‘A farmer who built a mock Tudor castle without planning consent and hid it behind hay bales says he has no regrets after following orders to demolish it.’
BBC News, 30th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A record number of suspected female terrorists have been arrested in the UK in the past year, government figures have shown. The official figures, released by the Home Office, show 36 female terror suspects were arrested in the 12-month period prior to March. This amounts to 14 per cent of all arrests on terrorism charges during the time frame.’
The Independent, 30th June 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Incidents of racism in the wake of the EU referendum result have increased dramatically, according to the latest figures.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who became obsessed with RAF jets flying training missions over his remote island home has been found guilty of endangering aircraft by shining a powerful torch at the planes.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Home Affairs select committee has suggested it is the best way to promote sex workers’ safety.’
The Independent, 1st July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who wants to use her dead daughter’s frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild has won a Court of Appeal battle.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A council has been told it can apply to challenge a High Court decision which ruled in favour of a father who took his daughter on holiday in term time.’
BBC News, 30th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thousands of divorce settlements could be left open to appeal because the Government’s new stamp duty surcharge is leaving estranged partners unable to buy their own home following a split.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Cooper) v Ashford Borough Council: [2016] EWHC 1525 (Admin)
‘The claimant sought judicial review of the grant of planning permission by the local planning authority for four gipsy pitches and associated development at a site, on the ground, inter alia, that the local authority had erred in failing to have regard to a material consideration, namely that the grant of permission would set a precedent for the development of further gipsy and traveller sites causing cumulative harm to the semi-natural ancient woodland in the area.’
WLR Daily, 24th June 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
Marme Inversiones 2007 SL v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc & Ors [2016] EWHC 1570 (Comm) (29 June 2016)
High Court (Family Division)
M, Re [2016] EWHC 1572 (Fam) (30 June 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Guidance and specimen policy documents to help quoted companies comply with new market abuse rules when dealing in shares have been published by the UK’s main trade bodies for governance professionals and general counsel.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Companies should receive substantial discounts on fines if they enter into deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) after uncovering and self-reporting corruption offences, according to one of the UK’s most senior judges.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In “Pulling the Article 50 ‘Trigger’: Parliament’s Indispensable Role” Nick Barber, Jeff King and Tom Hickman argued that it is Parliament, and not the government, who get to decide whether to trigger an notification under Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union. I agree with them.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 30th June 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Norris J has recently had to deal with an interesting case where he faced an application that he should recuse himself from a case. It also highlighted the negative impact a litigant in person can have on a case and administration of the Courts.’
Zenith PI, 29th June 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘This is the Law Commission’s final report on the form and accessibility of the law applicable in Wales.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 30th June 2016
Source: official-documents.gov.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the sentence imposed on a defendant for breaching the terms of an anti-social behaviour injunction, was manifestly excessive.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The 10% uplift claimants receive for beating their part 36 offer includes contractual interest on the sum won at trial, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 27th June 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The extent to which the costs management regime is working very much depends on which judge you are before, according to a survey of members of the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL).’
Litigation Futures, 28th June 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Four men have been sentenced to a total of 29 years imprisonment for their role in an elaborate tax fraud involving the funding of UK film productions. The defendants dishonestly claimed losses had been made so that income tax could be falsely claimed back from HM Revenue and Customs.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th June 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
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