“‘A panel of leading lawyers has been set up to draft a legal definition of “ecocide” as a potential international crime that could sit alongside war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.’
Law Society's Gazette, 30th November 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Six non-lawyers have been banned from working for law firms for a range of offences, from faking signatures and misusing season ticket loans to fabricating a client’s will to name themselves as a beneficiary.’
Legal Futures, 1st December 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A legal challenge is being launched to halt government plans for a two-mile tunnel under Stonehenge that will cut through a world heritage site.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who dragged a police officer along the ground as he held the car door and punched another in the head has been jailed.’
BBC News, 30th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Although suicide was decriminalised more than 60 years ago, it was still always necessary to meet the criminal standard of proof when reaching a finding that someone had taken their own life. But this month, in a departure from this common understanding, the Supreme Court in R (Maughan) v HM Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46 found that the ‘degree of conclusivity’ required was, in fact, the civil standard – the balance of probabilities.’
Law Society's Gazette, 30th November 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Ministers are being urged to finally implement legislation restricting the use of dangerous restraint practices against patients in mental health units two years after it was passed.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘[W]hen considering the legality of the lockdown it is relevant that the neither latest iteration of the Coronavirus Regulations, nor the previous version that imposed the earlier lockdown, in any way restrict the Article 9(1) right to hold a belief, or choices made regarding personal behaviour outside the context of places of worship.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th November 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A man has admitted killing a 12-year-old boy in a hit-and-run near a school.’
BBC News, 30th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The first reported occasion on which the courts have had to consider whether prospective adopters gave notice of their wish to return the child highlights the need for early legal advice, the Court of Appeal has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The family of a prisoner who killed himself after being handed a controversial “never-ending” sentence has received damages from the government in an out-of-court settlement, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Northover v Social Work England [2020] EWHC 3259 (Admin) (30 November 2020)
Reay & Sherlock v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police [2020] EWHC 3246 (Admin) (27 November 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Jersey Choice Ltd v Her Majesty’s Treasury [2020] EWHC 3258 (Ch) (27 November 2020)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Nash v Hertfordshire County Council [2020] EWHC 3247 (QB) (30 November 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal addressing when an arbitrator should make disclosure of circumstances which may give rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality.’
UKSC Blog, 27th November 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The London Borough of Wandsworth has won an appeal over an order requiring it to pay nearly £35,000 in damages and costs to a woman seriously injured by a cricket ball in Battersea park.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th November 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Supreme Court
Revenue and Customs v London Clubs Management Ltd [2020] UKSC 49 (27 November 2020)
Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2020] UKSC 48 (27 November 2020)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
O’Neill v Holland [2020] EWCA Civ 1583 (27 November 2020)
Nikolaeva v London Borough of Redbridge [2020] EWCA Civ 1586 (27 November 2020)
Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald Europe [2020] EWCA Civ 1601 (27 November 2020)
C (Revocation of Placement Orders) [2020] EWCA Civ 1598 (27 November 2020)
Varma v Atkinson & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 1602 (27 November 2020)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bond & Anor, R v [2020] EWCA Crim 1596 (27 November 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hood v JD Classics Ltd (In Administration) [2020] EWHC 3232 (Ch) (27 November 2020)
Fine Care Homes Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc & Anor [2020] EWHC 3233 (Ch) (27 November 2020)
Kirby & Ors v Baker & Metson Ltd [2020] EWHC 3181 (Ch) (27 November 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
Ali v Nazma & Ors [2020] EWHC 3195 (Fam) (27 November 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tate v Allianz Iard SA [2020] EWHC 3227 (QB) (27 November 2020)
Ameyaw v McGoldrick & Ors [2020] EWHC 3234 (QB) (27 November 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘An inquest is to consider evidence that illegal levels of air pollution caused the death of a nine-year-old girl, in a landmark legal case.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has awarded five-figure costs midway through family litigation and made the point that the lawyers involved should not be expected to wait for payment.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th November 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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