‘Speech by the PFD: Suspected Physical Abuse of Children – Experts in the Family Court.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 7th November 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A solicitor accused of negligence by clients who changed their minds over a mediation settlement in fact acted competently, the High Court has ruled in a long-running litigation over a businessman’s bankruptcy. Even if negligence had been shown, the failure to show it caused any loss would have been fatal to the claim, His Honour Judge Paul Matthews ruled in Sandra Blower v GH Canfields LLP.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th November 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The importance of the ‘clean break’ has been reemphasised in recent years with greater emphasis being placed on MCA 1973 s 25A (and s 28(1A)), particularly in the judgments of Mostyn J.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 8th November 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A man found to have been repeatedly restrained and once detained for nearly five hours at his former school will receive £18,900 in damages.’
BBC news, 10th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The decision to release the man who brutally killed a young woman in a flat in Cardiff will not be reviewed, the Ministry of Justice has said. Jeffrey Gafoor, 59, is set to leave prison on parole after attempts to change the decision to release him failed.’
BBC News, 10th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Children are at risk of being wrongly removed from their parents’ care by the family courts because drug tests are being misinterpreted, experts have warned.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Home Office artificial intelligence tool which proposes enforcement action against adult and child migrants could make it too easy for officials to rubberstamp automated life-changing decisions, campaigners have said.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Great Britain “lags behind” Europe on measures to restrict betting adverts, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number of children with a gambling problem.
The Guardian, 11th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Scotland Yard has referred itself to a police watchdog after two women complained about how their cases against Mohamed Al Fayed were handled.’
The Independent, 9th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two Manchester Arena bombing survivors have been awarded £45,000 in damages after suing a former TV producer who claimed the attack was staged.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An employment tribunal ruled that 15,000 Bolt drivers were not self-employed contractors who ran their own businesses.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A lorry driver and ex-DJ who stabbed his partner’s mother to death in a drunken attack after she tried to help her daughter has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father and son have been jailed for a bungled revenge plot to kill a Birmingham shop owner, after allegedly recruiting an American woman to carry out the shooting who wore a hijab as a disguise.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been jailed after taking a young boy to a summer riot in which a far-right mob attacked a hotel housing asylum seekers.’
The Independent, 7th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “disgraceful” rioter who stopped drivers to ask if they were “white or English” has been jailed.
The Independent, 7th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An 18-year-old man jailed for smashing a restaurant window during the summer riots is to be freed after successfully appealing against his sentence.’
BBC News, 7th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Emmott [2024] EWHC 2731 (Comm) (01 November 2024)
High Court (Family Division)
AS v London Borough of Waltham Forest & Anor [2024] EWHC 2808 (Fam) (05 November 2024)
S (A Child: Article 9 transfer to Norway) [2024] EWHC 2814 (Fam) (25 October 2024)
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
EUI Ltd (t/a Admiral) v Smith [2024] EWHC 2803 (KB) (06 November 2024)
Mok v Fitzmaurice House Ltd (t/a The Lansdowne Club) [2024] EWHC 2804 (KB) (05 November 2024)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Complete Ceiling and Partitioning Systems Ltd v DE1 Ltd [2024] EWHC 2800 (TCC) (06 November 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘On 5 November, the Church of England published a report for the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice, Behind the Stained-Glass: A Report on the Participation of UK Minoritised Ethnic People in the Ministry and Leadership of the Church of England.’
Law & Religion UK, 6th November 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Today we’ve published guidance that will provide organisations with important advice on the new corporate criminal offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’, helping make sure they are taking action to prevent fraud.’
Home Office, 6th November 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2024