News – Page 12
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Landmark sentencing guidelines issued for modern slavery
Experiment with 16 judges suggests courts have been inconsistent in their approach to offences under 2015 legislation.
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Dependency victory for relatives of deceased businessman
Dispute over compensation for family who inherited successful company following mesothelioma death.
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Supreme Court backs raped tourist in blow to travel industry
Court takes a ‘broad view’ of the obligations owed by tour operators under package holiday contracts.
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Six-figure awards set serious libel benchmark
Judgments in two high-profile defamation cases handed down on same day.
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JR bill boosts online courts agenda
Legislation would revive measures lost in the 2017 Prisons and Courts Bill.
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Partners of fraudster allowed defence against client claims
Innocent partners told they are allowed to rely on limitation defence after winning appeal.
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Court blocks firm being substituted into claim of dead client
Judge concludes agreement signed before client’s death was champertous and void.
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Data breach claimants lose bid for anonymity in court
Employees of MPs argued that disclosure of identity would undermine the purpose of their claim.
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Retired solicitor sees off harassment claim over ‘puerile’ blog
Case brought by local government officer had no prospect of success, judge rules.
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Judges starting to show restraint on JRs, says lord chancellor
Judicial Review and Courts Bill will be introduced to parliament this week.
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Unknown blogger liable for £70,000 over #MeToo posts
High Court grants damages and ancillary relief after claims for libel, harassment and data protection breach.
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High Court rules against firm over DBA with bankrupt client
Ruling said to be an important decision for how solicitors access funding arrangements.
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Appeal judges back higher costs where claimant has died
Case has potential to affect thousands of others brought through the claim portal.
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Nurse sacked over flexible working secures ‘landmark' victory
Employment tribunal should have paid attention to the ‘childcare disparity’ between men and women, says appeal judge.
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'Incorrigible' vexatious litigant barred from every court
Judges make indefinite 'all proceedings order' under s42 of the Senior Courts Act.
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Good Law Project's PPE claim fails after service blunder
Judge says court cannot grant extension of time following ‘careless mistake’ in latest challenge to government.
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Top judges doubt whether costs budgeting works, master reveals
Court rejects argument to apply costs budgeting in asbestos claim going to trial.
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Judge refuses plea from litigant in person for free hard copy bundle
Ruling states that ‘equal footing’ does not mean litigation must wait for all parties to have equal resources.
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ECtHR bolsters ‘right to be forgotten’
Strasbourg judges say order to anonymise archived Belgian newspaper report did not violate freedom of expression.
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Claimant has £200k costs paid despite winning only £10 damages
Court finds that offer to settle for £1 was a genuine one and that costs rules had been correctly applied.