UK holiday fraudsters could face jail – BBC News
‘UK holidaymakers who make bogus food poisoning claims could go to prison, warns travel trade organisation Abta.’
BBC News, 21st June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: holidays
Supreme court upholds ban on term-time holidays – The Guardian
‘The ban on parents taking their children out of school for family holidays during term time has been upheld by the supreme court.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
More than 100 parents per school day are being prosecuted for taking their children out of school, new figures show – Daily Telegraph
‘More than a hundred parents are being prosecuted per school day for taking their children out of school without permission, new figures have revealed on the eve of the Supreme Court’s ruling on term-time holidays.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Parents’ court fight over taking son, 5, to country suffering terror attacks – Daily Telegraph
‘A father insisted on taking his five-year-old son to a conflict-riven country to visit relatives in defiance of the child’s mother, who was terrified he would be placed at serious risk.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court backs ‘straightforward’ interpretation of professional indemnity insurance terms – OUT-LAW.com
‘The term ‘a series of related matters or transactions’ in a professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy merely requires some inter-connection between the matters or transactions, and not an ‘intrinsic’ relationship, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Still no time off for religious observance: Gareddu in the EAT – Law & Religion UK
‘The issue of whether or not attendance at religious festivals in Sardinia could be a genuine manifestation of religion or religious belief been rehearsed again, before an Employment Appeal Tribunal.’
Law & Religion UK, 10th March 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Schools relax term time holiday rules as one father’s case goes to the Supreme Court – Daily Telegraph
‘Term-time holidays are now being allowed by schools in many parts of the country after councils changed their policy fining parents.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear term-time holiday case next week – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court will next week hold an expedited hearing in the high-profile unauthorised school absence case involving the Isle of Wight Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Camber Sands deaths: coroner to investigate public safety measures – The Guardian
‘A coroner has said he owes it to the community to investigate what public safety measures could be used at a beach where seven people died in two separate incidents in the summer.’
The Guardian, 1st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
British father spared extradition to Greek jail over minor holiday car crash 13 years ago – The Independent
‘A judge has criticised “appalling delays” by the Greek authorities while sparing a British father extradition to Greece over a minor car crash that happened 13 years ago.’
The Independent, 1st November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lack of UK law requiring lifeguards on all beaches means ‘varied presence’ – The Guardian
‘After a number of water-related deaths in the past week, industry groups call for more safety information for beachgoers.’
The Guardian, 26th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Airbnb – a quick buck or a catastrophic mistake? – Tanfield Chambers
‘The last few years have seen short term property letting sites such as Airbnb become the go-to way of booking holiday accommodation in Europe’s most popular cities. Millennial tourists are rejecting stuffy, expensive hotels, preferring instead the flexibility of their own apartment right in the middle of town where, in the words of Airbnb, they can “feel at home anywhere in the world”. In response, those who are lucky enough to own or occupy a city apartment have been quick to meet the demand, with new “hosts” joining the site every day. There are Airbnb kiosks on London’s high streets where tourists can book a property like they used to book a cab.’
Tanfield Chambers, 5th August 2016
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
High Court rules council acted unlawfully in cuts to short break funding – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has ruled that a local authority acted unlawfully when it reduced funding to voluntary sector organisations that offer short breaks to disabled children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th July 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Isle of Wight Council can fight school holiday ruling – BBC News
‘A council has been told it can apply to challenge a High Court decision which ruled in favour of a father who took his daughter on holiday in term time.’
BBC News, 30th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father who won High Court school holidays case eyes group litigation – Local Government Lawyer
‘The man who defeated Isle of Wight Council in a high-profile court battle over the enforcement of a fine imposed for taking his daughter to Florida during term time has unveiled plans to take forward group litigation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
A series of unfortunate events – Hardwicke Chambers
‘Judges occasionally lighten their judgments with literary references. The quotation from Alice in Wonderland “Words mean what I want them to mean” is a favourite in cases involving the interpretation of contracts, and Shakespeare appears fairly regularly.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Term-time holiday court ruling will cause ‘confusion’ – BBC News
‘A High Court ruling backing a parent who refused to pay a fine for taking his child on holiday in term time will cause “huge confusion”, an MP has said.’
BBC News, 14th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court to rule on Isle of Wight term-time holiday case – BBC News
‘The case of a father who refused to pay a £120 fine for taking his daughter on an unauthorised term-time holiday is due to be heard by the High Court. Magistrates had ruled that Jon Platt had no case to answer as, overall, his daughter had attended school regularly. But Isle of Wight Council has asked the High Court to clarify whether a seven-day absence amounts to a child failing to attend regularly.’
BBC News, 13th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parent who won term-time holiday court case fined again – Daily Telegraph
‘ A man who successfully fought a prosecution for taking his kids out of school for a family holiday has been fined a second time by the same council. Jonathan Platt made headlines in October last year when he avoided prosecution for taking his six-year-old daughter to Disney World in term time, arguing that her unauthorised absence did not mean she failed to attend school on a regular basis.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Just walk away (beforehand) – Nearly Legal
‘Briefly, the issue was that lease clauses for some (but not all) holiday chalet leases in the Gower effectively provided for a 10% per annum increase in fixed charges for maintenance etc. The compound effect of this was that leases that started with a £90 pa service charge in 1974 would have a charge of £1,025,004 pa by the end of the term in 2072. Even by 2012, the amount payable was considerably in excess of the actual costs to the landlord of the services.’
Nearly Legal, 1st January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
