Paedophile doctor Myles Bradbury’s appeal ‘contemptible’ – BBC News
‘A paedophile doctor’s appeal against his sentence is “utterly contemptible”, the mother of one victim has said.’
BBC News, 19th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Intelligence agencies can hack computers without breaking UK laws – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK government changed the law to enable intelligence agencies to engage in computer hacking without being said to be in breach of the Computer Misuse Act, privacy campaigners have claimed. The government has said the powers were already in existence and that the reforms merely serve to clarify the legal position.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th May 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Man jailed for West Bromwich body in wheelie bin murder – BBC News
‘A man convicted of bludgeoning to death a Romanian woman whose body was found in a wheelie bin has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 19th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Civil procedure: costs recoverability – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A discrete but significant issue on costs recently came before the Court of Appeal in R (on the application of HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport [2015] EWCA Civ 203.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th May 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Garry Newlove killer’s sentence reduction bid rejected – BBC News
‘A man who kicked to death a father-of-three outside his Warrington home in 2007 has lost a bid to have his sentence reduced.’
BBC News, 19th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council defeats second judicial review challenge to nursery education decision – Local Government Lawyer
‘Two mothers have lost a High Court challenge to a council’s decision to stop providing full time nursery education free of charge for three-year-old children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th May 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Police officer found guilty of assaulting student at tuition fees protest – The Guardian
‘A police officer who knocked out part of a student’s front tooth with his riot shield during a demonstration against tuition fees faces jail after being convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Female kickboxer knocks out sex attacker who pounces as she walks home – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge says Mark Willis ‘bit off more than he could chew’ when he targeted young woman as she walked home through Cheltenham.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Letting public authorities lose: The dangers of repealing the Human Rights Act – UK Human Rights Blog
‘With the post-election dust barely settled, the Human Rights Act is firmly in the Conservatives’ sights. Caught in the crosshairs is section 2 HRA, which requires UK courts to take into account, but not necessarily follow, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.’
Full story
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th May 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
A home without a household – Nearly Legal
‘In MR v North Tyneside Council and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Housing and council tax benefits : other) [2015] UKUT 34 (AAC) [Our report], we saw the Upper Tribunal accept the DWP argument on the position of ‘shared care’ families for bedroom tax purposes. In short, the child’s only ‘home’ was with the person receiving child benefit. It may yet turn out to be significant that that decision was not the result of an argued hearing, only the DWP turning up.’
Nearly Legal, 19th May 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Family reunited after housing battle led to homelessness and separation – The Guardian
‘Titina Nzolameso on her successful fight to be rehoused after the benefits cap left her homeless and her children being taken into care, and the impact this could have on similar cases.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Too many are dying without dignity, health ombudsman warns – Daily Telegraph
‘The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report found ‘tragic’ cases of patients spending their last days in ‘unnecessary pain’.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Staffordshire doctor’s ‘sexual touching’ was misconduct – BBC News
‘A doctor who inappropriately touched two midwives while on duty has been found guilty of misconduct.’
BBC News, 19th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mandatory orders in immigration judicial review applications – Free Movement
‘The issue of when the Upper Tribunal might make a mandatory order requiring the Home Office to act in a specific way was considered in the case of R (on the application of Sultana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (mandatory order – basic principles) IJR [2015] UKUT 226 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 20th May 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Air steward jailed for five years over smuggling fake passports in underwear – The Guardian
‘An airline steward who tried to smuggle fake passports by hiding them in a pair of specially adapted underpants has been jailed for five years.’
Full story
The Guardian, 19th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Theresa May pledges £15m to keep mentally ill people out of police cells – The Guardian
‘The home secretary, Theresa May, is to pledge up to £15m of new funding to provide health-based alternatives for the 4,000 people a year who spend time in detention in police cells under the Mental Health Act.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
HRA Watch: Reform, Repeal, Replace? Mark Elliott: Could the Devolved Nations Block Repeal of the Human Rights Act and the Enactment of a New Bill of Rights? – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘In my last post on the proposed repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the enactment of a British Bill of Rights, I considered the extent to which the House of Lords might thwart the Government’s plans. My conclusion was that the Lords might plausibly assert itself so as to delay the legislation, traditional understandings of the Salisbury Convention notwithstanding, but that the Parliament Act 1911 clearly deprives the Lords of any absolute veto. What, however, of the devolved nations? Could they block the implementation of the UK Government’s proposals?’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th May 2015
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Police force fined £160k after losing DVDs of interview with abuse victim – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £160,000 monetary penalty on a police force after it lost DVDs of an interview which formed part of the evidence in a sexual abuse case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th May 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Stepping Hill hospital: how Victorino Chua’s poisonings were uncovered – The Guardian
‘The nurse convicted of murdering patients was caught after a night of curious incidents, but his motive remains a mystery.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
