‘Police use of automatic facial recognition technology to search for people in crowds is lawful, the high court in Cardiff has ruled.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 20-month investigation by the Commission into electronic signatures has ruled they are a legally viable alternative to handwritten ones including on deeds from trust documents to powers of attorney, commercial deals, personal financial transactions and across Government.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Colin Poole, the former chief executive of Claims Direct and a struck-off solicitor, has won a High Court battle with shareholders over an alleged £21m debt.’
Legal Futrues, 4th September 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man with multiple convictions for violence including murdering his partner’s child has said the probation service should have done more to protect his victims.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Property analysis: A right to manage (RTM) company succeeded in its claim in the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) that the tenants of a block of flats which was part of a larger estate no longer had to pay an estate charge to the management company of the estate because the RTM company had already acquired the right to manage the estate as appurtenant property. The freeholder appealed to the Upper Tribunal and unsuccessfully sought to persuade it that the 2012 Court of Appeal Gala Unity decision on this point was wrong.’
Tanfield Chambers, 30th August 2019
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘Three campaigners who breached an injunction restricting protest at a shale gas site struck by what is believed to be the UK’s biggest fracking tremor have been given suspended prison sentences.’
Rights Info, 3rd September 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A key aim of the SEND (special educational needs and disability) reforms introduced in England five years ago – to make the system feel less adversarial for parents – has not been achieved in relation to children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), it has been claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Sir Cliff Richard has reached a final settlement after his legal action against the BBC, which will pay a reported £2m towards his legal costs.’
BBC News, 4th September 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A white supremacist who triggered a full-scale security alert after sending fake anthrax to the Queen with a threatening note saying “the clowns r coming 4 you” has been jailed for 12 and a half years.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A solicitor who resigned without notice was in breach of contract, an employment tribunal has ruled after finding that it was not a case of constructive dismissal.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Landlords are charging “pet rent” running into hundreds of pounds a year in an attempt to recoup losses from a ban on unfair letting fees enforced by the government this summer.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Scottish judge has rejected a bid to have Boris Johnson’s plan to shut down parliament ahead of Brexit declared illegal.’
BBC News, 4th September 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The probation service in the South East and East of England has been struggling with “high workloads and staff shortages”, inspectors have said.’
BBC News,4th September 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three anti-fracking activists have been given suspended prison sentences after breaking a ban on demonstrations which their lawyers argued “severely curtails the right to protest”.’
The Guaridan, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Government is proposing to abolish Assured Shorthold Tenancies in order to stop “no fault” evictions. In this article I summarise the proposals in the Consultation Paper on which views are sought. This article was published in the Estates Gazette on 5th August 2019.’
Tanfield Chambers, 20th August 2019
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘A student who triggered an armed police response when he brandished a fake gun on a university campus has been jailed for eight months.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It may be that there is no such thing as a date of 31 October 2019 for a no-deal UK withdrawal from the EU. On 9 April 2019, according to Le Monde, Michel Barnier, chief negotiator for the European Council in the withdrawal negotiations with the UK, said: ‘The EU will never take a decision on a ‘no deal’. That will be a choice for the British.’’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd September 2019
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘In this article, UKSC Blog editor, Emma Boffey, an associate at CMS based in Scotland, writes on the Scottish legal challenge to the proroguing of the UK Parliament: a case widely expected to head to the UK Supreme Court in the coming weeks.’
UKSC Blog, 2nd September 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
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