‘The press regulator has ruled the Times “distorted” its coverage of a five-year-old Christian girl who was placed with Muslim foster carers.’
BBC News, 25th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An unmarried mother from Northern Ireland who is fighting for access to a widowed parent’s allowance is to have her case heard by the Supreme Court.’
BBC News, 25th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When a rape trial ends in acquittal, what do the anonymous women who made the claims do next?’
The Guardian, 25th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former receptionist of a Milton Keynes hospital trust has become the latest NHS employee to be prosecuted for accessing patient records without authorisation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man has been released from prison after becoming the first person since 2016 to have a joint enterprise murder conviction quashed.’
BBC News, 24th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘If there is one thing everyone using FOIA is used to, it is the idea that the personal data (names, contact details) of ‘junior civil servants’ will be redacted out of the disclosed information, applying the section 40(2) personal data exemption. Unless there is a good reason not to. But what if everyone is wrong? Is redacting junior civil servants just a personal data shibboleth?’
Panopticon, 23rd April 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Small and medium-sized law firms will get free help and advice from some of the biggest firms in the country on how to become more inclusive employers under a pilot scheme launched this month by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 24th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In NT1 and NT2 v Google LLC, Mr Justice Warby considered whether Google should be required to ‘de-list’ links in its search results to articles about the spent historic convictions of two businessmen under what is commonly called the ‘right to be forgotten’. He held it was in the case of one claimant, but not the other.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th April 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Nottingham City Council has lost a Court of Appeal battle over whether several hundred of its employees were entitled to incremental pay increases with effect from April 2011.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A litigant in person (LiP) is not to be given “special treatment” as the rules in the part of the law his case concerns are neither hard to find nor “particularly difficult to understand”, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 24th April 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘NHS England faces a legal challenge to its plans to overhaul how the health service operates, which critics say are unlawful and could lead to patients being denied treatment.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police and security services are to get more powers and resources to stop terror attacks at an earlier stage, according to the Sunday Times.’
BBC News, 22nd April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 1,000 students have signed up to a lawsuit seeking compensation for lost teaching hours during recent strike action by university staff, which could cost universities millions of pounds.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Parents are being investigated for possible child abuse because of the misinterpretation of guidelines on bruising in babies, it’s claimed.’
BBC News, 24th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Couples should be able to divorce online in a “one stop shop”, the President of the Supreme Court has said as she argues that blame should be take out of the process as it is “unjust” and “discriminatory”.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A national day of commemoration for murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence will take place on 22 April every year, the prime minister has said.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘General Data Protection Regulation holds that anyone in Europe can ask any company for the data it has on them.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018
The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2018
The Export (Penalty) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) Order 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Moorthy v Revenue And Customs [2018] EWCA Civ 847 (20 April 2018)
Hickey v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2018] EWCA Civ 851 (20 April 2018)
Green v Southern Pacific Mortgage Ltd & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 854 (20 April 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
SC & Ors v Secretary of State for Work And Pensions & Ors[2018] EWHC 864 (Admin) (20 April 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Old Mutual Plc, Re [2018] EWHC 873 (Ch) (20 April 2018)
Nutt & Anor v Nutt [2018] EWHC 851 (Ch) (19 April 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Joseph v LEBC Group Ltd [2018] EWHC 876 (Comm) (20 April 2018)
Akcine Bendrove Bankas Snoras v Antonov & Ors [2018] EWHC 887 (Comm) (20 April 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Farah v Abdullahi & Ors [2018] EWHC 738 (QB) (20 April 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘In Case No. EA/2017/0057, Hartlepool Borough Council v The Information Commissioner, the FTT was concerned with whether under FoIA Section 43(2) disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of any party and if so whether the public interest in maintaining that exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The FTT upheld the Commissioner’s Decision that the disputed information must be disclosed. The Borough Council’s Appeal was dismissed.’
Local Government Law, 18th April 2018
Source: local-government-law.11kbw.com
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