‘Landlords in England will be responsible for spotting illegal tenants ‘from September’ after a trial in the West Midlands results in fines.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A court has suspended the UK’s fast-track asylum appeals system after a legal challenge by a charity that says it is “structurally unfair”.’
The Independent, 26th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who slit the throats of two children has been given a two-year supervision order.’
BBC News, 26th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Accusations that Greville Janner, the former Labour MP, sexually abused a number of children are to be tested in court after an independent lawyer ruled the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was wrong not to bring charges.’
The Independent, 28th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A mental health nurse at Broadmoor hospital who sold stories about patients has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 27th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Cases heard at Britain’s most secretive court will remain largely closed to public scrutiny after the Government decided not to change the law which obliges the media to apply in advance if they would like to attend.’
The Independent, 26th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sir Thomas Winsor, the official police watchdog, says senior officers share the blame for failures to properly investigate paedophile abuse, opening door to legal action.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government intends to put strict limits on the “excessive fees” some lawyers claim in medical negligence cases against the NHS in England.’
BBC News, 28th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The legality of a bid by the commercial arm of the Ministry of Justice to provide services for Saudi Arabia’s prisons is to be challenged in the high court.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Whilst the recent case of STOCKER v STOCKER [2015] EWHC 1634 (QB) is a libel case, the guidance on cost budgeting is relevant to all civil proceedings. Mr Justice Warby, who adjudicated on costs budget in Mr Yeo MP’s libel claim (Yeo v Times Newspapers 2015 EWHC 209)) has given some further guidance of general interest on proportionality, costs of budgeting, experts, trial preparation and costs of the trial in Stocker v Stocker. By the way, he reduced the Defendant’s estimated costs by 40%, from £330,000 to £197,000, not a good outcome for Mrs Stocker and her legal team.’
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Zenith PI Blog, 26th June 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A High Court judge has declared unlawful a London council’s policy of suspending an unintentionally homeless person’s right to bid for social housing for 12 months.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th June 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Three men have been found guilty of historical sexual offences against children carried out in the Wrexham area during the 1980s.’
BBC News, 25th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) came fully into force on the 1 January 2005. There is thus now over a decade’s worth of law in relation to it. Yet, discussions of FOIA have remained marginal to administrative law. It tends to be only touched on in administrative law textbooks and any substantive treatment of the topic is in specialist texts. One only needs to look at this blog to see it isn’t seen as a major topic of debate among public lawyers (although note Judith Bannister’s recent post).’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 24th June 2015
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The way numerical ranges used to limit the scope of a patent claim should be interpreted has been clarified by the Court of Appeal in London.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Today, I am delighted to launch a major new RightsInsfo infographic, the 50 Human Rights Cases That Transformed Britain. For the full experience, make sure you access it on a desktop computer.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th June 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Twenty-nine serving and former police officers have been put on notice as part of an investigation into Essex Police’s handling of child abuse cases.’
BBC News, 25th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Government report on the future of the BBC is set to recommend that the BBC Trust be abolished and its powers handed to Ofcom, it has been reported.’
The Independent, 26th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘UK legislation relating to neighbourhood planning allows for policies allocating sites for development to be included in neighbourhood development plans (NDPs), the Court of Appeal has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Two men have been jailed for at least 28 years for murdering a Wrexham man with a crossbow.’
BBC News, 25th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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