‘A solicitor and former East London councillor was jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of housing fraud.’
Legal Futures, 18th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A jury will look at whether “prejudice” played a part in how police initially treated the deaths of serial killer Stephen Port’s victims, a coroner has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Twenty high-profile British athletes led by the sprinter Adam Gemili have taken the extraordinary step of launching legal action against the British Olympic Association to force it to relax its “unjust and unlawful” sponsorship rules for Team GB stars.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The International Criminal Court could open its first investigation into the British military following a BBC programme about alleged war crimes.’
BBC News, 18th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A primary school headteacher who was sacked after having sex with two 17-year-old boys he met through a gay dating app has been awarded nearly £700,000 compensation by a tribunal.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Child abuse victims should be given new rights to sue paedophiles caught viewing or sharing indecent images of them, children charities have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who sent a threatening letter to the MP Anna Soubry telling her that she would be murdered like Jo Cox has been jailed.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former school matron has been jailed for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy.’
BBC News, 15th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
A Local Authority v F & Ors [2019] EWHC 3075 (Fam) (15 November 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Naqvi v Harris Cartier Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 3042 (QB) (15 November 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A cat owner said he screamed in horror while watching a man encourage his dog to maul the pet to death.’
BBC News, 18th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Customers are being left out of pocket because of arcane rules that force them to wait eight weeks before they can take unresolved complaints to an ombudsman.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal in England has quashed follower notices issued to a participant in a film partnership on the basis that tax authority HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) could not have been of the opinion that the judicial ruling they were based on was relevant to the taxpayer’s case.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘An application for an inter-country adoption should not fail because of inconsequential errors made by the intending adopter, a High Court Family Division judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ordered a second retrial in care proceedings relating to five siblings following the death of a ten-year-old girl in 2016, describing the judgment from the first retrial as“wrong and procedurally unjust”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A circuit judge was wrong to find that an employer’s liability claim automatically exited the pre-action protocol because the defendent challenged the late service of evidence at the stage 3 hearing, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 14th November 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Lord Chief Justice gives the Pilgrim Fathers Lecture 2019.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 15th November 2019
Source: www.judiciary.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A (No. 2) (Children: Findings of Fact) [2019] EWCA Civ 1947 (14 November 2019)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Idahosa v R [2019] EWCA Crim 1953 (14 November 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
BTI 2014 LLC v Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP & Anor [2019] EWHC 3034 (Ch) (15 November 2019)
Williams & Anor v Carraway Guildford (Nominee A) Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 3073 (Ch) (14 November 2019)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sabbagh v Khoury & Ors [2019] EWHC 3004 (Comm) (14 November 2019)
High Court (Family Division)
AY v AS [2019] EWHC 3043 (Fam) (14 November 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
ABC v Google LLC [2019] EWHC 3020 (QB) (14 November 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a holiday company to bring contempt proceedings against two holiday-makers based on statements made before proceedings were even issued.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A losing party has been ordered to pay an extra £65,000 after declining to settle a case over a difference amounting to less than £5,000.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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