The Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2021
The Universal Credit (Work-Related Requirements) In Work Pilot Scheme (Extension) Order 2021
The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021
The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
TW Logistics Ltd v Essex County Council & Anor [2021] UKSC 4 (12 February 2021)
Okpabi & Ors v Royal Dutch Shell Plc & Anor [2021] UKSC 3 (12 February 2021)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
O (A Child : Judgment: Adequacy Of Reasons) [2021] EWCA Civ 149 (16 February 2021)
R (Children: Control of Court Documents) [2021] EWCA Civ 162 (12 February 2021)
Procter & Anor v Procter & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 167 (12 February 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Murphy & Anor v Munir & Ors (Re Muhammed Munir) [2021] EWHC 278 (Ch) (15 February 2021)
The Official Receiver v Atkinson & Ors [2021] EWHC 175 (Ch) (12 February 2021)
Cameron v Cameron [2021] EWHC 229 (Ch) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Republic of Sierra Leone v SL Mining Ltd [2021] EWHC 286 (Comm) (15 February 2021)
Black Sea Commodities Ltd v Lemarc Agromond Pte Ltd [2021] EWHC 287 (Comm) (15 February 2021)
Gordian Holdings Ltd v Sofroniou & Anor [2021] EWHC 235 (Comm) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Family Division)
J, K, and L (Children) (Transnational Abandonment) [2021] EWHC 280 (Fam) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hanchard-Kerr, On the Review of the Tariff in the case of [2021] EWHC 265 (QB) (16 February 2021)
Mueen-Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 269 (QB) (16 February 2021)
Moludi, On the Review of the Tariff in the case of [2021] EWHC 264 (QB) (16 February 2021)
HXA & Anor v Surrey County Council [2021] EWHC 250 (QB) (15 February 2021)
Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB) (12 February 2021)
Parris v Ajayi & Ors [2021] EWHC 285 (QB) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co. Ltd [2021] EWHC 296 (TCC) (16 February 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Ex-military personnel dismissed from the armed forces because of their sexuality can now reclaim lost medals.’
BBC News, 16th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The time has come for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to consider whether lawtech companies, along with other unregulated legal services providers, should be regulated, the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) has said.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Since starting his role as the UK’s first football hate crime officer earlier this month, PC Stuart Ward has been busier than expected, considering football fans are banned from stadiums as part of the coronavirus lockdown.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘T & R involved an appeal against a decision to refuse to approve a plan of adoption in respect of two children, T (a 3 year old boy) and R (a 2 year old girl) and accordingly, refuse to make placement orders.’
Transparency Project, 15th February 2021
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The government is to introduce legislation that will enable academics, students or visiting speakers who are no-platformed to sue universities for compensation where they feel they have suffered because of free speech infringements.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Unions, women’s groups and charities have asked the UK’s equalities watchdog to investigate whether the government broke the law in its pandemic response.’
BBC News, 15th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Campaigners have welcomed Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on claims brought by the victims of oil pollution in the Niger Delta as a major step forward for those seeking access to justice for corporate abuses.’
Litigation Futures, 15th February 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A man who killed his wife five days into the first lockdown last year in Wales has been cleared of her murder.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Supreme Court ruling on the status of privately owned land classified as a town or village green (TVG) does not clear up a fundamental general principle, a planning expert has said. The ruling in T W Logistics Ltd v Essex County Council and Ian Tucker, rejected a landowner’s appeal against the registration of a piece of land.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th February 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A police officer has been served with a misconduct notice as part of an investigation into the sudden death of a 24-year-old shortly after he was released from custody.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Crack teams of specialist police officers are needed to bring rapists to justice and prevent a wholesale collapse of public confidence in the criminal justice system, according to the police lead for rape in England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 14th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Royal Dutch Shell Plc (‘RDS’) is the parent company of the Shell group of companies, incorporated in the UK. The Shell Petroleum Company of Nigeria Limited (‘SPDC’, the other Respondent) is an exploration and production company incorporated in Nigeria and is a subsidiary of RDS.’
UKSC Blog, 12th February 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The decision of Master Dagnall in The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity of the Brotherhood of the Most Glorious and Undivided Trinity and St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond, commonly called the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond v (1) Prescott (2) Byrne (2021) EWHC 283 (Ch), was, until Saturday night, at risk of being a footnote in housing law history, but, with the extension of the ban on (most) evictions in England being extended until the end of March (here, and see below), it’s now a bit more important.’
Nearly Legal, 14th February 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘An exasperated High Court judge has sent a fourth judgment to ministers over the continuing unavailability of a regulated placement for a vulnerable 16 year old with multifaceted difficulties and at a high risk of serious self-harm or suicide.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has sounded a new warning about “Micawber tactics” in a summary judgment in the high-profile action brought by the Duchess of Sussex (Meghan Markle) against the Mail newspaper. Lord Justice Warby, sitting as a judge in the Chancery Division, found that the duchess had a reasonable expectation of privacy when she wrote a personal letter to her father, even though she feared it might be leaked to the press.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th February 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An area of concrete in a working commercial port was validly registered by a county council as a town and village green, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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