‘A deputy High Court judge has hit out at the “lamentable” way applications before him were prepared, including non-compliant and late skeleton arguments from counsel.’
Litigation Futures, 4th May 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A senior costs specialist at Slater & Gordon (S&G) has won a claim for unfair dismissal on one ground but an employment tribunal decided it would not be just to award him damages.’
Legal futures, 4th May 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has announced a consultation on proposals to allow for the legal recognition of electronic versions of documents such as bills of lading and bills of exchange. If implemented, the reforms could revolutionise global trade and bring the processes into the 21st Century. We are also considering reform of the legal treatment of cryptoassets and digital assets and today published a call for evidence as part of that process (see below).’
Law Commission, 30th April 2021
Source: https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/proposals-to-allow-electronic-documents-would-revolutionise-trade/
‘A former probationary police officer has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to a total of four years and four months in prison after he was exposed as a secret member of a neo-Nazi group.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 30th April 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A Netflix reality TV star and son of a former attorney general has been fined nearly £3,000 for being abusive to staff on a flight and refusing to wear a mask.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government is being urged to remove the Windrush compensation scheme from the Home Office after new data showed 214 applicants have been waiting more than 18 months and five people more than two years.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Hospitality bosses have lost a legal challenge for a faster reopening for indoor dining in England.’
BBC News, 3rd May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021
The Marriage (Keeping of Records in Churches and Chapels) Regulations 2021
The Bank for International Settlements (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2021
The Nursing and Midwifery (European Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The G7 Presidency (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021
The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2021
Source: www.legisaltion.gvo.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
TD (Albania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 619 (29 April 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
ST & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1085 (Admin) (29 April 2021)
Bacau District Court Romania v Iancu [2021] EWHC 1107 (Admin) (29 April 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Koza Ltd & Anor v Koza Altin Isletmeleri As [2021] EWHC 1098 (Ch) (29 April 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Olympic Council of Asia v Novans Jets LLP [2021] EWHC 1063 (Comm) (30 April 2021)
Hicks v 89 Holland Park (Management) Ltd [2021] EWHC 930 (Comm) (29 April 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Jamieson v Wurttembergische Versicherung Ag & Anor [2021] EWHC 1111 (QB) (30 April 2021)
PAL (A Child) v Davison & Ors [2021] EWHC 1108 (QB) (29 April 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
‘The biggest shake-up of terrorist sentencing and monitoring in decades has been granted Royal Assent today (29 April 2021) – giving the courts, police and security services greater powers to protect the public.’
Ministry of Justice, 29th April 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Norfolk County Council wrongly took account of the economic benefits of a development proposal when in its capacity as highways authority it decided not to object to its impact on a local main road.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Birmingham City Council’s system for allocating accommodation to homeless people has been declared unlawful by the High Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A 64-page users’ guide aimed at litigants in person who have to navigate the “straightforward” Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal for whiplash claims was published yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 30th April 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bill provides protection to millions of people who experience domestic abuse and strengthens measures to tackle perpetrators.’
Home Office, 29th April 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Joseph Rainer and Thomas Haggie, barristers of Queen Elizabeth Building, consider third-party assets and their bearing on the court’s assessment of resources in financial remedy cases.’
Family Law Week, 28th April 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Council care workers can help disabled people meet prostitutes without breaking the law, a judge has confirmed in a landmark ruling. A judge in the Court of Protection – a specialist court which considers issues relating to people who are deemed to lack capacity to make certain decisions – ruled that carers who facilitate adults with learning disabilities to visit sex workers will not be committing a criminal offence.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Cross-party MPs have attacked Home Office plans that will see more trafficking survivors locked up in immigration detention and threatened with removal, warning that it is a “hugely retrograde step”.’
The Independent, 29th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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