‘The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute over empty commercial properties and whether councils are owed more than £10m in business rates arrears.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Tracey Connelly, the mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, should not be freed from jail or moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has decided.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lawyers representing Jeremy Bamber, who is serving a whole life sentence for killing his adoptive parents, sister and her six-year-old twin boys in 1985, have launched a high court challenge to the Crown Prosecution Service for its failure to disclose evidence they say would undermine the safety of his conviction.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager said he threw a boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London because he wanted to be on the TV news.’
BBC News, 6th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Legal action is being launched in a dispute between the National Theatre and a group of lesbian claimants.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Joseph McCann, who has been convicted of a horrific series of rapes and kidnappings against 11 women and children, was freed in error to commit his crimes after authorities failed to realise he should have been in jail for a previous violent offence.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A lorry driver who killed a doctor because his cluttered dashboard obstructed his view has been jailed.’
BBC News, 6th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A new breed of untrained legal advocates who are ripping off the public with “flawed” and “dangerous” legal advice should be banned, lawyers’ leaders and politicians have urged ministers.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The average time between a small claim being issued and going to trial continues to spiral upwards ahead of the reforms which will send hundreds of thousands of personal injury claims into the system.’
Litigation Futures, 6th December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Hampshire County Council has been fined £1.4m after a six-year-old girl playing on an unsecured street bollard suffered a life-changing head injury.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court is to review a controversial ruling that a law firm handling uncontested flight delay claims was not conducting litigation and so did not have an equitable lien over the compensation.’
Litigation Futures, 5th December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Torture charges against the ex wife of former Liberian president Charles Taylor have been dismissed at the Old Bailey.’
BBC News, 6th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A school in Trafford has issued a legal challenge to regulator Ofsted in a bid to overturn being rated as ‘inadequate’.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In which the Upper Tribunal gives the First Tier Tribunal a thorough ticking off over its decision on a rent repayment order application.’
Nearly Legal, 5th December 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A High Court ruling refusing to set aside £4.3m judgment in default in a suppressed sales case shows the strength of the litigation funding model used by Manolete Partners, it has been argued.’
Litigation Futures, 5th December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A trafficked Vietnamese woman has lost a judicial review against two councils over her age assessment, though the judge involved criticised both authorities for failing to resolve the matter earlier.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Sally was originally found guilty of murder but successfully appealed against her conviction.’
BBC News, 6th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A working group seeking solutions to the dearth of medical experts willing to work in the family courts has made 22 recommendations for change including a simpler process for payment and allowing courts work to be part of employment contracts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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