Stubton Hall School: Deputy head David Taylor jailed for rape – BBC News
‘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
Claimant ‘unreasonable’ for not using portal on overvalued case – Law Society’s Gazette
‘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
High Court gives go-ahead for judicial review challenge over ‘Levelling Up Fund” – Local Government Lawyer
‘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
Power station firms to pay £6m after breaking market manipulation laws – The Guardian
‘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
High Court uses new guideline rates ahead of formal introduction – Legal Futures
‘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
Anthony Adekola murder: Three guilty of Marks & Spencer worker’s killing – BBC News
‘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
XR demands answers on how protests will be policed after Supreme Court defends disruptive demonstrations – The Independent
‘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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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 immigration category while present in the UK – EIN Blog
‘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
Revocation orders, compensation and judicial review – Local Government Lawyer
‘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
Council bans ice cream van from street following chime complaints – Local Government Lawyer
‘An ice-cream van operator has been banned from operating on an East Suffolk Council street over a complaint that one of its vehicles sounded its chimes for too long.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Costs judge rejects “regrettable” overcharging allegations – Legal Futures
‘A judge has rejected claims by the wife of a convicted Kazakh businessman that she was overcharged by a London law firm for her asylum application and described the allegations of misconduct she levelled as “regrettable”.’
Legal Futures, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
PDS employee dismissed after work with murderer awarded £100k – Legal Futures
‘The Public Defender Service (PDS) has been ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation to an employee unfairly dismissed after suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to her work debriefing a murderer.’
Legal Futures, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Ex-police officer who sexually exploited domestic abuse victims sentenced – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A former police officer who used his position to groom and sexually exploit vulnerable women has been sentenced.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th August 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court blocks removal of Serpentine boathouse – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A High Court judge has backed the Royal Parks in its battle to stop the removal of a boathouse on the north bank of the Serpentine lake in London’s Hyde Park. The ruling hinged on the question of whether a wooden structure erected by the operator of rowing and pedal boats forms part of Hyde Park and therefore belongs to the Crown.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘We’re being gaslighted’: Leaseholders given huge bills despite government claim their flats are safe – The Independent
‘Homeowners in low-rise apartment blocks are being told they must hand over life-changing sums because their flats could go up in flames, even though the government has claimed the buildings pose “no systemic risk” and don’t need to be fixed.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Discriminatory Denial of Peaceful Assembly in the UK – Oxford Human Rights Hub
‘In July 2020, the UN Human Rights Committee adopted General Comment No. 37 on the right to peaceful assembly, directing States to recognise the “intrinsic value” of the right, and to “promote an enabling environment for the exercise of the right to peaceful assembly without discrimination”. The Human Rights Committee also reaffirmed that, even in states of emergencies, states’ obligations to ensure non-discrimination remain: emergency measures must not discriminate either in their purpose or their effects.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 19th August 2021
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
