‘A barrister broke the embargo on today’s Supreme Court ruling on the Heathrow airport expansion case “as an act of civil disobedience”.’
Litigation Futures, 16th December 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a marketing company £250,000 for making over 365,000 nuisance calls asking people about accidents and pretending to be from their insurer.’
Legal Futures, 17th December 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has today [17 December 2020] launched a call for evidence to help ensure that the technology of smart contracts can thrive in England and Wales.’
Law Comission, 17th December 2020
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Marie Crawford, barrister of Becket Chambers, reflects on a recent children law judgment and its implications for parties and practitioners.’
Family Law Week, 16th December 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A private school teacher who had sex with a pupil has been jailed.’
BBC News, 17th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The sentences given to the killers of PC Andrew Harper, who was dragged to his death in August 2019, will not be increased after challenges at the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The families of the victims of the Provisional IRA’s 1982 Hyde Park bombing are to challenge a high court decision not to award punitive damages for the atrocity.’
The Independent, 17th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police and government must urgently introduce measures to stop police sharing domestic abuse victims’ immigration data with the Home Office, a major new report has warned.
Campaigners have routinely voiced fears women with unsettled immigration status who are suffering domestic violence are often too fearful to report the abuse due to fears police will share their data with the Home Office and they will face deportation.’
The Independent, 17th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former British soldier has been jailed for terror offences after sharing military documents that caused a “significant” national security risk.’
The Independent, 17th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A sweet factory worker who drove his car at a group of colleagues after he was punched at a Christmas party has been jailed for 30 years.’
BBC News, 16th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has overturned a February judgment that a third runway at Heathrow airport was illegal. It means the project can now seek planning permission, but the ultimate completion of the runway remains uncertain.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A coroner has made legal history by ruling that air pollution was a cause of the death of a nine-year-old girl.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Church officials dismissed claims a priest was sexually abusing young men as “drunkenness”, a report has found.’
BBC News, 17th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have been accused of not taking honour-based abuse seriously as new figures reveal a 64 per cent fall in the number of offences recorded.’
The Independent, 17th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A breach of lease case in the Upper Tribunal which, despite the names, appears to be between two unrelated people. So I shall call them L – the leaseholder – and F – the freeholder – to avoid multiple Gibbins related confusion.’
Nearly Legal, 13th December 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Judgment in an urgent test case to determine whether businesses hit by Covid-19 will receive insurance pay-outs will not be handed down by the Supreme Court until January at the earliest. Five Supreme Court justices heard a case between the Financial Conduct Authority and six insurance companies in November. The dispute concerned business interruption insurance (BII) and the court was asked to rule on provisions in insurance policies relating to disease clauses, prevention of access clauses and hybrid clauses.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th December 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
W (Children: Reopening/recusal) [2020] EWCA Civ 1685 (15 December 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Director of Public Prosecutions v M [2020] EWHC 3422 (Admin) (15 December 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Sunbird Business Services Ltd, Re [2020] EWHC 3459 (Ch) (16 December 2020)
PDVSA Servicios SA v Clyde & Co LLP & Anor [2020] EWHC 3430 (Ch) (15 December 2020)
PJSC Uralkali v Rowley & Anor [2020] EWHC 3442 (Ch) (15 December 2020)
Kleinhentz v Harrison & Anor [2020] EWHC 3439 (Ch) (15 December 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
London Borough of Lambeth v L (Unlawful Placement) [2020] EWHC 3383 (Fam) (14 December 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hugh James Involegal LLP v Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP & Anor [2020] EWHC 3402 (QB) (15 December 2020)
Wray v General Osteopathic Council [2020] EWHC 3409 (QB) (15 December 2020)
Avsar v Wilson James Ltd [2020] EWHC 3412 (QB) (15 December 2020)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Standard Life Assurance Ltd v Gleeds (UK) (a firm) & Ors [2020] EWHC 3419 (TCC) (15 December 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
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