‘A recent bid for judicial review concerned the inconsistency between a council’s unpublished guidance and its housing allocations scheme. Jeremy Ogilvie-Harris analyses the outcome.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) could “perpetuate or even amplify existing gender biases in the legal profession”, new research has warned.’
Legal Futures, 4th December 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The groundbreaking collective action brought against Mastercard has settled, subject to approval by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), it was announced yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This briefing provides an overview of equality law, summarising the main concepts and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.’
House of Commons Library, 2nd December 2024
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Letting the prosecution proactively approach the defence and incentivising lawyers for early guilty pleas could make a significant dent in the Crown court backlog, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service has told MPs.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th December 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A group of people have launched a legal challenge against plans to build homes on land between two protected commons.’
BBC News, 4th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man trying to recover a Bitcoin hard drive in a landfill site which he says is now worth about £600m is “seeking to bribe the council”, it has been claimed in court. Newport council has asked a High Court judge to strike out a claim by James Howells, who is attempting to sue the local authority to gain access to the site or get £495m in compensation.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A gang has been jailed after trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of about £200m in a cargo of bananas from Colombia.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A raft of road rules and changes are due to come into effect this December.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
McCalla v Secretary of State for Defence [2024] EWCA Civ 1467 (02 December 2024)
Davda v The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries [2024] EWCA Civ 1460 (02 December 2024)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Versnick & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 1454 (29 November 2024)
Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB [2024] EWCA Civ 1453 (29 November 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Nicholls v Government of the United States of America [2024] EWHC 3071 (Admin) (29 November 2024)
Kozubal v Regional Court In Rzeszow, Poland [2024] EWHC 3032 (Admin) (29 November 2024)
High Court (Chancery Division)
JMW Solicitors LLP & Ors v Injury Lawyers 4U Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 3103 (Ch) (03 December 2024)
Gladwin v RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP [2024] EWHC 3054 (Ch) (02 December 2024)
Wilkinson v Maher & Ors (Re Pocket Renting Ltd) [2024] EWHC 2948 (Ch) (29 November 2024)
Norman v N & CJ Horton Property [2024] EWHC 2994 (Ch) (29 November 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Yamada Ltd v Setara Holdings Inc & Ors [2024] EWHC 3095 (Comm) (02 December 2024)
SFL Ace 2 Company Inc v DCW Management Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 3074 (Comm) (29 November 2024)
Barclays Bank PLC v VEB.RF [2024] EWHC 3088 (Comm) (28 November 2024)
High Court (Family Division)
K v M [2024] EWHC 3081 (Fam) (29 November 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Amberside Energy (Development) Ltd & Ors v Ahmed & Anor [2024] EWHC 3077 (KB) (02 December 2024)
Byrne v Motorsport Vision Racing Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 2966 (KB) (29 November 2024)
Abayomi v CIFAS [2024] EWHC 3060 (KB) (29 November 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Runnymede Borough Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who converted a three-bedroom bungalow into a 15-room unlicensed house of multiple occupation (HMO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused permission to challenge by way of judicial review an age assessment carried out by social workers employed by a Welsh council, which concluded that the claimant was an adult.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The festive season in the UK throughout December into early January is traditionally a period when family, friends and colleagues get together in restaurants, bars, cafes and other hospitality settings to socialise – perhaps more so than at any other time of the year.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Stalking victims will be better protected under a raft of new measures unveiled by the Home Office.’
Home Office, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A magistrate who remarked on the “relentless rise in the acceptability of” absent fathers has been issued with formal advice.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man named on the UK’s most wanted list after supplying £4.5m worth of cocaine across the West and South West has been jailed for 18 years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new Covid corruption commissioner has started an investigation into personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud. Tom Hayhoe’s first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of PPE bought during the pandemic that then had to be written off the government’s books.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Stalking victims will be able to learn their perpetrator’s identity more quickly under new measures unveiled by the government. Perpetrators will be subject to a tougher restraining order system as new policies make it easier for victims to obtain Stalking Protection Orders to stop offenders from pursuing and harassing them.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “dangerous” teenager who shot a woman in the head through the front door of her home in east London has been handed a life sentence.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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