Thursday

2nd March - Law News

Edition 4083: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Focus of the Day Law News/Article: A woman has been awarded almost £100,000 in damages after her former partner covertly recorded her naked and then published the images online. In what is believed to be the first case of its type to come before the civil courts in England and Wales, Mrs Justice Thornton awarded the woman, who is not named, general damages of £60,000 and special damages of £37,041.61 for consequential financial losses. Full story The Law Society Gazette

Today's Highlighted Video Story: R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) - [2023] UKSC 8 - Shrewsbury Town Council sold a parcel of land to CSE Developments (Shropshire) Limited (“CSE”) on 4 October 2017. It is agreed between the parties that, prior to the sale, the land was subject to a statutory trust for the benefit of the residents of the area. In selling the site, Shrewsbury Town Council failed to comply with the statutory requirements contained in section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972, namely the advertisement of the land for two consecutive weeks in a local newspaper and the subsequent consideration of any objections. Following the sale, Shropshire Council granted conditional planning permission to CSE to build 15 dwelling houses on the site on 8 November 2018. Dr Day brought a judicial review claim challenging the grant of planning permission. The claim was allowed in part by the High Court, but the High Court refused any remedy as it concluded that it was highly likely that the outcome would not have been substantially different if the conduct complained of had not occurred. Dr Day’s appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed. The Supreme Court unanimously allows the appeal. Lady Rose gives the judgment with which Lord Reed, Lord Kitchin, Lord Hamblen and Lord Stephens agree. More information is available on our website: UKSC 2021/0031

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • High Court: Irish dancing teacher fails to halt disciplinary process into competition fixing but has suspension lifted | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FrcJGd2t1h
  • Former England bowler Tim Bresnan used a racial slur towards Azeem Rafiq's sister, a hearing into allegations of racism at Yorkshire has been told https://t.co/VfyUMN7FNJ 
  • People struggling with living costs were "more resourceful" in previous decades, the Tory deputy chairman has said. Lee Anderson told the BBC there was a "different culture" in his youth, and people were more likely to take on extra work https://t.co/NtCwF7epfZ 
  • Metamorph firm's staff to miss out on £190,000 as creditors wait in limbo | Law Gazette https://t.co/praw6RhaDY
  • Stormont to gain veto powers over new EU goods laws | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kGgqOwcLYY
  • First 'revenge porn' civil case sees judge award £100,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/6UgZHzpvwM
  • Balfour and Manson appoints Scott Foster as chief operating officer | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JAakeV2kEQ 
  • Covid clinical negligence protocol cut number of litigated claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/IeeFKRC6cr
  • City firms' growth rate doubled in 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/qmhnQsJoqw
  • LK Shields hires banking and finance solicitor Ailis Brennan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/sFUxfIr7Gt 
  • Eversheds Sutherland to move into Capital Square Edinburgh office | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/5Dn9HDZrGz
  • MoJ opts against payment reform to Mental Capacity Act | Law Gazette https://t.co/yCKepyD1Ux 
  • Kobe Bryant’s family agree to $28.5m settlement after crash photos shared #US https://t.co/E6vat4t6nn 
  • #Greece train crash: What we know so far https://t.co/ozJ17NFEaC
  • Pop Star Melanie Brown has said she would not call the police to report domestic abuse because it might not be taken "seriously". The Spice Girl said she would only report it if "the whole entire system" of justice was reformed by the government https://t.co/jBPAisYNhL
  • Kearney Law Group expands with addition of two claims specialists | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IzjRmhposr
  • Partner ignored SRA’s warning over providing banking facilities - Legal Futures https://t.co/s11Qbi1rOL
  • Shoosmiths’ corporate team reflects on 2022 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/N5bDB0p0wm 
  • Former registrar of solicitors to take up role in surveyors’ regulator | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3JHFM0N7tr 
  • Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has disputed claims he rejected expert advice on Covid tests for people going into care homes at the start of the pandemic https://t.co/2vqZk9SIwA 
  • Hundreds of sex offenders across the UK slipped off the radar of police in a three-year period. Freedom of Information requests by BBC News to 45 police forces reveal 729 sex offenders had gone missing or were wanted for arrest from 2019-2021 https://t.co/g9BpOiiQUJ 
  • Election court awards costs against petitioner in 'dates bribe' case | Law Gazette https://t.co/5d5EB7iBol
  • Professor Colin Murray: The Protocol deal — a ‘just like that’ moment seven years in the making | Irish Legal News https://t.co/R75rIwpZ4w
  • Arron Banks loses two of three challenges to failed libel action against Carole Cadwalladr - Court of appeal upholds one claim Brexit backer suffered serious harm by continuing publication of inaccurate Ted Talk criticisms https://t.co/mQpE69SvrX 
  • ChatGPT "struggles to cope" with high street law - Legal Futures https://t.co/oz8HDKbnBL 
  • Cut parents' benefits over school truancy, suggests Michael Gove https://t.co/IkfSyX5mWw
  • Elon Musk overstated Tesla’s autopilot and self-driving tech, new lawsuit says #US https://t.co/Im21mpQMXv 
  • Doctors pressured not to make a fuss over Lucy Letby, trial told https://t.co/AUUxsWCgr9 
  • Stunning Rupert Murdoch deposition leaves Fox News in a world of trouble - Media mogul’s admission in Dominion Systems election case that he let cable network broadcast falsehoods stuns observers #US https://t.co/rUF7P1kM7I
  • Crikey examines Rupert Murdoch’s admission that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ US election lie #US https://t.co/nJWtQxFrB
  • Constance Marten and Mark Gordon arrested on suspicion of manslaughter - A vast outdoor area in Brighton is being searched, and police say the infant could still be alive https://t.co/v44ImxSMhO
  • Should climate activists be punished at all? https://t.co/MPFZrV80ba

