29/07/2022 – Current Awareness

‘Rebekah Vardy has lost her “Wagatha Christie” libel case against Coleen Rooney, in a dramatic self-inflicted legal defeat that leaves her reputation destroyed.’

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The Guardian, 29th July 2022

Source: www.theguardian.com

Barrister compliance with transparency rules increases sharply – Legal Futures

Posted July 29th, 2022 in barristers, consumer protection, news, statistics by sally

‘The Bar has improved its compliance with the rules on transparency and more consumers are shopping around for potential providers, Bar Standards Board (BSB) research has found.’

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Legal Futures, 29th July 2022

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Archie Battersbee’s parents fail in life support bid at supreme court – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2022 in accidents, appeals, children, delay, doctors, families, government departments, medical treatment, news, Supreme Court, United Nations by sally

‘The parents of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, who was left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage, have failed to persuade the supreme court to intervene in a life support treatment battle.’

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The Guardian, 28th July 2022

Source: www.theguardian.com

High Court ruling a warning to lawyers who ‘shoehorn’ claimants into class actions – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 29th, 2022 in case management, civil procedure rules, class actions, damages, government departments, law firms, news, noise, personal injuries, solicitors by sally

‘Lawyers must take note of a court’s refusal to allow multiple claimants with widely differing claims to use a single claim form, a legal expert has warned.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2022

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

Unreasonable refusal to engage with ADR – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 29th, 2022 in civil procedure rules, costs, dispute resolution, indemnities, law firms, negligence, news by sally

‘In Richards & Anor v Speechly Bircham LLP & Anor (Consequential Matters) [2022] EWHC 1512 (Comm) HHJ Russen QC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) considered, inter alia, the most appropriate costs order to be imposed on the unsuccessful defendant law firm for refusing to consider and engage in mediation. He concluded, wrongly in my view, that a failure to mediate did not justify an order for costs on an indemnity basis.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 22nd July 2022

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Union’s head of legal receives apology over picket line arrest – Legal Futures

Posted July 29th, 2022 in barristers, damages, demonstrations, false imprisonment, industrial action, news, police, trade unions by sally

‘A barrister working as a trade union’s in-house lawyer has received a formal apology and damages of £3,000 from the Metropolitan Police after he was arrested on a picket line.’

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Legal Futures, 28th July 2022

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Court of Appeal outlines approach advocates and judges should take to requests for clarification of judgments – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 29th, 2022 in appeals, child abuse, children, families, family courts, judges, judgments, news, sexual offences by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has considered the extent to which judges are required to respond to requests for clarifications in judgments.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 28th July 2022

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Key information about adopting mother not shared before baby’s murder, report finds – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2022 in adoption, alcohol abuse, causing death of children or vulnerable adults, children, local government, mental health, murder, news, social services by sally

‘Information about drinking, debts and mental health that could have prevented a baby boy being placed with an adopting mother who went on to murder him was not shared between agencies, an investigation has concluded.’

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The Guardian, 28th July 2022

Source: www.theguardian.com

“Trial by internet” – Judges turn to Wikipedia to aid reasoning – Legal Futures

Posted July 29th, 2022 in internet, judges, news by sally

‘Judges are using Wikipedia to research legal issues and allowing it to influence their reasoning, ground-breaking research has discovered.’

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Legal Futures, 28th July 2022

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Ian Stewart: Sons granted £185k confiscation order – BBC News

Posted July 29th, 2022 in compensation, confiscation, families, murder, news by sally

‘The sons of a double murderer are to share £185,000 from their mother’s estate, a court has ruled.’

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BBC News, 28th July 2022

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Wayne Couzens loses appeal against whole-life sentence -Daily Telegraph

Posted July 29th, 2022 in appeals, imprisonment, kidnapping, murder, news, police, rape, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

‘Wayne Couzens is still set to die in prison after he lost his bid to reduce his sentence at the Court of Appeal.’

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Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2022

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Court of Appeal warns of “perverse incentives” from litigation funding – Legal Futures

Posted July 29th, 2022 in appeals, class actions, competition, costs, news, striking out, third parties, transport, tribunals by sally

‘The Court of Appeal yesterday highlighted the importance of judicial control over costs to ensure that the involvement of third-party litigation funders does not create perverse incentives.’

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Legal Futures, 29th July 2022

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Solemn sentencing is no circus as cameras enter English courts – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2022 in criminal justice, Crown Court, homicide, media, news, reporting restrictions, sentencing by sally

‘Almost 100 years after a ban on cameras in criminal courts was enshrined in law, the first broadcast from an English crown court went out on Thursday and is likely to have left many viewers asking: “Why has it taken so long?”’

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The Guardian, 28th July 2022

Source: www.theguardian.com