Day: 13 January 2025

‘The Supreme Court decision in A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd v Tudor Studios RTM Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 27 may be one of the most significant property law decisions of this year. In summary, the Supreme Court held that the failure to serve a claim notice on an intermediate landlord of communal areas did not invalidate an RTM claim in circumstances where that party could still present its arguments opposing the right to manage.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 6th December 2024

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

‘A former secretary can take legal action over her claims she was penalised for complaining about being served mouldy cheese.’

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BBC News, 12th January 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Controversial proposals to replace archived will documents with digital copies in order to save storage costs have been dropped, the Ministry of Justice has announced. In a move that will be welcomed by historians, a minister said the ‘indispensable bridge’ to the past would be preserved.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 10th January 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The Joint Committee on Human Rights is undertaking scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards. The Committee has a call for evidence closing on 24 January 2025.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 12th January 2025

Source: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk

‘Victims are being “let down time and time again” by police, a minister has said, as almost every violent or sexual offence went unsolved in hundreds of crime hotspots last year.’

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The Guardian, 13th January 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘A man who punched and killed a man after watching a Euro 2024 England football match has been given a suspended prison term.’

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BBC News, 10th January 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The High Court has dismissed a claim against Newport City Council concerning the ownership of a hard drive containing the password to a Bitcoin wallet worth more than £600m that was said to have been left in error at a landfill site, after finding “no reasonable grounds for bringing the case”.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th January 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk