‘A landfill operator who sought a judicial review against the Environment Agency’s decision to issue a closure notice for the site has had their application refused by the High Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 30 January 2025. Second reading, when MPs debate the purpose of the bill, is scheduled for 10 February 2025.This briefing focuses on the main provisions of the bill and its most significant clauses. The bill’s explanatory notes give further detail on other clauses. These and other accompanying documents, including an impact assessment, are available from the bill’s page on parliament.uk. Most provisions of the bill cover the entire UK.’
House of Commons Library, 6th February 2025
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘District Judge Ashby. Final hearing concerning an application for a final financial remedy order in proceedings concerning serious findings of non-disclosure.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 6th February 2025
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Damages-based agreements (DBAs) used by a law firm in a probate dispute concerning a multi-million pound estate are unenforceable because they do not comply with DBA rules, the High Court ruled last week.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, gave a speech on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at the LawtechUK Generative AI Event in London.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th February 2025
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A number of recent UK First-tier Tribunal (FTT) rulings highlight the importance of following the tribunal’s rules, in particular to provide the documentation required in appeals against The Pensions Regulator, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Women in prison are resorting to self-harm because of “astonishing gaps” in basic services including strict time limits when contacting their children and bans from using washing machines for dirty underwear, according to a watchdog’s report.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A nationwide plan to digitise immigration documents recently came into force. Since January 1, millions of foreign nationals who live in the UK must now use digital-only status documents, as all biometric residence permits expired at the end of 2024.’
EIN Blog, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 30 years for trying to kill a police officer by stabbing him in the head with a pair of scissors.’
BBC News, 4th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers representing 3,500 claimants are preparing to sue the pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over alleged links between talcum powder and cancer, in what is expected to be one of the largest pharmaceutical product group actions in English and Welsh legal history.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Not so much about “religion” as about charity law and what happens when the Charity Commission refuses to act on serious allegations of mismanagement.’
Law & Religion UK, 4th February 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Hussaini v Islington London Borough Council (2025) EWCA Civ 22. Mr Hussaini was a refugee. He had been accommodated in Barking & Dagenham area. On grant of leave to remain, he applied as homeless to Islington. Islington decided he did not have a local connection to the borough and referred the application to Barking. Mr H sought a review and s.204 appeal but was unsuccessful on both. He appealed to the Court of Appeal.’
Nearly Legal, 2nd February 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘This blog post compares how the government of Ireland and the UK government exercising its responsibility for England used non-statutory guidance during the pandemic to reinforce two severe intrusions upon peoples’ liberty: the orders requiring people to stay home and to refrain from public gatherings.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A councillor at Torridge District Council has been jailed for 18 weeks for harassment of the local authority’s head of legal and governance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a solicitor and his client’s bid to challenge the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office’s (JCIO) refusal to entertain their complaints about three Court of Appeal judges.’
Legal Futures, 4th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An accountant who helped himself to £27,000 from the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme as part of a bigger Covid loans fraud has been jailed for three years and eight months today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A recorder has adjourned a family court hearing after finding the parties had come to it “in such a disordered and chaotic state that it is simply impossible to proceed in a fair way.” ’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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