‘More than a dozen asylum seekers who were jailed for steering dinghies across the English Channel are fighting to have their convictions overturned.’
The Independent, 28th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Universities in England risk breaking competition laws if they add loopholes letting them withdraw offers from students at the last minute if courses are oversubscribed, ministers and regulators have told vice-chancellors.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘We often hear cases referred to as having turned on their facts and, if there was ever an example of this it would be the judgment handed down in October 2021 in G&D Brickwork Contractors Ltd v Marbank Construction Ltd. The parties’ names will ring a bell with some of you because, earlier in the year, O’Farrell J refused to grant an injunction restraining G&D from bringing adjudication proceedings, and last month’s judgment from Joanna Smith J deals with the enforcement of the adjudicator’s decision.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 24th November 2021
SI 2021/1307 – The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021
SI 2021/1305 – The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021
SI 2021/1308 – The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2021
SI 2021/1318 – The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
A Local Authority v JB [2021] UKSC 52 (24 November 2021)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AH, Re (Serious Medical Treatment) [2021] EWCA Civ 1768 (25 November 2021)
Park v CNH Industrial Capital Europe Ltd (t/a CNH Capital) [2021] EWCA Civ 1766 (24 November 2021)
EUI Ltd v UK Vodaphone Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1771 (24 November 2021)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ahmed, R. v [2021] EWCA Crim 1786 (25 November 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ekwoge v Centeral District Court In Buda (Hungary) [2021] EWHC 3163 (Admin) (24 November 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Malik v Hussain (Rev1) [2021] EWHC 3161 (Ch) (25 November 2021)
Prudential Assurance Company Ltd & Anor, Re [2021] EWHC 3152 (Ch) (24 November 2021)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Damavand Media Ltd & Anor v DMA Media Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 3164 (QB) (25 November 2021)
Wokingham Borough Council v Jules & Anor [2021] EWHC 3135 (QB) (24 November 2021)
Komives & Anor v Hick Lane Bedding Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 3139 (QB) (24 November 2021)
Abramovich v Harpercollins Publishers Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 3154 (QB) (24 November 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Council has published a new guideline for sentencing offenders convicted of firearms importation offences in England and Wales, following consultation.’
Sentencing Council, 24th November 2021
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘People at risk of losing their home are set to benefit from enhanced legal support following a consultation launched by the government today
.’
gov.uk, 25th November 2021
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The regulatory framework around the use of artificial intelligence by local authorities is inadequate but existing governance mechanisms can address concerns, writes Sue Chadwick.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Master of the Rolls yesterday signalled his intention to revolutionise civil costs and has already set the Civil Justice Council (CJC) working on a wide-ranging review.’
Legal Futures, 26th November 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘There is a “pressing need” for the Court of Protection to develop guidance for practitioners and judges on judicial visits to the subject of proceedings, the president of the Family Division has said. A decision that it was in the best interests of a 56-year-old woman, described as “the most complex Covid patient in the world”, to have life-sustaining treatment withdrawn was overturned today because of possible procedural unfairness in relation to the judge’s visit to see her in hospital.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th November 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has today confirmed that the existing law of England and Wales is able to accommodate and apply to smart legal contracts, without the need for statutory law reform. The Law Commission notes that, in some contexts, an incremental development of the common law is all that is required to facilitate the use of smart legal contracts within the existing legal framework.’
Law Commission, 25th November 2021
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘This briefing paper outlines the main provisions of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill 2021-22 and the key issues raised during consideration in the House of Lords.’
House of Commons Library , 25th November 2021
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Some public inquiries are underpinned by legislation. Those that are not, “non-statutory” inquiries, have more flexibility, but fewer legal powers.’
House of Commons Library , 23rd November 2021
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Priti Patel is facing three legal challenges over her controversial plans to push back refugees on small boats in the Channel who are trying to reach the UK.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Private outsourcing companies that win government contracts should be subject to freedom of information rules, according to the outgoing information commissioner, who warned the existing transparency law is no longer fit for the modern age.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Jersey looks set to become the first place in Britain to approve assisted dying after a landmark vote by the island’s States Assembly. Law-makers supported a proposal that people should, in principle, be allowed to choose to die.’
The Independent, 25th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘One hundred people with learning disabilities and autism in England have been held in specialist hospitals for at least 20 years, the BBC has learned. The finding was made during an investigation into the case of an autistic man detained since 2001.’
BBC news, 25th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has accepted an apology and substantial damages from a councillor who published a fake picture of him appearing to endorse the Liverpool terrorist attack.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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