Building
Naylor and others v Roamquest Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 567 (TCC), [2021] All ER (D) 62 (Mar)
The defendants’ application to strike out parts of the claim against them succeeded in part, in a dispute concerning alleged breaches of building regulations in a development in London. The Technology and Construction Court held that, among other things, part of the claim (the defects claim) would not be allowed to proceed on the current defective pleading. The court would allow the claimants time to draft amendments to the defects claim to plead a proper case.
Employment
Page v Lord Chancellor and another [2021] EWCA Civ 254, [2021] All ER (D) 66 (Mar)
The appellant was removed as a magistrate because he had declared publicly that, in dealing with cases involving adoption by same-sex couples he would proceed, not on the basis of the law or the evidence, but on the basis of his own preconceived beliefs about such adoptions. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division held that the Employment Appeal Tribunal had
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