‘The queue of tax disputes awaiting litigation through the UK’s tax tribunals set a new record last year, with almost 30,000 cases waiting to be heard at the end of last year, according to official figures.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The “degrading behaviour” of a police officer jailed for multiple rapes was allowed to “flourish” unchallenged, a report has found.’
BBC News, 20th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Upper Tribunal has considered how the First-tier Tribunal should approach expert evidence about special educational needs and provision: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea v CD [2015] UKUT 0396 (AAC).
Education Law Blog, 19th August 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
‘Magistrates should be trained to apply sentencing guidelines correctly to stop defendants ‘venue shopping’ for a more lenient sentence, the Law Society has said.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Roy Delph freed as it emerges lawyers incorrectly classify his 124-year-old weapon after public outcry at his two-year prison sentence for carrying gun.’
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Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 16 weeks for posting sexually explicit photographs of a woman on social media.’
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BBC News, 19th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A planning condition allowing the height of a new wind turbine to be increased with the approval of the local authority must be “severed” from the otherwise lawful planning permission, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Northumbria Police have opened an investigation over images apparently showing a man strangling a seagull. Given that many view them as vermin, what is their legal status, asks Chris Stokel-Walker.’
BBC News, 19th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Taking drugs is a human right, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers who want to legalise the possession, purchase and growing of drugs.’
The Independent, 19th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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