High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Brightside Group Ltd & Ors v RSM UK Audit LLP & Anor [2017] EWHC 6 (Comm) (09 January 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Harding v British Medical Association [2017] EWHC 5 (QB) (10 January 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A High Court judge has “unequivocally” condemned claimants represented by group litigation specialists Leigh Day for “deliberate disregard of a court order” in a case where the costs of both sides were estimated at well over £50m.’
litigation Futures, 10th January 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
‘Attorney General Jeremy Wright will set out the legal basis for British military strikes against terror targets overseas.’
Attorney General’s Office, 11th January 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘The High Court has told an engineering business it cannot make amendments submitted more than a year after its original defence to a civil claim was filed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed a defendant firm’s attempt to have a claim thrown out after a key form was served late. Mr Justice Andrew Baker said London firm Rosling King, representing a broker in an insurance dispute, had served the claim form after the required deadline in June last year.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Gabrielle Jan Posner, barrister of Trinity Chambers, Chelmsford, argues for the greater use of child contact interventions in appropriate circumstances.’
Family Law week, 11th January 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The Foreign Office is to review its policy on forced marriage after the Guardian revealed that victims are ordered to repay the government the costs of their repatriation.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Agencies missed several chances to protect a girl who died after being fed drugs by her mother, a serious case review has found.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Govia Thameslink Railway is taking a legal case against drivers’ union Aslef to the supreme court over its industrial action on Southern rail.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Fifteen London businesses selling unsafe cosmetics products have been fined in a crackdown by Trading Standards.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The independent review into allegations of child abuse in football has made its first call for evidence. Set up by the Football Association and led by Clive Sheldon QC, the review has written to all football clubs in England and Wales, amateur and professional, asking for information about allegations of child sexual abuse between 1970 and 2005.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Counter-terrorism money is being used to redact police evidence to an inquiry into undercover policing tactics, it has been revealed.’
The Independent, 12th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘National chain store Wilko has been fined £2.2m after a worker was crushed and left paralysed.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Education and Adoption Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2017
The Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2017
The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Taxation of Chargeable Gains (Gilt-edged Securities) Order 2017
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2017
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 16 and Savings) Order 2017
The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) Regulations 2017
The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘A masseur who sexually assaulted six female clients has been jailed for 15 months.’
BBC News, 10th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prosecutors are due to open their case against television entertainer Rolf Harris, who will follow his sex attack trial remotely.
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A district judge in Manchester has made an award of exemplary damages after finding road traffic accident claimants guilty of bringing fundamentally dishonest claims.’
Litigation Futures, 10th January 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The former Old Bailey prosecutor Brian Altman QC has been named as the new lead counsel for the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The criminal division of the Court of Appeal has taken the unusual step of announcing its intention to refer a City law firm to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.’
Legal Futures, 11th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Pre-emptive military strikes against terrorist targets overseas are required for national self-defence and the legal basis on which they are carried out should be made more explicit to deal with increasing threat levels, the UK’s attorney general is due to say on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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