‘The Housing Ombudsman has launched special investigations into Camden Council, Hackney Council and Hyde Group after casework showed all three landlords struggle with damp and mould, repairs and complaint handling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th December 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been fined £350,000 over an email blunder that exposed details of interpreters fleeing Afghanistan.’
BBC News, 13th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police are far more likely to use a Taser electrical weapon against black people due to structural and institutional racism rather than the views of individual officers, a new report says.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘As many readers will be aware, part of the Home Secretary’s recently announced “five-point plan” on immigration included a significant increase to the minimum income threshold for family visas under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.’
EIN Blog, 12th December 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Generative AI could be a “potentially useful secondary tool” for judges to use in the course of their work, according to new guidance from the senior judiciary.’
Legal Futures, 13th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
SI 2023/1347 – The Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings (Prudential Requirements) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1341 – The Value Added Tax (Women’s Sanitary Products: Reusable Underwear) Order 2023
SI 2023/1339 – The Customs Tariff (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1350 – The Animals (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1328 – The Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1353 – The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1348 – The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023
SI 2023/1334 – The Local Government and Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2023
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ntzegkoutanis v Kimionis & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 1480 (12 December 2023)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Green v CT Group Holdings Ltd [2023] EWHC 3168 (Comm) (11 December 2023)
High Court (Family Division)
J, Re (Habitual Residence: Acquiescence) [2023] EWHC 3141 (Fam) (08 December 2023)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Hayes v The Liberal Democrats & Anor [2023] EWHC 3166 (KB) (11 December 2023)
Beatty v Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust [2023] EWHC 3163 (KB) (08 December 2023)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Brent Council has secured a £424,000 confiscation order against a landlord who rented out a large shed as five flats.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Here’s our guide to scope of duty and limitation in a wide-ranging judgment handed down by the Technology and Construction Court. The decision in Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited v Aecom Limited [2023] EWHC 2620 (TCC) provides a helpful review of these issues in the context of construction projects.’
Mills & Reeve, 12th December 2023
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘A children’s doctor who drank a can of strong lager on shift before being sent home after causing an “incident” has been found guilty of professional misconduct.’
The Independent, 11th December 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Three people have been found guilty of murdering a vulnerable woman who was tortured, starved and “treated like a slave” over many months, reducing her to a “gaunt and skeletal” appearance.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Campaigners will make a second High Court bid later to try to block a road tunnel project near Stonehenge.’
BBC News, 12th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An independent complaints commission set up by British Gymnastics to hear abuse cases has been called “not fit for purpose” after it emerged that it had failed to ban a single coach over the past 18 months.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A report published earlier this month by the Legal Services Board highlighted the ethical risks faced by today’s lawyers.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Poplar HARCA v Kerr. Central London County Court 26 July 2023. This was a county court appeal to a circuit judge on the issue of whether a pre-existing suspended possession order, made on a discretionary ground, could be varied on the application of the landlord to an outright order on a mandatory ground. As ever with County Court appeals, not binding precedent, but may be persuasive.’
Nearly Legal, 10th December 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) has reformed the law of corporate criminal attribution for a wide range of economic crimes and introduced a new offence of corporate failure to prevent economic crimes.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th December 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Wheatcroft, then Holborn, now Bramley – the Planning Court has ruled on practicalities of amendments at appeal stage. Thea Osmund-Smith and Odette Chalaby provide a digest of the decision.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th December 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) analyses a recent High Court ruling on whether a 15-year-old should continue to be deprived of her liberty in a hospital.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th December 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) was wrong to identify a rule that prevents defendants communicating directly with legally represented members of an opt-out class action, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 11th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘His Honour Judge Thomas Teague KC, the Chief Coroner of England and Wales, has published his response to the Bishop James Jones report regarding the experiences of the Hillsborough Families. The response addresses parts of the report that relate to coroners and the recommendations that are associated with the coroner service.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 6th December 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
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