‘The scale of the current crisis as to where and how to provide accommodation for asylum seekers can be viewed through a succession of High Court planning law cases over the last year or so. Simon Ricketts gathers the cases in one place.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal is set to rule on whether a litigation funding agreement (LFA) that was amended to take account of the Supreme Court ruling in PACCAR is valid.’
Legal Futures, 23rd January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Children will be better protected from sexual abuse following change to the law making it easier to prosecute criminals who have had sex in front of children for gratification.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th January 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Allegations that intellectual property law firms earn millions of pounds a year in commissions secretly paid by patent renewal businesses are to be tested in a group claim following a Court of Appeal decision.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An employment judge has refused an application for wasted costs against a lay representative after finding he only “did his client’s bidding.”’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Hundreds of child refugees have encountered abuse and exploitation and some have been placed in adult jails, after their ages were wrongly assessed by the Home Office, according to a new report.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A driver who led police on a “high risk” chase, running red lights and taking a roundabout the wrong way, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 23rd January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 13-year-old boy died after being deliberately pushed into a river in a “dangerous prank”, a coroner has ruled.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Arrbab [2024] EWCA Civ 16 (19 January 2024)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AA (Poland) [2024] EWCA Civ 18 (19 January 2024)
Commission Recovery Ltd v Marks & Clerk LLP & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 9 (18 January 2024)
Kenig v Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP [2024] EWCA Civ 15 (18 January 2024)
Mackenzie v Cheung & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 13 (17 January 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Akbar v Ghaffar & Anor [2024] EWHC 50 (Ch) (17 January 2024)
Nilsson & Anor v Iqbal & Anor [2024] EWHC 49 (Ch) (17 January 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Border Timbers Ltd & Anor v Republic of Zimbabwe [2024] EWHC 58 (Comm) (19 January 2024)
High Court (Family Division)
NR, Re (A Child: Withholding CPR) [2024] EWHC 61 (Fam) (17 January 2024)
XZR, Re (Abduction: Hague Convention (Lithuania)) [2024] EWHC 64 (Fam) (17 January 2024)
B v N (No. 2) (Art 7 and Transfer of Jurisdiction) [2024] EWHC 17 (Fam) (16 January 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Hart v Secretary of State for Education & Anor [2024] EWHC 44 (KB) (19 January 2024)
Clark & Ors v Adams & Anor [2024] EWHC 62 (KB) (19 January 2024)
Mir v Hussain & Ors [2024] EWHC 56 (KB) (17 January 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Barker v Shokar (HOUSING – RENT REPAYMENT ORDER – criteria for identifying a ‘self-contained flat’ – whether building was a house in multiple occupation – adequacy of reasons) (2024) UKUT 17 (LC). This was a landlord’s appeal of a rent repayment order made by the FTT in the sum of £3750. The appeal was on the grounds that the property did not require a licence, and that the FTT did not give sufficient reasons for its calculation of the number of occupants occupying the building as their only or main residence.’
Nearly Legal, 21st January 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A new ruling has confirmed that developers have limited scope to obtain retrospective changes to planning permission they have been granted to specify explicitly that the permission is “severable”, according to a planning law expert.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th January 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The UK government’s response to the House of Lords Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s report on AI and the creative industries confirms its position on striking a balance between encouraging AI innovation and protecting copyright works, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th January 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Some commentators have claimed that the decision to expedite the process of formally exonerating the sub-postmasters potentially runs afoul of certain core constitutional principles, in particular the separation of powers. It has also been claimed that the “crown does not have a prerogative of justice but only a prerogative of mercy”. This blog considers and challenges those claims.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th January 2024
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘There is “notable cause for concern” over the long-term sustainability of the civil legal aid sector, research commissioned by the Ministry of Justice has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘HMRC has not charged a single company under landmark legislation passed six years ago to crack down on corporate tax evasion.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man and woman from Bradford have been jailed for life for murdering a vulnerable grandfather in his own home.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ofcom is to gain more powers over BBC online services, including the BBC News website, as part of a series of changes unveiled by the government.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An online sex blackmailer who subjected dozens of victims to “mental torture” – forcing them to film degrading sexual acts including the abuse of a seven-year-old girl – has been jailed for 24 years.’
The Independent, 20th January 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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