‘The growing use of social media could be a factor behind the 39% rise in the number of defamation claims brought before the courts in London that has been recorded, a media law expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th June 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Environment Agency has for the first time accepted an enforcement undertaking (EU) for alleged permit breaches relating to odour at an installation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University talks to reporter Boni Sones about the progress of the Brexit negotiations two years after the UK narrowly voted to leave the EU in a Referendum on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016.’
Law Pod UK, 26th June 2018
Source: audioboom.com
‘The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that lack of provision in the Civil Partnership Act 2004 for opposite-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership is incompatible with human rights law.’
Family Law, 27th June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘An online steroid dealer who sold toxic slimming pills that killed a bulimic student has been found guilty of manslaughter.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An estate agent has been found guilty of murdering his wife after a drinking game on New Year’s Eve.’
BBC News, 27th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government’s advisers on dealing with female offenders have written a joint letter to the justice secretary branding a new strategy for women in prison a missed opportunity that is underfunded by at least £15m.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court will hand down Judgment on Wednesday 27th June 2018 in R (on the application of Steinfeld and another) v Secretary of State for the International Development (in substitution for the Home Secretary and the Education Secretary).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th June 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Lanzarote Convention is an important step forward in protecting children from sexual abuse. But what else needs to be done?’
Rights Info, 25th June 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Foster carers are to receive the 30 hours free childcare offer for children in their care for the first time from September 2018. The Government also announced that over 340,000 children were in a 30-hour place in the first year of the policy.’
Family Law, 26th June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A man convicted for the second time of providing unqualified immigration advice and services has been jailed for a year.’
Legal Futures, 26th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Many psychologist expert witnesses, from professional bodies (British Psychological Society) to more informal expert witness networks, have raised concerns about the impact of this practice. The concerns fall into three main areas: the potential harm of conducting such a cross-examination to the litigants in person (LiPs) in question; potential breaches of ethical conduct for the psychologist expert; and the potential impact on the quality of the evidence. This paper hopes to set out these issues and invites discussion as to potential guidance and remedy.’
Family Law, 28th June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A transgender woman who was unable to access her pension, was discriminated against by UK law, the European Court of Justice has found.’
BBC News, 26th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The first month of GDPR has seen a sharp increase in the number of complaints to regulators across Europe, showing strong public interest in the new rules.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Fathers are being cut off from their children because the courts have “fallen short”, the incoming head of the family court has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This was an appeal by the claimant company, A P Racing Ltd (“AP”), against the decision of His Honour Judge Hacon in AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2017] EWHC 248 (IPEC) (15 Feb 2017). His Honour held that one of 7 disk brake calipers manufactured by Alcon Components Ltd (“Alcon”) infringed UK patent no. GB 2,452,690 for a disc brake caliper body and a disc brake caliper comprising such a body but the other 6 did not. AP appealed against the finding of non-infringement in relation to 2 of Alcon’s calipers, CAR 1249 and CAR 37.’
NIPC Law, 24th June 2018
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.com
‘The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, is facing a fresh headache over Heathrow as a group of councils confirmed they were planning legal action against expansion, just hours after MPs voted overwhelmingly to back a third runway.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘”Urgent” action is needed to make online political advertising more honest and transparent, the UK’s election watchdog has said.’
BBC News, 26th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘We recently complained to The Daily Mail about an inaccurate article compounded by a particularly misleading headline which extracted a minor fact from a judgment that had potential to make an attention grabbing headline, and made it sound as if it was what the case was all about. The headline was :
Nurse’s one-year-old son is taken from her care after she let him sit in a Bob The Builder toy car that was ‘inappropriate’ for his age.
Our complaint was rejected. We promised to progress our complaint to IPSO and to set out the basis of our complaint before we did so (on the basis that IPSO rules mean we can’t always publish the detail of complaints correspondence once we’ve entered the process).’
Transparency Project, June 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
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