‘The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Clarion Housing Association to pay £10,800 in compensation to tenant households after it made four findings of severe maladministration across three cases.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Rules to prevent companies taking private prosecutions in the way the Post Office went after innocent post office operators are being considered by the government.’
The Guardian, January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
IAA Vehicle Services Ltd v HBC Ltd [2024] EWHC 1 (Ch) (05 January 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘From the day-one right to request flexible working to the introduction of rolled-up holiday pay, Georgia Roberts runs through the employment law changes HR must prepare for in 2024.’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 5th January 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘This was an appeal by Intelligent Cleaning Equipment Holdings Co Ltd. (“Intelligent”) and Killis Ltd. (“Killis”) against the order of Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke of 23 March 2023 granting Industrial Cleaning Equipment (Southampton) Ltd. (“Industrial”) relief against Intelligent and Killis from trade mark infringement and dismissing their counterclaim for the reasons set out in her judgment in Industrial Cleaning Equipment (Southampton) Ltd v Intelligent Cleaning Equipment Holdings Co Ltd [2023] EWHC 411 (IPEC) (27 Feb 2023).’
NIPC Law, 4th January 2024
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.com
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found fault in the way that Essex County Council carried out a financial assessment and a deferred payment process for an elderly man with dementia.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has said there was no “legitimate reason” to anonymise civil servants in a judgment concerning the parole of a rapist who has spent 41 years in prison. Declining a request to redact the names of junior civil servants, the Honourable Justice Fordham said nobody would be imperilled by his decision.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th January 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Prison staff and justice officials have been told to make urgent changes after a terror suspect allegedly escaped from a south-west London jail. Daniel Khalife is accused of escaping HMP Wandsworth in September, which he denies. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk had ordered an investigation into the alleged incident, which he told MPs had now concluded.’
BBC News, 18th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rogue social housing landlords could be forced to repair mouldy homes within 24 hours as part of government proposals after a toddler’s death.’
BBC News, 9th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Moyses Stevens Flowers Ltd v Flower Station Ltd & Anor [2024] EWHC 4 (Ch) (05 January 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Chehaib v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2024] EWHC 2 (KB) (05 January 2024)
Source: www.bailli.org
‘Organisations using specially set up companies – special purpose vehicles, or SPVs – to deliver new UK housing schemes have been urged to plan ahead for the increased potential exposure to liability they may face under the Building Safety Act.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th January 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A recent Court of Appeal authority is a useful case for family practitioners to have in their toolkit, particularly those representing parents facing applications for interim removal of their children, writes Malvika Jaganmohan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘There have been three recent cases that each provide some developments on the law relating to witness evidence that will be useful for practitioners in judicial review proceedings, writes Charles Bishop.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An insurer was not entitled to hold back evidence that a claimant was a friend of the owner of the vehicle he collided with, hoping the claimant would lie about it in his witness statement, the High Court has held.’
Legal Futures, 8th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor who acted for three wrongly convicted sub-postmasters has questioned whether lawyers advising the Post Office’s board were more motivated by continuing the retainers than giving proper guidance.’
Legal Futures, 8th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This briefing covers the rules governing trade unions, the rights of union members, collective bargaining, strikes and other industrial action”
House of Commons Library, 5th January 2024
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to 10 weeks’ imprisonment for shouting antisemitic and other racist slurs in public before making violent threats toward a police officer.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th January 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Women in Somerset who’ve been arrested for the first time for low-level crime are being offered an alternative to going to court.’
BBC News, 8th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ministers are to meet to consider possible ways of clearing the names of hundreds of sub-postmasters convicted in the Post Office Horizon scandal.’
BBC News, 8th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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