‘A Planning Court judge has dismissed a judicial review challenge against the London Borough of Tower Hamlets’ grant of planning permission for redevelopment of part of the site of a former brewery.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘It is not new – although it is eyecatching – to report that Shamima Begum, then 15, was helped to travel to Syria and join Islamic State by a Canadian agent. Mohammed al-Rashed was picked up by the Turkish authorities in March 2015, and said at the time he was an informant for Canadian intelligence, and had helped Begum travel from Istanbul airport to the Syrian border a few days earlier.’
The Guardian, 31st August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The jury in the trial of former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on any of the charges.’
BBC News, 31st August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has given the go-ahead for a judicial review challenge over West Berkshire Council’s decision to grant planning permission for the development of a new sports hub in Newbury.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan police have been accused of “insensitivity” over their announcement that they have settled compensation claims with relatives of some of the victims murdered by the serial killer Stephen Port.’
The Guardian, 30th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
“Almost half of all cases concerning civil injunction breaches brought to court by social housing providers and councils since the first lockdown have resulted in a prison sentence, according to a report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.”
Local Government Lawyer, 30th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Unilever’s advert for one of its laundry detergents, Persil, has been banned for being misleading about its environmental benefits.’
BBC News, 31st August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘People held in Immigration Removal Centres (IRC) have long been entitled to 30 minutes of free immigration legal advice but this does not extend to people held under the immigration act in prisons.’
Each Other, 30th August 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The UK government’s plan to cut millions of hours of raw sewage discharges by water companies each year is facing a judicial review on the grounds that it is unlawful.’
The Guardian, 31st August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The father of a 15-year-old girl, who has been waiting two years for her rape trial, has told the BBC about the devastating impact of court delays.’
BBC News, 31st August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘UK businesses have been warned to expect a crackdown on furlough fraud by one legal expert, after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) revealed that almost 14,000 whistleblowers had come forward with information about misuse of the scheme.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th August 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Lawyers have reacted with scepticism at the suggestion that Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab wants to “extend” higher rights of audience to more criminal defence solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 25th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a two-year-old who died in a gas explosion in Lancashire.’
BBC News, 24th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police watchdog will take no further action against Metropolitan police officers in the case of the student nurse Owami Davies, whose family have said they are “forever grateful” that she was found alive.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who admitted throttling a woman he met on a dating site has become one of the first people in the country to be jailed under a new law.’
‘A consultation has been launched which could determine whether public sexual harassment could become a criminal offence in the UK.’
Each Other, 23rd August 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘Immigration judges often need to conduct a balancing exercise to assess where to strike the balance between an individual’s Article 8 right to respect for private and family life and the public interest in maintaining effective immigration control by removing a foreign national to their country of origin.’
EIN Blog, 23rd August 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A 31-year-old man murdered an 18-year-old woman to silence her after she rejected his sexual advances and left her partially naked body in a town millpond, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
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