‘The Metropolitan Police are paying compensation to two women handcuffed and arrested at a vigil for Sarah Everard, murdered by police officer Wayne Couzens.’
The Independent, 14th September 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An advert featuring an artisan cheese has been banned on London’s transport network as it has been deemed too unhealthy.’
BBC News, 11th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Bromley has said it is considering all legal measures after ordering a landowner to replace 131 trees that were felled without permission.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed a single mother’s appeal against a decision of a reviewing officer of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, finding that the accommodation offered to her was “reasonable and suitable”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th August 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan police has won its battle to stop attending most of the mental health calls it receives after a tense behind-the-scenes row with the health service, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 17th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The only events for which Metropolitan police chiefs authorised the potential use of baton rounds in the past six years were black-led gatherings, documents show.’
The Guardian, 6th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Tower Hamlets was entitled to make a rule that only councillors who had been present when a planning application had previously been considered could vote on deferred applications, the Court of Appeal has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd August 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Transport for London and the operator of the Croydon tram have been fined a total of £14m for safety failings leading up to the 2016 crash in which seven people died.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Metropolitan police has started using counter-terrorism tactics to hunt down the worst male offenders targeting women. Scotland Yard said it will rank the worst male offenders and then “use the organised crime or terrorism approach” against those assessed to be the most harmful top 100.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police officer who shot a man dead in 2015 could face professional misconduct proceedings after supreme court judges dismissed an appeal, in a landmark ruling that provides significant clarity over holding officers who use force to account.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judicial review into Sadiq Khan’s plans to expand London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is due to get under way at the High Court.’
BBC News, 4th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The most notorious racist murder in British history has never been fully solved, but everyone thinks they know who attacked Stephen Lawrence.’
BBC News, 26th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An official investigation has concluded that Scotland Yard had information that “could and should” have been handed to the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence’s murder but failed to disclose it, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A major suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder is publicly named today for the first time, after a BBC investigation.’
26th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Metropolitan police officer who used pepper spray on a man as he climbed down a drainpipe attached to a high-rise apartment block has been convicted of assault, the force said.’
The Guardian, 22nd June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘As many will have seen in the media, environmental activist group Insulate Britain (IB) has carried out London protests in a manner deliberately designed to cause serious disruption. These protest tactics have included activists deliberately blocking highways by sitting down in the road, and often gluing themselves to its surface and/or locking themselves to each other to make their removal more time-consuming. IB has repeatedly stated that these protests will continue until its demands are met.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Ms UO and her 3 children, aged 11, 5 and 3, were homeless and had applied to LB Redbridge. The family had NASS accommodation in the Tottenham area since 2021, after NASS accommodation in Croydon and West Ham from 2019. Ms UO’s elder children were enrolled in school in Tottenham and the youngest in the nursery attached to the school. MS UO had connections in Redbridge herself. Following Ms UO’s grant of asylum in 2022, the NASS accommodation ceased. She applied to Redbridge. The application stressed how important the children’s school was to them. She then did not hear anything from Redbridge until the day before her eviction from the NASS accommodation.’
Nearly Legal, 18th June 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The recent judgment Re Streatham Cemetery [2023] ECC Swk 3 concerns cemetery development. Opened more than one hundred years ago, there is now very little room in Streatham Cemetery for further burials. A Petition by the Bereavement Services Manager of Lambeth LBC[1] sought permission to re-use land within two areas of the cemetery through the operation of “lifting and deepening” of existing interments, thereby creating new burial space. The observations of Petchey Ch., (above and at [16]), indicate some of the issues to be addressed on the growing shortage of burial space.’
Law & Religion UK, 14th June 2023
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘The London Borough of Croydon must pay a former director almost £15,000 in withheld pay, which it reduced while she was off sick.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has apologised to LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell for the force’s homophobic failings.’
BBC News, 8th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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