Day: 12 September 2018

Risky business: Offshore drilling and using force majeure as an exit route – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted September 12th, 2018 in construction industry, contracts, news by tracey

‘A contract can be a long term commitment. Over the course of a contract, things happen. Circumstances change. Force majeure clauses generally allow parties to allocate contractual risk, by limiting liability, excusing performance or providing for termination, if unusual or unfortunate circumstances arise. However, the recent case of Seadrill v Tullow reminds us that it is not all that easy for a party to seek to avoid obligations it has freely undertaken.’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog, 10th September 2018

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How much should a leg cost? detailed consideration of suitability of prosthetics? – Zenith PI

Posted September 12th, 2018 in compensation, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘In Swift v Carpenter [2018] EWHC 2060 (QB) Mrs Justice Lambert carried out a detailed consideration of the value and cost of prosthetic legs. It is unusual for this issue to be considered at length and the judgment is worth reading for that issue alone. Gordon Exall looks at the key points to come out of the judgment.’

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Zenith PI, 11th September 2018

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Discontinuance, costs, and multiple Defendants: BAE Systems Pension Funds Trustees Ltd v Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd [2018] EWHC 1222 (TCC) – Zenith PI

Posted September 12th, 2018 in construction industry, contracts, costs, news, warehousing by tracey

‘This case is a reminder, if any were needed, of the difficulties facing Claimants in deciding whether or not to pursue multiple Defendants.’

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Zenith PI, 10th September 2018

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Supreme Court rejects bid to appeal ruling on £2.7bn highways PFI contract – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 12th, 2018 in appeals, news, private finance initiative, roads, Supreme Court by tracey

‘The Supreme Court has refused to grant contractor Amey permission to appeal in its dispute with Birmingham City Council over the correct interpretation of a £2.7bn highways PFI contract, it has emerged.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 11th September 2018

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County council fined £200k over disturbance of asbestos at primary school – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 12th, 2018 in asbestos, fines, health & safety, local government, news by tracey

‘Kent County Council has been fined £200,000 after asbestos was disturbed at a primary school.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 11th September 2018

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Win for open justice as tax tribunal allows non-party access to HMRC pleadings – Litigation Futures

Posted September 12th, 2018 in news, taxation, third parties, tribunals by tracey

‘The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has “inherent jurisdiction” to give non-parties access to documents, its tax chamber has ruled in allowing KPMG to see documents from another case involving HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).’

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Litigation Futures, 12th September 2018

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Scratched burglar jailed after being caught by nail clipping DNA – BBC News

Posted September 12th, 2018 in burglary, DNA, evidence, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A violent burglar who tried to destroy DNA evidence by clipping his victim’s fingernails has been jailed.’

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BBC News, 11th September 2018

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Hate preacher Anjem Choudary, to be freed in weeks, is ‘still a threat’ – The Guardian

Posted September 12th, 2018 in incitement, Islam, news, prisons, release on licence, terrorism by tracey

‘The Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary remains a dangerous threat ahead of his imminent release from jail, the prisons minister has warned, as plans to train an “elite corps” of Muslim chaplains to de-radicalise extremist inmates were unveiled.’

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The Guardian, 11th September 2018

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Birmingham killer ‘said he might rape again’ – BBC News

Posted September 12th, 2018 in murder, news, parole, rape by tracey

‘A convicted sex offender killed a nurse in her home weeks after he told probation staff he might rape again, a watchdog review has revealed.’

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BBC News, 11th September 2018

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Conman duped dementia patients out of life savings to buy himself a £10,000 hair transplant – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 12th, 2018 in elderly, fraud, guilty pleas, mental health, news by tracey

‘A hair transplant conman duped two dementia patients out of their life savings so that he could buy a new £10k hairline.’

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Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2018

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Morrisons faces employment tribunal claim over equal pay – The Guardian

Posted September 12th, 2018 in employment tribunals, equal pay, news, women by tracey

‘Morrisons is the latest major supermarket group to be challenged over equal pay for its shop floor workers in a claim which could cost the retailer an estimated £1bn if successful. The law firm Leigh Day said it was seeking compensation for shop workers – predominantly women – who believe they are paid less than the mostly male workers in Morrisons’ warehouses.’

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The Guardian, 11th September 2018

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Man jailed for life for strangling colleague he became obsessed with – The Guardian

Posted September 12th, 2018 in murder, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A man has been jailed for life for strangling a colleague after becoming obsessed by the notion she was having a secret relationship with another worker.’

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The Guardian, 11th September 2018

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Markets watchdog investigates rise of DIY funeral directors – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 12th, 2018 in burials and cremation, competition, news by tracey

‘The rise of DIY funeral directors is being investigated by the Competitions and Markets Authority, as traditional parlours have been hit by the growth of online competitors.’

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Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2018

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Suicides in immigration detention centres kept ‘state secret’ by Home Office, MPs told – The Independent

Posted September 12th, 2018 in detention, government departments, immigration, news, statistics, suicide by tracey

‘Self-inflicted deaths in removal centres are being kept a “state secret” by the Home Office, according to the expert commissioned by the government to carry out a review of the immigration detention estate. Former prison ombudsman Stephen Shaw, who has produced two major reports on immigration removal centres (IRCs), told MPs it was “odd and frankly self-defeating” that the department did not make the numbers of detainee deaths public.’

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The Independent, 11th September 2018

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Alice Ruggles murder: Police ‘failed to investigate concerns properly’ – BBC News

Posted September 12th, 2018 in harassment, murder, news, police, stalking by tracey

‘Police officers failed to properly investigate complaints a young woman made against her former boyfriend in the days before he brutally murdered her, the police watchdog has found.’

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BBC News, 12th September 2018

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