‘Two years ago, human rights campaigners Koldo Casla and Peter Roderick first discussed creating a bill enshrining social and economic rights in the UK. With a draft version now out for consultation, their vision is creeping closer to reality. Ella Braidwood finds out more.’
Rights Info, 25th April 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Owners of a business that falsely claimed it could supervise immigration law firms and made millions of pounds as a result, along with a director of one of those franchises, have been convicted at the Old Bailey.’
Legal Futures, 26th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Four ticket resellers have won a case in the First-Tier Tribunal, which ruled that North Yorkshire County Council took action out of time.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An 18-year-old woman who murdered an admirer by stabbing him in a “fit of anger” in his car has been jailed.’
BBC News, 25th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Barnet has defeated an appeal over whether a woman found to be intentionally homeless but who continued to be housed under the Children Act 1989 had security of tenure.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Gambling firms will be expected to carry alcohol-style health warnings on the risks of products from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) to online bets on sports matches to combat addiction.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A poacher who made videos of his whippet killing wild foxes has been jailed for 18 weeks.’
BBC News, 25th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office is facing over 300 court of appeal legal challenges from foreign students who believe they were wrongly accused of cheating in English tests, and dozens more cases are pending in immigration tribunals.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The courts have made clear they will be prepared to apply fixed costs to cases which have long since breached the £25,000 limit. Two judgments that have emerged over the past week show examples of judges considering fixed recoverable costs where the personal injury claims had exited the pre-action protocol.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th April 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court in Liverpool has refused to transfer one of the biggest claims ever filed in this country to the Rolls Building in London.’
Litigation Futures, 24th April 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Slough Borough Council misinterpreted government guidance and so an order providing for the abolition of two parish councils in its area must be quashed, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Robert Jones and Joseph Marsden, who work within the insurance and reinsurance group at CMS, comment on the decision handed down in the matter of Wells v Devani [2019] UKSC 4.’
UKSC Blog, 24th April 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A solicitor has been suspended from practice after being convicted of allowing a small cannabis farm to grow in her house.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Since its formal introduction in the Maastricht Treaty, EU citizenship has laid claim to a constitutional status. The Union Treaties – long described by the Court of Justice as the EU’s constitutional texts – explicitly confer the status of Union citizenship on all nationals of the Member States. The asserted significance of this was subsequently confirmed in the seminal Grzelczyk judgment, in which the Court famously declared that EU citizenship was ‘destined to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States’.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 24th April 2019
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The cultures of some law firms and other legal workplaces mean that well-being is “often not a concern” while they chase increased profits, researchers have found.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘PTSD is not a “get out of jail free card”, a judge has warned as he jails a veteran who blamed his crimes on “harrowing” experiences in Afghanistan.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Local authorities should be given greater powers to make it easier for them to impose restrictions on junk food advertising in their areas, a report has recommended.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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