‘Last month the equalities minister, Liz Truss, announced that some reforms to the Gender Recognition Act would go ahead but one key aspect – allowing trans people to self-identify without a medical diagnosis – would not be adopted. The issue has divided ‘gender critical’ feminists from those who are more trans-inclusive. Is there a route to reconciliation?’
The Guardian, 9th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Stephen Whittle has been at the heart of trans activism for half a century. He discusses the legal and political progress that has been made over the past few decades while the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent Libby Brooks examines why there was a backlash over the 2015 Gender Recognition Act, which proposed a further expansion of trans rights.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The trial of two former police officers and a police solicitor accused of altering police statements after the Hillsborough disaster has been delayed.’
BBC News, 8th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This is the second instalment of our collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation, who are acting for acting for local residents in the Forest of Dean on a translocation of pine martens from Scotland. We discuss bats, other protected species and relative success of the introduction of beavers to the British Isles.’
Law Pod UK, 5th October 2020
Source: audioboom.com
‘Former football coach and serial paedophile Barry Bennell has been jailed for an additional four years as he was sentenced over sexual abuse for a fifth and most likely final time.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who decapitated his mother before putting her head in a freezer has been jailed.’
BBC News, 8th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five police officers are under disciplinary investigation after they stopped and handcuffed the British athlete Bianca Williams and her partner, the police watchdog has announced.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Law Society has set out six fundamental principles of judicial review that it says the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL) “must protect”, arguing that judicial review is “a pillar of democracy and a vital check on power”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has strongly attacked the claimants in what he described as a “forensic arms race” over a complex claim by 202,000 Brazilian people and businesses following the collapse of a dam in 2015.’
Litigation Futures, 7th October 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Lord chancellor Robert Buckland has revealed that the government is to commission an independent review of the Human Rights Act.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th October 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Y (Leave to Oppose Adoption), Re [2020] EWCA Civ 1287 [2020] EWCA Civ 1287 (07 October 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Herbasz v The Regional Court In Gdansk, Poland [2020] EWHC 2643 (Admin) (07 October 2020)
McGaw v The Welsh Ministers [2020] EWHC 2588 (Admin) (07 October 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Financial Reporting Council Ltd v Frasers Group Plc [2020] EWHC 2656 (Ch) (08 October 2020)
Kirby & Ors v Baker & Metson Ltd [2020] EWHC 2640 (Ch) (07 October 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bromford Housing Association Ltd v Nightingale [2020] EWHC 2648 (QB) (07 October 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Two prisoners have been found guilty of trying to kill a prison officer in a terror attack inside a maximum-security jail.’
The Independent, 7th October 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Women with darker skin are more than twice as likely to be told their photos fail UK passport rules when they submit them online than lighter-skinned men, according to a BBC investigation.’
BBC News, 8th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lord Neuberger condemns internal market bill for exempting some of its powers from legal challenge.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it selected an IT contract for coronavirus testing at its Lighthouse labs.’
BBC News, 8th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Brent Council has won a High Court dispute over the ownership of a community centre site and secured an injunction restraining the defendants from making any applications to register a restriction against the property.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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