Two boys sentenced for killing more than 20 animals at environmental college – The Independent

‘Two schoolboys who killed more than 20 animals including rabbits, snakes and birds at an environmental college have been handed a community order.’

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The Independent, 18th April 2024

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 19th, 2024 in law reports by michael

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

AB, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 369 (18 April 2024)

Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted April 19th, 2024 in legislation by michael

SI 2024/536 – The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/529 – The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/527 – The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/525 – The Recall Petition (Petition Officers’ Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/524 – The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/523 – The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/522 – The Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, Schedule 20 (Bilateral Safeguarding Remedies) (Appointed Day) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/521 – The Police (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/519 – The Trade Remedies (Increase in Imports as a Result of a Free Trade Agreement Causing Serious Injury to UK Producers) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/513 – The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Revocation) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/512 – The Representation of the People Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 6A) Regulations 2024

SI 2024/509 – The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2024

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Government faces JR claim over litigation funding legislation – Legal Futures

‘The Ministry of Justice is being threatened with judicial review over the draft legislation that aims to reverse the impact of the Supreme Court’s PACCAR ruling.’

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Legal Futures, 19th April 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Rwanda bill: what does the latest delay mean? – The Guardian

‘Rishi Sunak’s plan to fly people seeking asylum to Rwanda this spring appears to have been put back to the summer after House of Lords insisted on changes to the scheme.’

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The Guardian, 19th April 2024

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Inquiries Update: Three Things You Need to Know – Inquests and Inquiries Law Blog

‘Achas Burin updates readers on three essential news items concerning the future of Public Inquiries: the commencement of the Lampard Inquiry, the Norton committee reviewing Inquiries and the government consultation on apologies following the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.’

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Inquests and Inquiries Law Blog, 17th April 2024

Source: inquestsandinquirieslawblog.com

Greenwashing enforcement is not going away – Kingsley Napley Criminal Law Blog

‘For many years, companies have been selling or promoting products under claims that they have high ethical, social and governance (ESG) and/or sustainability credentials. In many cases, these claims are accurate and can help in the ongoing efforts to create a more sustainable society. In other cases, however, ESG claims can be overstated or even false – this is greenwashing.’

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Kingsley Napley Criminal Law Blog, 16th April 2024

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk

Brighton: Police apology over 1986 schoolgirls murder case – BBC News

‘The families of two schoolgirls murdered in 1986 have received an apology from Sussex Police over mistakes in its investigations.’

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BBC News, 18th April 2024

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Pension crimes, fines and insolvency practitioners – Pensions Barrister

‘David Pollard of Wilberforce Chambers has written an article about the relevance of the recent Supreme Court decision in R (Palmer) – in which it was held that an administrator was not in the class of persons liable to prosecution under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 for alleged failure to give notice to the SoS of proposed collective redundancies – to crimes and fines under pensions legislation.’

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Pensions Barrister, 18th April 2024

Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com

Consultation on the proposed revision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Rules – Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Posted April 19th, 2024 in consultations, news, Privy Council by sally

‘This paper sets out for consultation the proposed revision of the Judicial Committee of
the Privy Council Rules.’

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 15th April 2024

Source: www.jcpc.uk

Group action against law firm to go ahead with single claim form – Legal Futures

Posted April 19th, 2024 in civil procedure rules, class actions, law firms, negligence, news by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has allowed 134 claimants to start an action against a law firm with a single claim form, which their solicitor said will strengthen the trend for class actions in the UK.’

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Legal Futures, 19th April 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Case Preview: Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council – UKSC Blog

Posted April 19th, 2024 in appeals, causation, damages, local government, news, nuisance, Supreme Court by sally

‘In this post, Sarah Coates-Madden, Senior Associate at CMS, and Fiona Dalling, Associate at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council.’

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UKSC Blog, 17th April 2024

Source: ukscblog.com

Say a prayer for Article 9? R (on the Application of TTT) v Michaela School and the question of interference – Law & Religion UK

‘The media reports of the last few months highlight how controversial and charged the decision in R (on the Application of TTT) v Michaela School [2024] EWHC 843 (Admin) is. There is much to unpack and debate about the High Court’s 83-page judgment, not least how the secular approach held to be lawful in the judgment sits with a legal framework that continues to favour Christianity in terms of laws on collective worship and the teaching of religion in school.’

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Law & Religion UK, 19th April 2024

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

Clinical negligence fixed costs set for October implementation – Legal Futures

‘Fixed recoverable costs for low-value clinical negligence claims are now likely to come into force in October 2024, it has emerged.’

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Legal Futures, 19th April 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Terror watchdog condemns WhatsApp for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13 – The Guardian

Posted April 19th, 2024 in children, internet, news, ombudsmen, telecommunications, terrorism, young persons by sally

‘The UK’s terror watchdog has criticised Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for lowering the minimum age for WhatsApp users from 16 to 13, warning that the “extraordinary” move could expose more teenagers to extreme content.’

