‘The government is publishing a draft Mental Health Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny, to modernise the Mental Health Act (MHA) for the 21st century. While the draft Bill has been welcomed by many, there must be more detail and direction on how the new legislation will be implemented at ground level.’
Each Other, 6th December 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The time between issue and trial for fast- and multi-track claims has now exceeded 75 weeks, the longest this century, according to the latest government figures.’
Legal Futures, 6th December 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On 10 November 2022 the UN Human Rights Council conducted its fourth Universal Periodic Review of the UK’s compliance with international human rights standards. The Council’s report was adopted just six days later and contained no fewer than 302 recommendations from other States on how the UK could improve its human rights record. That figure is up from 227 in 2017. For early accounts of the review meeting see the pieces by Marcial Boo and Robert Booth.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 5th December 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Black Londoners are still three times more likely to be stopped and searched than white Londoners, latest figures from the London mayor’s office show.’
BBC News, 5th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police unlawfully spied on children as young as 10 taking part in a climate strike protest in London, documents have shown.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The online safety bill, the government’s flagship internet regulation, returns to parliament on Monday, after a five-month delay prompted by Conservative party factional warfare threatened to kill it off.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Children who grow up amid domestic abuse will be treated as victims and given specialist support even if they were not present during violent attacks.’
The Independent, 5th December 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who had been injected with morphine in a nightclub waited five months for test results after reporting the attack to the police.’
BBC News, 5th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Law Society yesterday reacted with fury to the government’s failure to deliver the 15% increase in criminal legal aid fees that its own report said was needed as a bare minimum.’
Legal Futures, 1st December 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has granted Great Yarmouth Borough Council an interim injunction restricting around 60 hotels in the resort town from accommodating asylum seekers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan police has settled a complaint by black brothers who were stopped, searched and handcuffed outside their family home.’
The Guardian, 1st December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Immigration practitioners today will be worryingly frustrated, alongside their clients, with the ever-increasing delays for average visa processing times made in-country or out-country by the Home Office.’
EIN Blog, 30th November 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A teenager who murdered a man he wrongly believed had arranged to meet a young girl has been detained.’
BBC News, 30th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Dominic Raab has been accused of presiding over a “foolish and unrealistic” prisons policy after his department was forced to request the emergency use of 400 police cells for inmates for the first time in 14 years.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘All those who work in law firms, not just lawyers, are liable to sanction by both their employer and the SRA for acts of misconduct…’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 29th November 2022
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘The fact that fewer than 10% of claimants use the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal without legal representation does not mean the system has failed to deliver, the government said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 30th November 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Court of Appeal judges today unanimously dismissed an appeal against the landmark decision this year to allow about three million now deceased people to continue to be part of a mammoth group action against Mastercard. The ruling concludes a six-year struggle to get the collective proceedings certified in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th November 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Only a few short months on from the passing of the Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Act 2022 and legislation is once again before Westminster to amend the Northern Ireland Act 1998 – as everyone knew that it would be. One of the key innovations in the 2022 Act, belatedly giving effect to a proposal in the New Decade, New Approach Agreement of January 2020, was that during its 24-week post-election period Northern Ireland Executive ministers would continue to hold office and take decisions within their remit. This period prevented what Lord Bingham referred to in Robinson as a “persisting vacuum in the conduct of devolved government” (para 15). Its extended duration under the 2022 legislation was intended to provide a sufficient window after an election for a new power sharing administration to be formed, but to keep a count-down to new elections in place to focus Northern Ireland’s major parties towards that end. This arrangement, however, has proven no more effective as an impetus than the terms that it replaced.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 29th November 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Campaigners have called for an immediate ban on pre-payment meter (PPM) installations made under court warrants because of fears that energy suppliers are using them to disconnect the poorest, most indebted customers “by the back door”.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
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