‘A Conservative local election candidate and activist has been jailed for nine weeks for sending threatening messages about Labour MP Yvette Cooper.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A GP has been given three life sentences for 90 sex assaults on female patients.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Filatona Trading Ltd & Anor v Navigator Equities Ltd & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 109 (06 February 2020)
Lejonvarn v Burgess & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 114 (06 February 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWHC 74 (Admin) (07 February 2020)
Kalinauskas v Prosecutor General’s Office, Lithuania [2020] EWHC 191 (Admin) (06 February 2020)
The Government of India v Dhir & Anor [2020] EWHC 200 (Admin) (06 February 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Panton & Anor v Vale of White Horse District Council & Anor [2020] EWHC 167 (Ch) (06 February 2020)
Johnson v No Named Defendant [2020] EWHC 207 (Ch) (06 February 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
PJSC National Bank Trust & Anor v Boris Mints & Ors [2020] EWHC 204 (Comm) (06 February 2020)
Yukos Hydrocarbons Investments Ltd v Georgiades & Anor [2020] EWHC 173 (Comm) (04 February 2020)
High Court (Family Division)
T (A child), Re [2020] EWHC 220 (Fam) (07 February 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Sharn Panesar Ltd v Pistachios In The Park Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 194 (QB) (07 February 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The High Court has ruled that prior-approval time limits can be extended by agreement. Charles Streeten explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Steven Woolf examines the Court of Appeal’s recent decision and guidance on Green Space borough-wide preventative injunctions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘ Birmingham firm who dismissed a worker within days of him leaving hospital post-surgery have been found in breach of employment law by a tribunal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The chairman of the Grenfell Tower inquiry has backed a request from firms that refurbished the building that evidence they give should not be used against them in criminal prosecutions.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government is failing in its efforts to improve prison conditions, with record levels of safety breaches and “huge” backlogs in repairs, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found. The National Audit Office said plans to “provide and maintain safe, secure and decent prisons” had not been carried out.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Shamima Begum, the woman who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, has lost her appeal against the Home Office’s move to revoke her citizenship and prevent her from returning to London.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A bodybuilder who claimed an accident left him scared of heights was exposed when a video emerged of him careering down Europe’s highest waterslide.’
BBC News, 6th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The wife of a jailed “fat cat banker” who splurged millions at Harrods has lost her appeal over the UK’s first so-called McMafia wealth order.’
The Independent, 6th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘One of the NHS’ most senior doctors has been struck off after spying on a 15-year-old girl as she showered.’
The Independent, 6th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims are no longer reporting some crimes to police because so many offenders are never brought to justice. A new report said the public are losing faith in the criminal justice system and have “rumbled” that police do not have the capacity to investigate.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A burglar has been sentenced to a minimum term of 34 years in prison for the “sexual or sadistic” murder of an 89-year-old widow in her own bed.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government should consider ending the deportation of foreign-born offenders who came to the UK as children, according to a draft report into the Windrush scandal.’
BBC News, 7th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Windrush victims will have an additional two years to apply for compensation for their losses after the Home Office bowed to pressure to extend the deadline by two years.’
The Independent, 7th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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