‘One of the UK’s biggest police forces is refusing to back down after being accused of wrongly issuing a £10,000 fine to a nurse who was protesting over the government’s 1% pay rise for NHS workers, reigniting concern over new powers to inhibit protest.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Windrush victims have been unlawfully denied British citizenship on the grounds of minor criminal records, the High Court has ruled. In a judgement handed down on Friday, the Home Office was found to have wrongly imposed the “good character” requirement on Windrush cases, which led to people who have been in Britain for decades being refused citizenship on the basis of minor convictions.’
The Independent, 24th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘n a major blow to Priti Patel’s immigration plans, EU countries have said they will not strike bilateral agreements with Britain to facilitate the deportation of refugees to Europe.’
The Independent, 26th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Dozens of former subpostmasters who were convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting because of the Post Office’s defective Horizon accounting system are expected to finally have their names cleared.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has announced emergency funding to help tackle huge delays in court trials.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A council has been fined after it removed a homeless teenager and his mother from temporary housing during the pandemic, leaving them to sofa surf and live in a tent for two months.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It would be unjust for a defendant to be bound by the acceptance of a six-year-old part 36 offer on behalf of a protected party just hours before their death, the High Court has indicated.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd April 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The full scale of Home Office failures in managing former military sites as makeshift accommodation for asylum seekers is laid bare in a raft of damning documents seen by the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An ex-convict known as “the enforcer” and two other men have been jailed for killing a man they attacked at home.’
BBC News, 22nd April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning Regulations 2021
The Social Security and Tax Credits (Miscellaneous and Coronavirus Amendments) Regulations 2021
The International Tax Compliance (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 2021
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Non-court-based digital dispute resolution rules designed for novel technology such as crypto-assets, smart contracts, and blockchain applications have been published today.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd April 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Anti-arms trade campaigners have been given permission to challenge in the high court the UK government’s decision to resume the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia that could be used in the war in Yemen.’
The Guardian, 22nd April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A chef who raped five women after spiking their drinks has been jailed for 24 years.’
BBC News, 22nd April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Law firms are not being held to account for “toxic” work cultures, particularly where there is a lot of pressure on young lawyers, a leading expert on regulation has said.’
Legal Futures, 22nd April 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Addison Lee Ltd v Lange & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 594 (22 April 2021)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Aidid v The Queen (Rev 1) [2021] EWCA Crim 581 (22 April 2021)
Fanta & Anor v The Queen [2021] EWCA Crim 564 (21 April 2021)
Reed & Anor v The Queen (Rev 1) [2021] EWCA Crim 572 (21 April 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
WWRT Ltd v Tyshchenko & Anor [2021] EWHC 939 (Ch) (21 April 2021)
Axnoller Events Ltd v Brake & Anor [2021] EWHC 982 (Ch) (21 April 2021)
Mitchell & Anor v Al Jaber & Ors [2021] EWHC 912 (Ch) (21 April 2021)
Daly & Anor v Ryan & Anor [2021] EWHC 976 (Ch) (21 April 2021)
Rowland & Anor v Stanford [2021] EWHC 988 (Ch) (21 April 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Republic of Sierra Leone v SL Mining Ltd [2021] EWHC 929 (Comm) (16 April 2021)
Tugushev v Orlov & Ors [2021] EWHC 926 (Comm) (16 April 2021)
High Court (Family Division)
Akhmedova v Akhmedov & Ors [2021] EWHC 545 (Fam) (21 April 2021)
AC v NC [2021] EWHC 946 (Fam) (21 April 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Gupta v Northampton Hospital NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 965 (QB) (21 April 2021)
Wormald v Ahmed [2021] EWHC 973 (QB) (21 April 2021)
Axa Insurance UK Plc v Reid (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 993 (QB) (21 April 2021)
Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Ltd, Re Injunction Hearing [2021] EWHC 977 (QB) (19 April 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A man who became the first British police officer convicted of belonging to a neo-Nazi terrorist organisation has been dismissed from the Metropolitan police without notice.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The son of an oligarch caught up in the world’s largest divorce case has been told to pay £75m to his mother after a judge at the high court in London found he was “a dishonest individual who will do anything to assist his father”.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A High Court judge has suggested it would be “unjust” for a defendant to be held to a six-year-old Part 36 offer accepted hours before the claimant died.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st April 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Boris Johnson’s government takes the view that ours is a time of judicial overreach, necessitating redress in terms of the balance of judicial and executive power. This seems to have been driven by a number of high-profile cases, certain vocal thinktanks which appear to have the ear of government, and a wider constitutional prospectus of enhancing executive power to the detriment of the other branches of state. An endless series of projects and proposals have emerged, designed to remedy the perception of an overmighty judiciary. The Independent Review of Administrative Law, established with a view to curbing the perceived excesses of judicial review, reported recently in relatively tame terms, only to be swiftly followed by a further set of proposals. The Independent Human Rights Act Review potentially paves the way for satiation of long-held Conservative fantasies of amending the Human Rights Act. There are also, if leaks are to be believed, proposals to reform the UK Supreme Court.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 21st April 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
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