‘As LawCare highlights cases of burnout involving lawyers being available 24/7 and checking emails outside work, some firms have hired external resource managers to save staff from themselves.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th July 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A killer who stabbed a woman 60 times during sex will give evidence at his parole hearing in private, even though an application had been granted for it to be held in public.’
BBC News, 16th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four men have been jailed for more than 20 years for making and selling ecstasy tablets from a seafront holiday let.’
BBC News, 16th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former police officer who had an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable woman committed gross misconduct, a police panel has ruled.’
BBC News, 16th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman accused of lying about her experience and qualifications to get a job as a senior nurse in a unit for sick and premature babies has been found guilty of fraud.’
BBC News, 16th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A damning report has hit out at “glacial” progress in police chiefs’ flagship plan to stamp out racism in Britain’s forces.’
The Independent, 16th July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Scores of asylum-seeking children are still missing from the UK’s Home Office hotels as a new report reveals that many are likely to have been trafficked.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
DELTA Merseyside Ltd & Anor v Uber Britannia Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 802 (15 July 2024)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Antuzis & Ors v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1795 (Ch) (15 July 2024)
Tesla, Inc & Anor v Idac Holdings, Inc & Ors [2024] EWHC 1815 (Ch) (15 July 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Lee & Anor v National Westminster Bank Plc [2024] EWHC 1811 (Comm) (15 July 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2024] EWHC 1806 (KB) (15 July 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Lessees of Brewster House and Malting House (2024) UKUT 193 (LC) (11 July 2024). This was an appeal to the Upper Tribunal on whether a service charge for major works to remedy structural defects to two blocks of flats was payable. It may well have broader significance for charges for building safety works, depending on lease terms.’
Nearly Legal, 15th July 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A recent Court of Appeal ruling is a reminder of the applicable limitation periods for those procurements commenced under the current regime, write John Houlden, Laura Tudor and Abigail Cropper.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Joshua Swirsky discusses a case where Upper Tribunal Judge Smith once again had to consider the balance of convenience in an age assessment case when interim relief is sought.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal over whether a private hire operator outside London is required by legislation to enter into a contract as principal with a person who makes a booking for their vehicle. Gerald Gouriet KC and Michael Feeney examine the ruling and its wider impact.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A West Yorkshire firm has been fined by the regulator for charging personal injury clients higher fees than allowed under the rules on damages-based agreements.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th July 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has refused to adjourn the three-day trial in a claim where Leigh Day is accused of making unauthorised disbursements from a settlement fund in a £55 million case. The Nigerian claimants argued they had not been given formal notice of the trial date.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th July 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A gang of cowboy builders who preyed on more than 20 homeowners across England and Wales, defrauding them out of a collective £1.2m, have been jailed.’
BBC News, 15th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Many children with disabilities or additional learning needs are being denied the right to an education, a report has found.’
BBC News, 16th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The security service can continue to neither confirm nor deny whether a man who attacked his girlfriend with a machete was an MI5 agent, judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 16th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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