Day: 14 December 2020
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd & Ors v Visa Europe Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 3399 (Ch) (11 December 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Ness Global Services Ltd v Perform Content Services Ltd [2020] EWHC 3394 (Comm) (10 December 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ampalam v Karthik [2020] EWHC 3407 (QB) (11 December 2020)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Alebrahim v BM Design London Ltd [2020] EWHC 3393 (TCC) (11 December 2020)
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Ryan Jayberg Ltd [2020] EWHC 3404 (TCC) (11 December 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
Collective Actions in the Supreme Court – Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers
‘The big news from today’s UK Supreme Court collective action decision in Mastercard v Merricks [2020] UKSC 51 is not only that Mr Merricks won and defeated the appeal, but that the Supreme Court approached the issues in a far more claimant-friendly way than even the Court of Appeal had done.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 11th December 2020
Source: competitionbulletin.com
Mastercard judgment ‘lowers bar’ for collective action – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Supreme Court’s ruling against Mastercard will make it easier for group damages claims to proceed to trial, commentators have said. However, the card issuer’s solicitors have stressed the “very unusual circumstances” of the judgment, in which justices were divided on key issues.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th December 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII grants access to judgments for mass AI analysis – Law Society’s Gazette
‘England and Wales court judgments are for the first time being opened to mass analysis by artificial intelligence, the Gazette can reveal. Under an agreement announced today, the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) has granted academics at Oxford University bulk access to its database of 400,000 judgments for research purposes.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th December 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Rape and sexual assault: ‘Money needed’ to speed up investigations – BBC News
‘Police and prosecutors need more resources as sexual assault and rape investigations are taking longer, a charity that supports victims has said.’
BBC News, 14th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Surrogacy and HFEA Update: December 2020 (Part 1) – Family Law Week
‘In the first part of his surrogacy and HFEA update, Andrew Powell of 4PB analyses some important recent judgments within the England and wales jurisdiction.’
Family Law Week, 10th December 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Financial Remedy Update, December 2020 – Family Law Week
‘Sue Brookes Principal Associate, Family Lawyer, Collaborative Lawyer and Mediator for Mills & Reeve LLP considers the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during November 2020.’
Family Law Week, 10th December 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
UK ‘reneges on vow to reunite child refugees with families’ – The Guardian
‘Unaccompanied children in France are being told by the French authorities that they should give up hope of being reunited with family in the UK after the Home Office failed to offer the help it had promised. With the deadline to enter the UK legally and safely under the EU’s family reunification rules due to expire at the end of the year, the Home Office is accused of reneging on its vow to help unaccompanied children reunite with family in the UK.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Stockwell Six’: two men could have convictions overturned – The Guardian
‘Two men who were jailed nearly 50 years ago on the word of a corrupt detective could finally have their names cleared.
The cases of two members of the so-called “Stockwell Six”, who were accused of attempting to rob that officer on the underground, are now being referred to the court of appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).’
The Guardian, 14th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
All Windrush victims to get at least £10,000 – BBC News
‘The government is to give more money to victims of the Windrush scandal, which saw hundreds of people wrongly threatened with deportation.’
BBC News, 14th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police drop rape investigation into Tory ex-minister – The Independent
‘Police have dropped their investigation into a Conservative MP and ex-minister who was arrested after a woman accused him of rape.’
The Independent, 13th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
