‘Financial services businesses should review the way they procure, manage and use data, and consider whether specific new processes need to be developed, to implement artificial intelligence (AI) systems in a way that customers trust, is effective and meets legal and regulatory standards.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th April 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by a local authority over a judge’s decision not to separate a mother and a baby.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The taxi or black cab has from time immemorial been part of the London transport scene. They are permitted to use all available road space, including bus lanes. The current pandemic has motivated the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) to create a policy resulting in traffic plan and traffic orders limiting the amount of road space available for vehicles. The result of these orders has been to restrict taxis from using road space (including bus lanes) in two areas of central London that were previously available to them.’
City Law Forum, 14th April 2021
Source: blogs.city.ac.uk
‘A High Court master has sent out a strong message on the need to seek budget variations promptly after refusing a bid to increase two claimants’ budgets by £1.3m.’
Litigation Futures, 13th April 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Six men who stole more than £160,000 worth of items from supermarkets, by setting off alarms to distract security guards, have been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘About 700,000 renters are estimated to have been served with “no-fault” eviction notices since the start of the pandemic, despite a government promise to scrap the practice.’
The Guardian, 15th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Inquests are valuable to insurers as Neil Ward explains. They offer a unique opportunity to hear evidence on all of the key issues which are likely to arise in determining liability arising out of any claim following a death.’
Mills & Reeve, 13th April 2021
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘Care home residents are “effectively barred” from voting in person in the elections by guidance that requires them to self-isolate for 14 days after leaving the home, a care group has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Proceedings commenced initially by the father (“F”) in respect of his daughter, a young woman aged 20 (named “Lilia” in the judgment), who had attempted suicide. Very sadly, this had resulted in a catastrophic brain injury leading to a prolonged disorder of consciousness, from which she had not emerged and remained in a vegetative state.’
Mills & Reeve, 14th April 2021
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘Older drinkers are at risk of discrimination in pubs because they do not have smartphones to order food and drinks on an app, a charity has warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A four-year policy of charging workers up to £1,200 to take law-breaking bosses to court was based on misleading data, a study has found, meaning thousands of people may have wrongly missed out on redress for breaches of employment rights.’
The Guardian, 14th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
OT Computers Ltd v Infineon Technologies Ag & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 501 (14 April 2021)
MR (Pakistan) & Anor v Secretary of State for Justice & Orse [2021] EWCA Civ 541 (14 April 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Rea v Rea & Ors [2021] EWHC 893 (Ch) (14 April 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court) Decisions
Interactive Digital Systems Ltd v VST Enterprises Ltd [2021] EWHC 887 (Ch) (14 April 2021)
Toucan Energy Holdings Ltd & Anor Wirsol Energy Ltd & Ors [2021] EWHC 895 (Comm) (14 April 2021)
Hulley Enterprises Ltd & Ors v The Russian Federation [2021] EWHC 894 (Comm) (14 April 2021)
Axis Corporate Capital UK II Ltd & Ors v ABSA Group Ltd & Ors [2021] EWHC 861 (Comm) (13 April 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kingsley Napley LLP v Harris & Anor [2021 EWHC 901 (QB) (14 April 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Commercial Court (HHJ Pelling QC) recently handed down judgment in the case of Newcastle United Football Company Limited v (1) The Football Association Premier League Limited (2) Michael Beloff QC (3) Lord Neuberger (4) Lord Dyson [2021] EWHC 349 (Comm).’
Littleton Chambers, 16th March 2021
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘The Leeds Employment Tribunal has recently determined one of the first dismissals arising out of the coronavirus pandemic in Rogers v Leeds Laser Cuttings Ltd [2021] No. 1803829/2020, writes Jonathan Gidney.’
St Philips Chambers, 25th March 2021
Source: st-philips.com
‘A police officer jailed for picking on a black father because of his colour and attacking him in front of his children is facing dismissal.’
The Guardian, 13th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Confidentiality is a fundamental concept at the heart of the modern taxation system. The need to strike a balance between the taxpayer’s right to privacy and the requirement of HMRC to carry out its functions has been the subject of much legislation and litigation.[1] There has been an explosion in the exchange of information between revenue authorities of different countries and British politicians have for years been under pressure to emulate the tradition of American presidents publishing their tax returns. But there is nothing new under the sun: the introduction of income tax in Britain at the end of the 18th century was dominated by concerns over taxpayer confidentiality, which led to measures being developed which have left their mark on today’s income tax system.’
Wilberforce Chambers, 6th April 2021
Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk
‘This was a Court of Appeal decision following a hearing in December 2020. The parties to the Claim were the estate of the late Appellant, Michael Head and his former employer the Culver Heating Company Limited as Respondent.’
3PB, 2nd March 2021
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘Planning analysis: In considering challenges under sections 288 and 289 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) heard together, the High Court quashed an inspector’s decision to uphold an appeal against an enforcement notice and to grant planning permission. The TCPA 1990, s 289 challenge had been conceded in advance of the hearing, but the parties disagreed about whether the inspector’s decision should be quashed in its entirety as a consequence. Mrs Justice Lang allowed the TCPA 1990, s 288 challenge on the basis of failures in the inspector’s consideration of development plan policies, but said that she would have quashed the decision anyway.’
No. 5 Chambers, 8th April 2021
Source: www.no5.com
‘Judgment was handed down on 26 March 2021 by the Supreme Court in the case of Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and others [2021] UKSC 10. It was held that employees working in Asda’s stores can use as comparators employees working in Asda’s depots for the purposes of an equal pay claim.’
Old Square Chambers, 26th March 2021
Source: oldsquare.co.uk
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