‘The competition watchdog has said it will investigate the price of PCR Covid tests “immediately”. The health secretary had called for a review into “excessive” pricing and “exploitative practices” among test providers.’
BBC News, 12th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A care worker who was caught by a hidden camera sexually assaulting a patient has been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than half a million European citizens living in the UK are still awaiting a decision over their status six weeks on from the June deadline for the settlement scheme.’
The Independent, 12th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The “shameful” case of a violent 12-year-old boy who was detained in hospital by 15 police officers illustrates the “systemic failings” in England’s care system, according to the body representing all of England’s directors of children’s services.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for making a racist Snapchat video in which he targeted Home Secretary Priti Patel and used racial slurs.’
BBC News, 12th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A law firm representing travellers is challenging the UK’s quarantine hotel policy and seeking a judicial review.’
BBC News, 12th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four people have been convicted of murdering an NHS worker they selected at random to kill in the street in an attack meant to boost their standing in a gang.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The desired shift in professional practice in care proceedings can be achieved by paying fresh attention to the fundamental principles of good case management, the Court of Appeal has stressed in two cases appealed from the Family Court at Leeds.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N?’
Transparency Project, 10th August 2021
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A man who murdered his baby son and inflicted life-changing injuries on the infant’s twin brother by violently shaking them has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 10th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The competition watchdog has sided with Great Britain’s energy regulator after an industry rebellion over a clampdown on the returns energy network companies can make at the expense of customer bills.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Patrick Gilmore, barrister of Deans Court Chambers, describes how the resolutions approach might assist cases in which a parent denies the harm caused to a child.’
Family Law Week, 10th August 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Syvil Lloyd Morris, Solicitor Advocate and co-founder of Bastian Lloyd Morris, challenges three precepts of the Family Justice System.’
Family Law Week, 10th August 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The tax tribunal has no power to direct that an application by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for a third party information notice be held “inter partes”, that is with the taxpayer or the third party present, the Court of Appeal has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The UK government has introduced its Judicial Review and Courts Bill in Parliament. In doing so, it has stepped back from radical reforms restricting judicial review, and instead focused on a more subtle reform of remedies, expected to come into force in England and Wales in 2022.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Cases about liquidated damages are, it transpires, like London buses: you wait ages for one to turn up and then two come along together.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 9th August 2021
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
I-A (Revocation of Adoption Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 1222 (10 August 2021)
Chowdhury v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1220 (09 August 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Burghelea v Bucharest Tribunal Romania [2021] EWHC 2261 (Admin) (10 August 2021)
Byrne v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 2237 (Admin) (10 August 2021)
Metcalfe v Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd [2021] EWHC 2271 (Admin) (10 August 2021)
Modi v Government of India & Anor [2021] EWHC 2257 (Admin) (09 August 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Arora & Anor v Moshiri & Anor [2021] EWHC 2230 (Ch) (10 August 2021)
Amicus Finance Plc, Re (Convening judgment) [2021] EWHC 2255 (Ch) (09 August 2021)
Hussain & Anor v Ahmed & Anor [2021] EWHC 2213 (Ch) (09 August 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Caine v Facebook Ireland Ltd & Ors [2021] EWHC 2264 (QB) (06 August 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A High Court judge has given a disabled swimmer permission to bring a judicial review challenge over the new charging regime for Hampstead Ponds.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in Kensal Green has been told to pay more than £21,000 in fines and costs by Willesden Magistrates’ Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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