‘A claimant who only beat his part 36 offer because of the fall in the value of sterling since the Brexit vote has been denied the usual benefits of enhanced interest, indemnity costs and an additional payment that would have been the maximum £75,000 given the sums at stake.’
Litigation Futures, 29th July 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘An independent review into the effectiveness of the criminal justice provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 one year after coming into effect.’
Home Office, 31st July 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A 16-year-old has been sentenced to 14 years in custody for the murder of 22-year-old Tom Webb, who was stabbed to death in the centre of Derby in January 2016.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Fraudster Sean Benson, who went by the screen name “Sir King Cash”, has been ordered to pay back £554,000 by a judge at Southwark Crown Court. Benson now has three months in which to pay back the money or face a further five years in jail. All of the money will be paid back to the victims of the fraud.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The High Court has decided against making what would have been an unprecedented order in relation to e-disclosure in an action brought over the behaviour of a mining company in Peru.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A telematics-based motor insurer has claimed a first after data from a “black box” recorder was successfully used in a defence at a collision liability trial.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st August 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A “childish” man who cost the economy £28 million when he brought the M1 to a standstill for 28 hours has been jailed for two years after he caused hundreds of holidaymakers to miss their flights.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who murdered his six-year-old daughter was described as displaying a “pattern of impulsive violence” months before she died, it has been revealed.’
BBC News, 30th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has said a police force was wrong not to reinstate a former detective wrongly jailed for raping a woman in 2011. Trevor Gray’s wife Alison told BBC News how her family won a five-year, £150,000 battle to clear his name.’
BBC news, 30th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former children’s home resident who accused the late politician Lord Janner of Braunstone of being a paedophile made false claims of being sexually abused by the home’s manager, it has been alleged.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The police watchdog is now “more likely to believe black complainants than white police officers”, according to a former officer and equality campaigner.’
BBC News, 31st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A retired businessman has lost his battle with a local archaeological society after complaining about “plebeian” members of historical tour groups spoiling his elevenses.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police struggling to cope with a huge escalation in the number of child sexual exploitation cases fear it “may grow to threaten other aspects of effective policing”, the new chair of police commissioners has warned.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This second paper examines the impact of the decision to withdraw from the EU on the UK’s current extradition arrangements, in particular the European Arrest Warrant (“EAW”) system. The focus of the paper is on the legal consequences that will follow from a decision to trigger the process of withdrawal under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, and possible alternatives to the current system of extradition that could be adopted in any post-EU legal system.’
6 KBW, 13th July 2016
Source: www.6kbw.com
‘Leading barrister Rob Rinder takes us into the private chambers of judges to discuss their work as part of the legal profession. In this programme he talks to Lord Judge, circuit judges and the judiciary appointments committee about life as a judge.’
BBC Radio 5 Live, 24th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man living in Yorkshire has been told he must give the police 24 hours before he plans to have sex – despite having no conviction, after being cleared during a rape trial last year.’
BBC Law in Action, 23rd July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former judo champion who represented Great Britain has been jailed for attempting to smuggle Albanian migrants into the UK.’
The Independent, 29th July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A rapper who groomed schoolgirls on social media then filmed himself having sex with them has been jailed.’
BBC News, 29th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bhardwa v FDA & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 800 (28 July 2016)
Hampshire v The Board of the Pension Protection Fund [2016] EWCA Civ 786 (28 July 2016)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Palmer, R v [2016] EWCA Crim 1049 (28 July 2016)
Oliver v R [2016] EWCA Crim 1053 (28 July 2016)
Denham & Anor v R [2016] EWCA Crim 1048 (28 July 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Solicitors Regulation Authority v Manak & Anor [2016] EWHC 1914 (Admin) (28 July 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Haque v Raja & Anor [2016] EWHC 1950 (Ch) (28 July 2016)
Richards v Worcestershire County Council & Anor [2016] EWHC 1954 (Ch) (28 July 2016)
Royal National Lifeboat Institution & Ors v Headley & Anor [2016] EWHC 1948 (Ch) (28 July 2016)
High Court (Commercial Court)
National Bank Trust v Yurov & Ors [2016] EWHC 1991 (Comm) (29 July 2016)
National Bank Trust v Yurov & Ors [2016] EWHC 1913 (Comm) (28 July 2016)
IMS SA & Ors v Capital Oil And Gas Industries Ltd [2016] EWHC 1956 (Comm) (28 July 2016)
Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd v Sumitomo Corporation [2016] EWHC 1909 (Comm) (27 July 2016)
High Court (Family Division)
MG v FG [2016] EWHC 1964 (Fam) (28 July 2016)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Daley v Bakiyev [2016] EWHC 1972 (QB) (29 July 2016)
Bukovsky v Crown Prosecution Service [2016] EWHC 1926 (QB) (28 July 2016)
Foster v McNicol & Anor [2016] EWHC 1966 (QB) (28 July 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
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