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The Guardian, 18th April 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Stalker who sent Harry Styles 8,000 cards is jailed – BBC News

Posted April 19th, 2024 in harassment, imprisonment, news, restraining orders, sentencing, stalking by sally

‘A woman who stalked Harry Styles has been jailed and banned from seeing him perform.’

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BBC News, 19th April 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 18th, 2024 in law reports by michael

Supreme Court

Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer [2024] UKSC 12 (17 April 2024)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Morris & Ors v Williams & Co Solicitors (A Firm) [2024] EWCA Civ 376 (18 April 2024)

ASY & Ors v Home Office [2024] EWCA Civ 373 (18 April 2024)

The British Medical Association, R (On the Application Of) v His Majesty’s Treasury & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 355 (17 April 2024)

Ali v Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 372 (17 April 2024)

Akhtar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 354 (16 April 2024)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Haden & Ors, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 344 (16 April 2024)

Luxton, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 340 (16 April 2024)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Scott, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice & Anor [2024] EWHC 855 (Admin) (18 April 2024)

MCML Ltd & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Southwark Crown Court [2024] EWHC 861 (Admin) (17 April 2024)

Cuciurean v Crown Prosecution Service [2024] EWHC 848 (Admin) (17 April 2024)

TTT, R (On the Application of) v Michaela Community Schools Trust [2024] EWHC 843 (Admin) (16 April 2024)

Trotman v Environment Agency [2024] EWHC 825 (Admin) (16 April 2024)

Pickford, R (On the Application Of) v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2024] EWHC 756 (Admin) (12 April 2024)

Social Work England v Edmund [2024] EWHC 826 (Admin) (12 April 2024)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Valbonne Estates Ltd v United Homes Ltd [2024] EWHC 876 (Ch) (18 April 2024)

Lenovo Group Ltd & Ors v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) & Anor [2024] EWHC 846 (Ch) (18 April 2024)

Tyshchenko v Hyde & Ors (Re Olena Tyshchenko – Insolvency Act 1986) [2024] EWHC 838 (Ch) (17 April 2024)

Niprose Investments Ltd & Ors v Vincents Solicitors Ltd (Professional negligence) [2024] EWHC 801 (Ch) (17 April 2024)

Weintraub v London Borough of Hackney [2024] EWHC 845 (Ch) (16 April 2024)

Bourne & Anor v Manukyan & Anor (Re MM Apartment Letting Ltd – Insolvency Act 1986) [2024] EWHC 832 (Ch) (16 April 2024)

High Court (Family Division)

O (Appeal; Duty To Consider Fact-Find), Re [2024] EWHC 839 (Fam) (17 April 2024)

N (A Child), Re (Ukraine: Art. 13(b)) [2024] EWHC 871 (Fam) (17 April 2024)

Incorporated Trustees of Great Calling Ministries Worldwide v Irabor & Anor [2024] EWHC 803 (Fam) (11 April 2024)

High Court (Patents Court)

Sandoz AG & Ors v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH [2024] EWHC 796 (Pat) (12 April 2024)

High Court (King’s Bench Division)

Lukes v Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust & Anor [2024] EWHC 753 (KB) (15 April 2024)

Wilson v Mendelsohn & Ors [2024] EWHC 821 (KB) (10 April 2024)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

ISG Retail Ltd v FK Construction Ltd [2024] EWHC 878 (TCC) (18 April 2024)

Martell v Roszkowski & Ors [2024] EWHC 840 (TCC) (16 April 2024)

Source: www.bailii.org

“A racket” – judge hits out at hidden commissions in PI cases – Legal Futures

Posted April 18th, 2024 in costs, expert witnesses, fees, news, personal injuries, road traffic by sally

‘A circuit judge has attacked the “little micro-industry of unknown and unknowable commissions or referral or arrangement fees” in personal injury claims.’

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Legal Futures, 18th April 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Paul F Scott: Spying on Parliamentarians -UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted April 18th, 2024 in interception, investigatory powers, news, parliament, telecommunications by sally

‘The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill was introduced into Parliament before Christmas, starting in the House of Lords, to which it will shortly return for consideration of Commons amendments. Generally, the progress of the Bill, much of which implements recommendations made by Lord Anderson of Ipswich in his review of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 of June 2023, has been smooth. This post considers an issue which has been the focus of a large portion of the attention the Bill has received during the Parliamentary process – the change being made to the law permitting the surveillance of parliamentarians – and the logic it might be thought to reflect.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 17th April 2024

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people? – The Guardian

‘When armed police burst through his front door in Tottenham, north London, at 5am in September 2014, Glodi Wabelua knew things looked bad. The house was full of drug paraphernalia, including a hydraulic press, scales and mixing bowls, as well as a mobile phone full of incriminating texts advertising deals for crack cocaine and heroin.’

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The Guardian, 18th April 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com