‘Judicial decision-making: case studies from Biblical times and now – The Rt Hon Lady Rose of Colmworth DBE”
Supreme Court, 1st December 2021
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection cases, writes Alexander Ruck Keene.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The statutory scheme established by Section 22C of the Children Act 1989 does not allow unregistered placements, but does not expressly prohibit them, and in cases where conditions of imperative necessity require a child to be placed in such a setting, common law steps in and allows the High Court to exercise its inherent jurisdiction to authorise a deprivation of liberty, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A fraudster has been imprisoned today (13 December 2021) for duping a victim out of nearly £400,000 in a payment recovery fraud.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th December 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Representative claimants in collective actions are generally entitled to recover the costs of obtaining a collective proceedings order (CPO), the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled. It ordered three train operators accused of overcharging passengers to make a £780,000 interim payment on account.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th December 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority has paid £228,000 to cover the legal costs of a solicitor following a prosecution abandoned a month before trial.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th December 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A former pastry chef at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck restaurant has claimed she was left with crippling repetitive strain injury from placing sweets into bags using tweezers and hand-making chocolate playing cards and about 550 whisky wine gums a day, court documents show.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A change to the law that will see historical, institutional abuse, compensation payments exempted from benefit means testing in Great Britain has been welcomed.’
The Independent, 13th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “determined paedophile” who sent sexual messages to what he thought was a 14-year-old girl has been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who racially abused and assaulted a pub doorman has been jailed for 14 weeks.’
BBC News, 13th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘NatWest has been fined more than £264m for anti-money-laundering failures that involved black bin liners stuffed full of cash being deposited, and sums so large that one branch’s two floor-to-ceiling safes proved “inadequate” for storing it all.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of sexual assault and rape victims with minor criminal convictions are being denied financial compensation, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 13th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has agreed to foot the bill for the compensation of former Post Office workers who were falsely convicted of theft in the long-running Horizon saga.’
BBC News, 13th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Priti Patel is facing legal action for the Windrush Compensation Scheme’s failure to pay out to victims – with just 5 per cent receiving money in the four years since the scandal came to light.’
The Independent, 13th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Dominic Raab is to outline a sweeping overhaul of human rights law that he claims will counter “wokery and political correctness” and expedite the deportation of foreign criminals.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The case of Anne Sacoolas, the US national charged over the death of motorcyclist Harry Dunn, is to be heard by a UK court, prosecutors have said.’
BBC news, 13th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Griffiths v Tickle & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1882 (10 December 2021)
Termhouse (Clarendon Court) Management Ltd v Al-Balhaa [2021] EWCA Civ 1881 (10 December 2021)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
AWA, R. v [2021] EWCA Crim 1877 (10 December 2021)
Allen & Ors v Post Office Ltd & Anor [2021] EWCA Crim 1874 (10 December 2021)
Akle & Anor, R. v [2021] EWCA Crim 1879 (10 December 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
De Boinville v I G Index Ltd [2021] EWHC 3326 (Comm) (10 December 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Sahota v Middlesex Broadcasting Corporation Ltd & Ors [2021] EWHC 3363 (QB) (10 December 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘White v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 3286 (Admin) (03 December 2021). A case in which the High Court reminds the regulator of requirements for imposing curbs on free speech.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th December 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Public users of the courts generally prefer remote to in-person hearings, but they have led to declining levels of respect, formality and concentration, according to government research.’
Legal Futures, 13th December 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary have issued general guidance on electronic court bundles. The guidance is intended to ensure consistency in the provision of electronic bundles for court hearings (but not tribunal hearings) in a format that promotes the efficient preparation for, and management of, a hearing.’
Family Law, 9th December 2021
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
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