‘Legal aid services are on the brink of collapse due to successive cuts and the disruption wreaked by Covid-19, say lawyers.’
The Guardian, 29th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Structural racism led to the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, a review by Doreen Lawrence has concluded.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ben Williams QC, Rob Marven QC and Benjie Fowler consider the changes to cost budgeting introduced in October 2020.’
4 New Square, 7th October 2020
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘The Claimant had been employed by the respondents for 20 years as a teacher. On 30th December 2016 the Police entered his property having been granted a warrant to search for and seize computers in the possession of the Claimant. The warrant was based on intelligence that indecent images of a child or children had been downloaded to an IP address associated with the Claimant. The Claimant lived at the address with his son. One of the computers was found to have data that was of interest to the Police.’
3PB, 2nd October 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘Charlotte John investigates interim payments under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 26th October 2020
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘Two innocent black brothers wrongly suspected by police of drug dealing after they bumped fists in the street say they were targeted because of their skin colour and will sue the police.’
The Guardian, 29th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Litigation challenging the vires of the Coronavirus Regulations has been rumbling along over recent months. On 6 July 2020, Mr Justice Lewis refused permission in the Simon Dolan judicial review case.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 28th October 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Kevin Andre Clarke was 35-year-old black man who died after being restrained by police in Lewisham, South London, on 9 March 2018. Kevin had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia since the age of 17 and at the time of his death was experiencing a mental health episode.’
Garden Court Chambers, 9th October 2020
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘It was common ground between the parties that the claimant had been dismissed for a fair reason, namely redundancy. The point of contention arose from the fact that, at point of dismissal, the respondent had in place a list of workers upon whom it would call upon to undertake adhoc work as and when needed.’
3PB, 2nd October 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘A London borough is facing a judicial review challenge over its decision that a petition calling for a referendum on changes to its governance arrangements was invalid.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Parliament could soon be given legal powers to summon reluctant witnesses such as Dominic Cummings and Rupert Murdoch to answer questions from MPs, according to the chair of a Commons committee.’
The Guardian, 28th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) could offer “activity-based licences”, allowing lawyers to provide individual reserved legal activities instead of its current “all or nothing” approach to regulation.’
Legal Futures, 29th October 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
KB (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1385 (28 October 2020)
S (A Child : Finding of Fact) [2020] EWCA Civ 1382 (27 October 2020)
Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police & Ors v Dyer & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1375 (27 October 2020)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bassett v R. [2020] EWCA Crim 1376 (28 October 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Crocker v Devon And Cornwall Police [2020] EWHC 2838 (Admin) (28 October 2020)
Ali v Director of Public Prosecutions [2020] EWHC 2864 (Admin) (27 October 2020)
Zins, R (On the Application Of) v East Suffolk Council [2020] EWHC 2850 (Admin) (27 October 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Sheeran & Ors v Chokri & Ors [2020] EWHC 2806 (Ch) (28 October 2020)
Sunbird Business Services Ltd, Re [2020] EWHC 2860 (Ch) (28 October 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Toms (t/a Goldbergs Solicitors) v Brannan [2020] EWHC 2866 (QB) (27 October 2020)
Source: www.bailii.og
‘A police officer who strangled his long-term lover after she exposed their affair to his wife has been jailed.’
BBC News, 28th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Why is it so difficult to overturn a coroner’s verdict at inquest level? And are coroners entitled to reach the decisions they do with regards the scope of the inquest?’
5SAH, 20th October 2020
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
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