‘The NHS in England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence: so reported the BBC in January 2020 following a Freedom of Information Request. Estimates published in 2019 put the total cost of outstanding compensation claims at £83bn; NHS England’s total budget in 2018-19 was £129bn.’
Ropewalk Clinical Negligence Blog, 7th April 2022
Source: www.ropewalk.co.uk
‘Buckinghamshire Council caused significant distress after it shared incorrect information and failed to suitably include a mother in its process when deciding to place her child on a child protection plan, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has quashed the Secretary of State’s decision to grant planning permission for a Holocaust memorial and learning centre in a park bordering the Palace of Westminster.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Zoe Harrison, pupil barrister at One King’s Bench Walk, explores Moylan LJ’s judgment and its focus on the importance of dependence.’
Family Law Week, 29th March 2022
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha.’
The Independent, 10th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The NHS has paid out at least £20m over poor care in children’s mental health services, a leaked report has revealed.’
The Independent, 10th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An immigration tribunal has overturned a “cruel and morally wrong” decision by the Home Office to deport a well-respected black charity volunteer who grew up in the UK.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘“What’s the use of a property guardian?” While that might be a potentially facetious question in the mouth of a person who has no experience of property guardians, it was also the question which was decided recently in the interesting Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) decision of Martin Rodger QC, Deputy Chamber President, in Global 100 Limited v Carlos Jimenez & Ors [2022] UKUT 50 (LC). In that case, however, the question was not facetious but, rather, a serious legal one which determined the outcome of the dispute.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 30th March 2022
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘The BBC has been banned from identifying a “dangerous extremist and misogynist” who is allegedly an MI5 informant, after a high court judge granted an injunction.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ms Hathway and Mr Hudson started a relationship in 1990. They had two children but did not marry. They bought a family home in joint names, with no declaration of trusts. Both worked, but Mr Hudson substantially paid the mortgage; the amount he contributed exceeded Ms Hathway’s contributions. The parties separated.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 30th March 2022
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘A landowner in Kent has been given a custodial term of eight months imprisonment, with two months immediate custody and six suspended for 18 months, for breaching an injunction against works on an ancient woodland site.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Campaigners are due to learn whether or not they have won a High Court challenge over plans to build a national Holocaust memorial next to the Houses of Parliament.’
The Independent, 7th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The claimant developer challenged the decision of a local planning authority to accept the recommendations of the Examiner into a draft neighbourhood development plan and to proceed to a neighbourhood planning referendum. Among the issues were whether national policy and guidance required a neighbourhood plan to allocate sites for housing to meet a strategic requirement in the development plan and the requirements of procedural fairness during the neighourhood plan-making process. The High Court dismissed the claim. Written by Howard Leithead, barrister at No5 Barristers’ Chambers.’
No. 5 Chambers, 4th April 2022
Source: www.no5.com
‘A young adult with a lifelong serious mental illness should not be prevented from visiting a man in Brazil suspected of grooming her, but should very carefully consider the wisdom of doing so, a Deputy High Court judge has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In Hughes v Pritchard and others [2022] EWCA Civ 386, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the trial judge in a probate claim (see Hughes v Pritchard and others [2021] EWHC 1580 (Ch)) that a testator lacked testamentary capacity, concluding that the judge’s findings on that subject were “not open to him on the evidence”.’
St John's Buildings, 4th April 2022
Source: stjohnsbuildings.com
‘Two children sought permission to judicially review various decisions made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care relating to provision of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to children. To pursue their claim, they sought disclosure of various statistics from the Office for National Statistics (the ONS). As the ONS was not a party to proceedings, they made an application under CPR 31.17 for disclosure. Mr Justice Swift dismissed that application on the basis that the information sought was not necessary for the fair determination of the questions of law raised by the pleaded case.’
Henderson Chambers, 31st March 2022
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘Black and Asian women in prison are experiencing racial discrimination at the hands of staff members, a damning new report has found.’
The Independent, 8th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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