Day: 25 March 2024
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
SI 2024/398 – The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/406 – The Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/404 – The Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/387 – The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2024
SI 2024/381 – The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/416 – The Official Controls (Location of Border Control Posts) (England) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/403 – The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2024
SI 2024/409 – The Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy Regulations 2024
SI 2024/408 – The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Commercial Court)
Al-Aggad v Al-Aggad & Ors [2024] EWHC 673 (Comm) (22 March 2024)
Dolphin Capital Partners Ltd v DCI Advisors Ltd [2024] EWHC 678 (Comm) (21 March 2024)
High Court (Family Division)
AB (a child), Re [2024] EWHC 586 (Fam) (21 March 2024)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council v EM & Ors [2024] EWHC 657 (Fam) (21 March 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
Unfitness for human habitation quantum – 100% again – Nearly Legal
‘Mason v 1) Olivera and 2) Santana, Claim no: K2PP0132 (15th December 2023, County Court at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch). We’ve previously seen a county court claim for unfitness for human habitation involve an award of 100% of rent in general damages, on the basis that it was a binary question – either the property was fit for human habitation, or it was not. If not, then it couldn’t be said that the tenant had derived any value from the tenancy. This is a second county court judgment on the issue and the same conclusions appear to be reached.’
Nearly Legal, 24th March 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
ICO unveils new data protection fining guidance – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance setting out how it will determine penalty notices and calculate fines under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
UK bitcoin money laundering case underscores key prevention role of professional services – OUT-LAW.com
‘A recent case involving the seizure of over £2 billion worth of bitcoin in the UK highlights the crucial role professionals in the financial and legal sectors can play in preventing money laundering, a financial crime expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Consultation on proposed sentencing guidelines for immigration offences – Sentencing Council
‘The Sentencing Council is consulting on the first ever sentencing guidelines for immigration offences. The guidelines reflect legislative changes to the Immigration Act 1971 brought in by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.’
Sentencing Council, 20th March 2024
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
Shedding light on solar farm capacity – Local Government Lawyer
‘Michele Vas analyses the recent Galloway v Durham County Council case which was principally concerned with the issue of whether the planning permission approved a solar farm with a capacity of 50MW or more.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
PHV operators and sub-contracting to ‘out of area’ drivers – Local Government Lawyer
‘Charles Holland examines a recent ruling where conditions restricting the ability to cross-border subcontract were quashed on appeal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Shell seeks millions in costs from law firm over failed oil spill claim – Legal Futures
‘Listed law firm Rosenblatt is facing the prospect of having to pay out millions of pounds after the High Court allowed proceedings for costs orders against it to proceed.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
SRA fines “unfair” and “schizophrenic”, solicitors argue – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) approach to fines has been branded unfair and “schizophrenic” in the wake of hefty penalties handed out to solicitors convicted of drink-driving.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
More synthetic opioids banned to protect communities – Home Office
‘Fifteen additional synthetic opioids are now under the strictest controls to prevent drug related deaths and ensure anyone caught supplying them faces tough penalties.’
Home Office, 20th March 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
Small boat pilot jailed after endangering more than 50 lives – Home Office
‘A small boat pilot has been jailed after crossing the Channel with more than 50 migrants in a perilously overcrowded dinghy.’
Home Office, 21st March 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
Lady Chief Justice: Kalisher lecture 2024 – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘This evening, on Tuesday 19 March 2024, Baroness Carr of Walton-On-The-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, delivered this year’s Kalisher lecture titled “To Know The Law And Observe It Well – Magna Carta And Criminal Justice”.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary , 19th March 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
Party escapes £27,000 costs bill in 14-year-old boundary dispute – Law Society’s Gazette
‘One of the parties in a 14-year-long boundary dispute has avoided having to pay £27,000 in costs for an appeal, because the order he was appealing against said nothing about costs.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th March 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Luke D’Wit: Fentanyl killer who poisoned millionaire couple and faked will to steal company is jailed – The Independent
‘An IT worker and double murderer who befriended a married couple before poisoning them with fentanyl has been jailed for life.’
The Independent, 23rd March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former CPS chief says clampdown on protests risks creating ‘thought crimes’ – The Guardian
‘The former director of public prosecutions for England and Wales has warned against the risk of creating “thought crimes” amid the recent clampdown on protesters and demonisation of demonstrators by politicians.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
