‘The UK has blocked the takeover of an electronic design company by a Hong Kong rival over national security concerns, in the latest sign of growing British anxiety about Chinese investment.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A resident has been given a £400 fly-tipping fine after an empty Amazon package found among dumped rubbish was traced back to them.’
BBC News, 19th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This article will consider an interesting case involving deceit, when some defendants took out an unregulated loan, secured on a residential property, on the basis that the loan was wholly or predominantly for a business purpose.’
33 Bedford Row, 11th August 2022
Source: www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
‘In Laing v Bury & Bolton Citizens Advice [2022] EAT 85, the EAT found that a tribunal had erred in dismissing a claim brought by Litigant in Person where it had commented extensively, at times using strong and personalised language, on the Claimant’s behaviour throughout the hearing drawing upon such behaviour in support of how he must have behaved at work. It concluded that a fair-minded and informed observer would conclude that there was a real possibility that his behaviour had engendered an antipathy towards him which unconsciously influenced the tribunal’s collective decision in relation to a victimisation complaint.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 1st August 2022
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The Bill of Rights Bill (the Bill), if enacted, will repeal the Human Rights Act (the HRA) 1998.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th August 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The phrase ‘sportswashing’ is one that is used regularly in the press. So, what is it? There is no single definition and none that appears in the Oxford English dictionary. We can be bold and safely surmise that it is where a state uses sport to propel their reputation positively as a means to cover their poor human rights record.’
Church Court Chambers, July 2022
Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk
‘Ministers have partially lost an attempt to keep secret a series of comments about Rwanda from an adviser.’
BBC News, 17th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal has ruled that a council must secure special educational provision for a child who has electromagnetic hypersensitivity and is particularly sensitive to Wi-Fi signals.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Black and Asian people were more likely than white people to be given fines for breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules, police figures for England and Wales suggest.’
The Guardian, 17th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
SI 2022/908 – The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/912 – The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/909 – The Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2022
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Gardiner v Hertsmere Borough Council & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 1162 (16 August 2022)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Jones & Anor v McCarthy [2022] EWHC 2186 (Ch) (17 August 2022)
Bucher-Haefner v Lewinsohn & Anor [2022] EWHC 2080 (Ch) (16 August 2022)
Hinton v Wotherspoon [2022] EWHC 2083 (Ch) (16 August 2022)
Oceanfill Ltd v Nuffield Health Wellbeing Ltd & Anor [2022] EWHC 2178 (Ch) (15 August 2022)
Hothi v Stokes [2022] EWHC 2161 (Ch) (15 August 2022)
Hamilton v Her Majesty’s Attorney-General & Ors [2022] EWHC 2132 (Ch) (12 August 2022)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Smith v Baker [2022] EWHC 2176 (QB) (17 August 2022)
Geo-Minerals GT Ltd & Anor v Downing & Ors [2022] EWHC 2151 (QB) (16 August 2022)
Bitar v Bank of Beirut SAL [2022] EWHC 2163 (QB) (15 August 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In 2007, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 introduced Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) which for the first time allowed a donor to appoint an attorney to make decisions both about their property and financial affairs, but also about their health and welfare.’
Legal Futures, 17th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Entain, the gambling firm behind Ladbrokes and Coral, could lose its licence to operate in the UK after it was told to pay a record £17m settlement over its inaction as individual customers spent hundreds of thousands of pounds.’
The Guardian, 17th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On Friday 22 July 2022, Johnson J handed down judgment in Power v Bernard Hastie & Company Ltd & others [2022] EWHC 1927 (QB) in respect of an application for an order for substitution made by the executor of the deceased’s estate. The judgment provides High Court authority for the proposition that a claimant’s right to seek further damages under a PDO passes, on their death, to their estate, a finding previously made by HHJ Roberts in his judgment in Guilfoyle v North Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust (County Court at Central London, 4 April 2018).’
Ropewalk Chambers, 1st August 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘A recent UK Supreme Court decision is a reminder of some of the issues that need to be considered when calculating UK corporation tax profits whilst also highlighting the complexity of the UK’s tax system.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Mid Sussex Council has reaffirmed its decision to adopt a development plan document that could see the building of 1700 homes, despite a threat of judicial review by one of its own councillors, who argues the decision was procedurally flawed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman who was arrested and charged after attending the vigil for Sarah Everard in Clapham last year has launched civil proceedings against the Metropolitan police.’
The Guardian, 16th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This article considers the successful appeal of a first instance case in which a final placement order was made in respect of a young child with complex medical needs.’
Becket Chambers, 10th August 2022
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘It is “essential” that sub-postmasters claiming on one of the compensation schemes following the Horizon scandal can recover their legal costs, the chair of the Post Office scandal enquiry said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 16th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The universe of socially responsible or “ethical” investments has been expanding exponentially in recent years.’
Wilberforce Chambers, 18th July 2022
Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk
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