‘The daughter of a woman killed by a nerve agent wants her mother’s inquest to consider whether senior members of the Russian state were responsible.’
BBC News, 14th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ministers are unlikely to back a major reform to the Gender Recognition Act, it is understood, amid fresh uncertainty over when the government will actually announce its plans.’
BBC News, 14th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scotland Yard is investigating one of its former undercover officers over allegations he incited an animal rights activist to commit illegal acts that resulted in him being jailed for four years.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Korta-Haupt & Anor v Chief Constable of Essex Police [2020] EWCA Civ 892 (13 July 2020)
Safeway Ltd v Newton & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 869 (13 July 2020)
Revenue And Customs v Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWCA Civ 874 (10 July 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Kaitey v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2020] EWHC 1861 (Admin) (13 July 2020)
Government of Ecuador v Larco [2020] EWHC 1797 (Admin) (10 July 2020)
Defending Christian Arabs, R (On the Application Of) v [2020] EWHC 1850 (Admin) (10 July 2020)
Faerman v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2020] EWHC 1849 (Admin) (10 July 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Gee v Gee & Anor [2020] EWHC 1842 (Ch) (13 July 2020)
Colouroz Investment 2 LLC & Ors, Re [2020] EWHC 1864 (Ch) (13 July 2020)
Atkinson & Glyn Mummery & Anor v Varma & Ors [2020] EWHC 1868 (Ch) (13 July 2020)
Brake & Ors v Swift & Anor [2020] EWHC 1810 (Ch) (13 July 2020)
CGL Realisations Ltd, Re [2020] EWHC 1707 (Ch) (10 July 2020)
Lexlaw Ltd v Zuberi [2020] EWHC 1855 (Ch) (10 July 2020)
Valley Brook Investments Ltd & Anor v Huam Ltd [2020] EWHC 1715 (Ch) (10 July 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Avonwick Holdings Ltd v Azitio Holdings Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 1844 (Comm) (14 July 2020)
Shell Energy Europe Ltd v Meta Energia SPA [2020] EWHC 1799 (Comm) (10 July 2020)
Alegrow SA v Yayla Agro Gida San Ve Nak AS [2020] EWHC 1845 (Comm) (10 July 2020)
Unwin v Bond [2020] EWHC 1768 (Comm) (10 July 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
AG v VD [2020] EWHC 1847 (Fam) (10 July 2020)
Z (A Child : DOLS: Lack of Secure Placement) [2020] EWHC 1827 (Fam) (10 July 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Begum v Maran (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1846 (QB) (13 July 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A (A Child) (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA 731 (15 June 2020). This was an appeal by the secretary of state against a decision of the President of the Family Division concerning the exercise of the family court’s jurisdiction to make a female genital mutilation protection order (FGMPO) under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 Sch.2 Pt 1 para.1.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th July 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Lawyers working on a damages-based agreement are entitled to be paid when the client has terminated early, the High Court has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th July 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Sue Brookes Principal Associate, Family Lawyer, Collaborative Lawyer and Mediator for Mills & Reeve LLP considers the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during July 2020.’
Family Law Week, 13th July 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A neo-Nazi group that was led by a 13-year-old boy from Estonia should be banned as a terrorist organisation, the UK government has announced.’
BBC News, 14th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rape has effectively been decriminalised as a result of a collapse in prosecutions that has allowed many offenders to escape justice, according to the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has ruled that blanket bans on renting properties to people on housing benefit are unlawful and discriminatory. The “momentous” court ruling found a single mother-of-two had experienced indirect discrimination when a letting agent refused to rent to her.’
BBC News, 14th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A widow whose husband fell eight storeys to his death while breaking up a supertanker in Bangladesh can pursue a negligence claim against Maran (UK), a British company involved in the ship’s sale, according to a high court ruling.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘“More and more” victims are dropping out of court cases as delays mount amid an increasing backlog, a leading expert has warned. Dame Vera Baird, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales, told The Independent changes to hearings caused by the coronavirus pandemic were partly to blame.’
The Independent, 14th April 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Featuring the following articles and videos from our barristers who are experts in the field of Business Crime and Proceeds of Crime work:
– 5SAH Video: Asset Tracing & Recovery – Tool Kit for Businesses – Post Covid19: Webinar featuring Gary Pons & Jonathan Benton
– David Stern features in Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law – May 2020 Edition on Cum-Ex.
– New Role for Private Prosecutions in the Wake of Covid 19: Counsel Magazine: Kevin Dent QC and Jeremy Asher.
– Dishonesty? Ghosh, Ivey got a surprise for you! (R v Barton): John Oliver and Alexa Le Moine for Lexis Nexis.’
5SAH, 6th July 2020
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘You are the witness to or the victim of a crime. The police officer says that they need you to hand over your mobile phone. The officer says it will be examined and all of the contents may be downloaded. The officer cannot say when you will get your phone back. There is a long backlog of phones waiting to be downloaded, it could be a couple of months. It’s your phone, you really rely upon it. Like most people, your average screen time has rocketed during lockdown. There is so much detailed and very personal information on that phone. You ask the officer, ‘Do you really need to take my phone?’ You are very reluctant to hand it over. The officer says, if you do not hand it over the case probably will not go any further. Discussions like this take place every day across the United Kingdom.’
Broadway House Chambers, 29th June 2020
Source: broadwayhouse.co.uk
‘The Covid 19 epidemic and consequential lockdown measures have had a disastrous impact on the seasons of winter and summer sports alike. To take but one example, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has said that it envisages a loss of revenue of £200 million, prompting it to seek funds from the Covid Corporate Financing Facility. The combined impact on Premier League revenues as a whole is predicted in the Deloitte Annual Report for 2019-2020 to be around £1 billion. This article considers the potential impact of the Covid crisis on competition law and tax issues for sports clubs and regulatory bodies. It reflects some thoughts I gave for a Blackstone Chambers Sports Webinar on 25 June 2020.’
Blackstone Chambers, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘This was an application by the GPhC to extend interim orders for the suspension of the respondent husband and wife pharmacists who were co-directors of a company which owned three pharmacies.’
Park Square Barristers, 6th July 2020
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘Barristers, former judges, politicians and campaigners are among 300 people who have signed an open letter to the home secretary, Priti Patel, urging her to grant asylum to an 11-year-old girl at high risk of female genital mutilation if taken abroad.’
The Guardian, 10th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This article reviews two Court of Appeal cases which have considered the effect that COVID-19 can have in sentencing in cases where the custody threshold has been passed. In summary, the cases make clear that the adverse effects the pandemic has had on prison life is a relevant factor a sentencing court can take into consideration in deciding: 1) whether to impose a suspend a sentence; and 2) the length of any immediate custodial sentence.’
Park Square Barristers, 3rd July 2020
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
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