‘Compensation claims, particularly for minor injuries as a result of road traffic accidents, are the centre of ongoing tension between the insurance industry and those who represent claimants. ‘
Legal Futures, 6th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The media and communications list (M&CL) in the Queen’s Bench Division, and the Chancery Division’s business list are not specialist lists and a privacy claim can be heard equally well in either, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 7th June 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Ministry of Justice’s top civil servant has told MPs that the government’s massive court reform programme will have failed if it does not carry the support of those who use the courts.’
Legal Futures, 7th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Anti-terrorism proposals have been unveiled by the UK government that would make it an offence for people to publicly support a banned group even if they did not encourage others to do so.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Supreme Court judges have said Northern Ireland’s abortion law violates human rights, but rejected a challenge brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIIHRC) on technical grounds.’
The Independent, 7th June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In 2015, his wife started sending him money – first £1,500 then later two payments of £2,000 – telling those whose names would appear on the transactions that Khan was studying or carrying out aid work.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government faces a possible challenge to its “hostile environment” policy after a campaign group won the right to launch a high court case against the Home Office’s scheme obliging landlords to check the immigration of would-be tenants.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Offenders who commit minor crimes after drinking will be given the chance to attend a course rather than face court.’
BBC News, 7th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s biggest police force is to begin deferring prosecutions for minor offences in an attempt to reduce youth crime and lessen racial bias in the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Some TSB customers receiving letters acknowledging a complaint over the recent IT meltdown have also been sent other customers’ details.’
BBC News, June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A criminal defence solicitor has been struck off for dishonestly claiming £7,000 from the legal aid fund and falsifying documents to cover up his mistakes in double-booking advocates – at a time when he said he was suffering from severe depression which led him to drink and take un-prescribed drugs.’
Legal Futures, 4th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Cambridge graduate who saw himself as a “Christian Grey poseur” has been jailed for 20 years for raping two women.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on Friday 25 May 2018. Ironically, a law designed to protect peoples’ privacy in a digital age has unleashed a torrent of spam emails.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Naive or desperate graduates subjected to ‘desperate unfairness’ under ‘astonishingly asymmetric’ contract, says barrister leading case.’
The Independent, 2nd June 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has criticised both parties in a flight compensation group claim for creating a situation where costs finished up ‘out of all proportion’ to the amount sought.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man who sexually abused boys while working at a children’s home in Denbighshire has been jailed for 22 years.’
BBC News, 1st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Drivers delivering goods for Amazon are to fight for better employment rights, including sick pay, holiday pay and the national minimum wage.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two-for-one junk food deals and the sale of sweets and chocolates around supermarket checkouts will reportedly be banned under a new government campaign against child obesity.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two London boroughs are considering whether to launch a judicial review challenge to directions by the government requiring them to only publish four issues of their newspapers a year, it has emerged.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who “grossly exaggerated” the effects of negligent hospital treatment – claiming £837,000 when he had been offered £30,000 – was last week sentenced to three months in jail in the first contempt of court case brought by an NHS foundation trust.’
Litigation Futures, 4th June 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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