‘A solicitor who appeared on an antisemitic television programme on the Iranian state-owned TV channel has been fined for comments he made about London law firm Mishcon de Reya.’
Legal Futures, 16th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In two rulings, claimants’ overstated costs budgets and the inability to settle issues without a hearing have attracted judicial ire. Experts are warning that parties are not immune from sanctions.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th September 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The adversarial nature of the compensation scheme for victims of the Post Office scandal is preventing them securing timely redress.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th September 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘They Think It’s All Over… It Is Not! Express Declarations, Subsequent Agreements and the Decision in Re Cynberg.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 9th September 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A convicted rapist who was previously allowed to have unsupervised time with his child has been stripped of his parental responsibility.’
The Guardian, 14th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Women who were key to exposing the disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein have told of their frustration at the decision by UK prosecutors to discontinue two indecent assault charges against him.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An organised crime group that flooded a town with drugs worth more than £400,000 have been sentenced.’
BBC News, 14th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government has defended the early release of prisoners after it emerged a former inmate allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on the same day he was freed.’
BBC News, 14th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Public inquiries should be shortened and the progress of their recommendations tracked, according to a House of Lords committee, which says a major overhaul is required to restore public confidence among victims and survivors.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An experienced and highly regarded doctor who is working at a GP surgery in east London says he has no choice but to walk away from his job because the Home Office is separating him from his wife and autistic daughter.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Metropolitan Police officer who was fined £1,500 for assault after wrongly arresting a woman for evading a bus fare in Croydon has had his conviction quashed on appeal.’
The Independent, 14th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A recent English High Court ruling serves as a timely reminder of the factors that the court will take into account when considering the risk of dissipation of assets in the context of a freezing order application.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Supreme Court’s decision in Anglo International Upholland Ltd v Wainwright [2023] 5 WLUK 613 confirmed the court’s power to grant injunctions against so-called “newcomers”. In the second of two articles, Helena Davies, Oskar Musial, Laura Tweedy and Gemma de Cordova consider the recent developments in newcomer injunctions and how that was dealt with in Upholland.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An employee’s failure to fully complete every step of an internal grievance process will not impact their right to claim constructive dismissal, according to the recent ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) involving a local authority. Sharmin Chowdhury analyses the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Joe Walker and Fred Groves provide an update on unauthorised pro-Palestinian protest encampments on university premises where many have refused to comply with demands to vacate.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The former law lord who presided over the arbitration whose $11bn award was later found to have been obtained by fraud has said there was nothing the panel could have done differently.’
Legal Futures, 13th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A detectorist who stole an estimated £3m worth of Viking treasure has been sentenced to a further five years and three months in prison after failing to pay back over £600,000.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 12th September 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide 2024, outlining part of the Court’s work, has been published online. The Guide covers all the stages of a claim for judicial review. It is required reading for all those who conduct judicial review cases (whether or not they are lawyers).’
Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 12th September 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
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