‘The issue of recovering legal costs for a defendant who successfully applied to stay a private prosecution, on grounds of abuse of process, was considered and decided upon by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in Muhammed Asif v Adil Iqbal Ditta and Noreen Riaz [2021] EWCA Crim 1091 (judgment 15th July 2021).’
25 Bedford Row, 9th August 2021
Source: www.25bedfordrow.com
‘In response to the growing number of instructions regarding cyber incidents, this series of articles aims to address and provide practical advice on dealing with, common scenarios faced by businesses. This first article addresses the risk of a ransomware attack and considers the practical steps that an organisation needs to take to survive such an event.’
3PB, 19th August 2021
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘On 22 October 2020, the Home Office published a Statement of Changes to update the UK’s Immigration Rules (the rules), as part of the post-Brexit immigration changes. The reforms included a new discretionary ground for refusal or cancellation of permission to stay for those individuals in the UK on a temporary basis, found sleeping rough.’
5SAH, 10th August 2021
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘Prior to her dismissal, the claimant was a senior employee with a continuous unblemished service record of 38 years.’
3PB, 9th August 2021
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘In E v L, Mr Justice Mostyn considered an application for financial remedies following a short marriage. He concluded the fact that the marriage was childless was irrelevant to whether there should be a departure from the application of the equal sharing principle. Moreover, there was no reason to distinguish between an accrual (of assets) over a short marriage and an accrual over a longer marriage. The statutory factor of the duration of marriage was likely to be reflected in any event in that an acquest over a shorter period was likely to be less. Mostyn J also considered the approach to valuing businesses in this case where three accountants gave “hot-tub” evidence as to the value of one of the husband’s companies.’
1 GC: Family Law, 10th August 2021
Source: 1gc.com
‘On the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, dangerous dogs and animal welfare expert Pamela Rose reflects on whether the statute is fit for purpose.’
1 MCB Chambers, August 2021
Source: 1mcb.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Les Ambassadeurs Club Ltd v Yu [2021] EWCA Civ 1310 (24 August 2021)
FibroGen Inc v Akebia Therapeutics Inc [2021] EWCA Civ 1279 (24 August 2021)
X (Children) (Article 61 Biia) [2021] EWCA Civ 1305 (24 August 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Goodwin v Avison & Ors [2021] EWHC 2356 (Ch) (23 August 2021)
Axnoller Events Ltd v Brake & Anor (Summary Costs Assessment) [2021] EWHC 2362 (Ch) (23 August 2021)
Jones & Anor v Lydon & Ors [2021] EWHC 2322 (Ch) (23 August 2021)
Jones & Anor v Lydon & Ors [2021] EWHC 2321 (Ch) (23 August 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Junejo v New Vision TV Ltd [2021] EWHC 2366 (QB) (24 August 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Police are failing to impose restraining orders or bail conditions on men accused of rape, domestic abuse, harassment and stalking, a watchdog has found, placing women and girls at increased risk of harm.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A deputy headmaster who raped and assaulted girls at a special needs school has been jailed.’
BBC News, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A costs judge has ruled that a claimant acted unreasonably in not using the portal for a claim that proved to be vastly overvalued.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has granted the Good Law Project permission for its legal challenge against three Whitehall departments over the multi-billion pound “Levelling Up Fund”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two companies linked to a UK power station capable of supplying up to 1m homes are to pay £6m after breaking market manipulation laws.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The new guideline hourly rates (GHR) will not formally come into force until 1 October but the High Court yesterday took them into account when dealing with a summary assessment.’
Legal Futures, 24th August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Three gang members have been found guilty of murdering a Marks & Spencer shop assistant who was stabbed at random in a postcode war.’
BBC News, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Extinction Rebellion has demanded to know how its upcoming demonstrations will be policed after the Supreme Court ruled that protest can be a “lawful excuse” to block roads under human rights law.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
R5 Capital Ltd v Mitheridge Capital Management LLP [2021] EWHC 2316 (Ch) (20 August 2021)
Fraine v Foy [2021] EWHC 2302 (Ch) (20 August 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
W (Young Person: Unavailability of Suitable Placement) [2021] EWHC 2345 (Fam) (20 August 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Aderounmu v Colvin [2021 EWHC 2293 (QB) (20 August 2021)]
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Switching from one immigration category to another, from inside the UK, is not always straightforward. Certain routes allow you to stay in the UK under the Immigration Rules by switching visa category, whilst others do not. The updated Points-Based System (PBS), introduced at the end of 2020, has opened more visa categories to in-country switching.’
EIN Blog, 17th August 2021
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A council has avoided liability for compensation for the effects of a rare “revocation order” made by them to revoke a planning permission granted in error for residential development by launching a Councillor-led judicial review of the grant after the revocation order proceedings had commenced. Meyric Lewis explains what happened.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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