‘When the First-tier Tribunal decides an information rights appeal and finds in favour of the requestor, who has the responsibility for enforcing any non-compliance with that judgment? Is it the FTT, or is the Information Commissioner? In an interesting judgment of Judge Jacobs in Moss v Information Commissioner & Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames [2020] UKUT 174 (AAC), the Upper Tribunal has held that it is the FTT.’
Panopticon, 2nd July 2020
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Efforts to improve diversity among police officers are at risk of being thwarted by the disproportionate use of stop-and-search powers against black men, a senior policing watchdog has warned.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An Upper Tribunal appeal of an FTT decision that the leaseholder, Ms M, was in breach of lease, and specifically a restriction “Not to do or permit or suffer in or upon the Demised Premises or any part thereof any illegal or immoral act or any act or thing which may be or may become a nuisance or annoyance or cause damage to the Lessors or the tenants of the Lessor or the occupiers of any part of the Building.”’
Nearly Legal, 1st July 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The government’s lockdown, which has closed schools, premises and companies while limiting free movement, is the “most sweeping and far-reaching” restriction on fundamental rights since the second world war, the high court has been told.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The new video platform enabling more remote cases to be heard in the criminal courts will rolled out to the civil courts over the coming months, the Ministry of Justice confirmed yesterday.’
Litigation Futures, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Who decides whether my area needs to go into local lockdown? How will it be enforced? What is being done to protect the most vulnerable? These are a few of the questions on people’s minds after England’s first local lockdown came into force this week.’
Each Other, 3rd July 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The role of British judges who sit on Hong Kong’s highest court has come under intensive scrutiny as the new, Beijing-enforced national security law transforms the former colony’s legal freedoms.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court
Hilton, R. v (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 29 (1 July 2020)
Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 (1 July 2020)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fatima v Family Channel Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 824 (01 July 2020)
Rees & Anor v Windsor-Clive & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 816 (01 July 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bishop v Public Service Ombudsman for Wales [2020] EWHC 1503 (Admin) (02 July 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Gibbons & Anor v Smith & Ors [2020] EWHC 1727 (Ch) (01 July 2020)
The Financial Conduct Authority v Avacade Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 1673 (Ch) (30 June 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
CH Offshore Ltd v Internaves Consorcio Naviero SA & Ors [2020] EWHC 1710 (Comm) (01 July 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ameyaw v McGoldrick & Ors [2020] EWHC 1741 (QB) (02 July 2020)
Piepenbrock v Associated Newspapers Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 1708 (QB) (01 July 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A statutory cap on compensation payable by the UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to those who have not yet reached pension age is unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st July 2020
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Covid 19: The impact of the crisis on competition law and tax issues in sport.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘The High Court has quashed a judgment in default awarded against the London Borough of Tower Hamlets because pandemic restrictions had made it impossible to the council to receive the claim concerned.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd July 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has roundly criticised witness statements prepared for an application for summary judgment in a major piece of tax litigation, saying far too much time and money was spent on them.’
Litigation Futures, 1st July 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The role of discrimination on the part of both general counsel and clients in disadvantaging female lawyers was revealed yesterday by a survey on improving diversity at partner level in law firms.’
Legal Futures, 1st July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government has announced an overhaul of how the Family Court deals with domestic abuse to provide greater protection to survivors of domestic abuse.’
Family Law, 1st July 2020
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Family Procedure Rule Committee (FPRC) has announced a stakeholder consultation on making the general enforcement application procedure (for the enforcement of family financial orders) more effective. The consultation follows the Law Commission’s report in December 2016 on the enforcement of family financial orders.’
Family Law, 1st July 2020
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
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