‘Emma Greening reviews the case of Shakil v Samons Limited [2024] EAT 192, in which HHJ Tayler provides a useful recitation of how to approach quantum in an injury to feelings award.’
3 Paper Buildings, 19th December 2024
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘Alex Leonhardt reviews the case of L v The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2024] UKFTT 001044 (TC), in which the FTT considers the question of taxation of a settlement of financial losses from discrimination, and in particular when it is said that the losses flow from being prevented from taking on work.’
3 Paper Buildings, 19th December 2024
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘HHJ Deborah Taylor was a familiar face in the criminal courts where in recent years she has presided over some of the most complex frauds as Resident Judge at Southwark Crown Court and Recorder of Westminster. She also sat in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). Now in her capacity as the Chair of the MPTS she is bringing that expertise in the criminal justice system to bear on the way doctors are sanctioned.’
2 Hare Court, 18th December 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a Plaid Cymru councillor who challenged an order made by a High Court judge that Wrexham County Borough Council had no discretion but to adopt its local plan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Government Legal Department (GLD) discriminated against a senior lawyer by excluding her from a cost-of-living payment because she was on a career break at the time.’
Legal Futures, 7th January 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The lady chief justice’s new transparency and open justice board has asked the justice secretary to allow judicial reviews to be livestreamed – and potentially broadcast on television.
Law Society's Gazette, 6th January 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘At the end of term, the High Court handed down judgment in a challenging case, whose solution lay in the application of a much-forgotten 53-year-old judgment of the “pirate-like” Sir Jocelyn Simon P to seemingly irresolvable issues caused by errors in the digitalisation of the divorce process.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 6th January 2025
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘E-scooter riders should be made to wear helmets, a coroner has ruled following the death of a man in Nottingham.’
BBC News, 7th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A member of Sir Keir Starmer’s top team has referred herself to the government’s independent ethics adviser over her links to the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.’
The Independent, 6th January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A prison guard who was filmed having sex with an inmate inside HMP Wandsworth has been jailed for 15 months.’
The Independent, 6th January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A police investigation into allegations of preventable deaths and injuries at an NHS trust has doubled the number of cases it is looking at, BBC News can reveal.’
BBC News, 7th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A taxi driver who spread misinformation and incited violence on social media following the Southport attack has been jailed for seven and a half years.’
The Independent, 6th January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In the second part of his article on the use of evidence law in pensions cases, Paul Newman KC looks at: the evidence required to rectify scheme documents; the nature of the evidence necessary to establish the conduct of groups of scheme members; and the use of Re Benjamin orders to deal with missing or incorrect scheme data.’
Pensions Barrister, 19th December 2024
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘A man and woman who were accused of buying pills to induce an illegal abortion have been sentenced to community orders.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Hackney has lost a Court of Appeal case over the eligibility for right to buy of a rabbi who occupied a home for only part of the time.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Prohibiting AI developers from training their AI models with copyrighted content without a licence in all cases would likely harm the UK’s global competitiveness in AI development, the UK government has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Thames Water has won court approval to secure a £3bn cash lifeline from some of its biggest creditors.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A High Court review into plans to build an incinerator near Dorset’s Unesco World Heritage site has been given permission to go ahead.’
BBC News, 17th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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