‘A solicitor who used £100,000 from a client’s estate to pay debts to HM Revenue & Customs and an indemnity insurer before closing his firm has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers are already predicting a leapfrogged appeal to the Supreme Court after the High Court handed down its ruling in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) business interruption insurance test case.’
Litigation Futures, 15th September 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Ministers are to encourage courts to make more use of deferred sentences – when judges give offenders a chance to turn themselves around before being punished – as part of a £500m shake-up of criminal justice in England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Rahman v Rahman & Ors [2020] EWHC 2392 (Ch) (15 September 2020)
Penta Ultimate Holdings Ltd & Anor v Storrier [2020] EWHC 2400 (Ch) (14 September 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The family of a teenager found dead 11 days after going missing nearly three years ago said “vital questions” about her death remain unanswered.’
BBC News, 16th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This White Paper sets out the government’s proposals for important changes to the sentencing and release framework in England and Wales.’
Ministry of Justice, 16th September 2020
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A jury at Aylesbury Crown Court found her guilty of two sex offence charges relating to the topless pictures and a video, but they have not yet reached verdicts on three more serious charges of causing or inciting a child aged under 16 to engage in a sexual act.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The shooting of a man with a crossbow in London has sparked fresh questions over the lack of restrictions on such weapons in the UK.’
The Independent, 15th September 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sexual and violent offenders will serve at least two-thirds of jail terms, rather than half, as part of changes to the criminal justice system in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 16th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judges ruled that the disease clauses in some business interruption policies should have meant they were covered.’
BBC News, 15th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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