Payday loan complaints reach five year high – BBC News
‘Complaints against payday lenders have soared to a five year high, the industry watchdog has said.’
BBC News, 15th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Number of British paedophiles may be far higher than thought – The Guardian
‘The number of Britons with a sexual interest in children may be seven times higher than previously thought, the head of the National Crime Agency has said.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Article 9 ECHR & promotion of religious views by employees: Kuteh – Law & Religion UK
‘ In Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 818, the Claimant was a nursing sister employed by the Trust. She was a “committed Christian”; and in March and April 2016, staff in her department told her superiors that patients had been complaining that when they were being assessed by Mrs Kuteh she had been raising matters of religion and faith with them. One patient complained that she had been asked “what she thought Easter was about”, another that he had been asked what he thought being a Christian meant and a third, about to undergo major surgery for bowel cancer, that she had told him that if he prayed to God he would have a better chance of survival. In the end, she was dismissed: she lost her claim in the Employment Tribunal and, in an unreported judgment, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the grounds for an appeal to it were unarguable and dismissed her appeal from the ET’s decision[1]. [For the detailed background, see Mrs S Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (England and Wales: Unfair Dismissal) [2017] UKET 2302764/2016.]’
Law & Religion UK, 14th May 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Appeal throws out Post Office bid to replace judge – Law Society’s Gazette
‘In a scathing 17-page judgment, the Court of Appeal has thrown out an attempt by the Post Office to appeal a judge’s refusal to recuse himself from group litigation on the grounds of bias. Ruling in Post Office Limited v Alan Bates & Ors, the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Coulson said that the recusal application ‘never had any substance and was rightly rejected by the judge’.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th May 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Family President to issue guidance to courts on secure accommodation placements and statutory regime – Local Government Lawyer
‘The President of the Family Division has said he will issue practice guidance to the courts before the end of July so that more can be done to bring secure accommodation placements within the statutory regulatory scheme.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th May 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Omar Ashfaq jailed for leaving ‘violent footage’ in shoes at mosques – BBC News
‘A man who left USB sticks containing terrorist propaganda inside shoes at six mosques in England has been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
First county lines drug dealing gang jailed using modern slavery laws – Daily Telegraph
‘Three drug dealers have become the first gang to be jailed under modern slavery laws for using children to traffic crack cocaine and heroin in so-called county lines operations.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court hears judicial review challenge over proposed closure of day care centre – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court in Leeds is this week (13-14) hearing a judicial review challenge to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s decision to close a day care centre for adults with learning disabilities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th May 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Phone and broadband firms to be forced to tell customers if they could be on cheaper deals under new Ofcom rules – Daily Telegraph
‘Broadband, TV, mobile and home phone companies will have to tell customers when their contract is coming to an end and show them the best deals available under new rules unveiled by Ofcom.
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Military prosecutions: ‘Unfair’ investigations to be barred – BBC News
‘British troops and veterans will be given stronger legal protections against prosecution, Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt will announce.’
BBC News, 15th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council makes a mess of Portage – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The biblical Esau rashly sold his birthright for ‘a mess of pottage’ (a bowl of lentil stew). But in a rather different context, Worcestershire Council could be said to have made a mess of Portage. For Portage (named after a US town in Wisconsin where the concept originally developed) is a pre-school educational support service (from birth to five-years-old) provided through regular home visits from a trained home visitor. However, on 22 August 2016 the council (through councillor Bayliss, cabinet member with responsibility for children and families) decided to close the Portage scheme from 1 October 2018. This prompted judicial review proceedings in R (RD and others) v Worcestershire County Council [2019] EWHC 449 (Admin), judgment in which was given by Nicklin J on 28 February 2019.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th May 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal judgment gives guidance on meaning of ‘practical completion’ – OUT-LAW
‘A Court of Appeal ruling clarifies the meaning of “practical completion”, a common source of dispute between construction contractors and employers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th May 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
Councils to have statutory duty to deliver support in secure accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse – Local Government Lawyer
‘Councils are to be legally required for the first time to deliver support in secure accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse, the Government has announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th May 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Ep 78: Paying artists in the age of the internet – Andrew Lewis – Law Pod UK
‘Rosalind English discusses the new copyright proposals with music lawyer Andrew Lewis.’
Law Pod UK, 13th May 2019
Source: audioboom.com
Tech firms to give secret evidence at child sexual abuse inquiry – The Guardian
‘Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Google are to give secret evidence to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) as it examines the growing problem of online exploitation.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Licensed conveyancers set for practising fees cut – Legal Futures
‘The body that regulates licensed conveyancers is looking at steep reductions in the cost of practising, arguing that “good regulation does not have to come with an onerous price tag”.’
Legal Futures, 14th May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
NHS threatening millions with fines for validly claiming free prescriptions, investigation finds – Daily Telegraph
‘The NHS is harassing millions of vulnerable patients by threatening them with fines for validly claiming free prescriptions and dental treatment, an investigation has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
London ‘boy-snatch robbery’ moped gang jailed – BBC News
‘Members of a moped gang who threatened to hurt a woman’s three-year-old son in a “shocking” attempted robbery have been jailed.’
BBC News, 13th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
