‘Today we’ve published guidance that will provide organisations with important advice on the new corporate criminal offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’, helping make sure they are taking action to prevent fraud.’
Home Office, 6th November 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Small law firms have embraced artificial intelligence (AI), with document drafting or automation the most popular application, according to new research.’
Legal Futures, 7th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Liverpool firm has lost its legal fight against two former directors who left to form their own business. The Court of Appeal ruled this week that CEL Solicitors had no basis for alleging that Thomas Blanchfield and Mark Montaldo had breached their fiduciary duty before resigning in 2023.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th November 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Natalie Hurst and Jane Goodier round up the latest housing law cases and court decisions of interest to housing associations and local authorities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Members of a county lines gang who “flooded” a North Yorkshire coastal town with illegal drugs have been jailed.’
BBC News, 6th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The man who shot nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel will try and seek permission to appeal his conviction for her murder in court later this month.’
BBC News, 6th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Seven men have been jailed after violence broke out at a sporting event in Derby.’
BBC News, 6th November 204
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cabo v Dezotti [2024] EWCA Civ 1358 (06 November 2024)
Cheshire Estate & Legal Ltd v Blanchfield & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1317 (05 November 2024)
Topalsson GmbH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1330 (05 November 2024)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ward v R. [2024] EWCA Crim 1353 (06 November 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Abbas v Solicitors’ Regulatory Authority [2024] EWHC 2775 (Admin) (06 November 2024)
RAI v Guildford Magistrates Court & Anor [2024] EWHC 2801 (Admin) (05 November 2024)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v KIB [2024] EWHC 2812 (Admin) (05 November 2024)
Court (Chancery Division)
Murfet & Anor v Property Lending LLP & Anor [2024] EWHC 2787 (Ch) (05 November 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A leading City law firm unfairly dismissed a senior associate for sexual misconduct after a defective investigation and disciplinary process, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 7th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Wholesale reform is needed, the adoption sub-group of the Public Law Working Group has said in its report ‘Recommendations for best practice in respect of adoption’, which is published today (Thursday, 7 November).’
Courts & Tribunal Judiciary, 7th November 224
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Magistrates who made a “clearly irrational” order for a gas engineer to pay £22,000 within 28 days were following a “standard practice” which was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th November 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A small firm which failed to have in place a compliance officer for three years and missed transparency requirements two years ago has been fined more than £20,000.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th November 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Benjamin Mendy has won the majority of his £11m claim against Manchester City for unpaid wages after the club stopped paying his salary when he was charged with rape and sexual assault.’
The Independent, 6th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The UK asylum system is retraumatising women and girls who have fled rape and sexual abuse and putting them at risk of further harm, leading charities have said.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A GP who disguised himself as a nurse and poisoned his mother’s partner with a fake Covid jab in an “audacious” plot to murder him has been jailed for 31 years.’
The Independent, 6th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing four girls in Calderdale, West Yorkshire Police has said. The men have been sentenced to a combined total of 219 years in prison in relation to sexual abuse carried out between 2001 and 2010, against four girls aged 12 to 16.’
The Independent, 6th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court challenge over plans to close children’s centres in east London has been dropped after the council accepted its consultation was “unlawful”.’
BBC News, 7th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Adopted children are likely to be allowed much closer contact with their birth families in the future as part of “seismic” changes recommended in a report published today. Some families say the changes are long overdue – but others worry they may deter people from adopting.’
BBC News, 7th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A builder fears he may not be able to walk his daughters down the aisle after he was left paralysed when he fell through a ceiling. Andrew Clifford misses the simple things he used to love – the gardening, washing the car and jobs around his family home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Now, he says, he cannot wash or dress himself after he fell two years ago when he was working on a house for Mansfield-based Paul Freeman Ltd. The company was fined £40,000 on Monday at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court over a health and safety breach in relation to the fall.’
BBC News, 5th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Online service providers in scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) should get ahead and prepare to conduct an illegal content risk assessment to ensure they do not fall foul of Ofcom’s enforcement powers, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
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