‘Speech by Lord Justice Irwin : Personal Injury Bar Association Annual Lecture.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16th November 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Family lawyers will be expected to come to court with their laptops and draft orders on the day as part of a policy drafted to reduce delays caused by growing workloads and dwindling staff resources. The court orders policy came into force at London’s Central Family Court last week.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th November 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Matthew Richardson, barrister at Coram chambers considers the fundamental problem with re-shaping our justice system around a huge increase in litigants in person, caused by the removal of legal aid provision from most cases.’
Family Law Week, 9th November 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Courts in England and Wales are suffering from decades of neglect and need an injection of hundreds of millions of pounds for repairs, the lord chief justice has told MPs.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A House of Lords committee that suspended a Liberal Democrat peer who it found had sexually harassed a women’s rights campaigner has defended its decision, after the upper house voted to block the punishment.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Criminals may be escaping conviction because of a lack of resources for forensic investigations, the Lord Chief Justice warned yesterday.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Kellogg’s, the maker of Coco Pops, has beaten a junk food advert ban after lobbying to overturn a decision by the UK’s advertising regulator, in a move that has outraged obesity campaigners.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The accounting watchdog has launched an investigation into Grant Thornton’s audits of Patisserie Valerie over the three years from 2015 to 2017, after financial irregularities were uncovered at the cafe chain earlier this year.’
The Independent, 21st November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A bus driver who was sacked for testing positive for cocaine has been awarded £40,000 after a tribunal ruled the drug could have got into his system when he licked his fingers after accepting notes from students.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Juries may need to be scrapped in rape trials because of the dominance of rape myths in society and “shockingly low” charging and conviction rates, the House of Commons will hear.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A wife, her lover and his daughter have been jailed for life over a plot to kill her terminally ill husband.’
BBC News, 20th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Royal Academy of Music teacher was wrongfully dismissed for referring to violinists as ‘gypos’, a tribunal ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has overturned a finding of the High Court of fraudulent misrepresentation against a postal equipment supplier, on the grounds that it was not ‘vicariously liable’ for the dishonesty of its agent.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is pushing for protection for staff from criminal sanctions for disclosing information relating to transgender solicitors and other law firm staff.’
Legal Futures, 20th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The supreme court has dismissed an attempt by the Brexit secretary to derail a European court hearing into whether article 50 – which triggered the UK’s departure from the EU – could be reversed.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two friends who took part in a £77m hack on the TalkTalk website have been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The “black cab rapist” John Worboys must stay in prison, the Parole Board has ruled.’
BBC News, 19th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with 1 Crown Office Row’s Alasdair Henderson about how the UK is tackling issues of human trafficking and modern slavery, both within its own borders and internationally.’
Law Pod UK, 19th November 2018
Source: audioboom.com
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