‘Churches don’t need pews any more because they are increasingly used for bake sales and art exhibitions, a church court has said, as it ruled Bath Abbey can remove its Victorian pews.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has rejected the idea of diversity targets for the judiciary and magistracy in its response to the Lammy review of the treatment of black and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the criminal justice system.’
Legal Futures, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A prisoner suffering from poor health has lost his attempt to enforce the smoking ban in English and Welsh jails after the supreme court ruled that crown premises are effectively exempt from the enforcement of health regulations.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Financial services firms that wish to set up “permissionless” blockchain networks will not automatically be engaged in outsourcing and be in breach of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules, the regulator has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Being a sex worker does not disqualify you from having a private life, a judge has said, as he granted an injunction to an escort who has been harassed online.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A hospital has prevented parents from sending their brain damaged toddler to the same Vatican doctors who offered to help Charlie Gard, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘British homes and businesses will have a legal right to high-speed broadband by 2020, the government has announced, dismissing calls from the network provider BT that it should be a voluntary rather than legal obligation on providers.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People who shine lasers at air, ground or sea vehicles could be jailed for up to five years or face unlimited fines as part of Department for Transport measures to boost safety.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paedophile who travelled to the Philippines to film himself abusing a two-year-old girl has been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The ex-boyfriend of reality TV-star Ferne McCann has been jailed for 20 years after carrying out a brutal acid attack in a packed nightclub.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK government wants to modify its ban on using mobile phones behind the wheel to allow drivers to use automatic parking devices.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three judges from black and Asian backgrounds are suing the Ministry of Justice for race discrimination and victimisation, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Dr Colum Kenny, Emeritus Prof of Communications at Dublin City University
‘From 1542 until 1885, men wishing to practise at the Irish Bar were required first to reside
for a stipulated period at one of the London Inns of Court. The Irish barrister and sometime
Unionist leader Edward Carson heatedly described that requirement as “one of the badges
of servitude of the Irish nation.”
On the eve of Ireland’s national holiday, Dr Kenny will tell the story of King’s Inns, Dublin,
since its foundation in 1541 — with particular reference to Ireland’s long association with the
Inner Temple and other English Inns of Court.’
Date: 16th March 2018, 6.00pm
Location: The Inner Temple
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a Leeds law firm’s challenge to a ruling that it submitted a series of dishonest costs claims.’
Litigation Futures, 18th December 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The justice secretary has pledged to implement a “key principle” of “change or explain” when racial discrimination is found in the justice system.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK has been jailed for people smuggling.’
BBC News, 18th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of an Iranian refugee murdered by a vigilante after years of abuse have expressed relief that an independent review has vindicated their campaign to expose institutional racism within a police force and council.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected the arguments of a convicted VAT fraudster that her former solicitors pressured her to drop an appeal that included a claim that they represented her badly and helped land her in jail.’
Legal Futures, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A revised UK Corporate Governance Code, intended by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to be “shorter and sharper” and to restore public trust in business, is due to come into force for accounting periods beginning 1 January 2019’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Two of the key media partners in the Paradise Papers investigation have condemned the legal action that is seeking to force the Guardian and the BBC to disclose documents used by reporters.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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