‘Another party has fallen victim to the rules on witness statements, but the High Court has declined to order their solicitor to explain how the failure to comply came about.’
Legal Futures, 10th September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Up to 1,750 offenders have spent their last night in prison ahead of being released under the Ministry of Justice’s emergency plan to ease the overcrowding crisis in jails.’
BBC News, 9th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former PhD student has been found guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) in what has been described as a “landmark case”.’
BBC News, 9th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Labour MP Paulette Hamilton and singer Mel B are among leading Black Britons urging parliamentarians to make the UK the first western country to introduce a law to end afro hair discrimination.’
The Guardian, 10th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers should expand the ID that people can use to vote, the elections watchdog has recommended, after a report found as many as 750,000 people might not have voted in the 2024 general election because they lacked the necessary documents.’
The Guardian, 10th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Great Ormond Street Hospital has begun an urgent review into hundreds of cases of children seen by one of its former consultant orthopaedic surgeons after concerns were raised about his practice, according to reports.’
The Independent, 9th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A public inquiry begins on Tuesday into the events surrounding the crimes of child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby.’
The Independent, 10th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal considered an appeal against the decision at a return date to set aside a worldwide freezing order made without notice, as against a number of defendants.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 28th August 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘On 30 July 2024, the Court of Appeal refused the claimants permission to appeal against the judgment of Mr Justice Eyre R(Akinsanya and Aning-Adjei) v SSHD [2024] EWHC 469 (Admin). The Court’s decision closes a significant chapter in the long-running litigation on the route to settlement for Zambrano carers under the EU Settlement Scheme. This article is aimed at helping those affected and their advisers to understand the latest judgment and consider what if anything they can do next to hasten their path to settlement.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 28th August 2024
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The official payment watchdog has considerably scaled back proposed rules designed to force banks and payment companies to refund fraud victims.’
BBC News, 4th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its activities in Ukraine, a series of complex sanctions were imposed by the European Union. These sanctions were codified in instruments such as the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The legal framework of these sanctions includes extensive provisions for asset freezing, prohibitions on financial transactions, and restrictions on access to international markets.’
Becket Chambers, 1st August 2024
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘On Friday 9 August 2024 the Court of Appeal released its judgment in the appeal of Exolum Pipeline Systems Limited v HSE [2024] EWCA Crim 947. James Puzey appeared for the HSE with John Cooper KC and Elizabeth Boon for Exolum. The Company’s appeal against conviction was dismissed and its appeal against sentence was allowed. The Company operates the largest fuel pipeline network in the UK. On 9 March 2018 an underground, high pressure, fuel pipeline in Lincolnshire was suspected to be leaking petrol, albeit that was uncertain. The Company engaged a contractor and its own staff to investigate whether there was a leak. This was carried out by digging up the pipeline whilst it was still at high pressure and still pumping petrol.’
St Philips Barristers, 14th August 2024
Source: st-philips.com
‘Pensions analysis: In a landmark ruling, dismissing the appeal brought by Virgin Media Ltd (Virgin) against the first instance decision of Mrs Justice Bacon, the Court of Appeal held that the term ‘section 9(2B) rights’ in regulation 42(2) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 1996 (the Contracting-out Regulations), as in force from 6 April 1997 to 5 April 2013, included pension rights earned by both past and future service. The judgment potentially has very significant implications for occupational pension schemes that were contracted out of the Additional State Pension on the salary-related basis under section 9(2B) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (PSA 1993) : absent actuarial confirmation as required by PSA 1993, s 37, it now appears certain historical alterations to members’ future (as well as past) service rights under such schemes will be void. Important practical issues concerning the nature and scope of the required actuarial confirmation, however, remain unresolved. Written by Henry Day, barrister at Radcliffe Chambers.’
Radcliffe Chambers, 19th August 2024
Source: radcliffechambers.com
‘Solicitors dealing with complex fraud, money-laundering and corruption cases are very well used to having clients who are particularly vexed about their assets being restrained by a law-enforcement agency at a without notice hearing, the application perhaps being made without a charging decision even being in sight. This article focuses on the reliance, arguably the over-reliance by investigators and prosecutors, of complex financial arrangements uncovered by the financial investigators which are then labelled as, e.g. a “complex web”, “designed to obfuscate” or to keep the world in the dark about true beneficial ownership etc. In a challenge to the Restraint Order are these complex arrangements a difficult hurdle to clear for defenders?’
Expert Witness Journal, August 2024
Source: www.paperturn-view.com
‘A healthcare assistant who did not check on a patient who took her own life has been jailed for negligence.’
BBC News, 4th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Public funding for justice is down by 22.4% in real per person terms since 2009/10, according to new analysis of government spending under the last government published by the Bar Council.’
The Bar Council, 4th September 2024
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London was the result of ‘decades of failure’ by central government, the public inquiry into the catastrophe has found. The Guardian’s John Harris looks at the findings of the report with the social affairs leader writer Susanna Rustin. And, as Labour continues to warn ‘things will get worse before they get better’, we are joined by the economists James Meadway and Ann Pettifor to discuss whether a painful period of austerity-lite is the only way through the storm.’
The Guardian, 5th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report sets out how a chain of failures across government and the private sector led to Grenfell Tower becoming a death trap.’
BBC News, 4th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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