‘A mother and her teenage son have been found guilty of killing a 17-year-old boy in a machete attack in south London.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In the same week that Dominic Raab unveiled his proposals for a new Bill of Rights, Parliament’s intent when it enacted the existing human rights framework has also been the subject of scrutiny by the Supreme Court. In the matter of an application by Margaret McQuillan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) (Nos 1, 2 and 3) [2021] UKSC 55, the Court has provided guidance on three key matters: the extent to which the investigative duty under articles 2/3 of the European Convention of Human Rights is engaged in pre-commencement deaths (the ‘Temporal Scope Issue’); when new evidence revives the investigative obligation (the ‘Brecknell Issue’); and how courts assess the independence of investigations (the ‘Independence Issue’).’
UK Police Law Blog, 20th December 2021
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Henry Reynolds was warned his rear tyres were near the legal limit but continued to drive a further 7,000 miles on them.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An ex-police officer has won a legal challenge against a national policy for forces to record gender-critical views as non-crime “hate incidents”.’
BBC News, 20th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Bank of England has fined banking giant Standard Chartered £46.55 million for misreporting its liquidity position and controls failures.’
The Independent, 20th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This week, in response to the Independent Human Rights Act Review’s report, the Government published its proposals to reform the Human Rights Act (HRA) and a call for further submissions on its proposals. A comprehensive analysis of all of the Government’s proposals would not be possible in this short two-part post; that stated, whether they deserve such an in-depth response is questionable.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 19th December 2021
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘A student nurse from London was found guilty of causing the death of a 13-year-old girl after falling asleep at the wheel.’
The Independent, 19th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Hundreds of doctors around the country, along with representative organisations, have spoken out over the High Court finding a GP negligent for advice given to a mother before conception which led to the birth of a disabled child.’
Legal Futures, 20th December 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An artist found guilty of the murder of millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton and the attempted murder of his own mother will be sentenced on Monday.’
The Independent, 20th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lady Hallett, a former senior appeal court judge, has been appointed to chair the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Relatives of a woman left brain-damaged and paralysed after contracting Covid-19 have lost an appeal against a ruling that she should be allowed to die.’
BBC News, 15th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge told TV personality Katie Price she was lucky to avoid prison at her sentencing for a drink-driving crash.’
BBC News, 15th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 26 weeks after he was filmed beating his golden Labrador with a mallet in his backyard.’
The Independent, 15th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In Hugh Kennedy against (First) The Right Reverend Paul Bonnici, (Second) The Right Reverend James Warren Cuthbert Madden and (Third) Denis Alexander [2021] ScotCS CSOH 106, the pursuer brought an action for personal injury as a consequence of alleged sexual and physical abuse which, he averred, he had suffered while he was a boarder in the mid-1970s at Fort Augustus Boarding School. The school, which was run by a Benedictine community, had closed nearly 30 years ago, the trust associated with the community’s Abbey had been wound up some ten years ago and the then trustees may have been discharged. The trustees at the material time were all dead. The pursuer averred that, nevertheless, the then trustees had held indemnity insurance in respect of his claim and he sued the two surviving trustees for the purposes of meeting his claim from the trust estate comprised of the (presumed) right of indemnity under that insurance [1]. He claimed that the third defender, Denis Alexander, a monk and teacher at the school, had been his principal abuser and that he had also been abused by two lay teachers, both now dead [2]. In July 2021, Alexander had been convicted inter alia of lewd and libidinous conduct against the pursuer [4] and sentenced to four years and five months imprisonment.’
Law & Religion UK, 14th December 2021
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A man who murdered two women then used a hospital job to prey like a “vulture” on more than 100 dead women in a mortuary, whose bodies he sexually assaulted, has been told by a judge he will die in jail.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This time last year, the controversial United Kingdom Internal Market Bill was ping-ponging between the Commons and Lords. A key point of contention concerned the relationship between the ‘market access’ principles now enshrined in the Act – the mutual recognition and non-discrimination principles – and future exercises of devolved rule-making. Should post-Brexit internal regulatory divergence be legally disciplined by a strong version of the mutual recognition principle or insulated from such forces? As I explained in a contribution to this blog a year ago, a partial answer can be found in Sections 10(2) and 18(3) of the Act which allows the Secretary of State, by regulations, to amend Schedule 1 (goods) and Schedule 2 (services) to exclude the outcome of a ‘common framework agreement’ from the scope of application of the market access principles. The aim of this new post is to consider how this power is likely to work in light of a written ministerial statement made on 9 December 2021 setting out the mechanism for its implementation.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 15th December 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A jealous ex-boyfriend who left a junior doctor with devastating injuries after hurling sulphuric acid in her face has had his jail sentence increased.’
The Independent, 15th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning whether the Court of Appeal was wrong in its conclusion that Her Majesty’s Passport Office’s policy does not unjustifiably breach articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”).The policy in question holds that (i) an applicant for a passport must declare their gender/sex as being either male or female and (ii) a passport will only be issued bearing a male (“M”) or female (“F”) indicator in the gender/sex field on the face of the passport and will not be issued with an “unspecified” (“X”) gender marker.’
UKSC Blog, 15th December 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have demanded charges against those responsible for the disaster.’
BBC News, 15th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed this appeal concerned the operation of the European Union (“EU”) system for the inspection of meat products to ensure that proper health and safety standards are maintained. The facts of the case arose at a time when, pursuant to the Brexit transition arrangements, EU law was applicable. In 2019, the Supreme Court made a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) on this issue, and the CJEU has now delivered its judgment. The Supreme Court now determines this appeal based on that judgment.’
UKSC Blog, 8th December 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
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