‘Alaina Wadsworth, Ben Brown, Ed Foss and Thomas Pangbourne, who all work within the Insurance & Reinsurance Group at CMS, comment on the decision handed down by the UK Supreme Court on 30 October 2019, in the matter of Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ [2019] UKSC 48.’
UKSC Blog, 11th November 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘This appeal was on the issue of whether a local authority and the First Tier Tribunal could take into account previous convictions that were spent under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 in deciding whether an applicant for a Housing Act 2004 licence was a ‘fit and proper person’.’
Nearly Legal, 10th November 2019
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has lifted practising restrictions on a finance director who was sanctioned less than three years ago, over the objections of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK government has announced an immediate moratorium on fracking. The decision came after new scientific analysis concluded it was not possible to “rule out future unacceptable impacts”.’
Rights Info, 11th November 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A man who murdered his ex-partner in a “wicked” pre-planned operation has been sentenced to life in prison.’
The Independent, 9th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Justice officials in England and Wales are facing renewed calls to deal with thousands of prisoners still jailed under an abolished Kafkaesque sentencing regime that a report has branded “deeply harmful” for families.’
The Guardian, 10th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A High Court judge has rejected a legal challenge brought over the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s decision to make a traffic management order imposing additional parking restrictions in an area with a Sikh Temple.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Romanian man has pleaded guilty to the murder of an artist nearly six years after she was bludgeoned to death while house-sitting for wealthy friends.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The justice system “will break down” and allow crimes to go unpunished if the next government does not provide hundreds of millions of pounds in investment, it has been warned.’
The Independent, 11th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice is to be sued by the mother of a five-year-old boy who was murdered by her boyfriend after an inquest concluded that defects in the probation system contributed to his death.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Expert witnesses who “fall short of the mark” face a “much more and properly robust” response from the courts, a recently retired Court of Appeal judge has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 11th November 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Law schools are not taking advantage of the “enormous regulatory freedom” they have and instead are largely all offering the same kind of law degree, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The family of a 17-year-old girl brutally murdered by a fellow sixth-former the day after she ended their relationship have said the killer should never be released from prison.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bailey & Ors v Glaxosmithkline (UK) Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1924 (08 November 2019)
Jet 2 Holidays Ltd v Hughes & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 1858 (08 November 2019)
Farrar & Anor v Rylatt & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1864 (08 November 2019)
Lal v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1925 (08 November 2019)
High Court (Family Division)
Potanin v Potanina [2019] EWHC 2956 (Fam) (08 November 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Dorman & Ors v Clinton Devon Farms Partnership [2019] EWHC 2988 (QB) (07 November 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘An armed mugger who tried to rob Arsenal footballers Mesut Özil and Sead Kolasinac has been jailed.’
BBC News, 8th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Almost half of rape victims are dropping out of investigations, as a growing proportion do not want to pursue a prosecution even when a suspect has been identified, according to a Cabinet Office report leaked to the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 10th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Locke, R. (On the Application of) v Revenue And Customs [2019] EWCA Civ 1909 (07 November 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
F, R (On the Application Of) v Manchester City Council [2019] EWHC 2998 (Admin) (07 November 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
77m Ltd v Ordnance Survey Ltd [2019] EWHC 3007 (Ch) (08 November 2019)
Burnden Holdings (UK) Ltd & Anor v Fielding & Anor [2019] EWHC 2995 (Ch) (07 November 2019)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
TY (Preliminaries To Intercountry Adoption) [2019] EWHC 2979 (Fam) (07 November 2019)
H (Children: Relocation), Re [2019] EWHC 2881 (Fam) (30 October 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Baker v Hemming [2019] EWHC 2950 (QB) (05 November 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling Related Harm (GRH APPG) said current legislation has its limitations and that new laws should be introduced and “focus on prevention of harm and retrospective concerns” and further “assess the kind of industry we would like to have in the future”.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th November 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘John Roberts reports on a successful result obtained by a local authority in the Special Educational Needs Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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