29/05/2019 – Current Awareness

‘The High Court has found national law firm Gateley negligent in its advice to the owner of land in Nottingham that led to him missing out on some of the profits from its redevelopment.’

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Legal Futures, 29th May 2019

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High Court rejects appeal by couple jailed for harassing judge – Legal Futures

Posted May 29th, 2019 in appeals, family courts, harassment, judgments, news, sentencing by tracey

‘The High Court has rejected an appeal by a couple jailed for harassing the family judge who heard their “long and contentious litigation” over an adoption.’

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Legal Futures, 29th May 2019

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Surrogacy and legal parentage: let intentionality prevail: Part 2 – Family Law

Posted May 29th, 2019 in news, surrogacy by tracey

‘In the first part of this article, it was established that surrogacy law in England and Wales is in need of reform in a number of areas. Arguably, the most fundamental flaw of the current law is the fact that unlike its counterpart in Californian law, English law fails to allow the intentions of the intended parents and surrogates to shape the course of their surrogacy journey. A question then remains to be asked for the second part of this series – if intentionality is important to the functioning of surrogacy law, how can English law be reformed in order to allow intentionality to prevail?’

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Family Law, 29th May 2019

Source: www.familylaw.co.uk

Kenneth Noye: Police still investigating murder of key witness in road-rage killer’s trial 19 years ago – The Independent

Posted May 29th, 2019 in murder, news, police, road traffic, witnesses by tracey

‘The unsolved assassination of a key witness who helped to put road-rage killer Kenneth Noye behind bars remains under investigation by detectives, police have said.’

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The Independent, 28th May 2019

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Landmarks in law: Sally Bercow and the first major ‘Twibel’ case – The Guardian

Posted May 29th, 2019 in defamation, internet, news by tracey

‘Careless tweeting costs money, so beware. That is the message coming from the courts, which over recent years have had to deal with the “Twibel” cases that have arisen from potentially libellous posts made on social media.’

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The Guardian, 28th May 2019

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Officials altered records in bisexual prison officer case, judge says – The Guardian

Posted May 29th, 2019 in employment tribunals, harassment, homosexuality, news, prison officers, sexual orientation discrimination by tracey

‘An investigation is under way after government officials altered and redacted documents in an employment tribunal case involving a bisexual prison officer, the Guardian has learned.’

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The Guardian, 28th May 2019

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Former JLS singer cleared of raping fan after court sees CCTV footage of pair ‘acting like couple’ outside club – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 29th, 2019 in evidence, news, rape, video recordings by tracey

‘Former JLS star Oritse Williams has been cleared of raping a woman in his hotel room following a solo concert after the court saw CCTV footage of the pair “acting like a couple” outside a nightclub.’

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Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2019

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Equality body launches investigation of Labour antisemitism claims – The Guardian

Posted May 29th, 2019 in equality, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Judaism, news, political parties, racism by tracey

‘Labour has been placed under formal investigation by the equalities watchdog over whether the party has unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it was launching an official inquiry under section 20 of the Equality Act 2006 after carrying out preliminary investigations since March.’

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The Guardian, 28th May 2019

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NCA investigates how owner afforded £80m London homes – BBC News

Posted May 29th, 2019 in corruption, money laundering, national crime agency, news by tracey

‘Three London homes worth more than £80m have been frozen by the High Court in the second-ever use of anti-corruption orders to stop foreigners laundering cash in the UK.’

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BBC News, 29th May 2019

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BBC accused of breaching trademarked ‘Slay in Your Lane’ book title in #ChangeTheSport campaign – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 29th, 2019 in BBC, news, plagiarism, trade marks by tracey

‘An author has criticised the BBC for plagiarising her trademarked book title, saying that securing legal rights “won’t actually stop white women or big organisations ripping you off”. Yomi Adegoke wrote Slay in Your Lane alongside Elizabeth Uviebinene, which they describe as a “black women’s bible”, and trademarked the term when the book was released.’

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Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2019

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Northampton child cruelty: Parents jailed for cruelty – BBC News

Posted May 29th, 2019 in child cruelty, families, news, sentencing by tracey

‘Parents who locked their son in a room, banned him from speaking and fed him old food have been jailed.’

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BBC News, 28th May 2019

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