHC 2941 (Comm) (17 November 2016)
St Vincent European General Partner Ltd v Robinson & Ors [2016] EWHC 2920 (Comm) (17 November 2016)
High Court (Family Division)
Z (A Child) (Egyptian fostering UK adoption) [2016] EWHC 2963 (Fam) (23 November 2016)
Akester v Fitzgerald [2016] EWHC 2961 (Fam) (21 November 2016)
An NHS Foundation Trust v T [2016] EWHC 2980 (Fam) (18 November 2016)
AD & AM (Fact-Finding: Re-Hearing) [2016] EWHC 2912 (Fam) (16 November 2016)
JS (Disposal of Body), Re [2016] EWHC 2859 (Fam) (10 November 2016)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Barclays Bank Plc v TBS & V Ltd [2016] EWHC 2948 (QB) (18 November 2016)
Srivatsa v Secretary of State for Health & Anor [2016] EWHC 2916 (QB) (18 November 2016)
Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016] EWHC 2864 (QB) (15 November 2016)
Rudall v The Crown Prosecution Service & Anor [2016] EWHC 2884 (QB) (14 November 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Amey LG Ltd v Cumbria County Council [2016] EWHC 2946 (TCC) (18 November 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The government can keep secret “super-sensitive” documents from Britain’s spy agencies that might shed light on the mystery death of a fugitive Russian, the high court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Thomas Mair has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager has been jailed for at least 16 years after being found guilty of murdering a high-ranking civil servant after they met via the gay social networking app Grindr.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of punching a five-day-old baby girl in the face.’
The Independent, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A serial killer has been found guilty of murdering four young men by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug.
Stephen Port, 41, lured his victims to his London flat and secretly gave them GHB, the Old Bailey heard. Scotland Yard believes there could be more victims and is reviewing 58 deaths in London spanning four years involving the drug.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2016
source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police watchdog is carrying out 187 investigations into possible failings by police in their handling of historical child sex abuse cases, it has been reported.’
The Independent, 24th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A local authority in Wales has been ordered to pay more than £90,000 in fines and damages after a four-year-old boy nearly drowned during a swimming lesson.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This report sets out the government’s position on the implementation of human rights judgments from the European Court of Human Rights and our domestic courts.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 18th November 2016
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
‘Millions of motorists could see their car insurance cut by about £40 a year thanks to plans to crackdown on the epidemic of whiplash claims.’
Ministry of Justice, 17th November 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Defendants who failed to engage in discussions about expert evidence, leading to the claimants having to go back to court, have been ordered to pay the costs of the hearing.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s speech on police reform.’
Home Office, 16th November 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A convicted mortgage fraudster has been stripped of more than £4 million in criminal assets after prosecutors forced him to sell off his property empire or face further time in prison.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th November 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
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