Landmark day for state pension equality – BBC News
‘From Tuesday women in the UK will begin to qualify for their state pensions at the same age as men – currently 65.’
BBC News, 5th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Farmer guilty over death of worker trapped by her hair – BBC News
‘A farmer has been found guilty of causing the death of a 20-year-old woman whose hair became entangled in a milling machine.’
BBC News, 5th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law firm sanctioned over conveyancing conflicts – Legal Futures
‘A law firm that also owns an estate agency and acted for seller, buyer and as the seller’s agent in 14 residential conveyancing transactions has been fined over the conflict of interest this generated.’
Legal Futures, 5th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Supreme Court rejects time bar in passenger death at sea case – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Supreme Court has issued an important judgment on the interaction between the 1974 Athens Convention on carriage of passengers by sea and time bar provisions in Scottish domestic law.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th November 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Minister Orders Urgent Investigation Into Autistic And Learning Disabled Patients Being Locked Up – Rights Info
‘The Health Secretary has ordered a review into the use of seclusion and segregation in the care of people with learning disabilities and autism in secure hospitals.’
Rights Info, 5th November 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
Gloucester man jailed for murdering wife and stepdaughter – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 29 years in prison for murdering his wife and stepdaughter in an episode of “wanton savagery”.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Labour MP’s brother admits perverting course of justice – The Guardian
‘The brother of a Labour MP has admitted perverting the course of justice by lying to police about who was driving a speeding car.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Naomi McLoughlin Discusses the Recent Case of Surrey County Council v Hilliard (2018) – Park Square Barristers
‘The legal test in considering a breach of s41 remains to be found in James v Preseli Pembrokeshire DC [1993] PIQR P114 and Jones v Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC [2008] EWCA Civ 1497. Whilst the appellant was successful on the basis two pieces of evidence had not been considered with the correct weight, the lower Court had nonetheless applied the correct legal test.’
Park Square Barristers, 30th October 2018
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Environmental Law Podcast – October 2018 – Six Pump Court
‘This short update focuses on October’s key legal developments, which this month include environmental permit breaches for Healthcare Environmental Services Ltd concerning the treatment of clinical waste, classifying, labelling and packaging of chemicals post-Brexit, and the government’s request for guidance from the Committee on Climate Change on how to move to zero emissions of greenhouse gases.’
Six Pump Court, 26th October 2018
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
Nicholas Saunderson v Cambridge Park Court Residents Association Limited [2018] UKUT 182 (LC) – Tanfield Chambers
‘The Upper Tribunal considered the extent of a tenant’s liability to pay for communal heating when that obligation arose only by an estoppel by convention and, in fact, the tenant’s flat was no longer connected to the communal system.’
Tanfield Chambers, 5th October 201
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
Environmental Law News Update – Six Pump Court
‘In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider the environmental implications of yesterday’s Budget, a consultation between the FCA and the PRA on climate change and finance, and a recent case holding that an EIR request was “manifestly unreasonable”.’
Six Pump Court, 30th October 2018
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
Avon Ground Rents Ltd v Child [2018] UKUT 204 (LC) – Tanfield Chambers
‘The UT comprised of Holgate J and HHJ Hodge QC (also sitting as County Court judges) gave valuable guidance concerning the importance of judges maintaining jurisdictional clarity and seperation when sitting as both FTT judges and County Court judges under the Residential Property Dispute Deployment Pilot.’
Tanfield Chambers, 5th October 2018
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘Low-level’ paedophiles could avoid jail terms under new guidance – Daily Telegraph
‘Police have been told by government that paedophiles caught with indecent child abuse images can receive conditional cautions instead of jail as police struggle to cope with an explosion of cases.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
A not so short assured shorthold tenancy – Tanfield Chambers
‘The ground rent scandal can give rise to accidental ASTs with unexpected consequences.’
Tanfield Chambers, 18th October 2018
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear key case on village greens and public authority land – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has agreed to hear conjoined cases over village greens, public authority-owned land and the concept of ‘statutory incompatibility’, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Defendants pay heavy price for refusing to discuss costs – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Defendants in a professional negligence claim who rejected the chance to settle costs have been left nursing a bill at least three times higher than it might have been.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd November 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
GDPR: the ‘controller v processor’ debate in financial services – OUT-LAW.com
‘Lessons can be learned in the financial services sector from the rush to update contracts to account for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect earlier this year.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd November 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Landlords threaten council with legal action over selective licensing plans- Local Government Lawyer
‘The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has threatened Great Yarmouth Borough Council with a judicial review challenge over the local authority’s selective licensing plans.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Suitability and s.193 accommodation – Nearly Legal
‘This was a s.204 appeal of a s.202 review on suitability of temporary accommodation provided to the appellant by Lewisham. This was originally temporary accommodation provided under s.188 Housing Act 1996, but following Lewisham accepting the full housing duty, it became accommodation provided under s.193 HA 1996.’
Nearly Legal, 4th November 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
