Month: December 2024

‘Runnymede Borough Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who converted a three-bedroom bungalow into a 15-room unlicensed house of multiple occupation (HMO).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The High Court has refused permission to challenge by way of judicial review an age assessment carried out by social workers employed by a Welsh council, which concluded that the claimant was an adult.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The festive season in the UK throughout December into early January is traditionally a period when family, friends and colleagues get together in restaurants, bars, cafes and other hospitality settings to socialise – perhaps more so than at any other time of the year.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘The distinction between solicitors and barristers is becoming increasingly “blurred” in civil legal aid cases as solicitors do their own advocacy, research for the government’s review of civil legal aid has found.’

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Legal Futures, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Stalking victims will be better protected under a raft of new measures unveiled by the Home Office.’

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Home Office, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.gov.uk

‘A magistrate who remarked on the “relentless rise in the acceptability of” absent fathers has been issued with formal advice.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A man named on the UK’s most wanted list after supplying £4.5m worth of cocaine across the West and South West has been jailed for 18 years.’

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BBC News, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The new Covid corruption commissioner has started an investigation into personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud. Tom Hayhoe’s first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of PPE bought during the pandemic that then had to be written off the government’s books.’

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BBC News, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Stalking victims will be able to learn their perpetrator’s identity more quickly under new measures unveiled by the government. Perpetrators will be subject to a tougher restraining order system as new policies make it easier for victims to obtain Stalking Protection Orders to stop offenders from pursuing and harassing them.’

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The Independent, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘A “dangerous” teenager who shot a woman in the head through the front door of her home in east London has been handed a life sentence.’

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Trees seldom feature in the deliberations of the consistory courts, and since 2014 L&RUK has only reviewed 23 judgments in this area – just 1.9% of the total[*]. In June 2024, the Ecclesiastical Law Association (ELA) re-circulated Re St. Kenelm Upper Snodsbury [2001] Worcester Const. Ct., Mynors Ch on the basis that it was the first consistory court judgment since changes were made under the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2000 (SI 2047); this recognized that petitions concerning works to trees were quite different from those relating to building works and provides a special procedure accordingly.

This post includes summaries of Re St. Kenelm Upper Snodsbury and these twenty two subsequently reported cases which have been posted on L&RUK over the period 2015 to present; in descending chronological order.’

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Law & Religion UK, 2nd December 2024

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

‘Martyna Switaj v Adrian McClenaghan (2024) EWCA Civ 1457. The Court of Appeal on the status of a fee related to a tenancy taken before the Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1 June 2019 and the impact on the validity of a section 21 notice.’

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Nearly Legal, 1st December 2024

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘Howe v Brent London Borough Council (2024) EWCA Civ 1444. Just a quick note on this Court of Appeal judgment on whether “a family member (B) of a secure tenant with a right to buy their home (A) is able to exercise a shared right to buy if A, whose right is established, dies after B’s entitlement to share A’s right to buy has been claimed by A, but before the landlord has accepted B’s right or it has been established by the County Court.” ‘

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Nearly Legal, 1st December 2024

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘Large businesses in the UK preparing for the 2024-25 reporting season will need to be aware of the latest changes to the payment practices and performance reporting requirements.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2024

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‘The recent protests by farmers over changes to the rules on inheritance tax have raised questions over who, if anyone, should be exempt from paying it – including King Charles, as an episode of Newsnight has recently highlighted.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 2nd December 2024

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘The perception of harm has an important role to play as part of the consideration of a planning application, writes Anne Gerzon.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘A recent High Court ruling could help with the defence of cycling pothole claims, writes John Goodman.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Domestic abusers will be ordered to stay away from their victims and face tougher restrictions with the launch of new protective orders today.’

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Ministry of Justice, 28th November 2024

Source: www.gov.uk