‘A teacher has been banned from the classroom after arriving at a school assembly smelling of alcohol and walking “slowly and gingerly.”‘
The Independent, 24th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
’42BR’s Housing team discuss the new Renter’s Rights Bill.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has used “pure grammar” to clarify the law relating to adverse possession. Nick McKnight considers the ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Michael Grant and Matthew Timm explore the law relating to “fitness for human habitation” and the court’s approach to damages.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Mediation: Cracking The Hardest Nuts- Some Thoughts After DKH Retail Ltd and Others v City Football Group Ltd [2024] EWHC 3231 (Ch).’
4-5 Gary's Inn Square, 18th March 2025
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal upheld HHJ Saggerson’s decision on a section 204 appeal in the County Court that where an applicant requests a review on suitability under Part VII of the 1996 Act, the review officer is not obliged to anticipate and consider what further duty (if any) may be owed to the applicant without a request for a review on that basis.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 21st March 2025
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025] UKSC 10, decided yesterday, is a landmark decision on the liability of trustees and other fiduciaries to account for unauthorised profits. It decides that the liability is strict and does not depend on whether the principal would have made the same profit or would have consented to the fiduciary keeping all or part of the profit if he had been asked. All that is needed is a sufficient link between the fiduciary duty and the profit.’
4 New Square, 20th March 2025
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘In R (Leger) v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 665 (Admin), Ms Gladwys Leger was a teacher at Bishop Justus Church of England School [5]. She is “a born-again ‘conservative’ Roman Catholic” who believes that biological sex is immutable and should not be tampered with and that sexual relationships should only exist within a marriage between a man and a woman [8]. She brought a claim arising from her dismissal from the school.’
Law & Religion UK, 24th March 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A recent UK tax tribunal ruling has clarified that there is no default position for granting applications by third parties for disclosure of documents in tax appeals, while making it clear that third parties have to show a good reason for seeking access to a document.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A court in England has echoed the approach taken by the courts in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the BVI in relation to the process for hearing applications for seal and gag orders and a third-party disclosure order.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A university lecturer who brought an employment tribunal claim against his employer has won his bid for anonymity after the employment tribunal initially rejected the application.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The current state of interpreting services in the courts is inefficient, ineffective and poses a risk to the administration of justice, peers declared today following an extensive inquiry. The government was urged to use a current procurement for language services contracts to reform the sector “or risk reinforcing significant jeopardy to justice for the foreseeable future”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Unregulated experts could be banned from the family courts under new proposals for proceedings involving children in England and Wales. The Family Procedure Rule Committee, which sets the rules in family court cases, has proposed changes to the rules, which are now out for public consultation. It follows growing concern from MPs and campaigners about court-appointed experts who advise on life-changing decisions without having the necessary qualifications. But some organisations say it does not go far enough.’
The Guardian, 22nd March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 22-year-old black student has accused police and prosecutors of misusing hate speech laws intended to protect minorities after she was charged for using the N-word in a tweet.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘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
‘In this article, Amanda Savage KC and Ed Grigg analyse the recent High Court decision in Leggett & Others v American International Group UK Limited [2025] EWHC 278 (Comm). The decision repays close reading for professional indemnity lawyers and the insurance market more widely.’
4 New Square, 10th March 2025
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘Lauren Fullerton and Arran Dowling-Hussey look at one of the most significant special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) cases from 2024.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘”I just burst out crying,” says Brian Buckle, recalling the moment he read the rejection letter from the Ministry of Justice after applying for compensation. It said it accepted Brian was “innocent” of the sexual offences he had been wrongly imprisoned for, but he had failed to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that he had not committed the crimes.’
BBC News, 19th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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