‘Almost two-thirds of lawyers recommended to become judges in the past year attended state schools, according to the first social mobility statistics released by the judicial appointments commission (JAC).’
The Guardian, 8th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Compensation claims, particularly for minor injuries as a result of road traffic accidents, are the centre of ongoing tension between the insurance industry and those who represent claimants. ‘
Legal Futures, 6th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The media and communications list (M&CL) in the Queen’s Bench Division, and the Chancery Division’s business list are not specialist lists and a privacy claim can be heard equally well in either, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 7th June 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Ministry of Justice’s top civil servant has told MPs that the government’s massive court reform programme will have failed if it does not carry the support of those who use the courts.’
Legal Futures, 7th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Anti-terrorism proposals have been unveiled by the UK government that would make it an offence for people to publicly support a banned group even if they did not encourage others to do so.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Supreme Court judges have said Northern Ireland’s abortion law violates human rights, but rejected a challenge brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIIHRC) on technical grounds.’
The Independent, 7th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In 2015, his wife started sending him money – first £1,500 then later two payments of £2,000 – telling those whose names would appear on the transactions that Khan was studying or carrying out aid work.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government faces a possible challenge to its “hostile environment” policy after a campaign group won the right to launch a high court case against the Home Office’s scheme obliging landlords to check the immigration of would-be tenants.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Offenders who commit minor crimes after drinking will be given the chance to attend a course rather than face court.’
BBC News, 7th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Thompson v Thompson [2018] EWHC 1338 (Ch) (01 June 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Triple Seven Msn 27251 Ltd & Anor v Azman Air Services Ltd [2018] EWHC 1348 (Comm) (05 June 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hewes v West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust & Ors [2018] EWHC 1345 (QB) (05 June 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Companies and lawyers must be clear and unambiguous when drafting settlement agreements, a court ruling has reminded them. A liquidator had to drop some claims after a court used correspondence to clarify exactly what was meant by the phrase “whole of the claim” in a compromise agreement. The ruling does not affect the liquidator’s claim against another person because she was not mentioned in the correspondence.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Sometimes the old cases are the best ones and that surely has to be true of the Ikarian Reefer. Even now, over 25 years since the judgment at first instance was handed down (and countless other pieces of guidance have been published) we still see experts getting it wrong.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 5th June 2015
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the more stringent regime it intends to apply to claims management companies (CMCs) when it takes over their regulation on 1 April 2019.’
Legal Futures, 6th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will look again this week at a case that split the Court of Appeal and was widely felt to have serious implications for clinical negligence law. Justices will hear the appeal in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust after a challenge from the paralysed claimant was dismissed by majority in the Court of Appeal last year.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A Buckingham Palace tourist worker had more than 15,000 child sex abuse pictures and videos – including some as young as 18 months old.’
The Independent, 6th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A computer failure at TSB that caused up to 1.9 million people to lose access to online banking services is being investigated by the financial regulator.’
BBC news, 6th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A decision to stop NHS funding for homeopathy has been upheld by a High Court judge. The British Homeopathic Association (BHA) brought a legal challenge against NHS England’s decision, made in November last year, to stop paying the £92,000 annual cost of homeopathic remedies. But, following a four-day hearing in London in May, Mr Justice Supperstone dismissed the BHA’s case in a ruling on Tuesday.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A doctor who caused a baby to be decapitated during birth has been cleared of misconduct and can return to work.’
The Independent, 6th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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