Nottinghamshire Police detained child without food or water – BBC News
‘A 16-year-old girl was held in police custody for almost two days without food or water, a report has found.’
BBC News, 11th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Parliamentary conference to discuss alternatives to UK’s failing drug laws – The Guardian
‘A high-profile parliamentary conference is to be held next month to discuss alternatives to Britain’s failing drug laws and influence the international debate on drugs.’
The Guardian, 10th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
EU law targets foreign rogue drivers to curb offences – BBC News
‘Drivers who commit traffic offences in another EU country will be pursued for fines at home, under a new EU draft law expected to be passed on Wednesday.’
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BBC News, 10th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council wins appeal in lead case on bedroom tax and shared residence of child – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Upper Tribunal has upheld a local authority’s appeal in the lead case on the application of the “bedroom tax” to the shared residence of a child.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th February 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Shrewsbury ‘lost baby ashes’ probe finds 60 cases – BBC News
‘At least 60 families have been affected by a crematorium’s failure to return the ashes of dead babies to bereaved parents, an inquiry has found.’
BBC News, 9th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The President, Mr Justice Holmes and the Life of the Law – Family Law Week
‘Following Sir James Munby’s judgment in B and G (Children) (No 2), David Bedingfield, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, considers the continuing relevance of the American jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes.’
Family Law Week, 30th January 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Michael and others (Appellants) v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 28th January 2015
Sustainable Shetland (Appellant) v The Scottish Ministers and another (Respondents) (Scotland) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 9th February 2015
Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: reference by the Counsel General for Wales – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 9th February 2015
UK prisoner voting rights breached, European judges rule – BBC News
‘The rights of more than 1,000 UK prisoners were breached when they were prevented from voting in elections, European judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 10th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court finds inspector was entitled to reject council’s claim for section 106 administration fee – OUT-LAW.com
‘The High Court has dismissed a council’s challenge to a planning inspector’s decision not to allow it to impose a standardised fee for administering and monitoring planning obligations under a section 106 agreement.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
RAF man jailed for shooting comrade in ‘party trick’ gone wrong – Daily Telegraph
‘SAC Liam Gadsby had previously boasted to colleagues that he could pull the trigger on a loaded pistol without a bullet being fired.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Internet ASBOs for hate crimes: what are the challenges? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘In the struggle against internet trolls, cyber bullying and the general way in which the advent of the internet has caused problems for the criminal law, over the weekend the latest idea to combat the evils of the internet appeared: Internet ASBOs.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 9th February 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexhange.co.uk
High Court grants SRA power to destroy millions of documents held after interventions – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has backed an application by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to destroy millions of documents seized from firms it has intervened in and had to store since, at significant cost to the profession.’
Legal Futures, 10th February 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Imprisonment ‘turns young offenders into sex criminals’ – The Independent
‘Plans for Europe’s largest juvenile prison were criticised last night after a new report claimed that jailing children increased the chances of them becoming sex offenders in adulthood.’
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The Independent, 10th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Vet Oliver Lown jailed over bestiality images – BBC News
‘A former vet who was struck off after being filmed having sex with a horse and a dog has been jailed for possessing images of bestiality.’
BBC News, 9th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New guidance aimed at distinguishing digital advertising from editorial content – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses should ensure that ‘native advertising’ developed on their behalf has prominent “visible visual cues” that allow consumers to immediately identify it as marketing material, under new industry guidance.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Lord Justice Lewison and the Return of English – NearlyLegal
‘I recently found myself reading and writing about the Court of Appeal judgement in Edwards v Kurasamy (our report here). Doing so made me think about the recent spate of judgements given by Lewison LJ that have touched on the private rental sector. I am thinking here of Spencer v Taylor (which we analysed here), Charalambous v Ng, and now Edwards v Kumarasamy. (our report). All of these are cases that touch primarily on the Private Rented Sector and all of them feature leading judgements by Lewison LJ. These are not of course the only big PRS cases to come from the CoA recently so I am not suggesting that Lewison LJ is the only CoA judge dealing with the PRS (see McDonald v McDonald for example) but he does seem to be getting a healthy majority right now.’
NearlyLegal, 9th February 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Court of Appeal upholds exclusion from UK of anti Muslim speakers at English Defence League rally – Free Movement
‘The case of R (On the Application Of Geller & Anor) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 45 was an application to the Court of Appeal against a refusal by the Upper Tribunal to grant permission for judicial review by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, the founders ‘Stop Islamization of America’, referred to by the Secretary of State as an anti-Muslim hate group. This contributor was previously unaware of Geller and Spencer’s work, but after 5 minutes on YouTube was in rare agreement with the Secretary of State. They had planned to visit the UK in the aftermath of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, to address a rally planned by the English Defence League in Greenwich on Saturday 29 June 2013, armed forces day.’
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Free Movement, 10th February 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
