Wife in one of Britain’s largest-ever divorce cases succeeds in latest enforcement action against her former husband – Family Law

‘In this article, we look at the recent decision in the ongoing and highly publicised divorce case of Akhmedova v Akhmedov. This decision is the latest in a long run of enforcement cases brought by the wife against her former husband, who, in 2016, was ordered to pay her one of the largest reported financial settlements in England. While the judge was critical of the husband’s reorganisation of his assets to put and keep them beyond the wife’s reach, this is not the end of the road for this case. This judgment is simply another stepping-stone towards the wife realising the award she is entitled to.’

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Family Law, 11th March 2020

Source: www.familylaw.co.uk

Commercial Court clamps down on lengthy witness statements – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 12th, 2020 in Commercial Court, documents, expert witnesses, news, witnesses by sally

‘The Commercial Court is cracking down on excessively long witness statements, introducing a new set of rules for documents more than 30 pages long.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 11th March 2020

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Bradford gang jailed for ‘sadistic’ torture and murder – BBC News

Posted March 12th, 2020 in murder, news, sentencing, torture by sally

‘Three drug dealers who brutally tortured and murdered a man have been jailed for life.’

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BBC News, 11th March 2020

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Sex offender’s hard drive in police commissioner’s safe for 14 years – BBC News

‘Indecent images of children could not be used as evidence because they were in a police commissioner’s safe.’

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BBC News, 12th March 2020

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Police drop investigation into pilot over Emiliano Sala plane crash – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 12th, 2020 in aircraft, homicide, news, prosecutions by sally

‘No further action will be taken against a man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in relation to the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala, police have said.’

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Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2020

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Grime artist Solo 45 found guilty of raping four women – The Guardian

Posted March 12th, 2020 in news, rape by sally

‘The grime artist Andy Anokye, who performs as Solo 45, has been found guilty of subjecting four women to a horrifying campaign of rape.’

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The Guardian, 11th March 2020

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Fake Lord’s cricket card: James Lattimer fined £10k – BBC News

Posted March 12th, 2020 in community service, forgery, fraud, news, sentencing, sport, suspended sentences by sally

‘A fraudster faked a dead man’s membership card to use as a “passport to a prestigious world” and get the best seats at Lord’s cricket ground.’

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BBC News, 11th March 2020

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Man’s ‘experiments’ with explosives were lawful, court rules – The Guardian

Posted March 12th, 2020 in explosives, news, Supreme Court, terrorism by sally

‘A man who manufactured high explosives at home and triggered blasts remotely has been cleared of the most serious charges by the supreme court after pleading that it was for his “personal experimentation” and “private education”.’

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The Guardian, 11th March 2020

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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 11th, 2020 in legislation by sally

The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2020

The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2020

The Value Added Tax (Drugs and Medicines) Order 2020

The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (Administration) Regulations 2020

The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020

The Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (England) Order 2020

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted March 11th, 2020 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Copeland, R. v [2020] UKSC 8 (11 March 2020)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Hudson Contract Services Ltd v The Construction Industry Training Board [2020] EWCA Civ 328 (10 March 2020)

Taylor v Rhino Overseas Inc. [2020] EWCA Civ 353 (10 March 2020)

Husson v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 329 (10 March 2020)

The Competition And Markets Authority v Flynn Pharma Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 339 (10 March 2020)

Elan-Cane, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 363 (10 March 2020)

British Pregnancy Advisory Service, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2020] EWCA Civ 355 (10 March 2020)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Starbones Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors [2020] EWHC 526 (Admin) (10 March 2020)

Court (Chancery Division)

Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors v Natwest Markets Plc & Anor [2020] EWHC 546 (Ch) (10 March 2020)

Various Claimants v MGN Ltd [2020] EWHC 553 (Ch) (10 March 2020)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Damoco (Bermuda) Ltd & Ors v Atlanta Bidco Ltd [2020] EWHC 501 (Comm) (10 March 2020)

High Court (Patents Court)

Geofabrics Ltd v Fiberweb Geosynthetics Ltd [2020] EWHC 444 (Pat) (05 March 2020)

Source: www.bailii.org

False imprisonment not synonymous with breach of right to liberty – UK Human Rights Blog

‘R (on the application of Jalloh (formerly Jollah)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 4.In a pithy parting shot to the Home Secretary, Lady Hale has given the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court on the question of whether a person subject to a home curfew under immigration powers had been falsely imprisoned at common law and whether that concept should now be aligned with the concept of deprivation of liberty in article 5 of the ECHR. The Court decided the case against the defendant, as did every court below (the Blog covered the Court of Appeal’s decision here). The defendant had been required to pay the claimant £4,000.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th March 2020

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Defendant sentenced after being caught on CCTV injuring himself to claim against housing association – Local Government Lawyer

‘A man has been sentenced after CCTV caught him purposely banging his knee five times on a paving stone in order to make a fake injury claim against a housing association.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th March 2020

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Information watchdog warns of dangers of school photos and wrongful disclosure of personal data – Local Government Lawyer

‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued two reprimands, or legal warnings, to schools for wrongly disclosing the personal data of children.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 11th March 2020

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Judges to have wider powers in contempt rules rewrite – Litigation Futures

Posted March 11th, 2020 in civil procedure rules, contempt of court, court dress, judiciary, news by sally

‘Judges could be handed wider powers to take the initiative over contempt of court in draft rules proposed by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC).’

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Litigation Futures, 11th March 2020

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Mirror’s in-house lawyers under phone-hacking scrutiny – Legal Futures

‘The High Court has rejected a bid to strike out the claim by various public figures that the legal department of MGN Group knew about phone hacking at the Daily Mirror.’

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Legal Futures, 11th March 2020

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Killer who murdered for Nike trainers convicted and jailed for life – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted March 11th, 2020 in closed circuit television, imprisonment, murder, news, robbery, sentencing by sally

‘A killer who robbed a teenager of his new Nike trainers before stabbing another teenager who confronted him about it, has been convicted of murder and jailed for life.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 10th March 2020

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

‘Worse than LASPO’: housing disputes proposal divides profession – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 11th, 2020 in housing, landlord & tenant, legal services, news by sally

‘A radical proposal by an influential human rights thinktank to resolve housing disputes – a sector blighted by “advice deserts” – has divided housing lawyers.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 10th March 2020

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Post Office IT system that ruined lives ‘still faulty’, MPs told – BBC News

‘A faulty till system that led to sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of stealing money is still not working properly, MPs have been told.’

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BBC News, 10th March 2020

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UK bed firm’s advert banned for associating migrants with coronavirus – The Guardian

Posted March 11th, 2020 in advertising, complaints, coronavirus, health, immigration, news, ombudsmen by sally

‘A newspaper ad promoting British-made mattresses that warned of “nasty imports” alongside an image of a surgical mask has been banned by the advertising watchdog for associating immigrants with the spread of the coronavirus.’

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The Guardian, 11th March 2020

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Kaden Reddick: Topshop queue barrier death was accident – BBC News

‘A 10-year-old boy who was killed by a falling queue barrier at a Topshop store died accidentally, a coroner has said.’

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BBC News, 10th March 2020

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