‘Richard Dewsbery reports on an important recent change to the Civil Procedure Rules that affects the N16A application form.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st September 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Sally Gore analyses a Court of Appeal ruling that considered the fairness of an age assessment when an appropriate adult was not used for the short-form assessment/interview.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st September 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Home Secretary has commissioned a review into activism and impartiality in the police.’
Home Office, 2nd September 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A TikTok influencer, her mother and a group of associates have been sentenced at Leicester Crown Court for their involvement in the killing of two men on the A46 in Leicestershire.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 1st September 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A one-hour oral judgment delivered on a complex family case was “manifestly insufficient” and should be re-examined, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st September 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Campaigning law charity ClientEarth will have to foot its opponent’s costs in its failed attempt to hold directors of Shell personally responsible for the oil company’s environmental policies, the judge in the case has ordered. In ClientEarth v Shell plc & Ors, The Honourable Mr Justice Trower rejected an attempt under the civil procedure rules to claim a derogation from the ‘unsuccessful party pays’ principle.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st September 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A 42-year-old man given a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering a six-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago is waiting for a ruling on an appeal.’
The Independent, 4th September 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Prosecutions involving more than a dozen homicides and more than 100 sexual offences collapsed before trial in England and Wales last year as a result of lost or missing evidence, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former teller at a London branch of Nationwide has been jailed for more than two years for his part in a £130,000 bank fraud.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government could ban unlicensed providers of cosmetic treatments in England, in what industry bodies say would be the biggest shake-up in a generation.
Under the plans, anyone carrying out Botox, breast or butt lift injections would have to be trained and licensed, with their premises also inspected.
The proposals have been have been opened up for public consultation.’
BBC News, 3rd September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five mums have died after family courts allowed fathers accused of abuse to apply for contact with their children, a BBC investigation has found.’
BBC News, 4th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd & Ors v Tughans [2023] EWCA Civ 999 (31 August 2023)
SA, Re (Declaration of Non-Recognition of Marriage) [2023] EWCA Civ 1003 (30 August 2023)
T (Children), Re [2023] EWCA Civ 1004 (30 August 2023)
MXX v A Secondary School [2023] EWCA Civ 996 (25 August 2023)
Blake & Ors v Fox [2023] EWCA Civ 1000 (25 August 2023)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Watson, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 1016 (04 September 2023)
Beard & Ors, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 1015 (04 September 2023)
More, R. v [2023] EWCA Crim 1005 (01 September 2023)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
ClientEarth v Shell Plc & Ors (Re Costs) [2023] EWHC 2182 (Ch) (31 August 2023)
Shaw v Maguire (Re Preliminary Issues) [2023] EWHC 2155 (KB) (25 August 2023)
Shill Properties Ltd v Bunch [2023] EWHC 2135 (Ch) (25 August 2023)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Viking Trading OU v Louis Dreyfus Company Suisse SA [2023] EWHC 2160 (Comm) (25 August 2023)
High Court (Family Division)
B (A Child), Re (Consent; Acquiescence; Intolerability) [2023] EWHC 2162 (Fam) (25 August 2023)
High Court (Patents Court) Decisions
Cook UK Ltd v Boston Scientific Ltd & Anor [2023] EWHC 2163 (Pat) (30 August 2023)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Takhar & Ors v Mohamed & Anor [2023] EWHC 2190 (KB) (31 August 2023)
Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Breen & Anor [2023] EWHC 2013 (KB) (31 August 2023)
Mikadze & Anor v Dechert LLP & Ors [2023] EWHC 2165 (KB) (30 August 2023)
Waverley Borough Council v Gray & Ors [2023] EWHC 2161 (KB) (25 August 2023)
Celebrity Speakers Ltd v Daniel & Ors [2023] EWHC 2158 (KB) (25 August 2023)
Shaw v Maguire (Re Preliminary Issues) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 2155 (KB) (25 August 2023)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
IBM United Kingdom Ltd v LzLabs GmbH & Ors [2023] EWHC 2142 (TCC) (24 August 2023)
Topalsson GmbH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd [2023] EWHC 2092 (TCC) (17 August 2023)
Source: www.bailii.org
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