‘The Upper Tribunal has handed down its decision in Singleton Birch & Anor v HMRC [2025] UKUT 72 (TCC) – the first appellate decision to consider the interpretation of the Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 2011 (‘QMO’).’
Devereux Chambers, 11th March 2025
Source: www.devereuxchambers.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in an important appeal concerning fiduciary duties. Three individuals who had been appointed by their principal to pursue a lucrative business opportunity decided instead to pursue it for their own benefit. They were found at trial to have breached fiduciary duties owed to their principal. On the taking of an account of profits, they were found to have earned around $170m from the pursuit of the business opportunity, and were ordered to account to the principal for the entire sum less a 25% equitable allowance to reflect the work they had done in generating it’
Blackstone Chambers, 19th March 2025
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘The disposal options for unwanted baptismal fonts were reviewed in an earlier post, which reached the following conclusions:
There is an important distinction between the treatment of the font bowl and its plinth;
Canon F1 relates to use of the bowl of the font in church;.
There is no restriction in ecclesiastical law on the burial of a font in the churchyard, though this is often the disposal option of last resort;
There is a legacy of poorly-sited fonts which can result in health and safety issues, and problems in access and their liturgical use.
In the recent judgment Re St. Paul Heslington [2025] ECC Yor 1, the Petitioners sought to dispose of a nineteenth century font which, as part of a major reordering in 1973, had been placed outside the church and used as a plant holder; in its place was “a bold stainless steel font (the “New Font”), surmounted by a dove” [3]. Unsurprisingly, the condition of the Original Font deteriorated and in 2022 all its salvageable parts were brought into the church (i.e. the bowl and the shattered remains of the plinth and lower section) [8].’
Law & Religion UK, 21st March 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘The First Tier Tribunal (the tribunal) has handed down a judgment in the case of Grey GR Limited Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) Limited and others [2025] UKFTT concerning a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO), marking an important development in building safety legal proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In a leapfrog appeal from the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) the Supreme Court decided the question of how quickly an application, to be registered as the proprietor of a registered estate in land by way of adverse possession, needs to be made by a squatter, following their realisation that they do not in fact own the land which they have been possessing.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The court modernisation project ends this month with the “very disappointing” outcome of only 23% of civil cases being digital end to end, the Master of the Rolls told MPs this week.’
Legal Futures, 21st March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The life sentence given to a teenager who murdered his mother and siblings has been referred to the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme by the shadow justice minister.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Herbert Smith Freehills, the elite global law firm based in London, has been fined by the British government after its former Moscow office made millions of pounds in payments to sanctioned Russian banks.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who duped a man into believing they were having twins, until her fake baby bump was exposed in a hospital scan, has been jailed and given a restraining order.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘BT, IMG, ITV and BBC have all been fined after a regulator found companies coordinated on how much to pay freelancers.’
The Independent, 21st March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The force said its V100 programme, which uses data to identify and target men who pose the highest risk to women, had enabled officers to focus efforts on reducing the threat posed by perpetrators and to protect potential victims.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘David Norris was jailed for life in 2012 after he had denied being part of the racist attack on 18-year-old Stephen, who was stabbed to death by a gang of young white men in Eltham, south London.’
BBC News, 21st March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recently delivered judgment by the UK’s First-tier Tribunal (Tax) (FTT) will have significant implications for insurance intermediaries and their ability to recover tax, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘There are no rules that require law firms to take on clients outside of criminal work and so they need to be willing to justify their choices publicly, the former senior partner of Allen & Overy said this week.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) relied on complaints by anonymous people and “a significant amount of prejudicial hearsay evidence” to support a failed prosecution against two high-profile solicitors, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former sub-postmaster and a central figure in the Horizon scandal is the first individual to sue both the Post Office and Fujitsu for their role in proceedings brought against him.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A council’s threat of legal costs against landowners if they did not undertake to stop developing their land was not “coercive”, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Yorkshire Water has been ordered to pay £40m to address its “serious failures” over wastewater and sewage.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘People living on land which could be chosen for a major new power line have hit back at compensation plans. The government would give those living within 500m of new pylons £250 a year off their energy bills for a decade.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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