‘Government proposals aim to cut costs as ministers believe more people will develop serious health issues, pushing programme over budget.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform. The chairman of the Commons media committee, Damian Collins, said he had “grave doubts” about the effectiveness of its content moderation systems.’
BBC News, 7th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mental health trust is to be the first NHS provider to be prosecuted under legislation brought in after the Mid Staffs scandal.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Today, the Sentencing Council has published two new sentencing guidelines. One covers how courts should make a reduction in sentence for offenders who admit their guilt, and the other deals with the approach they should take when sentencing children and young people.’
Sentencing Council, 7th March 2017
‘A serviceman who urged people to join the military as “you get to kill” black people “without going to prison” has been jailed after a colleague refused to work with him.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In the year to September 2016, UK immigration authorities received almost 2 million applications for visit visas. Just over 15% of these applications were rejected.’
Free Movement, 6th March 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘After a wait of more than a year from the introduction of class actions in the UK, there were two class certification hearings before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in just over a month. Although in each case the CAT has yet to hand down its certification decision, the hearings have given some clear signals about how the CAT sees the regime.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th March 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The heir to the Greggs bakery chain has been convicted of a string of sex offences against boys.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Digital service providers (DSPs) will not be obliged to report certain data breaches they experience under new EU cybersecurity laws, according to new guidance issued by the EU’s main cybersecurity body.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Drugs were seized almost 30 times a day in prisons in England and Wales last year with the weight of the illegal substances confiscated reaching 225kg. The figures come from new government analysis documenting the epidemic of drugs being smuggled into the penal network.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) has said it is “deeply concerned” by a recent agreement entered into by Cafcass and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK’s newly released Digital Strategy builds on the wider Industrial Strategy Green Paper published in January. While it outlines a promising series of initiatives to support digital industries, it fails to offer much positive news for those faced with a post-Brexit hiring crisis.’
Technology Law Update, 2nd March 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Uber has failed in a High Court challenge to a requirement from Transport for London that the company’s drivers take English language tests, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government is facing another defeat in the Lords over student voter registration a day before crucial Brexit legislation returns to the upper chamber.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘We have banged the drum on Panopticon to almost Phil Collins-like levels on theme of the growing utility of the Data Protection Act to media lawyers, but it would be foolish to pretend it can always produce an answer from nowhere in a traditional journalism context. The judgment in ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2017] EWHC 328 (QB) reminds us of that.’
Panopticon, 6th March 2017
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘How to make sense of the Brexit vote and its aftermath? To where can we look if we are to learn more, and to learn more deeply, of the agonistic parts played by principle and pragmatism in human decision-making where self, sovereignty and economic well-being are concerned? In this short blog I will argue that King John – Shakespeare’s English history play with the earliest setting of all – casts the longest and, perhaps the strongest, light. The dramatic premise of the play is King John’s dispute with the King of France regarding the sovereignty of England. It is agreed that their dispute should be handed over to a plebiscite of the people, in this case, the citizens of Angiers who look down on the rival kings from the walls of their town. In this respect the play rehearses The EU referendum, in which the British public were raised to the castle walls and empowered to pass judgment on competitors for the sovereignty of their nation.’
OUP Blog, 6th February 2017
Source: www.blog.oup.com
‘Men are being awarded more generous divorce payouts with some also receiving ongoing payments from their ex-wives, lawyers say.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Courts in England and Wales have new powers to change the maximum cost liabilities that those challenging environmental decisions of public bodies’ through judicial review could be exposed to under new rules that are now in force.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
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