‘Top family law firm Payne Hicks Beach (PHB) would be prejudiced by a split trial in the negligence action brought by the woman who secured the UK’s largest ever divorce award, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 19th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judge in the High Court has said judgments being emailed directly to parties without the formalities of a hand-down process is “unsatisfactory and to be deprecated”. Mr Justice Hayden’s comments followed a father’s application to appeal findings of fact made by Judge Helen Arthur following a three-day hearing at the family court in Wolverhampton.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Atrial has been adjourned for over three and a half years in what is thought to be the longest delay in a case due to the Crown court backlog. The latest backlog total is 73,105 cases.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The total amount of fines paid by a council for repeated failures within its education service over the last two years is climbing towards £1m. Surrey County Council’s (SCC) fines have increased from £47,000 in 2020 to more than £500,000 last year.’
BBC News, 19th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has urged the government to protect children taking part in combat sports after a 15-year-old kickboxer died from a head injury during an unsanctioned kickboxing fight.’
BBC News, 18th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A vulnerable woman almost missed the legal cut-off point for an abortion partly because of annual leave at a health board, a court heard.’
BBC News, 18th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘”I just burst out crying,” says Brian Buckle, recalling the moment he read the rejection letter from the Ministry of Justice after applying for compensation. It said it accepted Brian was “innocent” of the sexual offences he had been wrongly imprisoned for, but he had failed to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that he had not committed the crimes.’
BBC News, 19th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Richard Burrows evaded justice for decades after stealing the identity of a terminally ill acquaintance – until detectives used facial recognition tool to track him down.’
The Independent, 19th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two men have been found guilty of the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from the Oxfordshire country house where Winston Churchill was born.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Protesters charged with non-violent offences should not be forced to disavow their motives when defending themselves at trial or seeking mitigation on their sentences, academics have said.’
the Guardian, 19th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More patients are likely to be able to claim compensation from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) after further admissions regarding a doctor who sexually abused patients.’
BBC News, 18th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Patel v Patel [2025] EWHC 560 (Ch) was a dispute about the funeral arrangements for Bhikhubhai Rambhai Patel, a widower who died in December 2024.’
Law & Religion UK, 14th March 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘This was a clinical negligence case arising out of a negligently delayed diagnosis of laryngeal cancer, resulting in more extensive treatment for the cancer than would otherwise have been required and, in particular, leading to total laryngectomy. The Claimant now breathes through a stoma in her neck and speaks via a valve located in the wall between her trachea and oesophagus.’
Quarterly Medical Law Review , 17th March 2025
Source: 1corqmlr.com
‘A major City law firm can continue bringing a case it took on assignment from former clients which could mitigate a possible professional negligence claim, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Matt Lewin reflects on the Government’s consultation on reforms to the standards and conduct framework.’
Local Government Lawyer , 14th March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed a judicial review application brought on behalf of a young woman with severe disabilities in relation to the local council’s provision of same-sex personal and intimate care for women service users.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that a law firm’s conditional fee agreement had retrospective effect, even if that was not specifically set out in the contract.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Probation Service in England and Wales “has too few staff” with “too little experience and training” and leaves members of the public at risk, an official watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More and more children at Rebecca Stewart’s east London playgroup are using asthma inhalers, she says. It was about one in 40 – but now, she says, it is more like one out of every four.’
BBC News, 18th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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