‘Home Office officials wrongly charged 69 people with entering the UK illegally when they had not reached the country, it has emerged.’
The Independent, 9th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Actions to improve race inclusion in the solicitors’ profession are not delivering change quickly enough, Law Society research has found, highlighting a significant ethnicity pay gap.’
Legal Futures, 9th December 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The woman who killed seven-year-old Emily Jones in a Bolton park on Mother’s Day has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of eight years.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Johnny Depp has applied directly to the court of appeal in a bid to overturn a high court ruling that he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard and put her in fear for her life.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been found guilty of the “sexually-motivated” murder of a teenager whose body he set on fire.’
BBC News, 8th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother was entitled to bring a lawyer to support her at a mediation of her dispute with Hillingdon Council about her son’s Education, Health and Care Plan and the local authority was in breach of its statutory duties by refusing to participate, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th December 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Judges and magistrates are to be given explicit reminders for the first time in sentencing guidelines of the disparity in punishments being imposed by the courts on white, Asian and black offenders.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 5 August 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in Shagang Shipping Company Ltd (in liquidation) v HNA Group Company Ltd [2020] UKSC 34; [2020] 1 W.L.R. 3549. Against the background of a commercial charterparty dispute, this appeal raised important questions about the admissibility of evidence potentially obtained through torture.’
UKSC Blog, 8th December 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘An email sent by payment giant PayPal which promised customers a reward of £10 for using their account did not make it clear enough that not everyone would receive it, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.’
BBC News, 9th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Tomkins v City of London Corporation [2020] EWHC 3357 (Admin) (08 December 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Miah & Ors v Miah [2020] EWHC 3374 (Ch) (08 December 2020)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Don Benyatov v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) [2020] EWHC 3328 (QB) (08 December 2020)
Ralph v Ralph [2020] EWHC 3348 (QB) (08 December 2020)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Deluxe Property Holdings Ltd v SCL Construction Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 3354 (TCC) (08 December 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A High Court judge has expressed concern that a litigant in person has threatened violence against lawyers for the people he is suing while dismissing a bid to disqualify the solicitors from acting.’
Legal Futures, 8th December 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The age limit for playing the National Lottery is set to be raised from 16 to 18 from next October as the government moves to crackdown on gambling.’
BBC News, 8th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The children’s commissioner for England has warned that end-to-end encryption is putting children at risk of abuse, as a survey finds that most eight-year-olds are using messaging apps supposedly restricted to those aged 13 or older.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The challenge facing traditional law firms from artificial intelligence (AI) is not a lack of finance to invest in technology but having the right “human capital”, a study from Oxford University has argued.’
Legal Futures, 7th December 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
The Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2020
The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020
The Non-Domestic Rating (Compilation and Alteration of Lists) (England) Regulations 2020
The State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions (No. 2) Order 2020
The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) (No. 2) Order 2020
The Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) Regulations 2020
The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The International Finance Corporation (General Capital Increase) Order 2020
The International Development Association (Nineteenth Replenishment) Order 2020
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Gourlay, R (on the application of) v Parole Board [2020] UKSC 50 (04 December 2020)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Abc Electrification Ltd v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1645 (04 December 2020)
London Borough of Southwark v Ludgate House Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 1637 (04 December 2020)
British Gas Trading Ltd v Shell UK Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 2349 (04 December 2020)
Digby v Melford Capital Partners (Holdings) LLP & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1647 (04 December 2020)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Nassinde v Chester Magistrates Court [2020] EWHC 3329 (Admin) (07 December 2020)
Craggs v Secretary of State for the Environment [2020] EWHC 3346 (Admin) (07 December 2020)
Dhoorah v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2020] EWHC 3356 (Admin) (07 December 2020)
Diamond v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWHC 3313 (Admin) (04 December 2020)
Nika v Douai County Court, France [2020] EWHC 3335 (Admin) (04 December 2020)
Kumar v London Borough of Hillingdon (Rev 1) [2020] EWHC 3326 (Admin) (04 December 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
SPI North Ltd v Swiss Post International (UK) Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 3268 (Ch) (07 December 2020)
Brett (Liquidator Of Care Community Ltd) v Adam & Anor [2020] EWHC 3360 (Ch) (04 December 2020)
Knipe v British Racing Drivers’ Motor Sport Charity & Ors [2020] EWHC 3295 (Ch) (03 December 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Arcelormittal USA LLC v Ruia & Ors [2020] EWHC 3349 (Comm) (07 December 2020)
Doglemor Trade Ltd & Ors v Caledor Consulting Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 3342 (Comm) (04 December 2020)
Pisante & Ors v Logothetis & Ors [2020] EWHC 3332 (Comm) (04 December 2020)
Grace Ocean Private Ltd v MV “Bulk Poland” [2020] EWHC 3343 (Comm) (04 December 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
M (A Child: Hague Convention) [2020] EWHC 3340 (Fam) (07 December 2020)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Senna v Henderson & Ors [2020] EWHC 3345 (QB) (07 December 2020)
Henry v Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3306 (QB) (07 December 2020)
Butler & Anor v Pike & Ors [2020] EWHC 3362 (QB) (07 December 2020)
Quilter Private Client Advisers Ltd v Falconer & Anor [2020] EWHC 3294 (QB) (04 December 2020)
Failes v Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 3333 (QB) (04 December 2020)
Stokoe Partnership Solicitors v Robinson & Ors [2020] EWHC 3312 (QB) (03 December 2020)
Duffy v Centraal Beheer Achmea [2020] EWHC 3341 (QB) (03 December 2020)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Equipe Regeneration Ltd v Higgins Construction Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 3293 (TCC) (03 December 2020)
Global Switch Estates 1 Ltd v Sudlows Ltd [2020] EWHC 3314 (TCC) (03 December 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the Secretary of State for Education had acted unlawfully in failing to consult certain bodies representing children in care, including the Children’s Commissioner for England, before introducing the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (“the Amendment Regulations”) following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th December 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘General Data Protection Regulation fines are like a number 65 bus: you wait for a long time and then three arrive at once. In the space of a month the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued three monetary penalty notices. All relate to breaches of GDPR’s security requirements as set out in articles 5 and 32.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th December 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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