‘A judge has urged prosecutors to consider charging offenders playing central roles in disorder with an offence carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail.’
BBC News, 15th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Bexley failed to secure suitable accommodation for claimant ZRR in breach of section 190 of the Housing Act 1996 and failed to conduct a lawful needs assessment of her children under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, the High Court has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘As many as 74,000 prosecutions for alleged rail fare evasion in England and Wales are set to be quashed following a landmark ruling.’
BBC News, 15th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Domestic abuse survivors warn that – inside the secretive family courts – they are being “retraumatised” by the legal system, and say judges are the worst offenders.’
The Independent, 16th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Providing free specialist legal advice could save the government £4.5billion for every half a million people who receive it, a new report has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A father-of-three has been jailed for three years for storming a hotel housing asylum seekers in an “utterly terrifying” attack during riots in Rotherham.’
The Independent, 14th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Adverts for nutrition products promoted by Diary of a CEO podcaster Steven Bartlett have been banned after a watchdog said they were misleading.’
BBC News, 14th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman has been awarded £35,000 in compensation from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after her rape case was dropped over claims that she could have had an episode of a rare sleep condition called sexsomnia.’
The Guardian, 15th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The critical report into the mental healthcare given to Valdo Calocane – a paranoid schizophrenic who fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham last year – is damning.’
BBC News, 14th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 53-year-old woman who lived a “quiet, sheltered” life has been jailed for 15 months for posting a comment on Facebook which said: “Blow the mosque up with the adults in it.”’
The Guardian, 14th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A property law firm in Manchester has been handed a fine of nearly £22,000 for failures in anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, towards the top end of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) powers.’
Legal Futures, 14th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Having considered the circumstances relating to, and the security granted over, various IP addresses (the “addresses”), the Court held that the security granted over the addresses, was floating charge, rather than fixed charge, security and ordered accordingly.’
Mills & Reeve, 13th August 2024
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘We hear a lot about ‘secret’ family courts because of reporting restrictions and family privacy, but there is more to genuine transparency than holding processes out in the open. To understand how a system is operating we need information based on reliable data across that system.’
Transparency Project, 14th August 2024
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘UK policymakers could consider it “prudent” to defer the implementation of a new fraud compensation scheme to seek to allay the “legitimate concerns” about the scheme that UK payment providers have expressed, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th August 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Violence against women and girls on British railways has risen by more than 50% over two years, according to official figures.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In a lengthy judgment the Court has ordered that former directors of BHS are to pay sums arising in both wrongful trading and in “trading” misfeasance.’
Mills & Reeve, 13th August 2024
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘Nearly 130,000 babies were present at or were affected by an incident of domestic abuse in the past three years, new data from England’s police forces shows.’
The Independent, 8th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The number of claims made by banks and landlords to repossess homes in England and Wales has reached the highest level in five years as households struggle with higher borrowing costs.’
The Guardian, 8th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man thought to be the oldest person charged for taking part in the far-right-led riots, and two brothers who looted a library, were among those jailed on Thursday for their part in a crime “committed against the whole community”.’
The Guardian, 8th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A couple have been jailed after rioting on the streets of Hartlepool as part of a “baying mob” – hours after spending the afternoon at the bingo.’
The Independent, 8th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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