“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings and Nicola Harries of Baxter Harries Solicitors draw lessons from new guidance in adoption cases, set out by the Court of Appeal in Re B-S in which they acted for the respondent.”
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Family Law week, 26th September 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A housing association tenant in central London has won an appeal against the imposition of the bedroom tax by Conservative-run Westminster city council, in what is thought to be the first such victory in England.”
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The Guardian, 26th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rapist caught after his victim was inspired by an EastEnders storyline has been jailed 23 years after the attack.”
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BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government has proposed a series of amendments to its lobbying bill, after charities and voluntary groups raised concerns they could be gagged.”
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BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office has been handed a dossier on private security firm Serco following allegations the taxpayer has been overcharged by millions of pounds for electronic tags.”
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Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who sexually abused three boys when he knew he was HIV positive, has been jailed for 10 years at Caernarfon Crown Court.”
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BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court has strongly affirmed the prohibition against the pursuit of long delayed complaints against doctors in regulatory proceedings. The prohibition arose from the General Medical Council’s own procedural rules. It applied even where the allegations were of the most serious kind, including sexual misconduct, and could only be waived in exceptional circumstances and where the public interest demanded. The burden was upon the GMC to establish a sufficiently compelling public interest where allegations had already been thoroughly investigated by the competent authorities such as the police and social services.”
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UK Human Rights Blog, 26th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A woman who accused her late father’s ‘traditionalist’ family of conspiring to cut her out of a £500,000 inheritance because she was born out of wedlock has failed in her legal challenge.”
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Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Councils in England could be banned from using CCTV cameras and ‘spy cars’ to hand motorists parking fines under new government proposals.”
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The Independent, 27th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has taken the unusual step of reversing a denial of contact order, by reviewing the question of the proportionality of the order in relation to the children’s right to family life under Article 8.”
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UK Human Rights Blog, 26th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Lord Justice Leveson, the man behind the report into the future of press regulation, has been made the third most senior judge in England and Wales.”
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BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Blaming over-zealous police or irresponsible prosecutors for miscarriages of justice makes for a simple and straightforward narrative, writes Daniel Newman. As with most things, though, the reality is more complicated, and defence lawyers may also have a role to play. This being the case, the neat binary opposition we so rely on in criminal justice is somewhat obscured.”
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LegalVoice, 26th September 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“One of the two men wrongly convicted over the murder of Rachel Manning said their compensation bid had been “signed off” by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).”
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BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A football fan has been told he faces jail for punching a police horse when his team lost to their arch-rivals.”
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Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“Magistrates last week upheld a London borough’s bid to tackle spitting in the street through powers normally used to enforce against litter.”
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Local Government Lawyer, 25th September 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“Is our legal right to challenge the power of government under threat? Clive Anderson and guests discuss concerns that Government proposals to limit the use of judicial review could result in unlawful decisions by government and other public bodies going unchecked.”
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BBC Unreliable Evidence, 25th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fifteen members of leading civil liberties set Tooks Court are to form a new low-cost chambers that could be open within the next fortnight, the Gazette can exclusively reveal.”
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Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
