‘A young offender who stabbed an 18-year-old to death in an act of “cruel irony” at a knife awareness course has been jailed.’
BBC News, 13th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Reports of Covid-19 restrictions breaches have increased in parts of the north of England in the run-up to stricter local lockdowns being announced, with some councillors warning about “vexatious” false claims of neighbours breaking the rules.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been convicted of trying to injure a Met Police officer by driving a car at him in north London.’
BBC News, 12th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An urgent investigation into blanket orders not to resuscitate care home residents has been launched amid fears some elderly people may still be affected by the “unacceptable” practice.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court
Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v OOO Insurance Company Chubb [2020] UKSC 38 (09 October 2020
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Koza Ltd & Anor v Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS [2020] EWCA Civ 1263 (09 October 2020)
Swift v Carpenter & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 1295 (09 October 2020)
AA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State [2020] EWCA Civ 1296 (09 October 2020)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ahmed, R v [2020] EWCA Crim 1299 (06 October 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bartos v District Court of Levice (Slovakia) [2020] EWHC 2692 (Admin) (08 October 2020)
Kicak v District Court In Koszalin, Poland [2020] EWHC 2693 (Admin) (08 October 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Amin v Amin & Ors [2020] EWHC 2675 (Ch) (12 October 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation & Anor v Archos SA & Ors [2020] EWHC 2641 (Pat) (09 October 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Advetec Holdings Ltd v Shaw & Anor [2020] EWHC 2660 (QB) (09 October 2020)
Oliver v Shaikh [2020] EWHC 2658 (QB) (08 October 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘An officer who killed a man during a foiled attempt to free two prisoners can face misconduct proceedings, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
BBC News, 10th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This was a section 204 Housing Act 1996 appeal following Lambeth’s review decision that Ms S had made herself intentionally homeless. This was the trial of a preliminary issue concerning Lambeth’s “minded to” decision letter sent during the course of the review.’
Nearly Legal, 11th October 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A man who tried to arrange for a baby to be brought to his house to be sexually abused has been jailed.’
BBC News, 10th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police’s inappropriate use of restraints on a mentally ill man contributed to his death, an inquest jury has found.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The youngest person to be tried for a terrorism offence on UK soil has been found not guilty.’
BBC News, 10th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) need to do more to show that they take on board what solicitors have to say about the cost of practising, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has warned.’
Legal Futures, 12th October 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 500 children were victims of so-called ‘revenge porn’ in England and Wales last year, according to new data shared with the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There has been a surge in reports of transphobic hate crimes across the UK. Crime statistics obtained by the BBC show that between the latest year – and the one before – there was an increase of 25%.’
BBC News, 11th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The central issue on this appeal is how the governing law of an arbitration agreement is to be determined when the law applicable to the contract containing it differs from the law of the “seat” of the arbitration, the place chosen for the arbitration in the arbitration agreement.’
UKSC Blog, 9th October 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘There are calls for an inquest into the death of transport worker Belly Mujinga – who died after reportedly being coughed and spat on by a passenger who said he had the virus.’
BBC News, 12th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s top lawyers have written to Priti Patel to express their concern after a knifeman threatened to kill an immigration solicitor last month in an attack colleagues say was directly motivated by comments made by the home secretary.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In Delve and Anor v SSfWP [2020] EWCA Civ 1199, the Court of Appeal dismissed the challenge brought against the series of Pensions Acts between 1995 and 2014 which equalised the state pension age for women with that of men by raising the state pension age for women from 60 to 65 and then raising the age at which both men and women can claim their state pension.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th October 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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