‘Merton Council has agreed to pay more than £1,700 in compensation to a man who had to give up one of his jobs because the authority gave him accommodation in Birmingham – leaving him with a three-hour commute.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A convicted drug dealer who killed a bus driver and injured 14 people in a multi-vehicle crash has been jailed for seven years and eight months.’
BBC News, 27th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Long-awaited Supreme Court rulings on mobile phone patents will boost the UK’s position as a forum for resolving global IP licensing disputes, specialist lawyers said today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th August 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An experienced personal injury solicitor who forged his client’s signature on two court documents to progress her case “acted stupidly” and had to be struck off, a tribunal has decided.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Islington has lost “a most unusual” Court of Appeal action in which it argued that a confiscation order in a housing overcrowding case was too lenient.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK government will put in place a temporary system to recognise the professional qualifications of EU lawyers post 1 January 2021 if no agreement is reached before Brexit, it has confirmed.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This was a successful appeal against a decision of HHJ Lea to refuse a mother’s application for direct contact to her children (who were being cared for by the Local Authority) as the lockdown restrictions eased. Appeal allowed.’
Family Law Week, 13th August 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Thousands of landlords are trying to avoid renting their properties to benefit claimants, despite a judge ruling a blanket ban was unlawful.’
BBC News, 28th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A deputy district judge lambasted law firms’ approach to low-value road traffic claims, describing them as “drivel” and saying “they are mostly prepared in a way which makes me ashamed of our profession”.’
Litigation Futures, 28th August 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a case in which two men argued that a Crown Court judge miscalculated confiscation orders made following a prosecution by the Environment Agency.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 17th July 2020, the Ogden Working Party published the 8th Edition of the Ogden Tables, the first new edition
in almost a decade and the first under a new Chairman, William Latimer-Sayer QC.’
Ropewalk Chambers, 18th August 2020
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘Whilst much could be (and most of it has already been) written about the Government’s recent white paper on planning, two things struck me in particular.
First, how generous of Whitehall to offer such fertile ground to article-writing lawyers and other commentators searching for occupation during Covid-enforced idleness. There is only so much nourishment available via Zoom, and anyway, in terms of professional development, thanks to my planning bar colleagues and their prodigious supply of webinars (manifestly exceeding the need, whether assessed on a 5 year supply, standardised, or any other basis of your choice) all of us now know literally everything about the current policy and legislative regime that there is to know. Or at least, most of us do. Others have employed the unexpected gift of time more imaginatively: my two young sons and I, for example, are on the verge of perfecting the Frontside 180, which I reckon isn’t at all bad for three pre-lockdown non-skateboarders.’
Guildhall Chambers, 25th August 2020
Source: www.guildhallchambers.co.uk
‘Legal activity has bounced back to 130% of pre-Covid levels with conveyancing continuing to rise steadily and several other practice areas also buoyant, new figures have shown.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his cousin 27 times before he fled when she played dead has been jailed for attempted murder.’
BBC News, 27th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Most councils issue less than one fine a week to litterers, according to data obtained via freedom of information rules, with one in six issuing no fines at all across a year.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
Saptelei v Judecatoria Hunedoara, Romania [2020] EWHC 2341 (Admin) (25 August 2020)
Trybek v Regional Court In Kielce, Poland [2020] EWHC 2343 (Admin) (25 August 2020)
Ostrowski v Polish Judicial Authority [2020] EWHC 2342 (Admin) (25 August 2020)
Dmitrijev v Lithuanian Judicial Authority [2020] EWHC 2340 (Admin) (25 August 2020)
Rubak v Circuit Court In Warsaw, Poland [2020] EWHC 2333 (Admin) (25 August 2020)
Niedzwiedz v The Regional Court In Poznan, Poland [2020] EWHC 2337 (Admin) (25 August 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Malik v Hussain Jr & Ors [2020] EWHC 2334 (Ch) (28 August 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Last Tuesday the Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton MR, Dame Victoria Sharp PQBD and Singh LJ) allowed the appeal of the civil liberties campaigner, Edward Bridges, against the decision of the Divisional Court which had dismissed his claim for judicial review of South Wales Police Force’s use of live automated facial recognition technology (“AFR”).’
39 Essex Chambers, 17th August 2020
Source: www.39essex.com
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