Three men guilty of raping girls in Plymouth – BBC News
‘Three men have been found guilty of raping girls in Plymouth.’
BBC News, 20th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MoJ refused to repay living costs to wrongly convicted partly to save money – The Guardian
‘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
Bringing decolonisation to law teaching: fulfilling the promise of legal pedagogy – OUP Blog
‘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
Outside Appointments – London Review of Books
‘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
Hotel fire risks: Duties and the law – Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog
‘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 study in England and Wales ‘casts doubt’ on effectiveness – The Guardian
‘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
Man jailed for shouting at police dog and using racist slurs – BBC News
‘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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd v Short [2024] EWHC 2113 (Ch) (19 August 2024)
Matrix Receivables Ltd v Musst Holdings Ltd [2024] EWHC 2167 (Ch) (19 August 2024)
Wright & Ors v Chappell & Ors, Re BHS Group Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 2166 (Ch) (19 August 2024)
Finnan v Candey Ltd [2024] EWHC 2157 (Ch) (19 August 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Thiscompany Ltd & Ors v Welsh & Ors [2024] EWHC 2159 (Comm) (19 August 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
Family reunion and human rights: KF (Syria) overturned in new Upper Tribunal decision – EIN Blog
‘In the newly reported Upper Tribunal decision in Al Hassan & Ors. (Article 8; entry clearance; KF (Syria)) [2024] UKUT 00234 (IAC), my client, a Syrian national, arrived in the UK through a resettlement scheme. She applied to be reunited with her siblings, as well as her nieces and nephews. This was through the standard family reunion route, outside of the Immigration Rules. Our point, inter alia, was that KF and others (entry clearance, relatives of refugees) Syria [2019] UKUT 413 (IAC) was wrong in law to only look at the sponsor’s rights, as well as the argument that the risk of refoulement in a family reunion appeal surely has to be the biggest interference in family life.’
EIN Blog, 19th August 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
Jurisdiction of the FTT on referrals of rent increases. – Nearly Legal
‘A couple of cases, one Upper Tribunal, one Court of Appeal, both concerned with the Tribunal’s jurisdiction on proposed rent increases in assured and assured shorthold tenancies.’
Nearly Legal, 19th August 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Firm “did not know solicitor was disabled” when it withdrew job offer – Legal Futures
‘A legal business did not know a solicitor was disabled and had bipolar disorder when it decided to withdraw his job offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 20th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Law student wins partial victory in court challenge to expulsion – Legal Futures
‘A law student has won a partial victory in a judicial review challenging the recommendations of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), an independent body which reviews student complaints about universities.’
Legal Futures, 20th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Procurement Act guidance on frameworks is out – Buyers beware! – Local Government Lawyer
‘The latest batch of guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) released by the Cabinet Office includes the eagerly awaited guidance on frameworks. Dr Steven Brunning looks at the key considerations.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The interpretation of teaching regulation legislation – Local Government Lawyer
‘Leon Glenister reports on a successful defence to a judicial review challenging the established interpretation of teaching regulation legislation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Police custody death investigated by watchdog – BBC News
‘A man’s death after he was arrested and held in custody in Surrey is being investigated by the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 19th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
GP deemed unfit to practice after unlawful protests – BBC News
‘A tribunal has ruled that a retired GP, who caused criminal damage during climate protests, committed professional misconduct and is unfit to practice.’
BBC News, 19th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sixfold rise in foreign care workers in UK complaining of exploitation – The Guardian
‘The number of foreign social care workers reporting that they are trapped in exploitative contracts has risen sixfold in the last three years, in the latest evidence of widespread abuse of migrants in the British care system.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Lawyers seeking arms export ban submit claims of Israeli war crimes to UK court – The Guardian
‘Claims of Palestinians being tortured, left untreated in hospital and unable to escape constant bombardment have been submitted to the high court in London by lawyers seeking an order preventing the UK government continuing to grant arms export licences to British companies selling arms to Israel.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
