‘A man who hanged himself in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife and dumping her body in Coniston Water in the Lake District could receive a posthumous pardon after the case was referred to the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Couples could soon be allowed to get married outdoors as part of changes to the 180-year-old laws in an attempt to make the ceremonies more affordable.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Organisers of major sporting and entertainment events such as football matches, athletics meetings and music festivals, will welcome a new ruling barring ticket touts from selling tickets on Cheltenham racecourse premises, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th October 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Uber drivers are estimated to be more than £18,000 out of pocket because the ride hailing company refuses to recognise a two-year-old ruling entitling them to holiday pay, a minimum wage and rest breaks.’
The Guardian, 28th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Organisations that hold and process personal data have already had to contemplate the prospect of €20 million fines for not matching up to the requirements of the GDPR. Now the Court of Appeal has given a ruling that presents another type of exposure risk where personal data is concerned. Upholding a High Court decision given in November 2017, this second ruling confirms that an employer can be liable for the actions of a rogue employee in exposing the private information of thousands of other members of staff.’
Technology Law Update, 26th October 2018
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Seven members of a gang that used drones to airlift £500,000 worth of drugs into prisons have been given jail terms ranging from three to 10 years.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Tomorrow [26 October], Tim Loughton will seek, through an amendment to his private members’ bill, to speed through legislation to allow mixed sex couples who disapprove of marriage to register as civil partners instead. Gay couples already have the option of marriage or civil partnership; for straight couples, it’s marriage or nothing, writes Catherine Utley, a former Senior Broadcast Journalist at BBC World Service News.’
Family Law, 25th October 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The number of hit-and-run crashes in England and Wales has risen by 45% in four years, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 28th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police officer who Tasered a man shortly before his death should not have held the trigger for such a long time, the police watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK’s leading health professionals are calling on the government to implement the biggest shake-up of air quality legislation for 60 years in an effort to tackle the country’s growing air pollution crisis.’
The Guardian, 28th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A not infrequent problem for leaseholders is a landlord who takes a lackadaisical approach to enforcing leasehold covenants, or worse yet allows or waives breaches of covenants by certain leaseholders.’
Nearly Legal, 24th October 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Camelot Guardian Management Ltd v Khoo (2018) EWHC 2296 (QB). This is quite a significant judgment on the issue of property guardians and the licence/tenancy distinction. This was Mr Khoo’s appeal of a first instance possession judgment that found his occupation was under a licence, not a tenancy.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd October 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Employers under construction contracts often find themselves under time pressure to get started with construction of their projects prior to concluding negotiations with their preferred contractor and before the building contract is entered into. In such a scenario, employers commonly choose to rely on a letter of intent. This should give the contractor comfort to proceed with certain elements of the construction works, while the parties continue to negotiate the full contract terms. Unfortunately not all “letters of intent” are clearly formulated in advance, and the parties may find themselves proceeding with the works on the basis of a series of exchanges and correspondence, as was the case in Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd v AMEC (BSC) Ltd.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 24th October 2018
‘As discussed previously on the Blog, the rights of the family members of EEA nationals to reside in the UK is currently in a state of flux. One important issue concerns the appeal rights of an “extended family member” of an EEA national.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th October 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Christy [2018] EWCA Civ 2378 (25 October 2018)
Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2347 (25 October 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bonner v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] EWHC 2819 (Admin) (25 October 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Kent v Paterson-Brown & Anor [2018] EWHC 2830 (Ch) (25 October 2018)
AIG Europe Ltd & Anor, Re [2018] EWHC 2818 (Ch) (25 October 2018)
Griffith v Gourgey & Ors [2018] EWHC 2807 (Ch) (25 October 2018)
Lehman Brothers Australia Ltd v Lomas & Ors [2018] EWHC 2783 (Ch) (24 October 2018)
Pollock v Oldfield & Anor [2018] EWHC 2743 (Ch) (24 October 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
SDI Retail Services Ltd v The Rangers Football Club Ltd [2018] EWHC 2772 (Comm) (24 October 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
RV v VT [2018] EWHC 2808 (Fam) (19 October 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Financial Technology: Opportunities and Challenges to Law and Regulation, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China.’
Supreme Court, 26th October 2018
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘Rules governing the right to take over a social housing tenancy when the former tenant dies do not discriminate unlawfully between widows and divorcees contrary to Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the High Court has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Welsh ministers and the quango Careers Wales did not act unreasonably when they decided not to reassess the educational and training needs of a young man with a learning disability, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Solicitors do not have to carry out investigative tasks in areas they not been asked to deal with, however beneficial to the client it might have turned out to be, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In doing so, it rejected an appeal by a former client of City firm Fox Williams against a decision that cleared the solicitors of negligence.’
Legal Futures, 26th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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