BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2020] EWCA Civ 1440 (03 November 2020)
GR Property Management Ltd v Safdar & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1441 (03 November 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Solid Homes Ltd, Re [2020] EWHC 2913 (Ch) (03 November 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Palmeri & Ors v Charles Stanley & Co Ltd [2020] EWHC 2934 (QB) (03 November 2020)
Robinson, Re (Review of Tariff) [2020] EWHC 2925 (QB) (03 November 2020)
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal affirms importance of data in horseracing case – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Court of Appeal in London has strengthened the tools available to rights holders when seeking to control and exploit commercially valuable data within sport and set out the pitfalls for third parties who seek to do the same without clear, unambiguous approval from a rights holder.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Novation, step-in and a potential problem with CIGA 2020 – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘Where the contractor has become insolvent, what obligations can an employer enforce when stepping-in to a previously novated professional consultant’s appointment in a design and build scenario?’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 3rd November 2020
Court: “No need for City lawyer” in professional executor tussle – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has ruled that there was no need for a more expensive City lawyer to be appointed a professional executor in preference to one from the Home Counties in a straightforward probate.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Insurer fails in aggregation argument over partner’s multi-million pound thefts – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has refused to aggregate as one claim various actions a Yorkshire law firm’s indemnity insurer is facing because of a multi-million pound fraud run by one of its partners.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Law Commission begins project on Corporate Criminal Liability – Law Commission
‘The Government has asked the Law Commission to investigate the laws around corporate criminal liability and provide options to reform them.’
Law Commission, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Stephen Lawrence murder: CPS asked to consider new charges against police – The Guardian
‘Prosecutors are to be asked to consider whether to bring new charges in the Stephen Lawrence case against senior police officers in the first botched murder investigation, it has been announced.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
High court rejects legal challenge over Dominic Cummings breach – The Guardian
‘The high court has rejected a legal bid to challenge a decision not to investigate Dominic Cummings’s journey from London to Durham at the height of the first coronavirus lockdown. Max Hill, the director of public prosecutions, said any decision to investigate Cummings must be made by the police. He did not have the power to interfere.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
TikTok star Emily Canham falls foul of UK ads watchdog – BBC News
‘A social media influencer has become the first person to be reprimanded by the UK’s advertising watchdog over a TikTok post.’
BBC News, 4th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Claire Parry death: PC Timothy Brehmer to have sentence reviewed – BBC News
‘A police officer who strangled a mother-of-two after she exposed their affair will have his 10-and-a-half year sentence for manslaughter reviewed.’
BBC News, 4th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Coronavirus: Priti Patel bans demonstrations during England’s lockdown – The Independent
‘Demonstrations of more than two people are to be banned during the month-long lockdown in England, after ministers removed an exemption that has allowed protests to take place in recent months.’
The Independent,3rd November 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prosecution of trafficking victim not an abuse of process – UK Human Rights Blog
‘R v A [2020] EWCA Crim 1408. On 29/10/2020, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against an aggravated burglary conviction brought by a teenage victim of human trafficking.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd November 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Covid-19 and False Imprisonment – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The Cambridge Private Law Centre last week hosted its annual Freshfields lecture. Lord Sumption addressed us on “Government by decree—Covid-19 and the Constitution”. This lecture has received considerable media attention and already been mentioned on this blog.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd November 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
Lambert v Forest of Dean District Council [2020] EWHC 2854 (Admin) (02 November 2020)
Scott v The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia [2020] EWHC 2924 (Admin) (02 November 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
SRS Middle East FZE v Chemie Tech DMCC [2020] EWHC 2904 (Comm) (02 November 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Former UN chief hits out at “activist lawyer” label – Legal Futures
‘The former secretary-general of the United Nations has condemned Home Secretary Priti Patel’s recent attack on lawyers – although he did not criticise her by name.’
Legal Futures, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Lone child migrants cannot be put in adult hotels, high court rules – The Guardian
‘The high court has ruled that unaccompanied child migrants cannot be placed in adult hotel accommodation after three young asylum seekers won the right to be placed in the care of social services in the first case of its kind.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
