New duties and liabilities attach to water companies as industry review progresses – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 4th, 2025 in environmental protection, news, pollution, water, water companies by sally

‘Water companies in England and Wales face new duties to reduce pollution incidents and be transparent about their discharges from emergency overflows, under new legislation that has received Royal Assent.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th February 2025

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Disentangling symptoms and their causes – Quarterly Medical Law Review

Posted March 4th, 2025 in causation, chambers articles, hospitals, medical treatment, negligence, news by sally

‘Tuffin v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2024] EWHC 3318 (KB). In Tuffin, the Claimant underwent elective spinal surgery in 2015. In breach of duty, the Defendant failed to administer Clexane (a medication to prevent blood clots) post-surgery. This resulted in the Claimant suffering from a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and post thrombotic syndrome (PTS). There was no dispute that the DVT and PTS were caused by the Defendant’s negligent failure to administer Clexane. After the surgery, it was also clear the Claimant may have also been suffering from symptoms indicative of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Consequently, in 2018, the Claimant had her left leg amputated.’

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Quarterly Medical Law Review, 3rd March 2025

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High Court rejects application by teenage boy to return to UK from boarding school in Ghana – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 4th, 2025 in children, consent, education, families, gangs, Ghana, news, parental responsibility by sally

‘A High Court judge has rejected an application brought by a 14-year-old boy to make himself a ward of the High Court and for an order that he be returned to the jurisdiction of England and Wales from the Republic of Ghana, where he has been living as a boarding school pupil and with extended family.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2025

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Amending JCT Design & Build Contract – lessons learnt from recent case law – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 4th, 2025 in amendments, asbestos, building law, construction industry, contracts, news by sally

‘Ewan Anthony and David Owens provide a round up of the recent case law in the world of construction contracts.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2025

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Claimant firms at odds as judge refuses group order for £18bn PPI case – Legal Futures

Posted March 4th, 2025 in class actions, insurance, law firms, news by sally

‘A circuit judge has refused to make a group litigation order (GLO) in relation to thousands of Plevin claims brought by one class action law firm, a move competitors had opposed.’

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Legal Futures, 3rd March 2025

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Law Commission opens a further consultation in light of the contempt issues that arose after the Southport murders. – Law Commission

‘Since the guilty pleas by Axel Rudakubana, there has been a renewed and acute focus on liability for contempt of court, and specifically on what can be said after a suspect has been arrested. The Law Commission has today (3 March) published a brief supplementary consultation paper so that people have an opportunity to let us know their views about the law in light of those events.’

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Law Commission, 3rd March 2025

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Government publishes commonhold White Paper – Law Commission

Posted March 4th, 2025 in government departments, housing, Law Commission, leases, news by sally

‘The Government has today taken forward recommendations by the Law Commission in its Commonhold White Paper.’

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Law Commission, 3rd March 2025

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‘Badly amiss’: Judge blasts £100k case wrongly issued in London – Law Society’s Gazette

‘Something had gone “badly amiss” for a six-figure claim over an accident in Wales to be litigated in London’s Royal Courts of Justice, a judge has said.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 4th March 2025

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Phone and travel limits imposed on jailed pilot – BBC News

‘Restrictions on phone use and travel have been imposed on a pilot jailed for helping to smuggle four Albanian migrants into the UK.’

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BBC News, 3rd March 2025

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Murderer worked in schools after being barred – BBC News

Posted March 4th, 2025 in charities, children, criminal records, employment, murder, news, school children by sally

‘A convicted murderer spent almost two years working with children after he was barred from doing so, the BBC has learned.’

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BBC News, 4th March 2025

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Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years – BBC News

‘An autistic woman with a learning disability was wrongly locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years, starting when she was just seven years old, the BBC has learned.’

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BBC News, 4th March 2025

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Leader of UK’s black police officers under investigation over tweet – The Guardian

‘The leader of Britain’s black and Asian police officers has been placed under investigation over a tweet.’

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The Guardian, 4th March 2025

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Bargain Hunt auctioneer Charles Hanson cleared of abusing wife – The Independent

Posted March 4th, 2025 in coercive & controlling behaviour, domestic violence, families, news by sally

‘A jury unanimously acquitted the television auctioneer of controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating.’

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The Independent, 28th February 2025

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