‘A man has admitted slitting the throats of his two young children during lockdown. Nadarajah Nithiyakumar, 41, attacked his daughter Pavinya, aged 19 months, and three-year-old son Nigash at the family home in Ilford, east London, on 26 April.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A coroner has called for further investigation into whether ingesting a toilet freshener led to the death of a two-year-old girl.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The former owner of BHS has been convicted of evading tax on £2.2m of income he received from buying the failed high-street chain. Instead of paying the tax he knew he owed, Dominic Chappell, 53, spent a fortune on a luxury lifestyle that included a £90,000 yacht, a Bentley Continental car, a Bahamas holiday and some expensive Beretta guns, Southwark Crown Court heard.’
The Independent, 5th November 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘No sooner had clarity been obtained as to how child contact would work within and across the tier system, than the government announced its suspension in England. From 5 November 2020, a 4-week lockdown will begin. Thankfully though, the position on child contact is very much clearer this time around.’
Family Law, 4th November 2020
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy has been published today (Thursday 5 November). It sets out the ambition, aim and objectives for the judiciary over the next five years.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th November 2020
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Lawyers have stressed that the illegality principle in civil claims remains intact despite the Supreme Court finding in favour of a mortgage fraudster in a dispute with a law firm.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th November 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Proposals to prosecute individuals for hate crimes based on what they discuss in their own homes need to be more widely debated, free speech organisations have said.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Crystal Palace defender Mamadou Sakho has accepted “substantial” damages from the World Anti-Doping Agency over allegations he took banned performance-enhancing drugs.’
BBC News, 4th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A council has been told to pay a boy with special educational needs £20,000 because it failed to provide a suitable alternative education for him.’
BBC News, 5th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An inquiry is under way into why lower-paid health and social care workers from ethnic minorities are at greater risk from coronavirus.’
BBC News, 5th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police and social workers missed chances to protect a 13-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by a man after she threatened to reveal he had been sexually abusing her for more than a year, an independent review has found.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2020] EWCA Civ 1440 (03 November 2020)
GR Property Management Ltd v Safdar & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1441 (03 November 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Solid Homes Ltd, Re [2020] EWHC 2913 (Ch) (03 November 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Palmeri & Ors v Charles Stanley & Co Ltd [2020] EWHC 2934 (QB) (03 November 2020)
Robinson, Re (Review of Tariff) [2020] EWHC 2925 (QB) (03 November 2020)
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘The Court of Appeal in London has strengthened the tools available to rights holders when seeking to control and exploit commercially valuable data within sport and set out the pitfalls for third parties who seek to do the same without clear, unambiguous approval from a rights holder.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Where the contractor has become insolvent, what obligations can an employer enforce when stepping-in to a previously novated professional consultant’s appointment in a design and build scenario?’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 3rd November 2020
‘The High Court has ruled that there was no need for a more expensive City lawyer to be appointed a professional executor in preference to one from the Home Counties in a straightforward probate.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused to aggregate as one claim various actions a Yorkshire law firm’s indemnity insurer is facing because of a multi-million pound fraud run by one of its partners.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Government has asked the Law Commission to investigate the laws around corporate criminal liability and provide options to reform them.’
Law Commission, 3rd November 2020
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
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