‘The fact that a successful claimant recovered less than 10% of the damages he sought was not a sufficient reason to disallow some of his costs, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 24th October 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
C (A Child) [2019] EWCA Civ 1777 (22 October 2019)
Watson v KEA Investments Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1759 (23 October 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v PR [2019] EWHC 2800 (Fam) (23 October 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Lawyers keen to protest in the streets with Extinction Rebellion (XR) should carry out their own “risk analysis” before taking part, a regulatory specialist has said.’
Legal Futures, 24th October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A killer once dubbed one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been jailed for at least 26 years.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A furniture shop owner has been jailed for 20 years for causing a “colossal” explosion which injured 81 people in an attempt to claim insurance.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Mail on Sunday features writer has been spared jail after blaming “work pressure” for recording a court hearing on her mobile phone.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men who encouraged copycat terror attacks after shootings in New Zealand have been jailed.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Powers to control justice, policing and prisons should be devolved to the Welsh assembly as they are in Scotland and Northern Ireland, a commission led by the former lord chief justice of England and Wales has recommended.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court
The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v Vauxhall Motors Ltd [2019] UKSC 46 (23 October 2019)
Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors [2019] UKSC 45 (23 October 2019)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
PK (Ukraine) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1756 (22 October 2019)
Curless v Shell International Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1710 (22 October 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Maughan v Wilmot [2019] EWHC 2765 (Fam) (22 October 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The High Court has granted an injunction to protect a former wife, her children and her lawyers from harassment by from her former husband, described as “an exceptionally vexatious litigant”.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former senior in-house lawyer at Shell cannot rely on a leaked internal email or an overheard pub conversation in his discrimination claim against the company, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Seahorses are to be given greater protection from oil drilling off British coastlines after a landmark High Court challenge.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to reconsider its opposition to putting on trial in the UK a pair of British Islamic State terrorists who were members of so-called “Beatles” cell.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The family of a company director who died after being restrained on a street by police while suffering acute behavioural disorder (ABD) have called for more training to be given on how to deal with people experiencing such a crisis.’
The Guardian, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A public inquiry will be held into the Manchester Arena terror attack so that evidence from the security services and counter-terrorism police can be heard in camera.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A driver who killed a mother while she slept after drunkenly crashing into tents at a Snowdonia campsite has been jailed.’
The Independent, 22nd October 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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