‘No further public money should be spent on the Online Court until the performance of the newly-expanded online tribunal in British Columbia – which went live for small claims last month – has been assessed, according to veteran justice campaigner Professor Roger Smith.’
Legal Futures, 7th July 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The RSPCA is seeking new powers in England and Wales to search some private property, including sheds and gardens, without a police warrant.’
BBC News, 8th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers have tackled an online “fake news” campaign against a British businessman by serving an injunction against “persons unknown” in what is believed to set a legal precedent.’
The Guardian, 9th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Last month, the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and Leicester Law School convened a public event that asked an expert panel to consider these issues. Speakers included Merris Amos (Queen Mary University London); Dr Ed Bates (Leicester Law School); Eleanor Hourigan (Deputy Permanent Representative, UK Delegation to the Council of Europe); Nuala Mole (The AIRE Centre); and Prof Philip Leach (EHRAC, Middlesex University London and the European Implementation Network). Murray Hunt (Legal Adviser to the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights and incoming Director of the Bingham Centre) chaired the event.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th July 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the presumption in favour of sustainable development, as set out in paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), should only be treated as a material consideration by a planning inspector in the limited circumstances set out in that paragraph and not in any other circumstances.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Sick leave and paid holidays will be extended to temporary workers in the “gig economy” under plans unveiled in a landmark review commissioned by Theresa May.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to raise funds for a potential legal challenge to Theresa May’s parliamentary deal with the Democratic Unionist party, on the grounds that it breaches the Good Friday agreement.’
The Guardian, 9th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court is to rule later on the legality of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia.’
BBC News, 10th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An unemployed man is facing a life sentence after being convicted of killing two of his former girlfriends five years apart following a long-running campaign for justice by one of his victim’s family.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Source: www.bailii.org
‘The government has won the latest court challenge over the UK’s air pollution crisis.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There could be a “technical flaw” in the way Article 50 was triggered which could make it vulnerable to a challenge in court, the National Assembly for Wales has been told.’
The Independent, 5th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has rejected a judicial review challenge brought against Wolverhampton City Council over an alleged failure to provide acceptable education for an autistic boy.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The profession should soon have an answer to the question of when a conditional fee agreement (CFA) can be assigned from one law firm to another as the Court of Appeal is hearing a test case today.’
Litigation Futures, 5th July 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The enforced removal of some people from Britain on escorted chartered flights falls short of humane treatment, with some leaving the country in waist restraint belts or leg restraints almost as a default, according to an official watchdog.
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A trial of the controversial police spit hoods, which came to national attention after one was used on an innocent man during an arrest last year, has been extended across the whole of London, Scotland Yard has said.’
The Guardian, 6th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has held that the exclusion from security of tenure for service occupiers is not unlawful discrimination contrary to Art.14, European Convention on Human Rights.’
Arden Chambers, 21st June 2017
Source: www.ardenchambers.com
‘The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has warned lawyers involved in the “highly contentious area” of credit hire litigation that if they fail to agree a new model order for directions, they risk “a solution being imposed”.’
Litigation Futures, 6th July 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A coroner has called for changes to the way Home Office officials in Calais and Dunkirk deal with vulnerable child refugees after a 17-year-old Kurdish refugee fled Isis in Iraq only to be crushed under the wheels of a lorry while trying to seek sanctuary in the UK.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Brexit will see Britain’s top judges prove they are the best in the world, the new Justice Secretary has insisted.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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