‘A woman who duped a man into believing they were having twins, until her fake baby bump was exposed in a hospital scan, has been jailed and given a restraining order.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘BT, IMG, ITV and BBC have all been fined after a regulator found companies coordinated on how much to pay freelancers.’
The Independent, 21st March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The force said its V100 programme, which uses data to identify and target men who pose the highest risk to women, had enabled officers to focus efforts on reducing the threat posed by perpetrators and to protect potential victims.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘David Norris was jailed for life in 2012 after he had denied being part of the racist attack on 18-year-old Stephen, who was stabbed to death by a gang of young white men in Eltham, south London.’
BBC News, 21st March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recently delivered judgment by the UK’s First-tier Tribunal (Tax) (FTT) will have significant implications for insurance intermediaries and their ability to recover tax, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘There are no rules that require law firms to take on clients outside of criminal work and so they need to be willing to justify their choices publicly, the former senior partner of Allen & Overy said this week.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) relied on complaints by anonymous people and “a significant amount of prejudicial hearsay evidence” to support a failed prosecution against two high-profile solicitors, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former sub-postmaster and a central figure in the Horizon scandal is the first individual to sue both the Post Office and Fujitsu for their role in proceedings brought against him.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A council’s threat of legal costs against landowners if they did not undertake to stop developing their land was not “coercive”, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Yorkshire Water has been ordered to pay £40m to address its “serious failures” over wastewater and sewage.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘People living on land which could be chosen for a major new power line have hit back at compensation plans. The government would give those living within 500m of new pylons £250 a year off their energy bills for a decade.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A retired couple who say a 19-storey office tower is blocking the light in their £1m apartment next to the Thames are suing in a case which could see the £35m building demolished.’
The Independent, 19th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Gun laws must be urgently reviewed to tackle “serious shortcomings” after a teenager plotting a school massacre was able to purchase a shotgun with a forged licence he made on his computer, a police commissioner has warned.’
The Independent, 19th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “truly evil” 19-year-old who murdered his mother and two younger siblings as part of a failed plot to kill 30 children and become the worst mass murderer in British history has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.’
The Guardian, 19th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Charlotte Epstein dives into the decision to allow journalists to observe and report on family court hearings. Implemented following a successful pilot, the aim is to increase public understanding and awareness of the Family Courts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Liability for Council Tax is imposed by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“1992 Act”). In the 1992 Act, the important sections for England and Wales on the imposition of liability are those in a group of sections called “Liability to tax”, that is, sections 6 to 9 inclusive, with the key section being section 6, entitled “Persons liable to pay council tax”. Section 6 of the 1992 Act “…sets out a hierarchy in order of priority of those who will be liable to pay council tax in relation to a chargeable dwelling.”
33 Bedford Row, 11th March 2025
Source: www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
‘In England and Wales, there are rules on what address, a person may be served at, for the purposes of service of a court document. In ordinary civil proceedings in the county court or High Court, the rules are set out in CPR Part 6, entitled “Service of Documents”.’
33 Bedford Row, 16th March 2025
Source: www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
‘Shipping contracts often include an arbitration clause, for example, a voyage charterparty in an amended BIMCO GENCON 1994. When a dispute arises between the parties, say the charterer alleges the cargo was short delivered which the owner denies, the charterer may commence arbitral proceedings to pursue his claim, and might ultimately obtain an award. At the same time, a cargo claim is one within the admiralty jurisdiction of the court, [Sec 20(2) (h) Senior Courts Act 1981] for which the ship (or her sister ship) may be arrested. [Sec 21(4) Senior Courts Act 1981]. Hence, questions of ship arrest come into play at three stages here. First, whether the charterer may arrest the ship before the arbitral proceedings to secure the claim. Second, whether he may arrest the ship during the arbitral proceedings to obtain security. Third, whether he may arrest the ship to enforce an award. This article concerns only the third question; exploring the relationship between admiralty and arbitral awards.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 17th March 2025
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
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