“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
‘A man has been jailed for at least 21 years after admitting the murder of a teenager who had refused his advances.’
BBC News, 23rd August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This decision, handed down by Swift J in the High Court, concerns the requirements for fairness in local authority age assessments for asylum seekers and the correct approach to be adopted.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd August 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A burglar who broke into a house and repeatedly raped a mother and her teenager daughter in an “horrific” attack has been handed a life sentence.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New measures outlined by the government will ban private landlords from issuing “no fault” evictions. The latest government statistics show that the number of tenants evicted by their landlords has more than tripled since this time last year. The homeless charity, Crisis has said “no fault” evictions where landlords do not have to establish a fault on the part of the person renting their property, have risen by 52% in the last three months.’
Each Other, 22nd August 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘Ex-chief constable Sir Peter Fahy told Sky News the “main issue” was a court backlog caused by Covid-19, and this had led to a higher reoffending risk.’
BBC News, 23rd August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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