‘The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed this appeal addressing whether a taxpayer is prevented from challenging the validity of an enquiry into their tax return by HMRC where both parties have proceeded, for nearly a decade, on the mistaken assumption that the enquiry was validly initiated by a letter sent to the taxpayer.’
UKSC Blog, 30th July 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The dust has settled since the government released its draft Online Safety Bill. Now is therefore a good time to evaluate its aims, methods, and potential impacts, which we will do so in this two-part post. The first post will have a look at the overall architecture of the bill, discussing what it is trying to do and how it is trying to do it. The second post will survey responses to the bill from academics and civil society campaigners, discussing whether the bill does too much or not enough.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd August 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The London Borough of Waltham Forest was in breach of its duty to have a reasonable system in place to respond to requests by the police for secure accommodation for juveniles at risk of being detained in police cells overnight, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘David Peace has motor neurone disease, a terminal illness which gradually affects the brain and nerves.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court unanimously allowed this appeal concerning whether a hotel employee working for the respondent was in breach of contract after having raped and assaulted the defendant, and/or gave rise to liability under the Contract and the Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 (“the Regulations”).’
UKSC Blog, 30th July 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Flexible operating hours (FOH) can make it easier for people to access civil and family justice, but there needs to a lot more work to bring solicitors and barristers on board, research into two pilot schemes has said.’
Legal Futures, 2nd August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A landlord has won an Upper Tribunal appeal over the imposition of a £2,500 financial penalty by a council for letting a flat without a licence.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Daisy, 45, overcame years of police inaction after persuading her mother to testify against Carvel Bennett.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government released a report in June that revealed rampant sexual abuse in schools all over the country. Nine in ten girls surveyed said that sexist name-calling and being sent unwanted explicit imagery happened “a lot”, but whose responsibility is it to fix it?’
Each Other, 2nd August 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘A police officer has been convicted of assaulting two black males within two days, including kicking a 15-year-old boy when he was on the ground.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court unanimously allowed this appeal concerning the legality of the Home Department’s regime that provides for determining the age of asylum seekers entering the UK.’
EIN Blog, 2nd August 2021
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A man who filmed a video of a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire will face a second trial, the high court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 30th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court
T (A Child), Re [2021] UKSC 35 (30 July 2021)
Tinkler v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKSC 39 (30 July 2021)
CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2021] UKSC 36 (30 July 2021)
X v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2021] UKSC 34 (30 July 2021)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
F-S (A Child: Placement Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 1212 (02 August 2021)
ZV (Lithuania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1196 (30 July 2021)
Evans v Betesh Partnership & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1194 (30 July 2021)
Al Jaber & Ors v Mitchell & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1190 (30 July 2021)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Dickinson v R. [2021] EWCA Crim 1191 (02 August 2021)
The London Borough Of Barnet v Kamyab (Rev1) [2021] EWCA Crim 1209 (30 July 2021)
Douglas v R. [2021] EWCA Crim 1193 (30 July 2021)
Seed, R. v [2021] EWCA Crim 1198 (30 July 2021)
Jones, R. v [2021] EWCA Crim 1195 (30 July 2021)
London Borough of Barnet v Kamyab (Rev 1) [2021] EWCA Crim 1170 (27 July 2021)
Pembrokeshire Herald, Re (leave to appeal) [2021] EWCA Crim 1165 (27 July 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Sands v Dyer & Ors [2021] EWHC 2124 (Ch) (30 July 2021)
Bucknall & Anor v Wilson [2021] EWHC 2149 (Ch) (30 July 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Discovery Land Company, LLC & Ors v Axis Specialty Europe SE [2021] EWHC 2146 (Comm) (30 July 2021)
State of Qatar v Banque Havilland SA & Ors [2021] EWHC 2172 (Comm) (30 July 2021)
High Court (Family Division)
P and Q, Re (Hague Convention: Consent) (Costs) [2021] EWHC 2186 (Fam) (30 July 2021)
North Yorkshire County Council v M & Ors (Medium Secure Bed) [2021] EWHC 2171 (Fam) (30 July 2021)
P and Q, Re (Hague Convention: Consent) [2021] EWHC 2184 (Fam) (30 July 2021)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Wilkins v University Hospital North Midlands NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2164 (QB) (30 July 2021)
Warren v DSG Retail Ltd [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB) (30 July 2021)
Bishopsgate Contracting Solutions Ltd v O’Sullivan [2021] EWHC 2103 (QB) (30 July 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
A violent rapist who would “degrade” women “for his own sadistic pleasure” has been jailed for 17 years.
BBC News, 1st August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court unanimously allowed this appeal concerning the legality of the Home Department’s regime that provides for determining the age of asylum seekers entering the UK.’
UKSC Blog, 30th July 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Police chiefs hoping to pull themselves out of a race crisis have appointed a new tsar who has previously said black people fear calling on officers for help.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lawyers are challenging the Home Office policy of deporting people to Vietnam who could be victims of trafficking after the UK sent a second charter flight to the country within a matter of weeks.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning whether a claimant in statutory and judicial review cases who is unsuccessful at the permission stage should be liable for the costs of multiple other parties, including respondents and interested parties.’
UKSC Blog, 30th July 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
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