Woman jailed for ‘Twitter terrorism’ – The Guardian
‘A young woman who admitted being a “Twitter terrorist” on a massive scale has been jailed for three and a half years.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Author: sally
Daniel Pelka death: Doctor ‘fit to practise’, panel rules – BBC News
‘A GP who did not act adequately over concerns raised about starved schoolboy Daniel Pelka remains fit to practise, a disciplinary panel has ruled.’
BBC News, 11th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
IPCC will not investigate Orgreave police action during miners’ strike – The Guardian
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission will not mount a formal investigation into allegations of criminal wrongdoing by police even though it has found evidence to suggest that police officers assaulted miners at the mass picket of the Orgreave coking plant during the 1984-85 miners’ strike, then perverted the course of justice and committed perjury in the failed prosecutions which followed.’
The Guardian, 12th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor’s wife loses £3.2m home after ‘on-the-cheap divorce went wrong’ – Daily Telegraph
‘An attempt to settle a divorce cheaply backfired leaving Norma Wilson having to live a one-bed council flat.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Legal aid fees to be cut by 8.75%, confirms Ministry of Justice – The Guardian
‘Legal aid fees for criminal solicitors will be cut by 8.75% and the number of contracts for attending police stations and magistrates court reduced by two-thirds, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gynaecologist Rob Jones: Hundreds of women in legal claim – BBC News
‘Two hundred women treated by a disgraced surgeon have joined a group taking legal action against the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.’
BBC News, 10th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Short Cuts: Sadakat Kadri – London Review of Books
‘The removal of citizenship has been used as a penalty for disloyalty only rarely in Britain. A handful of spies with dual nationality were denaturalised during the Cold War, but the last case in the 20th century was in 1973. Change came slowly even after 9/11: only five people were stripped of British citizenship by Labour home secretaries, and the emblematic bogeyman of the era, the hook-handed Abu Hamza, repeatedly dodged moves to annul the Britishness he had gained through marriage. He didn’t manage to elude extradition to the United States, where he has now been jailed for life, but for what it’s worth, he remains notionally a British subject.’
London Review of Books, 18th June 2015
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
Belgravia Auto Valet advert is banned by the ASA for being ‘sexist’ and ‘demeaning to women’ – The Independent
‘An online advert for a London car wash which showed young bikini-clad women pouring soapy water over themselves has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) – after receiving just one complaint.’
The Independent, 10th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Naked Rambler makes history with nude court appearance – The Guardian
‘The man known as the Naked Rambler has made legal history by appearing before leading judges in the nude.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Miscarriages of justice will result from fresh cuts to legal aid budget, say solicitors – The Independent
‘Miscarriages of justice will result from fresh cuts to the legal aid budget announced on 10 June, solicitors are warning.’
The Independent, 10th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Boy wins £120,000 damages for narcolepsy caused by swine flu vaccine – The Guardian
‘A 12-year-old boy has been awarded £120,000 by a court that agreed he had been left severely disabled by narcolepsy triggered by the swine flu vaccine, following a three-year battle in which the government had claimed that his illness was not serious enough to merit payment.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Forced marriage jail first as Cardiff man sentenced – BBC News
‘A 34-year-old Cardiff man has become the first person in the UK to be prosecuted under forced marriage laws introduced a year ago.’
BBC News, 10th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Yarl’s Wood holding vulnerable women for too long, say monitors – The Guardian
‘Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre is holding vulnerable women for too long in conditions that are causing them serious distress and are not suitable for those with mental health problems, according to a damning independent report.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Upper Tribunal: Ocean Finance VAT arrangements could stand as not ‘wholly artificial’ – OUT-LAW.com
‘HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) should not look beyond the contractual arrangements that govern a company’s structure when establishing liability for VAT unless those arrangements do not reflect “economic and commercial reality”, a tribunal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Surge in number of prisoners killing themselves in solitary confinement revealed by report – The Independent
‘The number of prisoners who take their own lives in solitary confinement has reached a nine-year high with the death toll including a man who hanged himself after officers refused to give him a book, a report has disclosed today.’
The Independent, 9th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
MPs to debate assisted dying legislation – The Guardian
‘Private member’s bill to adopt Lord Falconer’s draft regulations that would allow terminally ill people the right to die subject to checks by doctors and a judge.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Animal charities in legal victory against family of elderly donor to get £350k house she ‘left to carer nephew’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Chiltern Dog Rescue and Redwings Horse Sanctuary win appeal against ruling that man who cared for elderly aunt before she died entitled to home.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother and son missing after custody ruling in Bristol – The Guardian
‘Judge takes exceptional step of lifting reporting restrictions to help find Rebecca and Ethan Minnock and reunite three-year-old with his father.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kyle Farrell murder: Farieissia Martin jailed for life – BBC News
‘A mother-of-two who fatally stabbed her ex-partner in a row at her Liverpool house has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 9th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stress-testing Schedule 3: cross-border placements and the Court of Protection
‘In Re PA, PB and PC [2015] EWCOP 38, Baker J has conducted a detailed analysis of the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection to recognise and enforce foreign protective measures under Schedule 3 to the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005. That Schedule represents the implementation in English law of obligations contained within the 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults (the Convention) (which the United Kingdom has ratified in respect of Scotland, but not England).’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 9th June 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawechange.co.uk
