Day: 20 January 2025

‘As of 31 December 2024, the Home Office introduced significant updates to its guidance for sponsors of Skilled Workers and Temporary Workers. These changes explicitly prohibit employers from passing specific sponsorship costs onto workers, reinforcing compliance requirements for sponsors. This article explores the key updates, legal implications, and best practices for employers to protect their business and sponsor licence.’

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EIN Blog, 20th January 2025

Source: www.ein.org.uk

‘D’Aubigny v Khan & Anor (2025) EWCA Civ 11. This is the Court of Appeal judgment. The central issue was whether service by post of a gas safety certificate, EPC and How to Rent Guide was deemed service under i) Section 7 Interpretation Act 1978, ii) the tenancy agreement, or iii) otherwise. The circumstances were that the tenant denied receipt of the documents, such that a subsequent section 21 notice, which was received, was invalid.’

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Nearly Legal, 19th January 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘The Procurement Act 2023 provides greater flexibility, replacing existing procurement procedures with a new competitive flexible procedure (CFP).’

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OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘In a recent Administrative Court decision, the Secretary of State for the Home Department was found to be in breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty (the “PSED”), contained in s.149 of the Equality Act 2010, due to failing to collect and monitor statistical equality data relating to the provision of asylum accommodation to vulnerable individuals. The judgment in R (DXK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 579 (Admin) (“DXK”) builds upon a developing line of cases which have found that the duty to have ‘due regard’ under the PSED may require a decision maker to proactively obtain information, rather than simply to consider existing information. It also provides an interesting exploration of the relationship between the circumstances in which the PSED will require the collection of information by a public body decision maker, and the common law duty of inquiry.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 20th January 2025

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

‘The Post Office inquiry shows that legal professional privilege (LPP) presents “significant problems of principle and practice” and needs urgent reform, leading academics have argued.’

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Legal Futures, 20th January 2025

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Home Secretary Yvette Cooper gave an update on the actions the government will take to protect young people from sexual abuse and grooming gangs.’

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Home Office, 16th January 2025

Source: www.gov.uk

‘This autumn, it will be exactly 10 years since the Consumer Rights Act ushered in a new class action regime by allowing opt-out collective proceedings over infringements of competition law. The landscape has certainly changed: according to the Class Representatives Network, set up in 2023 by former financial ombudsman and high-profile class representative Walter Merricks CBE, 44 claims under the new regime have so far been filed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).’

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Law Society's Gazette, 19th January 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘The Serious Fraud Office has been granted its first unexplained wealth order to recover a £1.5m Lake District property owned by the ex-wife of convicted solicitor Timothy Schools.’

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Law Society's Gazette , 20th January 2025

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘Unless there is a sudden and staggering plot twist, Prince Harry’s legal battle against British tabloids for allegedly unlawfully intruding into his life reaches its most important moment on Tuesday when his claims against The Sun and the long-closed News of the World, come to trial.’

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BBC News, 19th January 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Former pupils at a residential school caring for vulnerable young people have said they were ignored when reporting claims of abuse.’

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BBC News, 20th January 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘A drill rapper who killed the schoolboy Jimmy Mizen has been recalled to prison after “shamelessly boasting about his violent crime”, the Probation Office said.’

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The Independent, 17th January 2025

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘The not guilty verdict in the trial of a man accused of driving a young mother to suicide will not deter future manslaughter charges, with more such prosecutions already in the pipeline, a senior prosecutor has said.’

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The Guardian, 19th January 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘Successive governments’ “tough on crime” pledges will not be met through longer prison sentences, the Bar Council argues in a new submission to the sentencing review.
In response to the Gauke review’s call for evidence, the Bar Council’s submission – written by a working group of criminal barristers – points to the fact that while sentences have been getting longer, the latest data from the ONS shows an increase in almost every area of crime.’

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The Bar Council, 19th January 2025

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk