‘A council has been told to pay a boy with special educational needs £20,000 because it failed to provide a suitable alternative education for him.’
BBC News, 5th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘At least nine people have died before receiving money applied for through the Windrush compensation scheme, according to Home Office figures.’
BBC News, 2nd November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has lost his high-stakes libel action in the London courts against the Sun after the newspaper described him as a “wife beater”.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This test case challenged whether the previous approach, set out in Roberts v Johnstone, was correct and clarifies the correct approach to calculating accommodation claims.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 9th October 2020
Source: www.12kbw.co.uk
‘In Rashid v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2020] EWHC 2522 (QB) the High Court (Lavender J) has allowed an appeal against a Recorder’s decision to dismiss a general practitioner’s claim for wrongful arrest, on the basis that the officers involved lacked reasonable grounds for believing the arrest was necessary. It follows recent cases in articulating a higher bar for the police to show reasonable grounds for necessity to arrest than perhaps had been thought to apply. It also raises interesting arguments about whether any other defences, such as the “Lumba/Parker” issue or ex turpi causa (the defence of illegality) might be available where an arrest has been unlawful.’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th October 2020
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘In a long-awaited judgment, the Court of Appeal in Swift v Carpenter [2020] EWCA Civ 1295 has ruled on the quantum of the award for additional capital cost of new accommodation following an accident in an age of negative discount rate. How is it now calculated? When does the formula apply?’
Henderson Chambers, 12th October 2020
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘An electrician who was wrongly classified as being an illegal immigrant, despite living in London for more than 45 years, was destitute as he waited a year for the Windrush taskforce to decide on his application to stay in the UK, the parliamentary ombudsman has ruled.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The debate around reparations for colonialism and slavery has often been an explosive one. It is often dismissed as far removed from reality, relating to events in the distant past. But the legacy and consequences of colonialism are material, living, and breathing – which makes debates around colonial restitution as relevant now as they have ever been, argues Nadine Batchelor-Hunt.’
Each Other, 22nd October 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The Royal Borough of Greenwich has been told by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman that it need not compensate a woman it wrongly accused of using abusive language to a staff member.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The actions brought by survivors of the Grenfell disaster came to the High Court for the first time on Friday 2 October with judgment handed down on 14 October: De Costa & Ors v London Fire Commissioner & Ors [2020] EWHC 2718 (QB).’
Doughty Street Chambers, 15th October 2020
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The collapse in new motor injury claims seen during lockdown continued in the following three months, despite more cars returning to the road.’
Litigation Futures, 20th October 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Personal injury (PI) law firms that fail to spell out in their retainers the costs clients could be liable for beyond what is recovered from defendants face a wave of litigation following a landmark High Court ruling.’
Legal Futures, 19th October 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Home Office has failed to make adequate progress in reviewing its hostile environment policies and must swiftly prove that it is not merely paying “lip service” to the idea of reform, the author of a damning report into the Windrush scandal has told MPs.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Home Office watchdog has said the department must use “neutral language” after its repeated use of the term “activist lawyer” prompted outrage.’
The Independent, 15th October 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Muslim man who worked at a country house hotel has successfully sued his employer for religious harassment after he won a bottle of Cognac in a raffle at a staff party but was given a “cheap” box of chocolates instead.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A solicitor who used £100,000 from a client’s estate to pay debts to HM Revenue & Customs and an indemnity insurer before closing his firm has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of motor insurance claims notified to insurers in the second quarter of 2020 fell by nearly half, but their value leapt by 31%, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).’
Litigation Futures, 4th September 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A blind student who was “violently” removed from the Oxford Union debating society has been paid compensation.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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