‘A man and a woman who fraudulently claimed they fell ill while on holiday in Turkey, but were “rumbled” by images they posted on social media, have been given suspended jail sentences.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Many of the causes of excessive costs have been eliminated but litigation is still too expensive, Sir Rupert Jackson has claimed on the eve of his retirement from the Court of Appeal.’
Litigation Futures, 6th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Disclosing documents relating to disciplinary proceedings against Leigh Day for its handling of Iraq war claims would involve a manual search of 5,000 documents and cost over £10,000, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has argued.’
Legal Futures, 6th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A 19-year-old man “obsessed with murder and killing” has been jailed for stabbing a 16-year-old girl to death in a “brutally violent” attack.’
BBC News, 5th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Staff without security clearance are being allowed to monitor high-risk offenders living in approved premises – commonly known as bail hostels or probation hostels – the BBC has learnt.’
BBC News, 5th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has launched judicial review proceedings against the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) over the decision to deny its members the right to conduct litigation, advocacy and legal instruments work, Legal Futures can reveal.’
Legal Futures, 6th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘140-year-old law that prevents river fishing for three months a year could be scrapped following a Government review.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A group of more than 40 charities, campaign groups and academics have written to the government to warn that plans to trial compulsory voter ID at the local elections in May risk disenfranchising large numbers of vulnerable people.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Measures to clamp down on violence and the smuggling of drugs, phones and weapons in prisons are to be unveiled by Justice Secretary David Gauke.’
BBC News, 6th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD and Anor [2018] UKSC 11. I focus on one point of disagreement between the judges, which is whether a court, before holding that the state owes an investigative duty for the actions of private parties, would require the clearest statement in consistent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd March 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during February 2018.’
Law & Religion UK, 3rd March 2018
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘In Ballard v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 370 (QB) Mr Justice Foskett had to consider the issue of what costs consequences, if any, should follow from the claimant’s failure to beat a Part 36 offer which had been withdrawn, the defendant having gone on to make a second, lower, offer.’
Zenith PI, 1st March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Benius Razumas v Ministry of Justice [2018] EWHC 215 (QB): In this case the claimant claimed damages from the MoJ for personal arising from clinical negligence and breach of his rights under ECHR art.3.’
Zenith PI, 2nd March 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Air Products Plc v Cockram [2018] EWCA Civ 346 (02 March 2018)
Property Alliance Group Ltd v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2018] EWCA Civ 355 (02 March 2018)
Neumans LLP v The Solicitors Regulation Authority [2018] EWCA Civ 325 (02 March 2018)
Canal & River Trust v Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 342 (02 March 2018)
City Shoes (Wholesale) Ltd & Ors v Revenue And Customs [2018] EWCA Civ 315 (02 March 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Knights v The Parole Board of England and Wales [2018] EWHC 411 (Admin) (02 March 2018)
Davenport v The Parole Board of England and Wales [2018] EWHC 410 (Admin) (02 March 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Aquinas Education Ltd v Miller & Ors [2018] EWHC 404 (QB) (02 March 2018)
Woodford v AIG Europe Ltd & Anor [2018] EWHC 358 (QB) (02 March 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘A man who held two members of staff at bowling alley hostage at gun point has been jailed for 12 years today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Britain’s advertising watchdog is being taken to the High Court over claims its lax definition of “fibre” broadband means customers are being hoodwinked into buying slow internet packages.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Vulnerable children are being forced into homelessness because local authorities are routinely flouting child protection laws, lawyers and charities have warned.’
The Independent, 4th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky “crossed an ethical line” by using drugs allowed under anti-doping rules to enhance performance instead of just for medical need, a report by MPs says.’
BBC News, 5th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Residents of a luxury north London apartment block are battling their freeholder over who should pay a multi-million-pound bill to replace dangerous Grenfell-style cladding, and for the wages of fire marshals.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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