UK Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer to be released – BBC News
‘The last British resident being held in Guantanamo Bay is to be returned to the UK, the government has said.’
BBC News, 25th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Pumpkin cyanide blackmailer Michael Young jailed – BBC News
‘A lorry driver who attempted to blackmail a Lincolnshire pumpkin farmer by telling him he had poisoned his crops has been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenager killed himself hours after Wonga cleared out his account – The Guardian
‘A disabled teenager killed himself on the same day that the payday loans company Wonga cleared out his bank account, it has been revealed.’
Full story
The Guardian, 25th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
London Zoo love triangle: Meerkat keeper glassed rival over llama handler – Daily Telegraph
‘The love triangle between three colleagues came to a head at the Christmas party when a vicious fight broke out.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Schoolgirls need protection from forced marriage, Ofsted warned – The Guardian
‘The founder of a charity that offers helplines and refuge to women escaping from forced marriages has called on Ofsted inspectors to focus on the issue when visiting schools where girls may be at risk.’
The Guardian, 26th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Key ruling on charging for property search information out in early October – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Justice of the European Union will in the next fortnight hand down a crucial ruling on local authorities’ ability to charge for access to property search information, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
NUS begins legal action to prevent government scrapping maintenance grants – The Guardian
‘The National Union of Students has begun legal action to prevent the government scrapping maintenance grants.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
IPCC reform: the challenges – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Keen observers of UK policing issues will be forgiven for having missed one of the biggest stories of the year so far: the planned complete overhaul of the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), including the introduction of a national police ombudsman supported by regional ombudsmen.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Solicitor who forged client’s signature on witness statement struck off – Legal Futures
‘A solicitor who forged his client’s signature on a witness statement has been struck off, even though the client himself expressed surprise that disciplinary action had been taken.’
Legal Futures, 24th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Sexual harassment and universities’ legal obligations – the government’s new taskforce – Education Law Blog
‘Many of you will have heard about the government’s recent decision to set up a taskforce to tackle violence against women on campus. (See the government press release here.) This move is timeous or long overdue (depending on your viewpoint) in the light of the accumulating momentum of campaigns by various individuals and organisations to highlight the high incidence of sexual violence/harassment on campus.’
Education Law Blog, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Woman who grew cannabis to help dying husband gets community order – The Guardian
‘A woman who grew cannabis worth £34,000 to extract hemp oil to act as a painkiller for her dying husband has been sentenced to an 18-month community order after a judge accepted she was not embroiled in a commercial enterprise.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge awards parents £20k over accommodation of children in foster care – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judge has ordered a London council to pay £20,000 in damages for breaching the claimant parents’ human rights when it unlawfully continued to keep their eight children in foster care.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Police officer cleared of repeatedly raping woman with whom he was having affair – The Guardian
‘A married police officer who embarked on an affair with a teenager has been cleared of repeatedly raping her.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Joint enterprise law criminalises young, black men. It urgently needs reform – The Guardian
‘The supreme court is next month to consider radically reforming the law of joint enterprise, after claims that it drags innocent people into the criminal justice system and excessively punishes those on the periphery of violent crime.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
EVENT: Conway Hall Ethical Society – Are Human Rights Universal? – Ethics & Politics Discussion
‘Many have argued that when the West talks about human rights then it is their concept of human rights they want to make universal. In addition, when the Prime Minister talks about human rights he wants a British Human Rights Bill, thus suggesting that there is a British dimension to human rights. So how universal is it?’
Date: 28th September 2015, 7.00-9.00pm
Location: Conway Hall
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Cold call blocking firm fined £75k for ‘aggressive’ nuisance calls – Daily Telegraph
‘Cold Call Elimination Ltd telephones people to try to sell blocking service and device to stop nuisance calls – the same type of calls it was making itself’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Should national security ever trump the right to a fair trial? – The Guardian
‘A ruling on whether ‘secret’ evidence from convicted murderer Wang Yam can be heard at the European court of human rights has far wider significance.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
