‘The High Court has granted an interim injunction requiring a consultant to reinstate its client’s access to design data held in a building information modelling (BIM) system to which it controlled access.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A firm responsible for pressuring people into making holiday-sickness claims has had it’s licence stripped by the Claims Management Regulator.’
Ministry of Justice, 25th August 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The Law Society has failed in its bid to strike out a negligence claim by a law firm that was the victim of a fraud after the details of another firm it had checked on the society’s online “Find a Solicitor” (FAS) facility turned out to be false.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man from London has been jailed for attempting to smuggle an Iraqi national through the Channel Tunnel.’
Home Office, 23rd August 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Two teenagers have today (24 August) been found guilty of manslaughter after they threw a lit marine distress flare into a car where a man was sleeping.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th August 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who committed a series of sexual attacks in Derby has been jailed for 22 years today (25 August).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 25th August 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Judges are entitled to expect assistance from advocates when dealing with lengthy sentencing lists, the Court of Appeal has said in a case highlighting challenges with “modern” sentencing legislation.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Irvine v The General Medical Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1296 (24 August 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Maxwell v R [2017] EWCA Crim 1233 (22 August 2017)
Brooks, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 1276 (15 August 2017)
Abuah, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 1277 (15 August 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Technomed Ltd & Anor v Bluecrest Health Screening Ltd & Anor [2017] EWHC 2142 (Ch) (24 August 2017)
West End Commercial Ltd v London Trocadero (2015) LLP [2017] EWHC 2175 (Ch) (23 August 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
M v F & SM (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008) [2017] EWHC 2176 (Fam) (23 August 2017)
High Court (Patents Court)
Neptune (Europe) Ltd v Devol Kitchens Ltd [2017] EWHC 2172 (Pat) (25 August 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘An environmental campaigner who was deceived into forming a long-term intimate relationship with a police spy is refusing to pay Scotland Yard a £7,000 legal bill incurred during her quest for the truth.’
The Guardian, 28th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The mother of a vulnerable teenager who suffered a seizure and drowned in a bath at an NHS care unit has called for an overhaul of medical tribunals, saying she felt “retraumatised” after participating in a two-week hearing into her son’s death.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The murder of a Palestinian cartoonist who was shot dead in the street is being reinvestigated 30 years on.’
BBC News, 29th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Freedom of Information requests have exposed how taxpayers’ money has been spent on futile legal battles to prevent vulnerable people receiving help.’
The Independent, 29th August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Britain can only deport foreign terrorists hiding behind human rights laws to two countries at a time because the process is too expensive, a long-awaited review has revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Business Secretary Greg Clark has set out the government’s corporate governance reforms to enhance the public’s trust in business.’
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
‘Critics rounded on the Government today as it published the full detail of new laws aimed at cracking down on excessive boardroom pay.’
The Independent, 29th August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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