13/06/2022 – Current Awareness

‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a Monetary Penalty Notice of £7,552,800 to Clearview AI Inc for breaches of the UK GDPR. Ibrahim Hasan looks at the background to the case.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th June 2022

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

COVID-19 and return-to-work refusers – Local Government Lawyer

Posted June 13th, 2022 in appeals, children, coronavirus, employment, employment tribunals, families, health & safety, news, unfair dismissal by tracey

‘Adele Shortman analyses the first significant COVID dismissal case to be heard in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 10th June 2022

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Law firm fails in summary judgment bid over negligence claim – Legal Futures

Posted June 13th, 2022 in barristers, compensation, employment tribunals, law firms, negligence, news, striking out, summary judgments by tracey

‘A law firm being sued for more than £2m over a failure to advise properly has failed in its bid for summary judgment over several of the allegations made against it.’

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Legal Futures, 13th June 2022

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Priti Patel outlaws dangerous tunnelling protests – Home Office”

Posted June 13th, 2022 in bills, demonstrations, government departments, news, public order by tracey

‘Dangerous tunnelling by protesters will be banned under a new law announced by the Home Secretary today (Tuesday 7 June), as the government acts to end the serious disruption and risk to life this guerrilla protest tactic poses.’

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Home Office, 7th June 2022

Source: www.gov.uk

Organised criminal gang jailed for impersonating police officers to defraud victims of over £400,000 – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted June 13th, 2022 in Crown Prosecution Service, elderly, fraud, gangs, imprisonment, news, police, sentencing, victims by tracey

‘An organised criminal gang who pretended to be police officers and preyed on elderly victims in a fraud involving more than £400,000 were jailed today (10 June 2022).’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 10th June 2022

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Speech by the Master of the Rolls: CiARB Roebuck lecture – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted June 13th, 2022 in computer programs, internet, judges, news, speeches by tracey

‘The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, gave the CiARB Roebuck lecture on Wednesday (8 June 2022). He set out how an integrated digital justice system can be created using common ‘data standards’ governed by the Online Procedure Rule Committee. The lecture explains how this common and consistent approach.’

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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary , 10th June 2022

Source: www.judiciary.uk

Law Commission sets out options to Government for reforming how companies are convicted of criminal offences – Law Commission

Posted June 13th, 2022 in company directors, company law, criminal justice, Law Commission, news by tracey

‘The Law Commission has today published its options for the Government for how it can improve the law to ensure that corporations are effectively held to account for committing serious crimes.’

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Law Commission, 10th June 2022

Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk

Judge to deliver ruling on future of boy in life-support treatment fight – The Independent

Posted June 13th, 2022 in accidents, children, doctors, families, hospitals, medical treatment, news by tracey

‘A judge is preparing to deliver a ruling on the future of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a High Court life-support treatment dispute after suffering brain damage.’

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The Independent, 13th June 2022

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Questions over use of ‘psychological experts’ in parental alienation cases – The Guardian

Posted June 13th, 2022 in care orders, children, expert witnesses, families, family courts, mental health, news, parental rights by tracey

‘Mothers are having their children taken away by court-appointed “psychological experts” who are unregulated and do not have the necessary qualifications, the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK has warned.’

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The Guardian, 12th June 2022

Source: www.theguardian.com

Research Briefing: Leasehold high-rise flats: Who pays for fire safety work? – House of Commons Library

Posted June 13th, 2022 in bills, building law, construction industry, fire, health & safety, housing, leases, news, parliament by tracey

‘This briefing considers debate about responsibility for paying for fire safety works on blocks of flats in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. It covers provisions in the Building Safety Act 2022.’

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House of Commons Library, 9th June 2022

Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk

Barristers to be balloted on possible walkouts in row over legal aid rates – The Guardian

Posted June 13th, 2022 in barristers, budgets, criminal justice, Crown Court, fees, industrial action, Law Society, legal aid, Ministry of Justice, news, solicitors, statistics by tracey

‘Barristers are to be balloted this weekend on escalating industrial action over legal aid rates as figures reveal the number of crown court cases adjourned because of a shortage of lawyers has increased nearly fivefold over the decade.’

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The Guardian, 11th June 2022

Source: www.theguardian.com

Gymnastics abuse: Eloise Jotischky becomes first to win a civil case against British Gymnastics – BBC News

Posted June 13th, 2022 in children, compensation, harassment, news, sex discrimination, sport, women by tracey

‘A former elite acrobatic gymnast has become the first to win a civil case against British Gymnastics for the abuse she experienced in the sport.’

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BBC News, 12th June 2022

Source: www.bbc.co.uk