‘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
‘This Commons Library paper discusses the way that sales of residential property are taxed, and a series of reforms that have been introduced to stamp duty land tax in recent years.’
House of Commons Library, 10th August 2021
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘A mental health hospital has been closed by the care watchdog after inspectors saw evidence of patients being abused. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has forced the closure of Eldertree Lodge, in Staffordshire, which looked after more than 40 adults with learning disabilities and autism.’
The Independent, 10th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who has been in the UK for nearly 30 years and is believed to have the right to British citizenship under the Windrush scheme is facing deportation to Jamaica in two days.’
The Independent, 10th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man caught filming up a stranger’s skirt during a visit to the UK was jailed less than 24 hours after committing the offence.’
The Independent, 10th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Welsh Gower salt marsh lamb has become the first food product to receive protected status under a new post-Brexit regime.’
The Independent, 11th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former prison officer has been jailed for forming a relationship with an inmate and helping him escape.’
BBC News, 10th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The hours before a controversial Home Office charter flight to Jamaica was due to take off were mired in chaos and confusion as more than a dozen people were removed from the flight after legal challenges. The original Home Office “long list” for the flight is believed to have had 90 names on it. But the fate of the deportation flight hung in the balance on Tuesday evening as only about one tenth remained on the schedule. Tweets from a campaign group in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and flight tracker data, suggested the plane did eventually depart.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers have opened the door to expanding the use of animal testing to ingredients used in cosmetic products for the first time in 23 years, an animal welfare charity has said.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An Iranian asylum seeker cleared of people smuggling has said he was made a “scapegoat” by British authorities. Fouad Kakaei, who steered a dinghy across the English Channel, was found not guilty at a second trial after appealing against his first conviction.’
BBC News, 11th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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