RROs, company directors and reasonable excuses – Nearly Legal
‘A couple of Upper Tribunal appeal decisions on rent repayment order cases.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd January 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Option agreements: court’s role not to ‘rewrite bad bargain’, says English judge – OUT-LAW.com
‘It is not the role of the courts to “re-write a bad bargain” between commercial parties, an English judge has said, in a dispute over the wording of an option agreement.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st January 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Supreme Court invited to consider secondary victim claims – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Paul & Ors v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2022] EWCA Civ 12 (13 January 2022). The Court of Appeal dismissed a set of claims for psychiatric injury on the basis of prior binding authority, but indicated that the issue is suitable for consideration by the Supreme Court.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th January 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Financial Remedy Update, January 2022 – Family Law Week
‘Stephanie Hawthorn and Abigail Pearse, associates, and Rob Jackson, trainee solicitor, at Mills & Reeve LLP consider the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during December 2021.’
Family Law Week, 19th January 2022
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
BAILII: Recent decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2022] EWCA Civ 35 (21 January 2022)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Patel [2022] EWCA Civ 36 (21 January 2022)
Ali v Dinc & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 34 (21 January 2022)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Guise v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2022] EWHC 124 (Admin) (21 January 2022)
High Court (Chancery Division)
HM Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd [2022] EWHC 102 (Ch) (21 January 2022)
Umbrella Care Ltd v Nisa & Ors [2022] EWHC 86 (Ch) (21 January 2022)
Dal v Bicknell & Anor [2022] EWHC 120 (Ch) (21 January 2022)
Goodrich & Ors v AB & Ors [2022] EWHC 81 (Ch) (21 January 2022)
Charles Stanley Group Plc, Re [2022] EWHC 103 (Ch) (19 January 2022)
High Court (Family Division)
B-B, Re (Domestic Abuse: Fact-Finding) (Rev1) [2022] EWHC 108 (Fam) (20 January 2022)
Griffiths v Griffiths (Guidance on Contact Costs) [2022] EWHC 113 (Fam) (20 January 2022)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
AB v Worcestershire County Council & Anor [2022] EWHC 115 (QB) (20 January 2022)
Dalchow v St George’s University NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 100 (QB) (20 January 2022)
Palmer v Mantas & Anor [2022] EWHC 90 (QB) (20 January 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
Planning enforcement orders and mixed use – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has handed down judgment in a “significant” planning case considering the scope of a planning enforcement order where there is a mixed use, writes Leon Glenister.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Bucking the Trend on Specific Performance Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Limited – Local Government Lawyer
‘Clare Mendelle and James Hughes highlight the wide definition of Third-Party Income and the measures the courts are prepared to take to enforce the terms of longstanding contracts, by analysing the Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Limited case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Judge married to Tory grandee refuses to recuse herself in ex-MP case – Legal Futures
‘A High Court judge married to a senior Conservative politician refused to recuse herself from dealing with a contact dispute that involved a disgraced ex-Tory MP, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 24th January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Recent case highlights need for law reform in forced/predatory marriage – Family Law
‘Predatory or forced marriages faced by individuals (usually elderly) whose mental capacity is in doubt or who are vulnerable to undue influence remain an open wound for many families.’
Family Law, 12th January 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
CPS to review guidance on using drill music as evidence – BBC News
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is updating its guidance on the use of drill music as evidence in criminal trials.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Far-right extremists and jihadists must be punished equally, solicitor-general says as neo-Nazi cases rise – The Independent
‘Far-right extremists and jihadists must be punished equally, the solicitor-general has said following a rise in terror cases involving neo-Nazis.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Dispute with priest threatens to mire Oxford college in scandal – Financial Times
‘The head of one of Oxford university’s grandest colleges has indicated that he will agree to step down after a long-running dispute in a deal that includes a £1.5m pay-off and the settlement of a sexual harassment claim against him.’
Financial Times, 21st January 2022
Source: www.ft.com
New Highway Code rules change who has priority at roundabouts – The Independent
‘Three new updates will be implemented from next week.’
The Independent, 24th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK taxpayers to pay former Post Office workers up to £1bn compensation – The Guardian
‘UK taxpayers could have to pay as much as £1bn in compensation to former Post Office workers wrongly convicted of theft due to the defective Horizon IT system.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of appeal to hear challenge over media ban from Prince Philip’s will court case – The Guardian
‘A legal challenge over a decision to ban media organisations from a court case about the Duke of Edinburgh’s will is to be heard by the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Liverpool bomber papers raise fresh questions for Home Office – BBC News
‘New details have emerged about the Liverpool bomber Emad Al Swealmeen’s failed asylum attempts – and the false information he used to make his cases.’
BBC News, 24th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal rules equity partner’s demotion was not conduct extending over a period but a one-off act with continuing consequences – Farrar’s Building
‘Claimants wishing to bring a discrimination claim under the Equality Act 2010 must do so within 3 months of the discriminatory conduct. Claimants can bring their claim in respect of conduct extending beyond 3 months if the conduct was a sequence of events and the last chain in the event occurred within 3 months of the claim. But when is conduct extending over a period and when is the conduct simply a one-off act with continuing consequences? In Parr v MSR Partners LLP (Formerly Moore Stephens LLP) and Others [2022] EWCA Civ 24, the Court of Appeal held that an equity partner’s demotion to salaried partner was not a continuing act even if he suffered losses many years after the demotion. The demotion was the point at which limitation ran.’
Farrar's Building, 19th January 2022
Source: www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk
Lawyer jailed after defying order to hand over firm’s files to SRA – Legal Futures
‘A lawyer has been jailed for 13 months after showing a “brazen disregard” for his regulator by failing to hand over his firm’s files to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 21st January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Migrants win High Court unlawful age assessment challenge – BBC News
‘Two migrants have won a High Court battle after complaining about how their ages were assessed when they arrived in the UK.’
BBC News, 20th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
