Romance fraud on rise in coronavirus lockdown – BBC News
‘Romance fraud – scamming someone out of money by pretending to want a relationship – has been on the rise during lockdown.’
BBC News, 10th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
£1m cost of advertising for claimants is not recoverable, judge rules – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Lawyers leading group litigation against British Airways have been told they cannot expect the defendant to pay the £1m costs of advertising for claimants if the action succeeds.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th February 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
G (Abduction: Consent/discretion) [2021] EWCA Civ 139 (09 February 2021)
Fairford Water Ski Club Ltd v Cohoon & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 143 (09 February 2021)
Ocado Group PLC & Anr v McKeeve [2021] EWCA Civ 145 (08 February 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mohammad v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 240 (Admin) (09 February 2021)
JS v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 234 (Admin) (09 February 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Udeshi & Ors v Sieratzki [2021] EWHC 213 (Ch) (09 February 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kim v Lee [2021] EWHC 231 (QB) (09 February 2021)
Stroma Building Control Ltd v Barr [2021] EWHC 239 (QB) (09 February 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
The £55 court fee that should have been £10,000 – Litigation Futures
‘The fee to bring an unlimited additional claim should be £10,000, rather than the £55 the court office had advised one of the parties in bitter litigation involving two law firms, a judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 10th February 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Covid travel rule-breakers could face 10-year jail terms, says Hancock – The Guardian
‘Travellers arriving from coronavirus hotspots could face £10,000 fines and jail sentences of up to 10 years under a package of measures designed to stop new variants entering Britain.’
The Guardian, 9th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Protection of Trading Interests (Authorisation) Regulations 2021
The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Order 2021
The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
White v Crown Prosecution Service [2021] EWCA Crim 141 (08 February 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Dalkilic & Anor v Pekin & Anor [2021] EWHC 219 (Ch) (8 February 2021)
Lyle & Anor v Bedborough & Anor (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 220 (Ch) (08 February 2021)
Walayat & Ors v Berkeley Solicitors Ltd [2021] EWHC 227 (Ch) (08 February 2021)
High Court (Family Division)
NB v MI [2021] EWHC 224 (Fam) (08 February 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
Administrator appointment not void despite notice failure – OUT-LAW.com
‘A secured creditor’s appointment of an administrator was not void despite the fact it failed to notify its intention to make the appointment to another secured creditor whose security was in place first, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Universal Credit childcare payment system indirectly discriminates against women – UK Human Rights Blog
‘R (Salvato) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 102 (Admin). Ms Salvato is one such lone mother, who brought judicial review proceedings claiming that the differential method for reimbursing childcare costs constituted indirect discrimination against women contrary to Article 14 (read with Article 8 and/or Article 1 Protocol 1) ECHR and was irrational at common law. The Administrative Court agreed on both grounds.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th February 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
25% uplift is usual for outdated guideline rates, says judge – Litigation Futures
‘The conventional approach in relation to the guideline hourly rates (GHR) is to uplift them by about 25% to reflect the effects of inflation since they were set in 2010, a High Court judge has said. He refused without more evidence to reduce the impact of inflation by commercial pressures on solicitors to keep their fees lower.’
Litigation Futures, 9th February 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Privilege waived in litigation between law firms – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has ruled that legal professional privilege was waived by the liquidators of a company when they released a set of documents to a litigant to help her sue her law firm for negligence.’
Legal Futures, 9th February 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
UK’s youngest terror offender walks free from court after recruiting for neo-Nazi group – The Independent
‘The UK’s youngest known terror offender has walked free from court after recruiting members for a neo-Nazi group.’
The Independent, 8th February 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home Office admits 15,000 people deleted from police records – The Guardian
‘A blunder led to the records of more than 15,000 people being deleted in their entirety from the Police National Computer, the Home Office has admitted. News of the data loss emerged last month, but on Monday the government put numbers on what had been erased.’
The Guardian, 8th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Rise in child abuse online threatens to overwhelm UK police, officers warn – The Guardian
‘The vast, and growing, volume of child abuse material being created and shared online is threatening to overwhelm police efforts to tackle it, senior officers have told the Guardian. And the situation is likely to worsen, National Crime Agency (NCA) child abuse lead Rob Jones warned, if social media sites such as Facebook press ahead with further encryption of messaging services.’
The Guardian, 9th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Victims of crimes ‘re-traumatised’ by system – BBC News
‘When Tracey Hanson’s son, Josh, was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack in 2015, it was the start of a tough journey through the criminal justice system. She said she was “passed from pillar to post” throughout and the impact stays with her today. Experiences like hers – and others who have been victims of crime – is driving a fresh call from Labour for a “Victims’ Law” to strengthen their rights.’
BBC News, 8th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Requirement for all parole hearings to be held in private to be relaxed – Ministry of Justice
‘The rule which currently requires all parole hearings to be held in private will be relaxed as part of the government’s efforts to increase public confidence in the process.’
Ministry of Justice, 8th February 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Community Treatment Orders: does seeing patients remotely suffice? – Local Government Lawyer
‘Jonathan Auburn and Lucy McCann assess whether decision-making as to community treatment orders requires physical attendance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
