‘A law firm which “prematurely” issued a group litigation order (GLO) application to bring VW emissions claims ahead of other firms has been hit with an indemnity costs order by the High Court.’
Litigation Futures, 5th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Five men and two teenage boys have been jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 14 to 19 years after a teenager was stabbed to death in Manchester’s Moss Side.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A spurned woman sent her ex-lover a video of her killing his fish with bleach after accusing him of having an affair, a court has heard. ‘
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Nearly three-quarters of final immigration court appeals brought by the Home Office against rulings allowing asylum seekers and other migrants to stay in the UK are dismissed, according to figures seen by the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three-quarters of new deputy High Court judges, announced yesterday, are Oxbridge graduates, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 5th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Dunn v The Secretary of State for Justice & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 1998 (04 September 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘On 12 July the Government published its post-Chequers White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, which sets out broad proposals for the future partnership between the UK and the 27 other EU Member States over a wide range of policy areas. This provides an opportune moment to revisit the pressing issue of what the Government should aim to achieve in the area of international family law as we leave the EU.’
Family Law, 4th September 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The families of three wrongly deported Windrush victims who died before UK officials were able to repatriate them will be able to claim compensation, the immigration minister has told the House of Commons.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Families of the victims of serial killer Stephen Port say it is unfair that they have to pay for legal representation at inquests into their relatives’ deaths while the police can rely on public money for their costs.’
BBC News, 5th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has issued 59 pages of guidance notes to help staff register EU citizens for a post-Brexit scheme that the former home secretary Amber Rudd said would be as easy to apply for as an online account with the clothes retailer LK Bennett.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An unmarried mother has won a landmark Supreme Court case which could allow cohabitees to claim Widowed Parent’s Allowance, a benefit previously only applicable to married parents.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st August 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The case of Owens v Owens rocked the legal world in late July, when the Supreme Court decided that Tini Owens could not divorce her husband, despite the court recognising that this could leave her “trapped in an unhappy marriage.” Her husband, Hugh John Owens, had sought to defend against Mrs Owens’ petition for divorce on the grounds that “although never emotionally intense, the marriage had been successful and that he and Mrs Owens had learnt how to “rub along”. In ruling against Mrs Owens, Lord Wilson said the decision “generates uneasy feelings” and suggested that Parliament should consider statutory change. Yet, bearing in mind that statutory change may take some time, is the right to leave an unhappy marriage not also a human right?’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 27th August 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘A man who claimed he had sex with a woman while he was asleep has been jailed for five years for rape.’
BBC News, 31st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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