‘A teenage neo-Nazi who listed venues in his home city as possible terrorist targets has been jailed for six years and eight months.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years, BBC research suggests.’
BBC News, 8th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Just over 17% of racially aggravated crimes investigated by military police over the past five years resulted in guilty verdicts at court martial, it has emerged, as the armed forces faces new pressure over claims it is failing black and Asian service personnel.’
The Guardian, 7th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The issue of Third Party Ownership in football remains a live one, despite FIFA’s outright prohibition in 2015. Any analysis of the current landscape needs to start with an understanding of what is meant by Third Party Ownership, or TPO for short.’
Blackstone Sports Law Bulletin, 6th January 2020
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
High Court (Family Division)
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v R & Ors [2019] EWHC 3581 (Fam) (20 December 2019)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
VVB M&E Group Ltd & Anor v Optilan (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 4 (TCC) (07 January 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A resident who claimed to be a ‘Freeman of the land’ has been fined £15,000 for refusing to remove an unlawfully built extension that covered the whole of his back garden.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘From landmark legal cases to a landslide general election result, and civil disobedience to constitutional upheaval – the UK had no shortage of human rights news stories in 2019.’
Each Other, 6th January 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘A robber who murdered a man who was lured into an ambush by a teenage girl has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 6th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Young girls filming themselves on mobile phones has fuelled the record number of child abuse websites discovered and taken down by a UK watchdog last year.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper group could be set for a substantial financial windfall after successfully arguing that the Times’ digital edition is effectively a print newspaper because its website is rarely updated.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The profession needs to create a healthier culture around alcohol, including never asking people at events why they are not drinking, the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) has urged.’
Legal Futures, 6th January 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The right to philosophical and religious beliefs – or to no belief – is in effect a similar category of protection to that afforded to sex, race, disability or age under the Equalities Act 2010, according to Sarah Chilton, a partner at the law firm CM Murray.’
The Guardian, 3rd January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Councils have called for the introduction of tougher sentences for fly-tipping, after the latest figures showed it costs them £58m a year to clear up.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Behbehani v Behbehani [2019] EWCA Civ 2301 (20 December 2019)
C (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order) [2019] EWCA Civ 2281 (20 December 2019)
D (A Child) (Fact-Finding Appeal), Re [2019] EWCA Civ 2302 (20 December 2019)
J (Children), Re [2019] EWCA Civ 2300 (20 December 2019)
Auden McKenzie (Pharma Division) Ltd v Patel [2019] EWCA Civ 2291 (20 December 2019)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
PS v R. [2019] EWCA Crim 2286 (20 December 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Clarke & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Holliday [2019] EWHC 3596 (Admin) (24 December 2019)
Sunman v Environment Agency [2019] EWHC 3564 (Admin) (20 December 2019)
Flynn v London Borough of Southwark [2019] EWHC 3575 (Admin) (20 December 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
The Republic of Korea v Dayyani & Ors [2019] EWHC 3580 (Comm) (20 December 2019)
High Court (Family Division)
TT v CDS [2019] EWHC 3572 (Fam) (20 December 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Elphicke v Times Newspapers Ltd [2019] EWHC 3563 (QB) (20 December 2019)
Joseph v Deloitte NSE LLP [2019] EWHC 3583 (QB) (20 December 2019)
Uwen v General Medical Council [2019] EWHC 3483 (Admin) (20 December 2019)
Byczak v Polish Judicial Authority [2019] EWHC 3485 (Admin) (20 December 2019)
Collyer v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 3577 (QB) (20 December 2019)
Ramsden v HM Revenue and Customs [2019] EWHC 3566 (QB) (20 December 2019)
Turley v UNITE the Union & Anor [2019] EWHC 3547 (QB) (19 December 2019)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Alstom Transport UK Ltd v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd [2019] EWHC 3585 (TCC) (20 December 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Home Office faces a series of legal challenges over its decision to allow Zimbabwean government officials to interview people from the country who are seeking asylum in the UK.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Reynhard Sinaga is thought to be the UK’s most prolific rapist ever. For several years, until he was caught in 2017, he preyed on young men enjoying a night out.’
BBC News, 6th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man convicted of 159 sex offences and said to be Britain’s most prolific rapist can be identified for the first time after the end of his latest trial.’
BBC News, 6th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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