‘On 26 November 2019, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd v Straits (Singapore) Pte Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 2073. It clarifies when England will be the proper forum in multi-party conspiracy claims against defendants based in different jurisdictions. It contains a useful analysis of the recent Supreme Court judgment in Vedanta Resources plc v Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20, [2019] 2 WLR 1051.’
Littleton Chambers, 27th November 2019
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Following an Inquest lasting 10 days, a jury returned a damning narrative in respect of Sussex NHS Trust and Mill View Psychiatric Hospital, setting out a catalogue of failings by the Trust.’
Garden Court Chambers, 27th November 2019
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘Financial gain provides the motivation behind all serious and organised crime. Billions of pounds are laundered through the UK every year. Understandably, it has long been the government’s policy to implement effective legislation to tackle this issue.’
5SAH, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘Following on from Lord Phillip’s consideration in Radmacher of the vitiating or weight reducing factors of duress, fraud, misrepresentation, undue pressure and unworthy conduct such as an exploitation of a dominant position to secure an unfair advantage, to what extent can those factors combine with each other and with other factors that might diminish a Radmacher “appreciation of the implications” of the agreement, so that a case that might be weak on one point is nonetheless strong overall?’
Becket Chambers, 28th November 2019
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Islam Khan explores what the “BANGER” extension establishes and how it affects the current “Surinder Singh” principle.’
Church Court Chambers, 2nd December 2019
Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk
‘The First-tier Tribunal had been correct to refuse a local authority landlord’s application under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 section 35 to vary 28 subleases granted to the occupiers of flats. The fact that those sublessees made a lower contribution by way of service charges to the landlord’s expenses than the sublessees of other flats in the same development did not mean that their subleases failed, for the purposes of section 35(2), to “make satisfactory provision” for the recovery of expenditure.’
Tanfield Chambers, 29th November 2019
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘R (Hemmati and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 56. In a significant public law decision, the Supreme Court dismissed the Secretary of State’s appeal and held that the policy governing detention pending removal fails to comply with the Dublin III Regulation as it lacks adequate certainty and predictability.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd December 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Cheltenham Borough Council has successfully prosecuted five drivers for unlawfully plying for hire during Cheltenham Festival 2019.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has ordered the wife and mother-in-law of a Kazakh businessman, the subject of a “very substantial fraud claim”, to pay the claimants’ costs bill of over £12m.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A 52-year-old woman has today been sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment for stealing over £188,000 from Keswick School.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Brar & Anor v Thirunavukkrasu [2019] EWCA Civ 2032 (03 December 2019)
Rehoune v London Borough of Islington [2019] EWCA Civ 2142 (03 December 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Barness & Ors v Ingenious Media Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 3299 (Ch) (03 December 2019)
Sheinberg v Abdon & Ors [2019] EWHC 3220 (Ch) (03 December 2019)
SL Claimants v Tesco Plc [2019] EWHC 3315 (Ch) (03 December 2019)
SL Claimants v Tesco Plc [2019] EWHC 3312 (Ch) (03 December 2019)
High Court (Family Division)
Neil v Neil [2019] EWHC 3330 (Fam) (22 November 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
James v Saunders [2019] EWHC 3265 (QB) (29 November 2019)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A soldier has won a racism claim against the Ministry of Defence after being confused with the only other black sergeant in the unit.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More than 93,000 suspected violent criminals and sex offenders have been released without restrictions by police in England and Wales since 2017, figures obtained by BBC Newsnight show. People suspected of offences including rape and murder have been among those “Released Under Investigation” (RUI). Richard Miller of the Law Society said a “major scandal” was brewing over the way RUIs are being used.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police investigating a hit and run outside a school tonight referred themselves to the standards watchdog over their “previous contact” with the murder suspect.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A convicted paedophile who dressed up as Santa and offered to pose for pictures with children in exchange for money has been sent back to jail.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An advert featuring a woman diving into a Deliveroo delivery bag to retrieve multiple food orders has been banned.’
BBC News, 4th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman serving a life sentence for stabbing her ex-partner to death has won the first stage of a bid to overturn her murder conviction.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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