‘Changes to probation services in England and Wales are being pushed through too quickly, the service’s chief inspector has warned.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Biometrics commissioner warns privacy laws meant to protect innocent could also guard those committing offences abroad.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Gillian Leeden ordered to pay sister Lyndsey Glassett compensation after being found guilty of targeting Jerusalem artichokes with weed killer in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘CPR r.3.9 rears its growling head again…but a more robust approach, nevertheless, should not be taken as encouragement to refuse reasonable extensions of time or to seek tactical advantage in every minor default.’
Zenith PI Blog, 17th December 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The government’s Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism (SARAH) Bill, described as “very much maligned” by justice minister Lord Faulks, has survived its report stage in the Lords, with only a minor government amendment.’
Litigation Futures, 16th December 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Homeowners who use a domestic surveillance camera system on their properties but fail to take their neighbours’ privacy into account could face tougher rules in future, a Home Office watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘UK intellectual property laws which came into force earlier this year might serve to diminish the rights designers have in unregistered designs, according to a judge at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in London.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘I’ve now come across two cases in which judges of the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber have imposed unwanted anonymity orders on parties without any application or notice. One case is reported here and the other can’t be reported because of, well, the anonymity order. In both cases there was media interest beforehand and the orders acts as a gagging orders, preventing the parties from discussing their case with the media, even though the cases and the identities of the appellants had already been reported. In one of the cases the appellant had a child and that provided the reason or pretext for imposing anonymity. In the other unreported case children are named in the determination but are entirely tangental to the case and could easily have not been named.’
Free Movement, 17th December 2014
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Expert will dispute lawyers have revealed that people hiding their dementia due to the stigma of mental illness is leading to a rise in the number of wills being disputed by friends and families and say that vulnerable people need more support to avoid being taken advantage of.’
Legal Futures, 16th December 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Laws which allow defendants to be convicted of murder in a ‘joint enterprise’ should be urgently reviewed, says select committee.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Government due to respond to call for non-religious marriages to be enforceable in law, ending need for second, civil ceremony.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A vulnerable baby died in Sunderland after being left in the care of her drug-addicted mother following multiple failures by social services, a review has found.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The five-year-long Al Sweady Inquiry is expected to say serious allegations were based on lies and speculation.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The introduction of EHC plans for some 16-25 year olds was one of the most important changes to SEN in the Children and Families Act 2014. Under the previous regime, a special educational needs statement could not provide for a young person to attend further education or higher education. Even if the child remained in a school setting post-16, the statement would lapse (if the local authority had not already ceased to maintain it) when the young person turned 19, although the local authority could choose to maintain it until the end of that academic year. Young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities who were moving into further education, training or higher education received instead a learning difficulties assessment. This assessment would result in a written report of their educational and training needs and the provision required to meet them (“the LDA”). Any challenge to an LDA was by way of judicial review (as, in contrast to the position for challenges to the contents of SEN statements, there was no statutory right of appeal to the tribunal). That is all changing, with the introduction of EHC plans, which can continue until the young person reaches the age of 25, which can include further education provision (but still not higher education) and which can be appealed to the tribunal. Whilst EHC plans were introduced on 1 September 2014, there is a fairly lengthy transition period and so LDAs will be with us for a little longer yet.’
Education Law Blog, 16th December 2014
Source: www.education11kbw.com
‘Sir James Munby seeks to head off collapse in adoption placements warning that children could be put at risk by new obsession with keeping them with relatives ‘at all costs’.’
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Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The widow of right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson is taking his fight to the European Court of Human Rights.’
BBC News, 16th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has been jailed for 13 years for sexually assaulting 24 boys – including one allegedly at Jimmy Savile’s house.’
The Independent, 16th December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The widow of Jimmy Mubenga, the Angolan man who died after being physically restrained on a deportation flight, said she was “shocked and disappointed” by the acquittal of three private security guards who were charged with his killing.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Commons Leader William Hague has said legislation affecting just England should only be passed “with the consent of the majority” of English MPs.’
BBC News, 16th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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