‘Two jury trials will resume at the Old Bailey this week as first steps toward Crown court cases restarting around the country. However, the criminal bar warned that a resumption of normal service “remains many weeks off”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th May 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The NHS contact-tracing app must not be rolled out across the UK until the government has increased privacy and data protections, an influential parliamentary committee has said, as rights groups warn that the current trial is unlawful under the Data Protection Act.’
The Guardian, 7th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The general obligation of good faith in the performance of contractual obligations is widely recognised and accepted overseas both in civil law jurisdictions and also now in most common law jurisdictions.’
The 36 Group, 1st May 2020
Source: 36group.co.uk
‘If a party is a signatory to a pre-existing dispute clause, that will normally be binding upon them save for specific circumstances outside the scope of this article. Our present focus is where disputants are not bound to mediate, but one side proposes mediation.’
33 Bedford Row, 30th April 2020
Source: www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
‘Morrisons, the Appellant by the time this case reached the Supreme Court, are, of course, a well-known national chain of supermarkets. The Respondents in this case were approximately 9,000 employees or former employees of Morrisons.’
3PB, May 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘Without, hopefully, being too flippant, the above are, essentially, the questions that the Court of Appeal will be considering tomorrow in relation to Practice Direction 51Z, in Arkin v Marshall.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 29th April 2020
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘Lawyers for an eight-year-old British boy have won a ruling that a Home Office policy denying families like his access to the welfare safety net is unlawful.’
The Guardian, 7th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Proposals to release some offenders from prison earlier than planned have been shelved by the government.’
BBC News, 10th May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The impact of COVID-19 and the guidance from Government to take all precautions to avoid unnecessary contact, has seen understandable and unprecedented changes to the justice system. The Lord Chief Justice has announced that, where possible, criminal hearings should take place remotely and no new jury trials can begin, causing all future trials to be postponed.’
Garden Court Chambers, 5th May 2020
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘Stalking support services and police forces have recorded a surge in perpetrators turning to online tactics to harass their victims during the coronavirus lockdown.’
The Guardian, 8th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Children at a young offenders institution have been let out of their cells for only 40 minutes a day due to coronavirus, a report has revealed.’
BBC News, 7th May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There are multiple human rights and civil liberties implications both globally and domestically arising from the response to COVID-19 and the current crisis. Some of them are very real and concerning. Others are scaremongering and simply not true.’
Garden Court Chambers, 1st May 2020
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘It’s a welcome development, recently announced in the Law Gazette, that ABI members and various claimant firms have already signed up to an ongoing protocol adding flexibility to the way claims are handled at this time. A similar agreement has been made between the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and Forum of Insurance Lawyers.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 29th April 2020
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘A “manipulative” child rapist who shared his abuse images with his uncle has been given a life sentence.’
BBC News, 7th May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department v Devani [2020] EWCA Civ 612 (07 May 2020)
Glencairn IP Holdings Ltd & Anor v Product Specialities Inc & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 609 (07 May 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Lomax, Re [2020] EWHC 1124 (Admin) (07 May 2020)
Thomas, Re [2020] EWHC 1121 (Admin) (07 May 2020)
Bangura, Re [2020] EWHC 1122 (Admin) (07 May 2020)
Dias, Re [2020] EWHC 1123 (Admin) (07 May 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Boston Trust Company Ltd v Szerelmey Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 1136 (Ch) (07 May 2020)
Jones v The Sky Wheels Group Ltd [2020] EWHC 1112 (Ch) (07 May 2020)
Gregory & Ors v A.R.G. (Mansfield) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1133 (Ch) (07 May 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Yoo Design Services Ltd v ILIV Reality Pte Ltd [2020] EWHC 1077 (Comm) (07 May 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
H (Deceased), Re [2020] EWHC 1134 (Fam) (07 May 2020)
A City Council v M & Ors [2020] EWHC 947 (Fam) (07 May 2020)
High Court (Patents Court)
Rockwool International A/S v Knauf Insulation Ltd [2020] EWHC 1068 (Pat) (07 May 2020)
Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lunat & Anor v Lunat & Anor [2020] EWHC 1128 (QB) (07 May 2020)
Sube & Anor v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 1125 (QB) (07 May 2020)
Hankin v Barrington & Ors [2020] EWHC 1131 (QB) (07 May 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Metropolitan police and the Greater Manchester force have been urged to make clear whether or not the use of stun guns against black men by officers this week was proportionate and reasonable.’
The Guardian, 10th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Though there is little firm evidence of the extent of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the homeless population or the effectiveness of measures adopted by the government to mitigate that impact, it is clear that the crisis poses unique and urgent risks to this part of society. The Housing, Communities, and Local Government Committee has launched an inquiry into this issue which will meet for the first time next week, and it is more than likely that we will see more changes to this fast-developing area in the weeks and months to come.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 6th May 2020
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘Kate Aubrey-Johnson of the Garden Court Criminal Defence Team and Dr Laura Janes of The Howard League for Penal Reform, have prepared a practitioner’s guide on ending the detention of children during the COVID-19 lockdown period.’
Garden Court Chambers, 1st May 2020
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
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