Day: 6 December 2019

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 6th, 2019 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

High Court (Administrative Court)

High Court (Chancery Division)

High Court (Commercial Court)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

 
Source: www.bailii.org

Small claims track delays continue to rise – Litigation Futures

Posted December 6th, 2019 in delay, news, personal injuries, small claims by sally

‘The average time between a small claim being issued and going to trial continues to spiral upwards ahead of the reforms which will send hundreds of thousands of personal injury claims into the system.’

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Litigation Futures, 6th December 2019

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Council fined £1.4m after child suffers life-changing head injury in “easily preventable” incident – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 6th, 2019 in fines, health & safety, local government, news, personal injuries, roads by sally

‘Hampshire County Council has been fined £1.4m after a six-year-old girl playing on an unsecured street bollard suffered a life-changing head injury.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th December 2019

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Supreme Court to review equitable lien ruling – Litigation Futures

Posted December 6th, 2019 in airlines, compensation, delay, equity, fees, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘The Supreme Court is to review a controversial ruling that a law firm handling uncontested flight delay claims was not conducting litigation and so did not have an equitable lien over the compensation.’

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Litigation Futures, 5th December 2019

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Torture charges against former Liberia leader’s ex-wife dismissed – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2019 in conspiracy, evidence, news, rape, torture, war crimes by sally

‘Torture charges against the ex wife of former Liberian president Charles Taylor have been dismissed at the Old Bailey.’

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BBC News, 6th December 2019

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School launches legal proceedings after receiving ‘inadequate’ rating from Ofsted – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 6th, 2019 in appeals, education, news, standards by sally

‘A school in Trafford has issued a legal challenge to regulator Ofsted in a bid to overturn being rated as ‘inadequate’.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 15th December 2019

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FTT fails natural justice on tenant’s RRO application – Nearly Legal

Posted December 6th, 2019 in houses in multiple occupation, licensing, news, rent, repayment by sally

‘In which the Upper Tribunal gives the First Tier Tribunal a thorough ticking off over its decision on a rent repayment order application.’

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Nearly Legal, 5th December 2019

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High Court ruling “shows strength of Manolete model” – Litigation Futures

Posted December 6th, 2019 in assignment, champerty, default judgments, news, setting aside, tax evasion, taxation, third parties, VAT by sally

‘A High Court ruling refusing to set aside £4.3m judgment in default in a suppressed sales case shows the strength of the litigation funding model used by Manolete Partners, it has been argued.’

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Litigation Futures, 5th December 2019

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Trafficked woman loses judicial review challenge amid age assessment confusion – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 6th, 2019 in judicial review, local government, news, trafficking in human beings by sally

‘A trafficked Vietnamese woman has lost a judicial review against two councils over her age assessment, though the judge involved criticised both authorities for failing to resolve the matter earlier.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th December 2019

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Sally Challen case: ‘Mum killed Dad but we get to be happy again at Xmas’ – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2019 in appeals, coercive & controlling behaviour, domestic violence, murder, news by sally

‘Sally was originally found guilty of murder but successfully appealed against her conviction.’

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BBC News, 6th December 2019

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Working group makes 22 recommendations to tackle shortage of medical experts prepared to work with family courts – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 6th, 2019 in contract of employment, doctors, expert witnesses, family courts, news by sally

‘A working group seeking solutions to the dearth of medical experts willing to work in the family courts has made 22 recommendations for change including a simpler process for payment and allowing courts work to be part of employment contracts.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th December 2019

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Blow for Richard Freeman case after Sutton evidence ruled admissible – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2019 in admissibility, doctors, drug abuse, evidence, news, professional conduct, sport by sally

‘Shane Sutton’s evidence at the hearing of former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman is admissible, a tribunal has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 6th December 2019

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“Ageism” of virtual law firms not being confronted – Legal Futures

Posted December 6th, 2019 in age discrimination, law firms, news by sally

‘The “ageism” of new-breed ‘virtual’ law firms, with their focus on senior lawyers at the expense of younger ones, has not been confronted, an analysis has argued.’

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Legal Futures, 6th December 2019

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Property Guardians, vanishing companies and still getting it wrong – Nearly Legal

Posted December 6th, 2019 in houses in multiple occupation, insolvency, landlord & tenant, news, subsidiary companies by sally

‘You may or may not have heard that one of the largest Property Guardian firms put itself (and all its related companies) into voluntary liquidation on 6 November 2019. But that is what Camelot did.’

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Nearly Legal, 5th December 2019

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Mother claims judge’s ‘outdated views’ on sexual assault led him to rule against her in child custody battle – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 6th, 2019 in bias, children, custody, domestic violence, judges, news, rape by sally

‘A mother has claimed that a judge’s “outdated views” on sexual assault led him to rule against her after she accused a former partner of rape during a child custody case.’

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Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2019

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‘Oval Four’ men jailed in 1972 cleared by court of appeal in London – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2019 in assault, corruption, Criminal Cases Review Commission, miscarriage of justice, news, police, theft by sally

‘Three men who were convicted nearly 50 years ago on the evidence of a corrupt police officer have finally had their names cleared by senior judges.’

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The Guardian, 5th December 2019

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Slough gynaecologist jailed for secretly filming nurse during sex – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2019 in doctors, news, sentencing, voyeurism by sally

‘A gynaecologist who used glasses with a hidden camera to film himself having sex with a student nurse has been jailed for 14 months.’

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BBC News, 5th December 2019

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