Leicester fire deaths: Eight people found guilty – BBC News
‘Seven men and a teenager have been convicted for their part in a revenge arson attack that killed four people.’
BBC News,
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
High Court grants relief despite “deliberate and non-trivial” breach – Litigation Futures
‘A High Court judge has granted relief from sanctions despite finding that the non-compliance was non-trivial and deliberate, and that there was some delay in lodging the application for relief – using instead powers to impose conditions on the order.’
Litigation Futures, 24th June 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
High Court: provision of reference containing details of uncompleted disciplinary action was “unfair” use of personal data – OUT-LAW.com
‘Whether it is “fair” to share an individual’s personal data for lawful public policy reasons requires a careful balancing of the interests of that individual and the interests of others, including the public interests, the High Court in England has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Woman who took selfies next to dead body cleared of murder – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of murdering a former teacher, but a woman who took selfies next to the corpse has been cleared.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sham marriages ‘double in four years’, Home Office figures show – Daily Telegraph
‘The number of suspected sham marriages being reported by registrars has doubled in four years, official Home Office figures show.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Two men guilty of murdering a mother and children in botched revenge attack – The Guardian
‘Two men have been found guilty of murdering a mother and her three children in a botched revenge attack.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sex abuse victim has post traumatic stress from court questioning – BBC News
‘A sex abuse victim says a cross-examination in court in Jersey was so aggressive she has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).’
BBC News, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fall in number of offenders barred from working with children – The Guardian
‘The number of people who have committed child sex offences and have been barred from working with children has fallen by nearly 10,000 over the past three years, according to freedom of information disclosures.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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English landlords will not need to re-comply with tenancy deposit requirements when tenancy ‘rolls over’ – OUT-LAW.com
‘English landlords that secured deposits from fixed-term tenants would not have to re-comply with the deposit protection rules if that tenancy later ‘rolls over’ to become a statutory periodic tenancy or if the landlord enters into a new tenancy with the same tenant for the same premises, the UK government has proposed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Peterborough ‘Facebook grooming’ sex attackers jailed – BBC News
‘Two sex attackers from Peterborough who targeted teenage girls via Facebook have been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court ruling shows the importance of a properly drafted dispute resolution clause, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘A clause which said that parties to a contract would “endeavour” to resolve any dispute through Swiss arbitration, failing which the English courts would have non-exclusive jurisdiction, was not a valid arbitration agreement within the meaning of the Arbitration Act, the English High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
They think it’s all over … – NearlyLegal
‘We covered the case of Beech v Birmingham CC in the High Court here. The appeal to the Court of Appeal was heard on 11/6/2014 and judgement was given on 17/6/2014.
I will not repeat the facts here except to say that the appeal was narrowed down to only two grounds of challenge: namely that the notice to quit was procured from the late Mrs Warren under undue influence from the housing officer, Mr Pumphrey, and that it had been given when no formal mental capacity assessment had been carried out, in breach of the Code of Practice issued under s.42(1)(a) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (the ‘public law defence’).’
NearlyLegal, 22nd June 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Thousands of mothers have multiple babies removed – BBC News
‘Thousands of mothers over the past seven years have had successive children removed by family courts in England, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Probation service in chaos as systems wipe offenders’ data – The Independent
‘Britain’s probation service is in chaos after a series of crippling computer failures over the past three weeks, with thousands of offenders’ case files lost, frozen or wiped.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Khat ban: Why is it being made illegal? – BBC News
‘The leafy plant khat, which acts as a stimulant when chewed, is about to become a banned class C drug in the UK. But how big a problem is it and why are ministers making it illegal?’
BBC News, 21st June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New taxi rules undermine safety, warn campaigners – The Independent
‘Ministers have been accused of undermining women’s safety by weakening the regulation of private-hire taxi drivers.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Plans to relax licensing laws lambasted by doctors and alcohol groups – The Guardian
‘Ministers are under fire because of plans to let the Women’s Institute, bed and breakfasts and charities start selling alcohol, which doctors and local councils warn could worsen Britain’s drink problem.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
North Somerset care home staff sentenced for ill-treating resident – BBC News
‘Three former care home workers who mistreated a resident with Alzheimer’s disease have been barred for life from working with vulnerable adults.’
BBC News, 20th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
