‘Paul Lloyd, Helen Gascoigne and Catherine Craven analyse the latest court rulings and Ombudsman investigations of interest to housing associations and local authorities.’
Local Government Lawyers, 30th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has opened the way for “thousands” of flight delay claims after ruling that a pilot’s sickness just before a flight took off was not a reason to refuse compensation.’
Litigation Futures, 31st March 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has rejected an appeal by a solicitor against a £1,000 fine imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for breaching a written agreement he made during probate litigation.’
Legal Futures, 31st March 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A short but important judgment emphasising the costs consequence that a litigant may face if they have failed to negotiate openly and reasonably in the context of financial remedy proceedings was handed down by Mostyn J on 12 March 2021 in the case of LM v DM (Costs Ruling) [2021] EWFC 28.’
Family Law, 30th March 2021
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘In November 2020 Spice Girl Mel B was in the news, despairing about how the legal costs of trying to relocate her daughter Madison from the US to England were likely to bankrupt her, leading to her withdrawing her relocation application. The figure of $500,000 quoted included legal fees of $400,000 and $100,000 in accounting fees.’
Family Law, 30th March 2021
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in a groundbreaking case that is expected to inform the way family courts treat allegations of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour.’
Law Society's Gazette, 30th March 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The coroner in charge of the inquest into the death of a 28-year-old senior nurse last year has urged the government to hold an inquiry into the pandemic “as soon as practicable”. Emma Whitting made the plea at the end of the inquest at Bedfordshire and Luton Coroner’s Court, after ruling that Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong had died of multiple organ failure and coronavirus.’
The Independent, 30th March 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The police inspectorate has delivered a sweeping exoneration of officers’ manhandling of women mourning the killing of Sarah Everard, instead denouncing politicians who criticised the force.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An international businessman is suing a British police force for alleged misconduct in the handling of a case against him, in what has been described as one of the biggest legal actions of its kind in this country. Ildar Sharipov, the owner of an international currency business, began proceedings against Merseyside Police after £1.6m in his UK bank accounts was frozen in an investigation about the sales of two cars, a plane ticket to Nigeria and a number of investments.’
The Independent, 30th March 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government’s highly anticipated race report commissioned in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests has rejected suggestions that Britain is still an institutionally racist country.’
The Independent, 31st March 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A husband who strangled his wife after a row about frozen chips, then dumped her dismembered body in a country park, has been jailed for life for murder.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The role the Russian state played in the death of a Wiltshire woman who was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok is to be investigated in detail at her inquest. Heather Hallett said she would carry out a “fearless” inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess including digging into who directed the operation to bring novichok into the UK.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Swatch AG v Apple Inc [2021] EWHC 719 (Ch) (29 March 2021)
Mapara & Ors v Demetriou [2021] EWHC 764 (Ch) (29 March 2021)
Ware v Ware [2021] EWHC 694 (Ch) (29 March 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
BHX v GRX & Anor [2021] EWHC 770 (QB) (29 March 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Holding a trial over the validity of a will remotely may have helped a witness admit that the contents of his affidavit were not true, the High Court has suggested.’
Litigation Futures, 30th March 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service discontinued more than half of the private prosecutions referred to it in a year, figures seen by the Gazette reveal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th March 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed for grooming and sexually abusing three vulnerable teenage girls.’
BBC News, 29th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thousands of European children living in care in the UK face becoming undocumented within months as only one in four has been granted post-Brexit immigration status, data reveals.’
The Independent, 30th March 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The backlog of crown court cases in England and Wales has reached “crisis levels”, with the increased remand population likely to disproportionately impact children and young people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, a parliamentary committee has warned.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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