‘This appeal was about whether the pension scheme transfer by the late Mrs Staveley, and her omission to take income benefits which were then payable, constituted, or are to be treated as constituting, for the purposes of the Inheritance Tax 1984 a “disposition” which is a “transfer of value” in favour of her sons, who were to be the beneficiaries of the death benefit.’
UKSC Blog, 19th August 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The High Court has rejected an application for a payment out of court to fund all of the defendants’ legal fees in a “gargantuan” tax fraud case.’
Litigation Futures, 19th August 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The appeal related to a restrictive covenant given by the developer of a shopping centre in a lease that it granted to a retailer over part of the centre. In giving the covenant the developer and later Peninsula each undertook not to allow any substantial shop to be built on the rest of the centre in competition with the Dunnes. Peninsula then argued that the covenant engaged the doctrine of restraint of trade; that it was unreasonable; and that it was therefore unenforceable. The appeal to the Supreme Court concerned whether the covenant engages the doctrine.’
UKSC Blog, 19th August 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge to the Education Secretary’s decisions to reduce the obligations on local authorities to make statutory educational and health care provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in England during the pandemic.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Law Society has warned of “legal havoc” if the High Court and Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court, are allowed to depart from EU case law after the Brexit transition period.’
Litigation Futures, 18th August 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Supreme Court
Revenue and Customs v Parry & Ors [2020] UKSC 35 (19 August 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Urynowicz v The Regional Court of Lodz, Republic of Poland [2020] EWHC 2267 (Admin) (19 August 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Leader of Kent County Council has warned that the local authority “cannot safely meet our statutory duty” when it comes to its capacity to care for new arrivals of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC).’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 13 May 2020, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of R v Adams (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 19. The case, on appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland [2018] NICA 8, concerned the challenge by Gerry Adams, former leader of Sinn Féin, to his convictions for attempted escape from the Maze Prison (also known as Long Kesh) in Belfast in the early 1970s. The issue in the case was whether the order pursuant to which Mr Adams was interned in the Maze was valid, given that it had been made by the Minister of State for Northern Ireland and had not been considered personally by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland himself. The Supreme Court held that it was not valid, that Mr Adams had therefore not been detained lawfully, and consequently, that he had been wrongly convicted of attempting to escape from lawful custody. The Supreme Court duly quashed Mr Adams’ convictions.’
UKSC Blog, 18th August 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘On appeal, a High Court judge reversed the finding that a claimant was not fundamentally dishonest due to inconsistencies in the longevity of his injuries and the non-disclosure of a subsequent road traffic accident to a medical expert (“the deafening silences”). On this basis, the claimant was found to be fundamentally dishonest pursuant to s.57 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and was consequently ordered to pay 70% of the defendant insurer’s costs. Matthew Smith, co-founder of the PSQB fraud team, was instructed on behalf of the successful appellant insurer.’
Park Square Barristers, 3rd August 2020
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Broughton v R. (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA Crim 1093 (18 August 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
Akhmedova v Akhmedov & Ors [2020] EWHC 2257 (Fam) (18 August 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The rapper Ceon Broughton has had his conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend overturned by the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Andrew Skelly considers the current restrictions on a landlord’s ability to recover possession, and the emergency measures set out in the Coronavirus Act 2020 that will continue to apply after the automatic stay on possession proceedings comes to an end on 23 August 2020.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 12th August 2020
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘As we head towards the end of the UK’s Brexit implementation period on 31 December 2020, the thoughts of many EU nationals (here I use the term to include EEA & Swiss citizens too) who have lived, studied and worked in this country, often for many years, are turning to becoming British.’
EIN Blog, 19th August 2020
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A man whose partner died of coronavirus after they moved into their dream flat is among 230,000 people who face having to leave their homes when the government lifts its ban on evictions in England and Wales this weekend.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who attacked three police officers during the Covid-19 lockdown, one of whom he bit, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Exclusion decisions prohibit entry to the UK and are made under a non-statutory power exercised personally by the Home Secretary. They tend to be used against foreign national (non-EU) prisoners who have taken up the offer of assistance to leave the UK under the facilitated returns scheme. They are made on the basis that preventing the person’s return here is conducive to the public good.’
Garden Court Chambers, 5th August 2020
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘A woman who practised knife fights with her jihadist brother as he plotted a terrorist attack in London has been given a suspended prison sentence after a judge said she acted out of “misguided loyalty”.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court
Shagang Shipping Company Ltd v HNA Group Company Ltd [2020] UKSC 34 (05 August 2020)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
R v P (Children: Similar Fact Evidence) [2020] EWCA Civ 1088 (18 August 2020)
Walker v Co-Operative Group Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 1075 (14 August 2020)
CFH Clearing Ltd v Merrill Lynch International [2020] EWCA Civ 1064 (14 August 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cotterell & Anor v Allendale & Anor [2020] EWHC 2234 (Ch) (17 August 2020)
Vucicevic & Anor v Aleksic & Ors [2020] EWHC 2236 (Ch) (14 August 2020)
Rettendon Parish Council v Hart & Ors [2020] EWHC 2221 (Ch) (14 August 2020)
Schwartz v VGV (UK) Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 2227 (Ch) (14 August 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
KfW v Singal (Costs) [2020] EWHC 2214 (Comm) (18 August 2020)
KfW v Singal [2020] EWHC 2214 (Comm) (18 August 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
Akhmedova v Akhmedov & Ors [2020] EWHC 2235 (Fam) (14 August 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Campbell v Advantage Insurance Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 2210 (QB) (14 August 2020)
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service v Woods [2020] EWHC 2228 (QB) (13 August 2020)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Jalla & Ors v Royal Dutch Shell Plc & Ors [2020] EWHC 2211 (TCC) (14 August 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
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