‘The High Court has rejected a parish council’s claim of legitimate expectation in a dispute over whether a district’s leader made a binding promise in a local meeting about the route of a ‘greenway’. Charles Streeten and Michael Feeney analyse the ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd April 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Cyclists who kill pedestrians by dangerous cycling could face life imprisonment in England and Wales under new amendments to the crime and policing bill.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Only three people have ever been prosecuted for obstructing the Environment Agency in its investigations into sewage spills, officials said, and none received even a fine.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The new sentencing powers come after the charity Surfers Against Sewage received 1,853 sickness reports through its service app last year, with hundreds diagnosed with gastroenteritis and serious bacterial infections linked to pollution.’
The Independent, 24th April 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A professional footballer has been jailed for 14 months for causing the death of a cyclist in a crash in West Yorkshire.’
BBC News, 24th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who pretended to be a paramedic has been jailed for raping and sexually assaulting women he met on Tinder.’
BBC News, 24th April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said it is prepared to let companies avoid prosecution if they self-report suspected financial crime and cooperate with investigators, in an important change to its previous guidance.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘At lunchtime, when she is working at her barristers’ chambers in central London, Charlotte Proudman, a specialist in family law, faces a confronting choice. Should she nip around the corner to Pret a Manger or join her colleagues at the Middle Temple dining hall? It’s not so much a question of whether she feels like a sandwich or a sit-down meal, but a more existential decision, requiring her to analyse who she is and where she belongs.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Leading economists, former government advisers and ecologists are calling for a key section of the government’s planning bill to be changed because it creates a “licence to kill nature”.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The regulator has published the final version of its Children’s Codes under the Online Safety Act, setting out what sites must do to follow the law and protect children online.’
The Independent, 24th April 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man with an interest in child murders, including the Southport killings, has been jailed for 30 years for stabbing a nine-year-old girl as she played outside his home.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com%20
‘The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) – which is directed by the Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) and the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), representing publishers and authors – will develop the licence, set to be the first of its kind in the UK.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Political parties are expected to be told that trans women cannot be on women-only shortlists but trans men can.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hubbard & Anor v Hubbard & Anor [2025] EWHC 855 (Ch) (23 April 2025)
Freeman & Ors v Home Farm Ellingham Ltd [2025] EWHC 878 (Ch) (17 April 2025)
Song & Anor v Smith & Ors [2025] EWHC 949 (Ch) (17 April 2025)
Garofalo v Crisp & Anor (Re Valorem Holdings Ltd) [2025] EWHC 966 (Ch) (16 April 2025)
Health and Home Ltd & Ors v Elite Property Holdings Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 839 (Ch) (09 April 2025)
Enzen Global Ltd, Re [2025] EWHC 852 (Ch) (09 April 2025)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
High Court (Patents Court)
Nador Cott Protection SAS v Asda Stores Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 941 (Pat) (16 April 2025)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Morriss v London Borough of Hillingdon (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 983 (KB) (21 April 2025)
Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership [2025] EWHC 933 (KB) (16 April 2025)
High Court (Technology & Construction Court)
Lapp Industries Ltd v 1st Formations Ltd [2025] EWHC 943 (TCC) (16 April 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A former police officer has been jailed for 10 years and six months after leading a paddleboarding expedition on a rain-swollen river that ended in four people losing their lives.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘National firm Irwin Mitchell has shed its asset management business one year after a damning ruling on a potential conflict of interest.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd April 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The proportion of consumers using solicitors for their wills has dropped below half for the first time, a report has found, with unbundling growing in popularity.’
Legal Futures, 22nd April 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A recent decision of the UK Pensions Ombudsman (PO) confirmed that there was no unreasonable delay by an administrator where a member had not communicated the actual deadline by which he required the transfer to take place.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd April 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘In a significant development for cross-border legal proceedings, it was recently announced that the Hague Judgments Convention 2019, due to come into force in the UK this summer but previously limited to England and Wales, will be extended.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd April 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
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