‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a racist comment made by one employee to another did not give rise to employer liability under the Equality Act 2010.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th July 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A group of people smugglers who hid migrants in lorries have today been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2025
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Leveson’s report makes a variety of recommendations, which relate to a range of matters, from case management and audio-recording of magistrates’ court proceedings to how much credit defendants should get for pleading guilty. As with most reviews of this kind, many of the recommendations are overdue and compelling. However, those that directly affect trial by jury are contentious.’
UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, 18th July 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Court of Appeal has refused to quash the Judicial Appointments Commission’s decision not to promote a district judge to the circuit bench – but said the JAC should have been more open about who might be asked for references and criticised it for giving “confused and misleading feedback”.’
Law Society Gazette, 17th July 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor served an urgent notification on HMP Pentonville in Islington, north London, after an inspection discovered many inmates had been kept there after they should have been freed because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”.’
BBC News, 18th July 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The court of appeal has quashed the convictions of two men who were framed by a corrupt and racist detective in the 1970s.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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