Urinating Newcastle man faces council football pitch ban – BBC News
‘Amateur footballers who urinate on council-owned football pitches are being warned they could be banned from playing on them.’
BBC News, 14th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Domestic abuse victims turning to civil courts because police are failing to enforce law – Daily Telegraph
‘Domestic abuse victims are increasingly turning to the civil courts for protection because the police are failing to enforce the law of coercive control, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fraud ringleader jailed over ‘boiler room’ scam – BBC News
‘A “boiler room” fraud ringleader has been sentenced to a total of 13 years in jail after being found guilty of conspiring with five others to con 170 investors out of £2.8m.’
BBC News, 14th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Councils using ‘hundreds of thousands of people’s data to try and predict child abuse’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Councils are said to be using hundreds of thousands of people’s data to try and predict child abuse, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Electoral Commission ‘misinterpreted’ Vote Leave expenses, court rules – BBC News
‘The Electoral Commission misinterpreted EU referendum spending laws allowing Vote Leave to break them, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 14th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UBS ‘rogue trader’ in last-ditch attempt to avoid deportation – The Guardian
‘Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS banker jailed for the UK’s biggest ever fraud, will on Monday file for a judicial review of the decision to deport him to Ghana, in a last-ditch attempt to stop his “banishment” from the UK, where he has lived since he was 12.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Firm to pay indemnity costs after “premature” GLO application – Litigation Futures
‘A law firm which “prematurely” issued a group litigation order (GLO) application to bring VW emissions claims ahead of other firms has been hit with an indemnity costs order by the High Court.’
Litigation Futures, 5th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Seven jailed for life over fatal stabbing of teenager in Manchester – The Guardian
‘Five men and two teenage boys have been jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 14 to 19 years after a teenager was stabbed to death in Manchester’s Moss Side.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Spurned woman sends ex-lover video of her killing his fish with bleach after accusing him of affair, court hears
‘A spurned woman sent her ex-lover a video of her killing his fish with bleach after accusing him of having an affair, a court has heard. ‘
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office loses 75% of its appeals against immigration rulings – The Guardian
‘Nearly three-quarters of final immigration court appeals brought by the Home Office against rulings allowing asylum seekers and other migrants to stay in the UK are dismissed, according to figures seen by the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Three-quarters of new deputy High Court judges went to Oxbridge – Litigation Futures
‘Three-quarters of new deputy High Court judges, announced yesterday, are Oxbridge graduates, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 5th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Brexit and international family law: a pragmatic approach to divorce and maintenance – Family Law
‘On 12 July the Government published its post-Chequers White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, which sets out broad proposals for the future partnership between the UK and the 27 other EU Member States over a wide range of policy areas. This provides an opportune moment to revisit the pressing issue of what the Government should aim to achieve in the area of international family law as we leave the EU.’
Family Law, 4th September 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Families of three dead Windrush victims can claim compensation – The Guardian
‘The families of three wrongly deported Windrush victims who died before UK officials were able to repatriate them will be able to claim compensation, the immigration minister has told the House of Commons.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Stephen Port victims’ families say legal funding unfair – BBC News
‘Families of the victims of serial killer Stephen Port say it is unfair that they have to pay for legal representation at inquests into their relatives’ deaths while the police can rely on public money for their costs.’
BBC News, 5th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Concerns raised over 59-page handbook on Brexit ‘settled status’ scheme – The Guardian
‘The Home Office has issued 59 pages of guidance notes to help staff register EU citizens for a post-Brexit scheme that the former home secretary Amber Rudd said would be as easy to apply for as an online account with the clothes retailer LK Bennett.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Bereaved mother entitled to widow allowance – Supreme Court – UK Human Rights Blog
‘An unmarried mother has won a landmark Supreme Court case which could allow cohabitees to claim Widowed Parent’s Allowance, a benefit previously only applicable to married parents.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st August 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
A Human Right to Divorce? – Oxford Human Rights Hub
‘The case of Owens v Owens rocked the legal world in late July, when the Supreme Court decided that Tini Owens could not divorce her husband, despite the court recognising that this could leave her “trapped in an unhappy marriage.” Her husband, Hugh John Owens, had sought to defend against Mrs Owens’ petition for divorce on the grounds that “although never emotionally intense, the marriage had been successful and that he and Mrs Owens had learnt how to “rub along”. In ruling against Mrs Owens, Lord Wilson said the decision “generates uneasy feelings” and suggested that Parliament should consider statutory change. Yet, bearing in mind that statutory change may take some time, is the right to leave an unhappy marriage not also a human right?’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 27th August 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
Loughborough ‘sexsomniac’ jailed for raping woman – BBC News
‘A man who claimed he had sex with a woman while he was asleep has been jailed for five years for rape.’
BBC News, 31st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
International Court of Justice begins hearing on Britain’s separation of Chagos islands from Mauritius – Daily Telegraph
‘Britain has apologised for the “shameful” way it evicted islanders from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, but insisted Mauritius was wrong to bring a dispute over sovereignty of the strategic atoll group to the United Nations’ top court.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tribunals must “proceed with care” over wasted costs orders where privilege is not waived – Litigation Futures
‘Employment tribunals should generally give the benefit of doubt to a legal representative facing a wasted costs applications where their client refuses to waive privilege, the president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 31st August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
