‘Two recent High Court decisions considered how the legal doctrines of dishonest assistance in a breach of trust and unjust enrichment can be applied in the context of a bank or e-money institution receiving payments that have been procured by fraud.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A man who argued health and safety legislation should “reign supreme” over the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 in an appeal of South Kesteven District Council’s refusal of an FOI request has had his appeal dismissed by the First Tier Tribunal (FTT).’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th June 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Senior family lawyers have warned that a little-known pilot project centring on the role and use of expert evidence will see children wrongly taken from their families. The Department for Education-funded pilot is up and running at NHS trusts in Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham with little information available to either the public or family law specialists.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th June 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of the 39 Essex Chambers’ Planning, Environment and Property newsletter. With the general election campaign underway and focusing more on national service than national planning policy frameworks, Paul Stinchcombe KC topically kicks off this edition by considering the grant of planning permission for 721 dwellings in Green Belt land and whether politics really plays that much part in the process.’
39 Essex Chambers, 10th June 2024
Source: www.39essex.com
‘A unanimous Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal’s and High Court’s decision to strike out the libel claim as an abuse of process.’
5RB, 20th June 2024
Source: www.5rb.com
‘Since the jurisdiction to freeze bank accounts and seize specific listed assets was introduced to the Magistrates’ Court by the Criminal Finances Act 2017, there has been a considerable increase in the recovery of money alleged to be the proceeds of crime or intended for use in crime by the authorities. Money recovered in civil forfeiture proceedings has increased from £42.5m in 2017/18, to £193.4m in 2021/22 and £97.2m in 2022/23. Account forfeiture orders made up 70% and 67% of those more recent receipts from civil forfeiture proceedings.’
2 Hare Court, 20th June 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘Any veteran who has an injury or illness as a result of service can apply for financial compensation from one of two schemes run by Veterans UK, a veterans service managed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme is in place for injuries on or after 6 April 2005. Anything before, is handled by the War Pension Scheme. Veterans have long criticised both schemes. Some say they reject claims unfairly, and are slow to resolve them.’
BBC News, 25th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘NHS England has confirmed its patient data managed by blood test management organisation Synnovis was stolen in a ransomware attack on 3 June.’
BBC News, 24th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
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