Wednesday

1st March - Law News

Edition 4082: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Focus of the Day Law News/Article: The High Court has refused an application for an interlocutory injunction restraining An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG) from pursuing disciplinary proceedings against an Irish dancing teacher. The plaintiff had been implicated as one of dozens of instructors involved in fixing dancing competitions by sending texts to judges. Full story Irish Legal News

Today's Highlighted Video Story: News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for HMRC (Respondent) - The issue is: Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that News Corp's supplies of digital issues of The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and The Sun on Sunday were not supplies of "newspapers" within the meaning of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (the "VAT Act") such that they could not be zero-rated for Value Added Tax ("VAT") during the period 30 August 2010 – 4 December 2016.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Judge recuses himself in proceedings against Dechert ex-partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/dT4NV5gwwj
  • My legal life: Faris Amin, Capsticks - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/NXTbJXMKUZ
  • Rugby liability ruling 'sets legal precedent' for sport claims, says lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/7LZKaUDeKW 
  • Carrot or stick? The future for AML supervision of the legal sector - Legal Futures https://t.co/F65nnnAxyi
  • Sanction for judge who 'displayed subconscious bias' | Law Gazette https://t.co/NtLxZFpemE 
  • Maths teacher accused of misgendering pupil on religious grounds - Joshua Sutcliffe denies regulator’s charge of prioritising his convictions over pupil’s interests https://t.co/nqmzB2WRhG 
  • City director gave 18-year-old tasks 'relating to sexual gratification', tribunal told | Law Gazette https://t.co/jcEUmUVW3Z
  • The number of people sleeping rough in England rose by more than a quarter last year, official statistics suggest. On a single night in autumn, 3,069 people slept outside, 26% more than in 2021 https://t.co/M0ucqTrXfM
  • The austerity-hit CPS can’t cope and people aren’t getting justice. We, the police, want the power to fix that https://t.co/dzG8vGQgkm 
  • SDT lifts restrictions on twice-fined solicitor despite SRA objection - Legal Futures https://t.co/ammfbPd1yr 
  • Lawyer in the news: Lana Adamou, Liberty - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/y9595p89c1 
  • ‘Like an animal’: Queensland boy, 13, spent months confined to cell for 20-24 hours a day #Australia https://t.co/EjanBGQ6ba
  • A double rapist who changed gender while waiting to stand trial has been jailed for eight years. Isla Bryson attacked two women in Clydebank and Glasgow in 2016 and 2019 while known as Adam Graham https://t.co/eMR5dcIF2S
  • Criminal legal aid decline resumes | Law Gazette https://t.co/iyH9oj3ZB
  • A woman who represented herself in court using 80-year-old contract legislation has beaten British Airways (BA) in a row over flight vouchers https://t.co/4DNot10hc5
  • Urgent search for baby as Constance Marten and Mark Gordon arrested https://t.co/oYzD2zBZRT 
  • Police should be given power to charge suspects, say senior officers in England https://t.co/oxsGWupti4
  • Litigator able to bring disability discrimination claim, tribunal rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/m0QGxOUkXF
  • Rugby player Levi Davis's disappearance is being examined by #Spanish detectives to establish whether a crime has been committed https://t.co/Eg1QxrGYUV 
  • Mother in Law: Stuck in bad habits? Seek out small wins | Law Gazette https://t.co/y0Yo5wobwe 
  • A #Romanian court has rejected an appeal by Andrew Tate against his continued detention, ruling that he should remain in custody until 29 March https://t.co/X9NNGK5G7P 
  • Negligence claim against law firm to go ahead after limitation ruling - Legal Futures https://t.co/ywisyNmnhB 
  • Ince results delayed again as fourth deadline passes | Law Gazette https://t.co/LHx3Vc3OWG 
  • #Canada bans TikTok on government devices https://t.co/NlDtimwO6l
  • Footing the bill for our own values | Law Gazette https://t.co/C31EfLZIXG
  • IP law firm fails in bid to strike out 'secret commissions' claim - Legal Futures https://t.co/CLauYpzL3N 
  • Wizz Air to suspend Moldova flights over airspace safety https://t.co/aq81Kilqa2 
  • #Ukrainian Nobel peace laureate calls for special tribunal to try Putin https://t.co/UfkUYIg6pi

