Charlie Elphicke: Ex-MP jailed for sex assaults on women – BBC News
‘Ex-Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been jailed for two years for sexually assaulting two women.’
BBC News, 15th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fakhry v Pagden & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 1207 (15 September 2020)
G (A Child : Child Abduction) [2020] EWCA Civ 1185 (15 September 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Codere Finance 2 (UK) Ltd, Re Companies Act 2006 [2020] EWHC 2441 (Ch) (13 September 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Care home business in South Wales fined £432k for fire safety failings – Local Government Lawyer
‘A residential care home business in Cardiff has been fined more than £430,000 for serious fire safety failings, following a prosecution brought by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Judge refuses to let claimant abandon “unfavourable” joint expert – Litigation Futures
‘A High Court judge has upheld a decision not to allow a claimant in a noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) case to rely on a different expert because a joint expert produced an unfavourable report.’
Litigation Futures, 15th September
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Women hit by state pension age rise are ‘sick with anxiety’ ahead of Court of Appeal judgment – The Independent
‘Women hit by the state pension age rise are “sick with anxiety” as they wait for their Court of Appeal judgment to be handed down on Tuesday.’
The Independent, 14th September 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Maximum jail term for attacking emergency workers to be double – The Guardian
‘Increase to two years is among series of sentencing reforms announced by Ministry of Justice.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Tribunal awards 10 UK homecare workers £10,000 each in back pay – The Guardian
‘Ruling says travel and waiting time between cases should be treated as working time.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Independent Case Review published – Oxford Diocese – Law & Religion UK
‘On 12th December 2018, the Diocese of Oxford announced the establishment of an Independent Case Review of the diocesan safeguarding response to allegations of spiritual abuse in the case of the Revd Tim Davis. On 11 September 2020, the Diocese of Oxford published the Review’s findings, a summary of which is reproduced below.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th September 2020
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Data protection representative actions consultation opened – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government is considering whether to allow non-profit organisations to make data protection regulatory complaints and bring court claims on behalf of individuals without their consent.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2020
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Kenneth Armstrong: Can the UK Breach the Withdrawal Agreement and Get Away With It? – the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Can the UK Breach the Withdrawal Agreement and Get Away With It? – the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th September 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2020
The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020
The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2020
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
B (A Child) (Abduction: Habitual Residence) [2020] EWCA Civ 1187 (10 September 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
J v A South Wales Local Authority [2020] EWHC 2362 (Admin) (14 September 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Penta Ultimate Holdings Ltd & Anor v Storrier [2020] EWHC 2400 (Ch) (14 September 2020)
SPS Technologies Ltd v Moitt & Ors [2020] EWHC 2421 (Ch) (11 September 2020)
Lau v Cowley & Anor [2020] EWHC 2429 (Ch) (10 September 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors [2020] EWHC 2437 (Comm) (11 September 2020)
BNP Paribas SA v Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani SPA [2020] EWHC 2436 (Comm) (11 September 2020)
Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc & Ors v Zhunus & Ors [2020] EWHC 2431 (Comm) (10 September 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bioconstruct GMBH v Winspear Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 2390 (QB) (11 September 2020)
Comberg v Vivopower International Services Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 2438 (QB) (11 September 2020)
Lum v Chan [2020] EWHC 2445 (QB) (11 September 2020)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Ltd (No. 3) [2020] EWHC 2387 (TCC) (11 September 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
High Court rejects challenge to foreign in-house lawyers’ privilege – Legal Futures
‘Legal advice privilege extends to communications with foreign lawyers working in-house even if they are not recognised or regulated as “professional lawyers”, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Nationwide Organised Crime Gang sentenced – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Eighteen members of a gang who ran a county lines drugs operation stretching from north Wales and Merseyside as far as Anglesey, Cornwall and Scotland have been sentenced to a total of nearly 147 years’ imprisonment, with individual sentences ranging from 4 to 21 years at Mold Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service , 11th September 2020
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
BSB announces new opportunities to sit Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams – Bar Standards Board
‘The Director General of the Bar Standards Board has repeated his apology to students who were affected by the technical difficulties which they faced in sitting their BPTC exams in August. Further to his previous announcement on 18 August, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has also today announced that course providers will be offering new opportunities to sit the centralised BPTC and Bar Transfer Test (BTT) assessments in Professional Ethics and Civil and Criminal Litigation in the traditional pen and paper format starting from 5 October.’
Bar Standards Board, 11th September 2020
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Coronavirus: Illegal house party host fined £10k apologises – BBC News
‘A student who was fined £10,000 for an illegal house party of more than 50 people has apologised.’
BBC News, 13th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
