“Jacqui Thomas, barrister of 37 Park Square Chambers, Leeds, considers the implications of the recent Tower Hamlets judgment for the cost of kinship care.”
Family Law Week, 17th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“The Government has set out plans to ‘streamline’ the employment tribunal system, which will include a new power to ‘strike out’ claims with little chance of success before they proceed to a full hearing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th March 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A woman has described her shock after being found guilty of a public order offence for telling David Cameron he had ‘blood on his hands’.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lawyer-backed service that supports divorcing couples during mediation, charging fixed fees to halve the cost, is being billed as a possible lifeline for family legal aid lawyers after 1 April.”
Legal Futures, 18th March 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The recent case of Birmingham CC v Beech contains a wealth of legal issues but sadly for the Defendant, none of them was decided in her favour. Mrs Beech’s parents had been joint tenants of a 3 bedroom property at 31 Tilshead Close, Birmingham since 1967. Mrs B’s father passed away in 1994 and her mother succeeded to the tenancy. Mrs B moved in to the property with her new partner in 2007 in order to provide care for her mother. Between 2008 and 2009, five offers of accommodation were made to Mrs B and these were refused for a variety of reasons. Mrs B’s request for her name to be added to the tenancy for Tilshead Close was also refused.”
NearlyLegal, 17th March 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Prison inmates are offering to take points for motorists caught speeding as part of a thriving scam, the Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Supreme Court could use secret evidence in a ruling for the first time in a landmark case this week despite previously banning such material from civil courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fiddling figures from NHS hospitals will become a criminal offence, Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is to announce.”
the Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Michael Gove’s flagship education project has been dealt an embarrassing blow after inspectors demanded that three of the new wave of ‘free schools’ must improve their teaching, leadership and pupil performance. In the first official verdict on the Education Secretary’s free schools programme, Ofsted inspectors have ruled that three of the first nine institutions to be examined are “not good” schools.”
The Independent, 17th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“What is it like if your brother or son is convicted of murder when you are convinced they are innocent? We meet three women who have fought for years to prove their loved ones’ innocence.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wide range of public bodies are using private detectives to do their surveillance work, with many using security firms to dodge legal restrictions, a campaign group says.”
BBC News, 17th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A tax loophole which allows firms to dodge around £100 million a year in National Insurance will be closed in the Budget, it was announced.”
The Independent, 16th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The inquest into the death in prison of a man convicted of stealing a gingerbread man during the riots in 2011 opens in London on Monday. James Best, 37, had a history of mental illness and physical problems, which his foster family say were not addressed by the prison.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police face having to rethink their whole strategy for public demonstrations after judges ruled today that the surveillance they placed a peaceful protester under was unlawful.”
The Independent, 14th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“UK’s most senior female judge says withdrawing from Strasbourg human rights court would require Britain to exit EU.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paralysed road accident victim has won the right to continue the right-to-die campaign started by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, who died last year.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs have raised serious concerns about the rising use of force to restrain young offenders in detention last year.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former head of Haringey Council children’s services has returned to court over her sacking following the death of Baby P.”
BBC News, 13th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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