‘Applications for time extensions to take a particular step in litigation are not applications for relief from sanctions provided they are made within the permitted period, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 29th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Alexandra Goldrein, a solicitor with Irwin Mitchell, considers a recent Court of Appeal judgment concerning non-disclosure and the award of spousal maintenance to a wife pending the husband’s grant of a Jewish divorce.’
Family Law week, 28th August 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The government could be held liable for a gambling addict’s suicide after a coroner ruled that his inquest could consider whether the state failed in its duty to protect him.’
The Guardian , 28th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who abused children over the internet for paying customers has been jailed for 12 years and four months.’
BBC News, 28th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘”Government neglect” has “directly contributed” to the rise in violence and drugs at HMP Pentonville, the prison’s watchdog said. The Pentonville Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) called for funds for improvements “as a matter of urgency”.’
BBC News, 28th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Drink drive deaths have hit the highest rate in nearly a decade, as campaigners urge police to put more officers in cars to catch offenders.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Falling convictions are putting people at risk of “serial rapists” because attackers are not being deterred, the Victims’ Commissioner has warned. Dame Vera Baird expressed concern as official figures showed that reports of rape are on the increase but the number of charges being brought against attackers has fallen.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman slept on a mattress in her living room for more than 10 years because her council house was too small for her and five children.
The Local Government Ombudsman ordered the council to pay her compensation. The council apologised and said it would pay her £24,000 to reflect the “avoidable distress” she and her family suffered.’
BBC News, 29th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders has been jailed for 10 weeks for refusing to provide a roadside breath test.’
BBC News, 28th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Birds of prey were shot, poisoned, trapped or illegally killed in 87 confirmed incidents in 2018 that led to just one successful conviction, according to the RSPB’s annual Birdcrime report.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A care worker who left a severely disabled woman to starve to death in her home has been convicted of gross negligence manslaughter.’
The Independent, 28th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Human rights campaigners have threatened the Home Office with legal action over its appointment of Lord Carlile as the independent reviewer of its anti-radicalisation programme Prevent.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Six men have been found guilty of a string of sex offences relating to the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago.’
BBC News, 28th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller has as filed an urgent application for a legal challenge to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “cynical and cowardly” plan to prorogue parliament.’
The Independent, 29th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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