SRA seeks whistleblowing role as part of SLAPPs action – Legal Futures

‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to make it easier for law firm staff to blow the whistle on their employers, as part of its work on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).’

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Legal Futures, 23rd June 2022

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Leeds YouTube racer Adeel Habib jailed for dangerous driving – BBC News

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in dangerous driving, news, sentencing, video recordings by sally

‘A man whose YouTube channel showed him driving high-performance cars at high speeds on busy public roads has been sentenced for dangerous driving.’

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BBC News, 22nd June 2022

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UK prepares for modernisation of Consumer Credit Act – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in consultations, consumer credit, financial regulation, news by sally

‘The UK government has committed to the modernisation of its consumer credit regime, and plans to give the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) more control over the rules that apply to the consumer credit market.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 22nd June 2022

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Bill of Rights: ‘Collision course with rule of law’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in bills, human rights, news, rule of law by sally

‘The provisions so far announced for the government’s Bill of Rights will put the UK on a collision course with the rule of law, the Law Society said this morning [22 June].’

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Law Society's Gazette, 22nd June 2022

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Rail strike: Law change would allow agency staff to cover industrial action – BBC News

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in casual workers, industrial action, news, railways, trade unions by sally

‘Plans are under way to change the law to enable employers to use agency staff to cover staffing gaps during strikes, the government has announced.’

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BBC News, 23rd June 2022

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Three ex-officers banned from policing over racist, sexist WhatsApp chats – The Independent

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in disciplinary procedures, dismissal, internet, news, police, pornography, racism by sally

‘Two former police officers have been barred from working in the role again for their part in a WhatsApp group that shared bestiality porn and rape jokes.’

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The Independent, 22nd June 2022

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Widower wins right to have baby using embryo created with his late wife – The Guardian

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in bereavement, consent, news, surrogacy by sally

‘A 38-year-old widower has won a landmark legal case giving him the right to have a baby with a surrogate using the last remaining embryo created with his late wife.’

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The Guardian, 22nd June 2022

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Judge rejects legal challenge to decision-making for distributor road serving 7,500-home scheme – Local Government Lawyer

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in consultations, judicial review, local government, news, planning, roads by sally

‘A judicial review challenging Wiltshire Council’s decision-making in relation to a major new distributor road serving a large-scale development project, the Future Chippenham programme, has been dismissed by a High Court judge.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 21st June 2022

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Most female lawyers believe they will not experience pay equality – Legal Futures

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in equal pay, law firms, news, reports, women by sally

‘Most female lawyers (84%) believe that gender pay equality will not be achieved until after they retire and that firms’ commitment is more about headlines than real change.’

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Legal Futures, 23rd June 2022

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Bristol couple jailed for enslaving 29 Slovakian people – The Guardian

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in forced labour, news, sentencing, trafficking in human beings by sally

‘A couple have been jailed for a total of 25 years after trafficking at least 29 vulnerable people to the UK and forcing them to work for free at a car wash and live in a property described as the “gate to hell”.’

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The Guardian, 22nd June 2022

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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in legislation by sally

SI 2022/690 – The Research and Development (Qualifying Bodies) (Tax) (Amendment and Further Prescribed Bodies) Order 2022

SI 2022/691 – The Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 23rd, 2022 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd [2022] UKSC 18 (22 June 2022)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Thone & Anor, R. v [2022] EWCA Crim 846 (22 June 2022)

Johnson v Regina [2022] EWCA Crim 832 (22 June 2022)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Srinivasan v General Medical Council [2022] EWHC 1606 (Admin) (22 June 2022)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Barrowfen Properties Ltd v Patel & Ors [2022] EWHC 1601 (Ch) (22 June 2022)

Golubovich v Golubovich [2022] EWHC 1605 (Ch) (22 June 2022)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Giddens v Frost & Ors [2022] EWHC 1602 (Comm) (22 June 2022)

Source: www.bailii.org

Paddy Power beheading: Coroner highlights authority ‘failures’ – BBC News

Posted June 22nd, 2022 in coroners, inquests, mental health, murder, news, offensive weapons, police by sally

‘The death of a man who was decapitated in a betting shop “would not have occurred” if his attacker had been referred to mental health services the month before, a coroner has concluded.’

