Hundreds of the Manchester Arena bombing survivors, along with relatives of the victims, have launched legal action against MI5, claiming it failed to take action that could have stopped the attack. More than 250 people have joined the group action against MI5, and have submitted their claim to the investigatory powers tribunal, which hears complaints …
Author Archives: spainops
20 Lies We Tell Ourselves When It Comes To Divorce
Everyone copes with divorce in a unique way. We make good choices and bad choices or some of both, but sometimes we do something that really isn’t good or bad: we lie to ourselves. Lies we tell ourselves provide a temporary soothing solution to our broken hearts, they justify our decisions, or they make us …
Continue reading “20 Lies We Tell Ourselves When It Comes To Divorce”
London Confidence Is Booming
European Court of Human Rights rules on climate change cases
A claim brought against more than 30 European states by Portuguese young people who claim their human rights are infringed by climate change policies is inadmissible, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously today. However the court found partially in favour of a separate claim brought against Switzerland. In Duarte …
Continue reading “European Court of Human Rights rules on climate change cases”
SEC Issues Voluntary Stay as Litigation Over Climate Rules Pends
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a voluntary stay on its controversial climate rules on April 4, just weeks after companies and organizations filed lawsuits questioning the rules’ legal validity. The legal complaints the SEC has incurred regarding the rules run the gamut, with some petitioners claiming the SEC has overstepped its duties. …
Continue reading “SEC Issues Voluntary Stay as Litigation Over Climate Rules Pends”
Government reviews role of apologies in civil litigation
Bellamy: Should it be easier to make an apology? The government today launches a consultation on whether it should be easier to apologise in civil proceedings without admitting liability. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the Compensation Act 2006, which first legislated for this, has had little impact and it is seeking evidence on why …
Continue reading “Government reviews role of apologies in civil litigation”
Small businesses brace: Energy bills discount scheme comes to an end
Post Office Horizon Inquiry to restart with solicitors and barristers featuring heavily in the list of witnesses
Public hearings of the Post Office Inquiry begin again next week – with nine solicitors set to give oral evidence in the coming two months. The inquiry moves onto the final elements of the Post Office scandal, examining in detail the issues of governance, redress and how the organisation and others responded as it emerged …
That “Jolly” fence causes litigation
Compiled by Cameron McCullough AT the Frankston Court yesterday, before Mr. W. G. Smith, P.M.; and Messrs. C. Gray, P. Wheeler, and J. Brown, J.’sP., Miss Irene Galt sought an order from the Court to compel J. B. Jolly to erect a six foot paling fence between their respective properties on Melbourne Road, Frankston.Mr. Robertson …
‘Danger zone’: the warnings designed to protect women at UK business events | Sexual harassment
When more than 1,300 lending bosses, regulators and MPs descended on Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane in London for a black-tie dinner in late February, they arrived informed. Invitees to the Financing & Leasing Association event had been handed an “annual dinner code of conduct” telling guests about a new policy on discrimination and …