‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised a London borough over repeated failures in relation to a boy with special educational needs, in a case where at one stage a council decision-making may have acted illegally when it withdrew support.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Royal Borough of Greenwich has agreed to pay a grandmother four years of backdated foster carer payments, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The LGO said the case should serve as a reminder to councils of their duties towards friends and family foster carers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Data Protection Bill (218-page / 852KB PDF) is primarily designed to complement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will have direct application in the UK from 25 May 2018, and implement another EU directive on the processing of personal data by law enforcement agencies.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In February 2017, there was something of a falling out between the police and the IPCC regarding post-incident procedures when police firearms are deployed. Reasonable arguments were made on all sides, robustly and publicly.’
UK Police Law Blog, 15th September 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Resolving the complexities of family life across international borders is notoriously complex. However, with Britain’s impending withdrawal from the EU casting an unexpected shadow over the certainty of established legislation, children and their families face an additional layer of difficulty as Britain attempts to untangle itself from existing EU regulations. To manage increasing anxiety, the Government has recently published its vision of the UK’s future partnership with the EU on this key issue entitled “Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework”. What does this tell us about how international children law disputes will be decided post-Brexit? Are we any clearer as to what impact this will have on the children caught up in these disputes?’
Family Law, 14th September 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Corran v Butters & Ors [2017] EWHC 2294 (Ch) (14 September 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The plight of James Ward shows the injustice of a bungled scheme. Seven years after its abolition 3,000 remain behind bars with no release date in sight.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Britain’s financial watchdog has refused to publish a leaked report into the scandal at Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial restructuring unit, despite demands for its release by an influential committee of MPs.’
The Independent, 15th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ordered the Home Office to bring an asylum seeker who was deported to Afghanistan back to the UK, saying the Government may have acted in contempt of court.’
The Independent, 14th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for a minimum of 31 years for the sexually motivated murder of a teenage student. Mark Buckley, 52, attacked 18-year-old Ellen Higginbottom, before taking her laptop and mobile phone and then leaving her for dead near a wheat field close to Orrell Water Park in Wigan, Greater Manchester.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The chairman of an inquiry into the deadly fire at Grenfell Tower has refused calls to allow a survivor of the disaster to be part of a team assessing evidence.’
The Independent, 14th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A computer hacker who admitted stealing hundreds of user accounts from a US military communications system has been given a suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 14th Spetember 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A football fan has been fined after admitting chanting homophobic abuse at rival supporters during a Premier League match.’
The Independent, 14th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The justice system must “catch up with the modern world”, the Attorney General has said, as he signalled that contempt of court laws could change to cope with the social media age.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This call for evidence is aimed at those most closely involved in the investigative and trial process to inform an assessment of whether the use of social media is having an adverse impact on the administration of justice in relation to the fairness of criminal trials, the right to anonymity and the integrity of judicial orders in criminal proceedings.’
Official Publications, 15th September 2017
‘G4S faces an investigation over allegations it has been overcharging the Home Office to run a scandal-hit immigration detention centre where migrants have been abused and humiliated.’
The Independent, 15th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman has been handed a four-month suspended jail sentence after admitting stalking actor Eddie Redmayne.’
BBC News, 14th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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