Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Winter & Anor v Winter & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 699 (21 June 2024)
Gutmann v Apple Inc & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 702 (21 June 2024)
Burton v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWCA Civ 681 (21 June 2024)
T, Re (Children: Publication of Judgment) [2024] EWCA Civ 697 (21 June 2024)
Smith v Kirkegaard [2024] EWCA Civ 698 (21 June 2024)
The Father v Worcestershire County Council [2024] EWCA Civ 694 (20 June 2024)
O, Re (Care Proceedings) [2024] EWCA Civ 696 (20 June 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Unicorn Studio Inc v Veronese (Re Costs) [2024] EWHC 1098 (Ch) (21 June 2024)
Carter v Davies & Ors [2024] EWHC 1536 (Ch) (20 June 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
MOK Petro Energy FZC v Argo (No. 604) Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1555 (Comm) (19 June 2024)
High Court (Family Division)
Gudmundsson v Lin [2024] EWHC 1576 (Fam) (21 June 2024)
AZ v BX (Child Arrangements Order: Appeal) [2024] EWHC 1528 (Fam) (21 June 2024)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Environment Agency v High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd [2024] EWHC 1560 (TCC) (21 June 2024)
Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Ltd [2024] EWHC 1552 (TCC) (21 June 2024)
A & V Building Solution Ltd v J & B Hopkins Ltd [2024] EWHC 1510 (TCC) (18 June 2024)
Pevensey Coastal Defence Ltd v Environment Agency [2024] EWHC 1435 (TCC) (12 June 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘AK, R (On the Application Of) v Westminster City Council (2024) EWHC 769 (Admin). This was a judicial review of Westminster’s Allocation policy as it applied to ‘reciprocal transfers’ between another borough and Westminster.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd June 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘When deciding whether to grant planning consent for development, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) should consider the downstream, indirect greenhouse gas emissions effects of the development in some cases, the UK Supreme Court has ruled, demonstrating a significant development for environmental law.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘In Clarke v Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary [2024] EWCA Civ 676, the Court of Appeal had to consider whether the employment tribunal has jurisdiction under the Equality Act 2010 to determine whether the payment of a disablement gratuity to a former police officer gives rise to unlawful discrimination, which turned on whether the gratuity constituted an “occupational pension scheme” within the meaning of s.1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.’
Pensions Barrister, 20th June 2024
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘A breach of the anti-money laundering (AML) rules by Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, was “inadvertent” and did not amount to professional misconduct, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 24th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In AT v BT [2023] EWHC 3531 Francis J considered what he described (at [4]) as “the proper approach of the court to the sharing principle and to the principle of compensation” given that “the husband maintains that this is a pure needs case and the wife asserts that this is a full sharing case”. This led H to offer a lump sum of £3.545m and W to seek a lump sum of £9.145m (with W to retain a property with an agreed value of £195,000 (£190,000 net of notional costs of sale)).’
Financial Remedies Journal, 20th June 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A fee earner who sent confidential information to his personal email address days before leaving his firm has been given an ultimatum to show the material had been deleted in compliance with a court order.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st June 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence has been accused of trying to bury an admission that the special forces had power over the UK sanctuary applications of Afghan allies amid an ongoing inquiry into potential war crimes in Afghanistan.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A senior nurse who fraudulently claimed for shifts that he did not work has been struck off.’
BBC news, 23rd June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have agreed to pay the £1,500 legal fees of a driver they wrongly prosecuted for a parking offence.’
BBC News, 24th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence failed a soldier killed in a crash during a training exercise, his family have said.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The carer of a blind former film-writer and director has been jailed after stealing £75,000 from him to fund his gambling addiction.’
BBC News, 24th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thousands of asylum cases that Rishi Sunak claimed had been cleared are on course to be returned to the Home Office because of soaring appeals blamed on “rushed” decisions and processing errors.’
The Guardian, 22nd June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 200,000 people have wrongly faced investigation for housing benefit fraud and error after the performance of a government algorithm fell far short of expectations, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A boy has been found guilty of attempted murder after attacking two sleeping students and a teacher with hammers in a devastating rampage in the middle of the night at a private school.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A water company fined £90,000 for dumping sewage into a river has been unable to explain two of the spillages.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A 15-year-old boy who murdered Leeds teenager Alfie Lewis in a knife attack outside a primary school has been detained for life with a minimum term of 13 years.’
BBC News, 21st June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A fee-earner who has not complied with a court order to return documents taken from his former law firm has been handed a four-month suspended jail sentence for contempt.’
Legal Futures, 21st June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has imposed a control order on a law firm’s office manager who took money from client account to pay wages and “prop” up the practice.’
Legal Futures, 21st June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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