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BBC News, 21st June 2022

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Crucifixes, neck-chains and food hygiene: Kovalkovs – Law & Religion UK

‘In Mr J Kovalkovs v 2 Sisters Food Group Limited [2022] UKET 4102454/2020, Mr Kovalkovs, an Orthodox Christian, was a quality inspector in 2 Sisters Food Group’s chicken processing factory. He wore a silver crucifix on a neck-chain as an expression of his faith. 2 Sisters’ Foreign Body Control policy stated that “jewellery must not be worn in the production areas on site, with the exception of a single plan band ring”. An exception was made for religious jewellery, subject to a risk assessment; however, the risk assessment concluded that “because the chain was made of links there was a risk of contamination” and there was a potential for “entanglement, entrapment or tearing”. Mr Kovalkovs refused to give up wearing his crucifix and was dismissed.’

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Law & Religion UK, 21st June 2022

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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted June 22nd, 2022 in legislation by sally

SI 2022/687 – The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

SI 2022/686 – The Civil Enforcement of Moving Traffic Contraventions Designations and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2022

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 22nd, 2022 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Schofield & Anor v Smith & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 824 (21 June 2022)

Barton Park Estates Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 833 (21 June 2022)

Khan v Mehmood [2022] EWCA Civ 791 (21 June 2022)

Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Khan [2022] EWCA Civ 831 (21 June 2022)

Build-A-Bear Workshop UK Holdings Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2022] EWCA Civ 825 (21 June 2022)

Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) Llp [2022] EWCA Civ 823 (21 June 2022)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Nazari v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2022] EWHC 1574 (Admin) (21 June 2022)

AB & ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1524 (Admin) (20 June 2022)

Piffs Elm Ltd v Commission for Local Administration In England [2022] EWHC 1547 (Admin) (20 June 2022)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Sheeran & Ors v Chokri & Ors [2022] EWHC 1528 (Ch) (21 June 2022)

Gee, Re The Estate of [2022] EWHC 1590 (Ch) (21 June 2022)

Blacklion Law LLP v Amira Nature Foods Ltd & Anor [2022] EWHC 1500 (Ch) (20 June 2022)

Fitzroy Street Capital Inc & Anor v Manning & Ors [2022] EWHC 1495 (Ch) (20 June 2022)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Bank of America Europe DAC v CITTA Metropolitana Di Milano [2022] EWHC 1544 (Comm) (20 June 2022)

ARI v WXJ [2022] EWHC 1543 (Comm) (20 June 2022)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

GJE & Anor v SLE [2022] EWHC 1592 (QB) (21 June 2022)

Jabbar & Anor v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd & Anor [2022] EWHC 1383 (QB) (20 June 2022)

Johnson v Williams [2022] EWHC 1585 (QB) (20 June 2022)

FXJ vSecretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2022] EWHC 1531 (QB) (20 June 2022)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Specialist Building Products Ltd (t/a Profile 22 Systems) v New Century Doors Ltd [2022] EWHC 1571 (TCC) (20 June 2022)

Source: www.bailii.org

Windrush: only one in four applicants have received compensation – The Guardian

‘Only one in four applicants to the Windrush compensation scheme have received payments four years after the government promised redress for those wrongly classified by the Home Office as illegal immigrants.’

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The Guardian, 22nd June 2022

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Upcoming Data Reform Bill “to give Parliament and Government greater oversight” of Information Commissioner’s Office – Local Government Lawyer

Posted June 22nd, 2022 in bills, data protection, government departments, news, ombudsmen, parliament by sally

‘The Government has set out plans to reform the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that will give Parliament and the Secretary of State greater oversight of the data regulator and broaden the legal responsibility underpinning its work.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 21st June 2022

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Ex-soldier jailed for murdering couple in Somerset after parking dispute – The Guardian

Posted June 22nd, 2022 in armed forces, imprisonment, mental health, murder, news, sentencing by sally

‘A former soldier who murdered his nextdoor neighbours with a commando dagger after a dispute over parking has been told he will serve at least 38 years in prison before being considered for parole.’

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The Guardian, 21st June 2022

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Domestic abuse and defamation – Transparency Project

Posted June 22nd, 2022 in defamation, domestic violence, families, news by sally

‘This is a post about a defamation trial where one party (the claimant – C) is claiming the other party (the defendant – D) has caused his reputation serious harm by making statements that allege domestic abuse by C against D. Far removed from the recent Depp-Heard trial in the US, this case is being heard in London and the parties are not celebrities: C is described as a businessman and D is a school teacher.’

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Transparency Project, 22nd June 2022

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk