‘The High Court recently considered the scope of s70A Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Arevik Jackson looks at the lessons from the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In a recent ruling a district judge has provided helpful clarity on the role of third party delivery drivers and the question of supply in the provision of late night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003. Leo Charalambides and James Rankin examine the ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A law firm was not negligent in advice to settle £2m of claims brought by a businessman’s trustee in bankruptcy against his wife and daughter, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A paralegal has been awarded £41,000 in damages against a law firm that unfairly dismissed and discriminated against her because she could not work full-time due to disability.’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Speech by the PFD: Suspected Physical Abuse of Children – Experts in the Family Court.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 7th November 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A solicitor accused of negligence by clients who changed their minds over a mediation settlement in fact acted competently, the High Court has ruled in a long-running litigation over a businessman’s bankruptcy. Even if negligence had been shown, the failure to show it caused any loss would have been fatal to the claim, His Honour Judge Paul Matthews ruled in Sandra Blower v GH Canfields LLP.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th November 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The importance of the ‘clean break’ has been reemphasised in recent years with greater emphasis being placed on MCA 1973 s 25A (and s 28(1A)), particularly in the judgments of Mostyn J.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 8th November 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A man found to have been repeatedly restrained and once detained for nearly five hours at his former school will receive £18,900 in damages.’
BBC news, 10th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The decision to release the man who brutally killed a young woman in a flat in Cardiff will not be reviewed, the Ministry of Justice has said. Jeffrey Gafoor, 59, is set to leave prison on parole after attempts to change the decision to release him failed.’
BBC News, 10th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Children are at risk of being wrongly removed from their parents’ care by the family courts because drug tests are being misinterpreted, experts have warned.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Home Office artificial intelligence tool which proposes enforcement action against adult and child migrants could make it too easy for officials to rubberstamp automated life-changing decisions, campaigners have said.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Great Britain “lags behind” Europe on measures to restrict betting adverts, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number of children with a gambling problem.
The Guardian, 11th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Scotland Yard has referred itself to a police watchdog after two women complained about how their cases against Mohamed Al Fayed were handled.’
The Independent, 9th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two Manchester Arena bombing survivors have been awarded £45,000 in damages after suing a former TV producer who claimed the attack was staged.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An employment tribunal ruled that 15,000 Bolt drivers were not self-employed contractors who ran their own businesses.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A lorry driver and ex-DJ who stabbed his partner’s mother to death in a drunken attack after she tried to help her daughter has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father and son have been jailed for a bungled revenge plot to kill a Birmingham shop owner, after allegedly recruiting an American woman to carry out the shooting who wore a hijab as a disguise.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been jailed after taking a young boy to a summer riot in which a far-right mob attacked a hotel housing asylum seekers.’
The Independent, 7th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “disgraceful” rioter who stopped drivers to ask if they were “white or English” has been jailed.
The Independent, 7th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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