‘Most victims of miscarriages of justice will still be denied compensation in Britain after the European court of human rights ruled the government’s test for payouts was lawful.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In the first of a series of articles on the Infected Blood Inquiry, we set out key elements relating to patient safety more widely.’
Mills & Reeve, 10th June 2024
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘The paedophile former pop star Gary Glitter has been ordered by a high court judge to pay more than £500,000 in damages to one of the women he abused.’
BBC News, 11th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Five teenagers – including 16-year-old twins – have been jailed for killing a man in a planned attack.’
BBC News, 11th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s Forgotten Prisoners is a devastating documentary about the ‘public protection’ sentences that can amount to whole-of-life terms for relatively minor offences. Film-maker Martin Read explains his seven-year quest for justice.’
The Guardian,12th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Eternity Sky Investments Ltd v Zhang [2024] EWCA Civ 630 (10 June 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hodes & Ors v Frankel & Ors [2024] EWHC 1311 (Ch) (10 June 2024)
Invenia Technical Computing Corporation & Anor v Hudson [2024] EWHC 1302 (Ch) (07 June 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Wang v Darby [2024] EWHC 1394 (Comm) (10 June 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A group of parents have issued a judicial review challenge to the proposed closure of two children’s centres in Hackney, arguing that the council’s consultation process was “unfair and unlawful”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th June 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Three-quarters of lawyers agree that using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) helps them “get to a first draft quicker”, according to a report on trials run by a leading City law firm.’
Legal Futures, 11th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Vulnerable children with complex needs are being locked away in unregulated placements and are being “gravely damaged by the state” while their parents are driven to despair, according to England and Wales’s former top family judge. Sir James Munby terms the lack of provision of safe and therapeutic homes “a shocking moral failure”.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A council is trying to extend a controversial injunction against “persons unknown” to stop any future protests outside an oil terminal operated by Shell UK.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A rally driving official who committed “sickening” non-recent sex offences against a teenage girl in Lincolnshire has been jailed.’
BBC News, 10th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A corrupt Border Force officer who allowed a car carrying drugs through a ferry terminal has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 11th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Jamaican man in his 60s who arrived in the UK at the age of 23 has been granted leave to remain after four decades of struggling to secure his immigration status. But he will not be able to apply for British citizenship for another decade.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The California genetic testing company 23andMe faces investigations by the data watchdogs of the UK and Canada over a security breach affecting nearly 7 million people last October.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two 12-year-old boys who used a machete to mercilessly stab an “utterly defenceless” teenager have been found guilty of murder. On Monday, jurors unanimously convicted the youths, who are believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of murder in Britain since Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both aged 11, were found guilty in 1993 of killing two-year-old James Bulger.
The Independent, 10th June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bin Obaid & Ors v Al-Hezaimi [2024] EWCA Civ 612 (07 June 2024)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ambrose, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 632 (05 June 2024)
Richards, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 631 (24 May 2024)
Integrity, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 620 (23 May 2024)
Hunt, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 629 (23 May 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Berko v United States of America [2024] EWHC 1392 (Admin) (07 June 2024)
Logie, R (On the Application Of) v Crown Court at Birmingham [2024] EWHC 1397 (Admin) (07 June 2024)
Vasile v Brad City Court, Romania [2024] EWHC 1262 (Admin) (07 June 2024)
Director of Public Prosecutions v Barton [2024] EWHC 1350 (Admin) (07 June 2024)
GH, R (on the application of) v The Mayor of London [2024] EWHC 1305 (Admin) (05 June 2024)
Ratajewski v Polish Judicial Authority [2024] EWHC 1359 (Admin) (05 June 2024)
Huzniak v Polish Judicial Authority [2024] EWHC 1355 (Admin) (05 June 2024)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Seneschall v Trisant Foods Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1380 (Ch) (07 June 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Tomic & Anor v Residences By Damoor Ltd & Anor [2024] EWHC 1348 (Comm) (05 June 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
IPE Marble Arch Ltd v Moran [2024] EWHC 1375 (KB) (07 June 2024)
Cavanaugh v Folsana Pressed Sections Ltd [2024] EWHC 1381 (KB) (07 June 2024)
Price v Marston’s PLC [2024] EWHC 1352 (KB) (07 June 2024)
Harrison v Cameron & Anor [2024] EWHC 1377 (KB) (07 June 2024)
JWS v JZX [2024] EWHC 1345 (KB) (06 June 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘R (New Hope Care Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 1270 (Admin) (24 May 2024). In these judicial review proceedings, David Pievsky KC held that the SSHD’s decision to revoke New Hope Care Ltd’s sponsor licence without first providing it a meaningful opportunity to respond was unlawful. It was inconsistent with published policy, contrary to legitimate expectation, and procedurally unfair at common law. New Hope Care is a large business which provides care services to individuals in need.’
EIN Blog, 10th June 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Querino v Cambridge City Council (Rev1) (2024) EWCA Civ 314. This was a second appeal to the court of appeal from a s.204 appeal of a decision on suitability of accommodation offered to Mr Querino in discharge of homeless duty.’
Nearly Legal, 9th June 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘C v Oldham Council: Hynek v LB Islington. Central London County Court 24 May 2024. These are two s.204 appeals which address the effect of the Withdrawal Agreement (The Agreement of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union,) on eligibility for housing assistance/homeless duties.’
Nearly Legal, 9th June 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
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