‘A Magistrates’ Court has ruled that neither the Licensing Act 2003 nor the Licensing Act (Hearings) Regulations 2005 require hearings to be held in a physical “place”, in a case that challenged the London Borough of Lewisham’s use of a remote hearing procedure to revoke a premises’ license.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Climate-related issues may be “valid considerations” for law firms in deciding whether to act for potential clients, the Law Society has said.’
Legal Futures, 19th April 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
An inquest will be held to examine wider issues around how a man murdered a mother and three children after being given a suspended prison sentence.
BBC News, 17th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who threw lit fireworks at police officers during a “shameful” protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers has been sentenced to three years’ detention.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former Grenfell resident has failed in a judicial review challenge against rehousing decisions made by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the years following the 2017 fire.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Encrypted messaging services have jointly called for changes to parts of the UK Online Safety Bill (OSB).’
BBC News, 18th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Litigators should know how much any case is going to cost before they even begin the process of budgeting, Sir Colin Birss, the deputy head of civil justice, has argued.’
Legal Futures, 18th April 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man accused of murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky 18 years ago may not stand trial until 2024.’
BBC News, 17th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will next week (27 April) hear a high-profile case over the responsibility of local authorities for the aftercare of a service-user who had been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The police watchdog has begun an inquiry into the death of man who fell from a balcony at a residential block in south-east London after being Tasered by Met Police officers.’
BBC News, 17th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More machetes and zombie knives could be banned in England and Wales with criminals who buy or sell them facing up to two years in jail under Government plans.’
The Independent, 18th April 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Energy suppliers have agreed to a ban on forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of customers over 85 and will make representatives wear body cameras as part of a new code of conduct, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 17th April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government’s rhetoric surrounding its plans to prevent asylum seekers crossing the Channel suggest their implementation will be simple. Yet Matilde Rosina and Oula Kadhum identify several important challenges that will have to be overcome first and assess the broader impact and human cost of pushing forward unworkable proposals for the sake of scoring political points at home.’
EIN Blog, 17th April 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Gateshead.’
BBC News, 17th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has expressed her “dismay” that there was no pre-trial review in a case that was discontinued on day four of a trial that had been listed several months earlier.’
Legal Futures, 18th April 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A few yards from the Tate Modern lies the Neo-Bankside block. It contains glass fronted flats constructed not long before the gallery’s viewing platform (known as the Blatvanik Building) opened. The trial took place in 2019, shortly before coronavirus struck in 2020 ([2019] EWHC 246) and took an inordinately long time to get to the Supreme Court.’
Exchange Chambers, 23rd March 2023
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
‘The current Justice Secretary Dominic Raab thinks so. The recent, tragic murders of Sabina Nessa and Zara Aleena have prompted Mr Raab to consider new legislation which will see those convicted of serious offences compelled to attend court and face the families of those they have harmed. Both convicted murderers Jordan McSweeney and Koci Selamaj refused to attend their sentencing hearings which meant the families of Sabina and Zara were unable to put their Victim Personal Statements to them. Mr Raab says he wants to “make sure courts have the power to compel someone who’s been convicted of a serious crime to come and face the sentence… is the very least the victims deserve… and is a basic principle of British justice”[1] but what are the implications of this proposal?’
Pump Court Chambers, 9th March 2023
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
‘On 28 June 2022, section 78 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (‘the PCSCA’) came into force. Following a recommendation by the Law Commission, the new statutory offence of intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance codified and abolished the old offence of common law public nuisance.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 15th March 2023
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘In this case the Court of Appeal held that the exceptional factor relating to the overcrowding conditions of the adult male prisons can properly be taken into account by a sentencing judge, particularly for short term prison sentences.’
Drystone Chambers, 5th March 2023
Source: www.drystone.com
‘Last week [8 March], the Supreme Court handed down its decision in VIP Communications (In Liquidation) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 10, upholding the Secretary of States’ appeal. The Supreme Court has confirmed that the Secretary of State can rely on section 5 of the Communications Act 2003 to direct Ofcom, on national security grounds, not to make regulations exempting commercial multi-user GSM gateways (COMUGs) from licensing.’
Devereux Chambers, 8th March 2023
Source: www.devereuxchambers.co.uk
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