‘More than £190m of assets, including a £50m mansion overlooking Hyde Park in London, have been seized from a Pakistani property tycoon after a settlement in a UK police “dirty money” investigation.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The past couple of weeks have seen a major ruckus run through the world of Rugby Union, raising questions about the financial aspects of the game and how to ensure fair competition.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘Local authorities and housing associations could face having to refund millions of pounds to tenants after a council lost a test case in the High Court on water re-selling, it has been claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A police officer suffered a life-changing spinal injury after a mother threw her own child at them in a rage, a court heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Disabled people continue to face prejudice in the workplace campaigners have said, after latest government figures showed they were paid on average 12.2% less than those without impairments, equivalent to £1.48 an hour.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Convicted terrorists are having to be put on waiting lists for the main government-backed programme that will turn them away from violent extremism, an expert has revealed.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A motorcyclist who killed a pedestrian while speeding escaped jail after a judge accepted that a tailgating motorist meant he could not slow down.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A total of 69 violent jihadists, who have been released from prison early, will have their licence conditions tightened as part of the government’s crackdown in the wake of Usman Khan’s London Bridge attack.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A campaigner who wants the government to provide gender-neutral passports will have their case heard at the Court of Appeal later.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The future government has been urged to consider every available measure to curb the current drug death “crisis”, including decriminalisation, in an unprecedented plea from the UK’s major drug treatment providers.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who killed three elderly men because he wrongly believed they were paedophiles has been cleared of murder.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who carried out a campaign of bomb hoaxes against targets in the US, Canada and the UK has been jailed for more than four years.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Birmingham City Council v Afsar & Ors [2019] EWHC 3217 (QB) was a claim by the Council for injunctions to restrict street protests about Anderton Park Infant and Junior School and to prohibit online abuse of teachers at that school.’
Law & Religion UK, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Royal Borough of Kingston-Upon-Thames v Moss (2019) EWHC 3261 (Ch). Ever since Jones v London Borough of Southwark (2016) EWHC 457 (Ch) (our report), the position on water rates taken as rent by a number of London Councils and Housing Associations under agreements with Thames Water has been conflicted. Some councils (including Southwark) refunded tenants the ‘discount’ that they had received. Other councils did nothing, and frantically tried to settle and defence to rent arrears possession proceedings that raised the water rates point (not always successfully), in the hope and expectation that someone else would take another case to the High Court and overturn or distinguish Jones.’
Nearly Legal, 1st December 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Mackenzie v Alcoa Manufacturing (Gb) Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 2110 (29 November 2019)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
McChleery v R. [2019] EWCA Crim 2100 (29 November 2019)
Cunningham & Anor v R. [2019] EWCA Crim 2101 (29 November 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Venuscare Ltd v Cumbria County Council [2019] EWHC 3268 (Admin) (29 November 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Royal Borough of Kingston-Upon-Thames v Moss [2019] EWHC 3261 (Ch) (29 November 2019)
High Court (Commercial Court)
UCP Plc v Nectrus Ltd [2019] EWHC 3274 (Comm) (29 November 2019)
High Court (Patents Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Sixteen years ago, we knew nothing of sentencing guidelines. As practitioners we would browse through Current Sentencing Practice (Thomas) to try to find a similar case to the one we were dealing with in the hope of persuading the judge to our way of thinking.’
Devon Chambers, November 2019
Source: www.devonchambers.co.uk
‘In Re I-L (children) the Court of Appeal allowed the father’s appeal and held that where the 1996 Hague Convention applies between two countries, if a 1980 Hague Convention application is made and is not successful, the applicable jurisdictional provisions are those of the 1996 Hague Convention, particularly Art 11, and the inherent jurisdiction is not available to use. Eleri Jones, barrister at 1GC Family Law, who represented the appellant father, considers the implications.’
1 GC: Family Law, 21st November 2019
Source: 1gc.com
‘Joint action by Hillingdon Council’s planning enforcement and trading standards teams has seen a Hayes landlord ordered to pay more than £430,000 after she turned her property into an illegal House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A claim relating to an unlawful trespass to the Claimant’s person that occurred on 26 October 2014. During the course of their work, three sub-contractors engaged on a construction site by First Defendant, namely the Claimant, Kieran Fowler and Alan Fowler, became involved in an argument concerning their work. The incident started as verbal argument on a scaffold and culminated a few minutes later (off the scaffold) with Kieran Fowler striking the Claimant violently over the head with a scaffolding pole. As a result, the Claimant sustained a right-sided subdural haemorrhage, a subarachnoid haemorrhage, and extensive skull fractures. Following the incident Kieran Fowler was convicted of causing Grievous Bodily Harm and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The Claimant’s case was that the First Defendant were vicariously liable for the actions of Kieran Fowler. The Second Defendant was the insurer of the First Defendant.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 20th November 2019
Source: www.12kbw.co.uk
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