Ian Stewart: Sons granted £185k confiscation order – BBC News
‘The sons of a double murderer are to share £185,000 from their mother’s estate, a court has ruled.’
BBC News, 28th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wayne Couzens loses appeal against whole-life sentence -Daily Telegraph
‘Wayne Couzens is still set to die in prison after he lost his bid to reduce his sentence at the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal warns of “perverse incentives” from litigation funding – Legal Futures
‘The Court of Appeal yesterday highlighted the importance of judicial control over costs to ensure that the involvement of third-party litigation funders does not create perverse incentives.’
Legal Futures, 29th July 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Solemn sentencing is no circus as cameras enter English courts – The Guardian
‘Almost 100 years after a ban on cameras in criminal courts was enshrined in law, the first broadcast from an English crown court went out on Thursday and is likely to have left many viewers asking: “Why has it taken so long?”’
The Guardian, 28th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Joe Tomlinson, Naoise Coakley and Roisin Gambroudes: It’s a trap! The changing dynamics of executive engagements with judicial review – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘It is not surprising or new that the executive plays institutional chess with the courts. Judicial review, though concerned with legality, is functionally concerned with the control of governmental power and any review exercise by the courts–no matter how legitimate–is likely to be felt by officials as impacting upon their domain from time to time. If a system of judicial review did not make officials feel this way at least on occasion, it would not be a worthwhile system at all.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 28th July 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
SAS killings: Ministry of Defence proposes judge-led review – BBC News
‘The Ministry of Defence has proposed an independent review of how it handled allegations that the SAS executed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan.’
BBC News, 27th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met fails in second bid to sack senior officer over child abuse video – The Guardian
‘The high court has thrown out the Metropolitan police’s latest attempt to sack a decorated senior black officer, with a judge branding one of its arguments “hopeless”.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
SI 2022/872 – The Network Rail (Oxford Station Phase 2 Improvements (Land Only)) (No. 2) Order 2022
SI 2022/871 – The Network Rail (Oxford Station Phase 2 Improvements (Land Only)) Order 2022
SI 2022/868 – The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Portrush) Regulations 2022
SI 2022/866 – The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Wembley Stadium) Regulations 2022
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Fire safety ruling has implications for cladding disputes – OUT-LAW.com
‘Construction companies contracted to design and build cladding systems for buildings may have to pick up the cost of replacing those systems in light of a new ruling by the High Court in London.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th July 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
MPs call for menopause to be protected characteristic in UK Equality Act – The Guardian
‘MPs have called for menopause to be a protected characteristic and for a special ambassador to keep women in the workplace, after a report showed the UK is currently “haemorrhaging talent”.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
ST v BAI (SA) (t/a Brittany Ferries) (Rev1) [2022] EWCA Civ 1037 (27 July 2022)
George v Cannell & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 1067 (27 July 2022)
Rose v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 1068 (27 July 2022)
Bank of New York Mellon (International) Ltd v Cine-UK Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1021 (27 July 2022)
Athena Capital Fund v Secretariat of State for the Holy See [2022] EWCA Civ 1051 (26 July 2022)
Dance & Anor v Barts Health NHS Trust & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 1055 (25 July 2022)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bell, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2022] EWHC 2008 (Admin) (27 July 2022)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Lenkor Energy Trading DMCC v Puri [2022] EWHC 1958 (Comm) (27 July 2022)
Vitol SA v Genser Energy Ghana Ltd [2022] EWHC 1812 (Comm) (22 July 2022)
Mountain Ash Portfolio Ltd v Vasilyev [2022] EWHC 1867 (Comm) (21 July 2022)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Keegan v Independent Insurance Company Ltd & Anor [2022] EWHC 1992 (QB) (27 July 2022)
Lisa Jones v Richard Slade And Company Ltd [2022] EWHC 1968 (QB) (27 July 2022)
Thurrock Council v Stokes & Ors [2022] EWHC 1998 (QB) (27 July 2022)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd v Greenhalgh & Ors [2022] EWHC 2000 (TCC) (27 July 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Government’s Net Zero Strategy Ruled ‘Unlawful’ – Each Other
‘In a landmark victory, the High Court has ruled in favour of Friends of The Earth, ClientEarth and the Good Law Project, who took the Government to court over its Net Zero Strategy. Now that the policy has been deemed unlawful, the government must revise its strategy and lay out a credible plan for meeting emissions targets.’
Each Other, July 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
Windrush man was treated shamefully, appeal judges say – BBC News
‘A man who travelled to Britain in 1960 when he was three, as part of the Windrush generation, was “shamefully treated”, senior judges have said.’
BBC News, 28th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MoR proposes ‘major new project’ to boost blockchain – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Putting tax payments or property transactions on blockchain – or issuing a Bank of England-backed digital currency – would help entrench English law as the forum of choice for resolving crypto disputes, the master of the rolls has said in a constitutionally daring intervention into policy-making.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
High Court refuses council judicial review bid over routeing of lorries to HS2 construction sites – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judicial review application by Buckinghamshire Council contesting a decision by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to approve lorry routes for the construction of High Speed 2 has been refused by the High Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Crown court sentencing remarks to be televised for first time – The Guardian
‘The Old Bailey will be opened up to cameras on Thursday as sentencing remarks from a crown court case in England and Wales are broadcast for the first time.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Teen Snapchat hacker jailed after threatening to post nudes to make cash – Daily Telegraph
‘A teenage hacker has been jailed after threatening to post nudes stolen from women’s Snapchat accounts to make money, police have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
E-scooters: legalise but regulate, says consumer body – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Victims of accidents involving illegally ridden e-scooters face an unnecessarily arduous battle for compensation, according to a report calling for legalisation and regulation for the battery-powered vehicles.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Out-of-wedlock children struggle to prove their identity in immigration – EIN Blog
‘Identity of one’s self is important in almost every aspect of one’s life. And this is also the case when it comes to trying to prove your identity in the legal sphere, namely, immigration. This pursuit of identity has been problematic for those children born out of wedlock in countries such as Jamaica, where giving birth to a child out of wedlock still attracts scorn and ostracism and subsequently struggle to prove their paternity for immigration purposes.’
EIN Blog, 25th July 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
