‘Expert evidence in a judicial review which “goes beyond comment and expresses [an] opinion” about a decision under challenge is inadmissible, the High Court has said in dismissing an application to adduce a witness statement which consists “almost entirely of opinion evidence”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th November 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The independent inquiry into how hundreds of post office workers were wrongfully accused of theft, fraud and false accounting as a result of computer errors has been urged to demand immediate compensation for those affected.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An independent inquiry has been launched by the health secretary after a hospital electrician accessed mortuaries and sexually abused bodies.’
BBC News, 8th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years for murdering his 12-year-old friend after luring him to woodland and attempting to decapitate him.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Britain First activist has been convicted of assaulting a security guard at a hotel housing asylum seekers.’
The Independent, 8th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Safety advice that has left thousands of households unable to sell their homes after the Grenfell Tower fire will be withdrawn by Christmas, Michael Gove has announced.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A “super courtroom” has been built to help deal with gang trials with large numbers of defendants.’
BBC News, 9th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Voices from around the world have called for leaders at COP26 to create international law against ‘ecocide’. Lucy Skoulding explores what ecocide means and how existing legislation could be used to prevent it.’
Each Other, 4th November 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘Civil practitioners dealing with personal injury claims are generally familiar with the three-year limitation period imposed by section 11 of the Limitation Act 1980. Put simply, claims for personal injury (whether arising from negligence, nuisance or breach of duty) must be brought within three years of the date on which the cause of action accrued (section 11(4)(a)) or the date of knowledge (if later) of the person injured (section 11(4)(b)). A person’s “date of knowledge” for the purposes of section 11(4)(b) is defined in section 14 of the Limitation Act 1980.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 2nd November 2021
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘A man with HIV who was awaiting deportation to Jamaica is being denied life-saving treatment in an immigration detention centre, The Independent has learned. The 42-year-old man relies on daily medication to manage his condition, and says the dosages for his other ailments, schizophrenia and depression, have been reduced by staff at Colnbrook Immigration Centre.’
The Independent, 6th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Lock v Stanley & Anor (Re Edengate Homes (Butley Hall) Ltd) [2021] EWHC 2970 (Ch) (05 November 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lord Chancellor v Ross & Ors [2021] EWHC 2961 (QB) (05 November 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘“Quick and dirty” is not a phrase that we usually associate with dispute resolution. However, as many construction practitioners will know, adjudication provides an exception.
Speed has its benefits but it rarely makes things simple. As our colleague, Ravinder, explained in her blog, adjudication is not always a straightforward process. Many disputes involve multiple, complex issues. This creates fertile ground for challenge, and adjudicators find themselves engaged with jurisdictional arguments more often than not.
One such argument is whether the issues referred to adjudication comprise one or multiple disputes. Our blog focuses on the courts’ approach to this question in the recent case of Quadro Services Ltd v Creagh Concrete Products Ltd.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 3rd November 2021
‘Jamie Jenkins looks at the lessons to be learned from the latest judgments from the SEND Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused to make an order to prevent future claims on a law firm’s fees that claimants may argue came from stolen funds.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Performance at the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) will get worse before it gets better as the complaints-handler has admitted recovery will take longer than it anticipated.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This Commons Library briefing paper deals with the introduction of a medical examiner system in England and Wales to provide greater scrutiny of deaths that do not require investigation by a coroner.’
House of Commons Library , 4th November 2021
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘A watchdog has issued a warning over police officers’ “unacceptable” use of WhatsApp to share sensitive operational information and discriminatory comments.’
The Independent, 7th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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