Day: 20 August 2020

The Queen v Hashem Abedi – Sentencing Remarks – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted August 20th, 2020 in explosives, murder, news, sentencing, terrorism by sally

‘On the evening of Monday 22 May 2017 over 14,000 people, many of whom were either children or teenagers, attended Ariana Grande’s concert at the Manchester Arena. At about 10.30pm, as the performance came to an end and the audience started to leave through the City Room in order to meet their families and friends who were waiting to collect them, the defendant’s brother, Salman Abedi, detonated an improvised explosive device which caused both himself and 22 fellow human beings to be killed whilst many others were very seriously injured.’

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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 20th August 2020

Source: www.judiciary.uk

New Judgment: Commissioners for HMRC v Parry & Ors [2020] UKSC 35 – UKSC Blog

Posted August 20th, 2020 in inheritance tax, news, pensions, statutory interpretation, Supreme Court by sally

‘This appeal was about whether the pension scheme transfer by the late Mrs Staveley, and her omission to take income benefits which were then payable, constituted, or are to be treated as constituting, for the purposes of the Inheritance Tax 1984 a “disposition” which is a “transfer of value” in favour of her sons, who were to be the beneficiaries of the death benefit.’

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UKSC Blog, 19th August 2020

Source: ukscblog.com

Judge refuses payment out of court for all of defendants’ legal fees – Litigation Futures

Posted August 20th, 2020 in fees, fraud, news, payment into court by sally

‘The High Court has rejected an application for a payment out of court to fund all of the defendants’ legal fees in a “gargantuan” tax fraud case.’

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Litigation Futures, 19th August 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

New Judgment: Peninsula Securities Ltd v Dunnes Stores (Bangor) Ltd (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 36 – UKSC Blog

Posted August 20th, 2020 in assignment, competition, leases, news, Northern Ireland, restraint of trade, restrictive covenants, Supreme Court by sally

‘The appeal related to a restrictive covenant given by the developer of a shopping centre in a lease that it granted to a retailer over part of the centre. In giving the covenant the developer and later Peninsula each undertook not to allow any substantial shop to be built on the rest of the centre in competition with the Dunnes. Peninsula then argued that the covenant engaged the doctrine of restraint of trade; that it was unreasonable; and that it was therefore unenforceable. The appeal to the Supreme Court concerned whether the covenant engages the doctrine.’

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UKSC Blog, 19th August 2020

Source: ukscblog.com

Bar students call on regulator to waive exam requirement – Legal Futures

Posted August 20th, 2020 in barristers, computer programs, coronavirus, examinations, legal education, news by sally

‘A petition calling on the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to waive the requirement that Bar students complete the centralised BSB exams has attracted more than 1,000 signatures on its first day.’

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Legal Futures, 20th August 2020

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Claimants vow to appeal after High Court dismisses challenge over “downgrading” during pandemic of rights of children with SEN – Local Government Lawyer

Posted August 20th, 2020 in appeals, coronavirus, disabled persons, local government, ministers' powers and duties, news, regulations, special educational needs, young persons by sally

‘A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge to the Education Secretary’s decisions to reduce the obligations on local authorities to make statutory educational and health care provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in England during the pandemic.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 19th August 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Law Society warns of “havoc” if courts depart from EU law – Litigation Futures

Posted August 20th, 2020 in brexit, consultations, EC law, news, precedent, Supreme Court by sally

‘The Law Society has warned of “legal havoc” if the High Court and Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court, are allowed to depart from EU case law after the Brexit transition period.’

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Litigation Futures, 18th August 2020

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 20th, 2020 in law reports by tracey

Supreme Court

Revenue and Customs v Parry & Ors [2020] UKSC 35 (19 August 2020)

Peninsula Securities Ltd v Dunnes Stores (Bangor) Ltd (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 36 (19 August 2020)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Urynowicz v The Regional Court of Lodz, Republic of Poland [2020] EWHC 2267 (Admin) (19 August 2020)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

AB, R (on the application of) v Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2020] EWHC 2256 (QB) (19 August 2020)

Source: www.bailii.org