‘The High Court has rejected an attempt to progress a challenge to a major international tax transparency measure where the claimant has refused to identify their litigation funder.’
Legal Futures, 11th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lawyers’ lack of interest in ethics may be fuelling an increase in rogue behaviour in the profession, an academic expert on the legal profession has suggested. Professor Richard Moorhead told a conference of lawyers yesterday that “apathy” and “ignorance” were a “root cause” of unethical behaviours that have manifested in issues such as the Post Office scandal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th March 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘More than 30 current and former Metropolitan Police officers are suing the force “for personal injury and losses following their role in the Grenfell Tower fire”, it says.’
BBC News, 10th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Our argument here is that there are lessons for general trusts law reform from recent jurisprudence on ‘statutory trusts’. By ‘statutory trusts’, we mean trusts that are provided for by statutes in specific contexts, where the idea, or ideal, of the institution of the private trust is adopted and adapted by the legislature for certain purposes. But exactly which incidents of the traditional private trust at common law (the ‘common law trust’) are recognised may still need to be determined. We also consider authorities where it has been argued unsuccessfully that a legislative framework, while not expressly invoking a ‘trust’, nonetheless gives rise to a statutory trust.’
King's Law Journal, 5 March 2024
Source: www.tandfonline.com
‘The Home Office is dysfunctional and in urgent need of reform, the recently-sacked independent borders inspector has told the BBC’s Today Podcast.’
BBC News, 11th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A fertility clinic in London has had its licence to operate suspended due to “significant concerns”.’
The Independent, 9th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Britain’s hard-pressed carers need all the help they can get. But that should not include using unregulated AI bots, according to researchers who say the AI revolution in social care needs a hard ethical edge.’
The Guardian, 10th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A coroner has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after a woman died from an overdose in the wake of a six-month official investigation that left her with soaring universal credit debts.’
The Guardian, 10th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The first IPP prisoner to have his parole bid held in public has revealed how each day is “torture” serving a sentence with no release date.’
The Independent, 10th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An experienced primary school head teacher sacked for assault after tapping her own son’s hand to stop him playing with a bottle of hand sanitiser was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
The Independent, 9th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two art collectors are taking legal action against artist over his ‘refusal’ to confirm the authenticity of one of his famous images.’
The Guardian, 9th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lawyers in the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales have trivialised teen sexual abuse, are “obsessed” about the credibility of rape victims and used victim-blaming language, according to a critical official examination into how the service deals with serious sexual crimes.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Brendon International Ltd v Water Plus Ltd & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 220 (08 March 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
National Crime Agency v Feyziyev & Ors [2024] EWHC 501 (Admin) (08 March 2024)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pincus v Johal & Anor [2024] EWHC 502 (Ch) (08 March 2024)
Patel & Ors v Awan & Anor [2024] EWHC 464 (Ch) (07 March 2024)
High Court (Commercial Court)
The Czech Republic v Diag Human SE & Anor [2024] EWHC 503 (Comm) (08 March 2024)
CargoLogicAir Ltd v WWTAI AirOpCo 1 Bermuda Ltd [2024] EWHC 508 (Comm) (07 March 2024)
High Court (Patents Court)
Hill v Touchlight Genetics Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 533 (Pat) (08 March 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
Fry v Agilah-Hood [2024] EWHC 527 (KB) (08 March 2024)
Achille v Calcutt & Anor (No. 2) (Re Permission to Appeal) [2024] EWHC 524 (KB) (08 March 2024)
Webster v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs [2024] EWHC 530 (KB) (08 March 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
SI 2024/342 – The Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/333 – The Infrastructure Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/332 – The Infrastructure Planning (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/331 – The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2024
SI 2024/329 – The Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/324 – The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/323 – The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/317 – The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2024
SI 2024/309 – The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2024
SI 2024/308 – The Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/307 – The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2024
SI 2024/304 – The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Alteration of Coroner Areas) Order 2024
SI 2024/303 – The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
SI 2024/295 – The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2024
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Calculating statutory holiday entitlements and pay has been an area of legal uncertainty, causing practical challenges for employers, for many years now. The Government has tried to resolve some of these with new legislation and provisions to update the law on holiday pay and calculation that came into force on 1 January 2024. It has also issued non-statutory guidance on the changes and separate non-statutory guidance on holiday entitlement generally which seeks to explain, in simple terms, workers’ entitlement to annual leave and pay.’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 7th March 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
A “sadistic” man who filmed the brutal torture, mutilation and killing of dozens of wild animals has been jailed.
BBC News, 7th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Black man has been acquitted of hate crime charges after sending a raccoon emoji to a prospective Conservative MP on social media in a case that fuelled mounting concerns that anti-racist legislation is now being weaponised against ethnic minority groups.’
The Independent, 8th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A project highlighting the toll and tragedy of violence against women in the UK.’
The Guardian, 8th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Government’s proposed Building Safety Levy could damage the delivery through section 106 agreements of affordable housing and infrastructure, and leave homeowners and councils footing the bill for building defects.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Three teenagers have been found guilty of killing a 16-year-old boy with a zombie knife at a house party.’
BBC News, 7th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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