Son sues over mum’s airing cupboard death in Pennal resort – BBC News
‘The son of a woman who died while trapped in a holiday home airing cupboard is suing the resort company.’
BBC News, 17th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
SRA wins right to recover £800,000 costs from Blavo – Legal Futures
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to try and recover the £800,000 it spent intervening in collapsed law firm Blavo & Co.’
Legal Futures, 17th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Council wins Court of Appeal battle over stadium and state aid – Local Government Lawyer
‘Coventry City Council has won a Court of Appeal case in the latest round of a four-year long litigation saga over the city’s sports stadium the Ricoh Arena.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
London police force must act over excessive force claim, says court – The Guardian
‘The City of London police force has failed in an attempt to block disciplinary action against an officer who was accused of clubbing a student over the head and causing a life-threatening brain injury.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust – Law Pod UK
‘In Darnley v Croydon NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50 the Supreme Court has ruled that hospitals are liable for the actions and statements of their non-medical staff in A & E. Rosalind English discusses the implications of this judgment with Owain Thomas QC.’
Law Pod UK, 15th October 2018
Source: audioboom.com
Sex abuse leaflets ‘won’t protect a soul’ – BBC News
‘Police are giving leaflets to people at risk of committing child sexual exploitation crimes, asking for their behaviour to stop, the BBC has found.’
BBC News, 15th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court quadruples sexual assault solicitor’s suspension – Legal Futures
‘The suspension handed out by a disciplinary tribunal to a solicitor found guilty of sexual assault in a high-profile case was too lenient, the High Court has ruled in quadrupling its length.’
Legal Futures, 16th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Environmental Law and the core of legal learning: framing the future of environmental lawyers – OUP Blog
‘Environmental law has not been taught or seen as a ‘core’ legal subject, giving environmental law academics freedom to teach the subject in many different ways. This structural sidelining, however, belies important questions about how teaching environmental law relates to the core of legal learning. We are not suggesting that there is a core of environmental law knowledge that every student should learn (although there is lots to learn), but that it is important to reflect on whether there are core legal concepts, reasoning processes and skills that all environmental lawyers should have. This issue is now particularly pertinent as the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales is ‘releasing’ the LLB from its conventional structure of core legal subjects, so that existing assumptions about how environmental law relates to the core of (undergraduate) legal learning are up for grabs.’
OUP Blog, 15th October 2018
Source: blog.oup.com
Man took £2,000 from mother-in-law after lying about cancer for years – The Guardian
‘A man who conned his wife and her family into believing he had terminal cancer took £2,000 from his mother-in-law before his lie was exposed.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Paddy Power Betfair fined after stolen cash is gambled through its website – BBC News
‘Paddy Power Betfair has been fined £2.2m for failing to stop stolen money being gambled through its website and for failing to protect customers showing signs of problem gambling.’
BBC News, 16th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Review of UK hate crime law to consider misogyny and ageism – The Guardian
‘Goths, men, women and elderly people could receive protection under hate crime laws after officials announced a wide-ranging review of current legislation.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Supreme Court finds NHS trust liable for misleading info provided by receptionists – Local Government Lawyer
‘An NHS trust was liable for incomplete and misleading information provided by two receptionists in its accident and emergency department, the Supreme Court has ruled, overturning a Court of Appeal majority decision.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Out of control’: prison watchdog warns of synthetic drug crisis – The Guardian
‘An epidemic of synthetic drugs in prisons is “completely out of control” and the “new normal”, a prison deaths watchdog has warned, as signs emerge that the impact is spreading to immigration removal centres and bail hostels.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Council loses Supreme Court battle over HMO licence conditions – Local Government Lawyer
‘Nottingham City Council has lost a Supreme Court case over whether it was right to prohibit the use of two attics as bedrooms.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
New law could force employers to reveal race pay gap figures – The Guardian
‘Employers could be obliged to release their race pay gap statistics under new plans to be unveiled by Theresa May to increase ethnic minority representation in the workplace.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Mau Mau action with 40,000 claimants in doubt after CA refuses permission to appeal test case – Litigation Futures
‘The future of litigation being brought on behalf of more than 40,000 claimants in the so-called Mau Mau case is in doubt after the Court of Appeal refused permission to hear an appeal against a decision to dismiss the first test case.’
Litigation Futures, 10th October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
What does the Proposal to Introduce Trial-by-Video Link Mean for Justice? – Rights Info
‘The government’s plans for court modernisation, under Her Majesty’s Courts, Tribunals Service Reform Programme (HMCTS), include the development of fully-video hearings, where all parties join via electronic links and no one is in a courtroom.’
Rights Info, 9th October 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
Woman homeless after terrorism offences loses High Court challenge over housing – Local Government Lawyer
‘A woman who had become homeless while imprisoned for terrorism offences did not have her human rights breached by the London Borough of Brent in its decisions on housing her and her children, the High Court has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Government and SRA work to build BAME trust in solicitors – Legal Futures
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is working with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to build greater trust in solicitors among black and minority ethnic (BAME) people in custody.’
Legal Futures, 11th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Council leader calls for judicial review challenge over Lower Thames Crossing – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Leader of Thurrock Council is to call on his fellow councillors to back a judicial review challenge over the planned Lower Thames Crossing.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
