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Weekly law digests

29 January 2020
Issue: 7872 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Charity

Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and others v Derby City Council and others (Charity Commission for England and Wales intervening) [2019] EWHC 3436 (Ch), [2020] All ER (D) 58 (Jan) 

The lead claimant, an NHS foundation trust, was not established for charitable purposes under the definition of ‘charity’ in both the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and the Charities Act 2011. Accordingly, the Chancery Division found that the claimants could not reduce their liability to pay non-domestic rates in the properties they occupied, by one fifth, under s 43 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

Child

L (a child) (special guardianship order: reasons) [2020] EWCA Civ 20, [2020] All ER (D) 98 (Jan)

The judge had been entitled to make a special guardianship order in favour of the maternal grandmother and reject the application of the local authority, supported by the children’s guardian, for a care plan for adoption. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissing the guardian’s appeal, held that the judge had carried out a thorough evaluation

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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