Rapist Luiz Da Silva Neto jailed for spiking men and sex attacks – BBC News
‘A “monster” who spiked two men with a drug before raping one and sexually assaulting the other has been jailed for 22 years.’
BBC News, 7th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Tech platforms face UK ban on blocking news providers before appeal – The Guardian
‘Tech platforms will be barred from taking down news content in the UK until an appeal has been heard against the decision, ministers have said.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
New Judgment: Basfar v Wong [2022] UKSC 20 – UKSC Blog
‘The Appellant (a national of the Philippines) is a migrant domestic worker who worked in the household of the Respondent, a diplomat representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the United Kingdom. Ms Wong claims to be a victim of human trafficking who was forced to work for Mr Basfar and his family in circumstances of modern slavery after they brought her with them to the UK in August 2016.’
UKSC Blog, 6th July 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
Stefan Theil: Henry VIII on steroids – executive overreach in the Bill of Rights Bill – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Constitutional bombshells do not come along very often, most change is incremental and piecemeal – or at least that was the conventional wisdom that prevailed on the UK constitution for many decades. More recently, it appears that scarcely a month passes without suggestions, discussions, proposals, or enactments of far-reaching constitutional reforms – whether through government consultations, changes to the ministerial code, the political and legal constitution and devolution, or bills specifically introduced into Parliament to break international law.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 6th July 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Professionals working with child in deprivation of liberty cases need to have clear and comprehensive understanding of operational procedures of other agencies, says High Court judge – Local Government Lawyer
‘A Family Division judge has strongly criticised the lack of therapeutic care within a restrictive environment for young people who need this.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Colonel Gaddafi aide cannot challenge PC Yvonne Fletcher ruling – BBC News
‘A former aide to ex-Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has lost a bid to challenge a judge’s conclusion he was jointly responsible for the killing of police officer Yvonne Fletcher in 1984.’
BBC News, 6th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Breaxit: Cereals, food standards and child obesity – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Kellogg’s – one of the main players in the breakfast market – relies on agreements with retailers to place its products in parts of stores (e.g. near the checkout, in a queuing area, at the end of an aisle) which maximise sales and to promote its products on the retailers’ websites.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th July 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Grandmother secures fresh hearing after Court of Appeal finds process that led to placement order deficient – Local Government Lawyer
‘An appeal from the Family Court at Liverpool must be allowed even though it would leave a boy aged two in a foster placement where he has already spent all his life, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court criticises SDT for “sweeping anonymity orders” – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has criticised the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for taking it upon itself to issue “sweeping anonymity orders” in respect of all the third parties in a case about a solicitor’s social media posts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Maya Forstater was discriminated against over gender-critical beliefs, tribunal rules – The Guardian
‘A researcher who lost her job at a thinktank after tweeting that transgender women could not change their biological sex has won her claim that she was unfairly discriminated against because of her gender-critical beliefs.’
The Guardian, 6th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Government Looks To Re-Criminalise Rough Sleeping In Levelling Up Bill – Each Other
‘The government has proposed replacing previously repealed legislation that makes begging and rough sleeping a criminal offence. The move comes after parliament scrapped the Vagrancy Act, a 200-year-old law that criminalised sleeping rough and begging in England and Wales. The Act was repealed through an amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (PCSCA) in April.’
Each Other, 7th July 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
Online Safety Bill: first indications of Ofcom’s regulatory approach – Panopticon
‘Ofcom has today published its “roadmap to regulation” if and when the Online Safety Bill becomes law, together with a “call for evidence” for the first phase of online safety regulation. Both are premised on the current version of the Online Safety Bill, which is acknowledged to be subject to alteration as the legislation goes through the Parliamentary process.’
Panopticon, 6th July 2022
Source: panopticonblog.com
Danny Humble: Teenagers guilty over Cramlington killing – BBC News
‘A teenager has been found guilty of murder and four others of manslaughter after they killed a man in a 15-second attack.’
BBC News, 5th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The UK Intellectual Property Office’s Consultation on Computer-Generated Works – City Law Forum
‘The UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 contains an odd section concerning ‘computer-generated works’. Section 9(2) of the Act states that when a work has no ‘human author’ and is generated by a computer, the work ought to be protected by copyright for 50 years, with the copyright owned by the person who made the necessary ‘arrangements’ for the work’s generation.’
City Law Forum, 29th June 2022
Source: blogs.city.ac.uk
Anurag Deb and Nicholas Kilford: The UK Internal Market Act: Devolution Minimalism and the Competence Smoke Screen – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The UK’s territorial constitution is, at present, under a great deal of pressure. Those familiar with one force unsettling the devolution framework — the attempts to override the Northern Ireland Protocol — will no doubt recall the legislation that first countenanced a similar approach: the UK Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA). This piece of legislation is, however, once again causing its own stir, this time in the form of a clash between Scottish and UK ministers over gene-editing regulations.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 4th July 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Major change to taxi and private hire vehicle accessibility legislation comes into force – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Act 2022 – described as “the most significant change to taxi accessibility legislation since the Equality Act was introduced 12 years ago” – has come into force.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Dea-John Reid killing: I got no justice at trial, says mother – BBC News
‘The mother of a black teenager fatally stabbed by a white boy says if the roles were reversed her son “would have gone down for murder”.’
BBC News, 6th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Millions in UK do not know the meaning of coercive control – The Independent
‘Millions in the UK have no understanding of the meaning of coercive control despite the fact the offence is illegal, according to a new study.’
The Independent, 5th July 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Men’s dog walk ban after hare coursing conviction – BBC News
‘Two men have been banned from taking a dog for a walk anywhere in England and Wales after being convicted of hare coursing.’
BBC News, 6th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
