‘The divorce rate for opposite sex couples in England and Wales has plunged to its lowest level for almost half a century – partly due to problems in processing applications.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A vegan poster campaign has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for claiming that eating meat is worse for greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transport.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Bereaved Hillsborough families have criticised the Crown Prosecution Service and called for a review of how it conducted the case against David Duckenfield, the former South Yorkshire police chief superintendent acquitted on Thursday of manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The local authority was applying for a secure accommodation order in respect of B (aged 15). B and her parents opposed this, mainly because the proposed placement was some distance away.’
Transparency Project, 29th November 2019
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A veteran solicitor who failed to complete several probate matters promptly – with one taking 15 years – has been fined by a tribunal.’
Legal Futures, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A father who shook his baby son to death has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.’
BBC News, 29th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who shot dead his heavily pregnant ex-wife with a crossbow in a “brutal and evil attack” has been jailed.’
BBC News, 29th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two women who killed their partners will appeal their convictions this month, in the first cases of their kind to be heard since Sally Challen successfully challenged her murder conviction on the grounds of having suffered years of domestic abuse.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Camden Council has submitted claims to the High Court to recover costs from the contractor PFIC (Partners for Improvement in Camden) and its principal subcontractors, who previously had responsibility for refurbishment and maintenance of the Chalcots Estate, under a private finance initiative agreement.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘UK drone pilots must register their details with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) by the end of 29 November or face a fine of £1,000.’
BBC News, 29th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On a spring afternoon in 1989, a crush developed at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans attending the club’s FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.’
BBC News, 29th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into allegations that the security services were complicit in the torture and abduction of terror suspects after 9/11 is to be subjected to a full scale legal challenge.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has delivered another significant Judgment arising from the handling of the VWF litigation against British Coal.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 20th November 2019
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘The ECHR was incorporated into UK domestic law through the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), which came into effect in October 2000 and has been hailed as a “constitutional statute” enjoying limited protection from implied repeal which this status brings (see Thoburn v Sunderland City Council). It has been further referred to as a “higher order” provision under which the long established doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty has yielded its station to the constitutional morality of the rule of law. It is arguable that the HRA has provided substantial positive protections to citizens as judgments finding violation against the UK have decreased in trend from 6.8% of Strasbourg judgments in 2001 to 0.2% in 2017.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 28th November 2019
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Removing a child from the care of their birth parents is a drastic measure that can be very traumatic, perhaps even more so when the child is a new-born baby. This was acknowledged by Munby J (as he then was) in Re K [2008] EWHC 540 (Fam) where he held that “it was a very drastic thing indeed to interfere with a young mother’s contact with her new-born baby and his contact with her, particularly at a time when ‘threshold’ (s 31 (2) of the 1989 Children Act) is yet to be established.”’
Pallant Chambers, 26th November 2019
Source: www.pallantchambers.co.uk
‘More than 100 Extinction Rebellion protesters have had charges against them dropped after the ban forbidding protest in London last month was ruled unlawful.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Judgment in Wickes Building Supplies Ltd v William Gerarde Blair [2019] EWCA CIV 1934 focused on the procedure to be followed if a claimant seeks to rely on evidence served out of time when following the stage 3 procedure.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 21st November 2019
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘For even the most dyed in the wool Conservative voter, Conservative Central Headquarters’ decision to rename their twitter account as factcheckUK during Monday night’s leadership debates would have appeared unedifying. This conduct, which has the clear potential to mislead the public, goes beyond party lines and drifts into tactics that no one would properly describe as fair or opaque. Indeed, it is tactic one would expect to be utilised by one of the worlds autocratic regimes rather than by a major party in a democracy like the United Kingdom.’
Church Court Chambers, November 2019
Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has rejected four allegations of multiple rule breaches against a solicitor because they were so badly drafted.’
Legal Futures, 28th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who killed his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter because she was crying has been jailed for life for her murder.’
BBC News, 27th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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