Tuesday

28th February - Law News

Edition 4081: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Focus of the Day Law News/Article: Police should be given power to charge suspects, say senior officers in England. Police chiefs say delays in charging suspects are leading to backlogs of cases and guilty walking free. Full story Guardian Law

Today's Highlighted Video Story: How is the agreement being received in Northern Ireland? A group representing some leading industry bodies has already hailed it as a sign that businesses will get the kind of stability and certainty which they've been hoping for, as well as cutting out a lot of red tape.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Northern Ireland Brexit deal: At-a-glance https://t.co/riuKDCo314 
  • Russell-Cooke and Wedlake Bell post spring trainee retention scores - Legal Cheek https://t.co/n2IR42JBZC
  • NLU students must not look down upon students from other law schools: CJI DY Chandrachud | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ddRaPbFGvP
  • Elon Musk defends racist tirade by Dilbert creator Scott Adams https://t.co/sZ7Z1ohug8
  • Kim Kardashian gives fans law school update - Legal Cheek https://t.co/O5jMV1lKaF
  • Tender conditions for Dharavi slum redevelopment were revised in public interest, not to favour Adani: Maharashtra to Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Vwgyzjw0jn 
  • King Charles has met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for tea at Windsor Castle following the unveiling of a new Northern Ireland Brexit deal https://t.co/VzNjJcBZqm 
  • Opening doors to Black lawyers: How Shearman & Sterling is building a more inclusive workforce - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fxI3KvR4CS
  • Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: The Precedential Value of Minority Judgments | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5oW1n26VNh 
  • Bar Council attempts to clear up confusion after telling chambers to disregard the ‘skills section’ on Gateway pupillage applications - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j3Ri0J7y21
  • Supreme Court issues fresh directions for implementing law prohibiting Manual Scavenging | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/oxzlDabCda
  • Some UK law firms need to more to guard against the risk of potentially abusive litigation, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6rPcWasS7c
  • Any perceived obscenity in book or work of art is brought upon by the viewer: Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/gff35gQMmP
  • Inside one of the most followed law firm grad rec Instagram accounts - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z6deae1Fml 
  • McCann FitzGerald hires responsible business head Sabina Cotter | Irish Legal News https://t.co/r3mKoP39Dy 
  • The New IRA has admitted it shot Det Ch Insp John Caldwell in Omagh on Wednesday. It did so in a typed statement which appeared on a wall in Londonderry on Sunday night https://t.co/oKyB414old
  • Court case held in the metaverse - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yrAeOv1XRS 
  • A #Thai drug dealer underwent several facial plastic surgeries to look like "a handsome Korean man" and evade the law, local authorities have said. Saharat Sawangjaeng, who adopted the alias Seong Jimin, was caught last week at a condominium in Bangkok https://t.co/YpxiBM9Pu7
  • Women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the UK, according to evidence from a Panorama investigation https://t.co/qLaWgR7cBg 
  • Pawan Khera: Provisions invoked by UP Police | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/NnzrDOS6QL 
  • Reed Smith records 77% spring trainee retention rate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/bHJgflUWHQ 
  • Thorntons appoints commercial real estate partners | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/23PNzr2I95 
  • A new law increasing the legal age of marriage to 18 has come into force in England and Wales. Previously people could get married at 16 or 17 if they had parental consent https://t.co/WFqC1NQMyj 
  • The College of Legal Practice’s module leader and supervisor Nabeala Fiaz explains how she combines her passion for law and education - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iPgQPunLYT 
  • Only 22 housing possession cases referred to mediation pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/tp0ltwv7Je 
  • Surge in number of Britons fighting to hold on to their citizenship - After the Shamima Begum decision, figures show a dramatic increase in challenges to Home Office https://t.co/TUM87QUz8A
  • Chief Justice: Civil legal aid cannot be limitless demand-led system | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gPc7NqfaxB
  • #Italy migrant boat shipwreck: Nearly 60 killed off Calabria coast https://t.co/suJ0z9Zpj1
  • "Cuckooing” in the homes of vulnerable people by drug gangs should become a criminal offence, according to a call from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) thinktank, which has gathered cross-party backing https://t.co/LhvTiogorp
  • Trans violent offenders banned from women’s prisons in England and Wales - New rules also cover transgender women ‘with their male genitalia intact’, says Dominic Raab https://t.co/nLoLKqwGqd 
  • The Observer view on the government’s pointless voter ID scheme https://t.co/BBoFYmHT6i 
  • Cost of living: Ofgem price cap leads to debate over energy bill support https://t.co/3GDQwTFq5n 
  • The government is setting up a job centre league table and will give £250 bonuses to staff who get the most people into work https://t.co/Oqin0BCcKP 
  • NHS staff cried in safety interviews, says watchdog https://t.co/lJ4K0apuNq