Parking rules to change after ‘five-minute fines’ – BBC News
‘Private parking rules are set to change to ensure motorists are not unfairly penalised if they do not pay within five minutes.’
BBC News, 12th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Author: sally
Next ad banned over ‘unhealthily thin’ model in digitally altered leggings – The Guardian
‘The UK advertising watchdog has banned an advert from high street retailer Next for featuring an “unhealthily thin” model in digitally altered clothing.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Church risks further crisis if it doesn’t act, says ex-child abuse inquiry chair – BBC News
‘The Church of England risks further crisis if it fails to adopt a sweeping new independent system to keep people safe, the former head of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse has said.’
BBC News, 11th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Deprivation of liberty and profound disability – an urgent need for appellate clarification – Mental Capacity Law and Policy
‘Another in the Lieven J-inspired line of challenges to Cheshire West can be found in Re V (Profound Disabilities) [2025] EWHC 200 (Fam), concerning a 15 year old boy with “profound enduring disabilities”.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 10th February 2025
Pensions tribunal decisions highlight need for procedural compliance – OUT-LAW.com
‘A number of recent UK First-tier Tribunal (FTT) rulings highlight the importance of following the tribunal’s rules, in particular to provide the documentation required in appeals against The Pensions Regulator, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Axing apprenticeship funding “a disaster for the legal profession” – Legal Futures
‘Scrapping government funding for Level 7 apprenticeships would be “a disaster for the legal profession and have a highly negative impact on social mobility and diversity”, the government has been told.’
Legal Futures, 6th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Nicholas Reed Langen: The Use and Abuse of Citizenship Deprivation: SSHD v Kolicaj UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Any British citizen that happens to hold citizenship for another country could find themselves in an invidious position. If the Home Secretary decides that it would be “conducive to the public good”, they can single-handedly strip a person of their citizenship, and with it, their right to remain in the country. So long as the deprivation would not make them stateless, the law offers few protections beyond a limited right of appeal and the need for the Home Secretary to have some reasons.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 6th February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
After experts find ‘no medical evidence’ of murder, will Lucy Letby get a retrial? – The Guardian
‘Despite 14 leading experts concluding there was “no medical evidence” that Lucy Letby murdered babies, there is no guarantee that her case will be sent back to the court of appeal – let alone quickly.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Foreign national offender claimant wins legal challenge against Home Office over accommodation, but fails in parallel claim against council – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Home Office has lost a case about the allocation of bail accommodation for a foreign national offender and has been ordered by the High Court to make various changes to this system as well as pay 85% of claimant BLZ’s costs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Holding the Charity Commission’s feet to the fire: Atwal – Law & Religion UK
‘Atwal & Anor v Charity Commission for England and Wales [2024] EWHC 3451 (Ch) was an application under s.115 Charities Act 2011 for the permission of the Court to bring charity proceedings relating to the Sikh Gurdwara in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, the Charity Commission having refused to do so.’
Law & Religion UK, 4th February 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
Jamie Burton: When Is Guidance Unlawful on the Ground of Illegality? – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The seemingly ever-growing expanse of “soft-law”, “policy” or “guidance”, (referred to below as “guidance”) has been cautiously welcomed as aiding the business of government and enhancing good public administration. Unsurprisingly, as the textbooks and contributions to this symposium attest, this phenomenon has generated discrete legal problems. The status (not law “as such” (R(A) at [3]), purpose (to ensure consistency in the exercise of discretion – R (Lumba) v. SSHD [2011] UKSC 12), meaning (to be judged objectively – Mandalia v. SSHD [2015] 1 WLR 4546) and content (must be rational, proportionate etc) of these ‘soft law’ iterations have raised questions with varying degrees of significance in terms of the rule of law. One such question is the legitimacy of guidance, judged by reference to its effects, both intended and unintended. This reflects the fact that guidance is often directed towards the actions of persons other than its author(s), often with implications for third parties.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 5th February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Prevent closed Southport killer case ‘prematurely’ – BBC News
‘The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.’
BBC News, 5th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man loses sex discrimination claim after boss says ‘sorry boys’ at awards do – The Guardian
‘A marketing executive at a party balloon company has lost a sex discrimination claim lodged after his female boss said “sorry boys” as she revealed that a woman had won an award.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Lucy Letby murder convictions: what did the expert panel find? – The Guardian
‘Group concludes babies died due to natural causes or errors in medical care, saying there was no evidence of deliberate harm.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
UK court shuts door on ‘second medical use’ SPCs – OUT-LAW.com
‘Pharmaceutical companies cannot obtain UK supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products for which a second medical use has been found where those products have already been the subject of a marketing authorisation issued by regulators, the Court of Appeal in England and Wales has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
High Court refuses application for deprivation of liberty order regarding disabled 15-year-old subject to care order – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judge has refused an application by a local authority for a declaration from the High Court that it is lawful and in the best interests of a 15-year-old boy with “profound enduring disabilities”, who is the subject of a care order, to be deprived of his liberty.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Carr floats formal mediation council for civil and commercial work – Legal Futures
‘The Lady Chief Justice has suggested that a new mediation council should be set up for civil and commercial matters to bolster England and Wales’s status as a leading international mediation centre”.’
Legal Futures, 5th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
High Court approves merger of schemes in winding-up – Pensions Barrister
‘In Arcadia Group Pension Trust Ltd v Smith [2025] EWHC 11 (Ch), Master Marsh (sitting in retirement) has approved the merger of the Staff and Executive Schemes of Arcadia Group, both of which were in winding-up after the principal employer went into administration and then into liquidation. The need to seek the Court’s approval arose because of the proposed exercise of the amendment power of the Staff Scheme during the winding-up. The Master was satisfied that the amendment power was wide enough to enable it to be exercised. The power expressly provided that it continued until the scheme had been wound up and that it could be exercised by the trustee without the need for principal employer consent where the employer was in liquidation. There was accordingly no scope to imply any fetter on the use of its operation in the circumstances of the case. The Master was also satisfied that the merger was a proper exercise of the power, even though adding members of the Executive Scheme to the Staff Scheme would enable the members of the former scheme to benefit from the surplus in the latter scheme.’
Pensions Barrister, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘Watershed moment’ as three-year time limit on child rape claims scrapped in England and Wales – The Guardian
‘Hundreds of child rape survivors, including those targeted by grooming gangs, are expected to pursue their abusers in the courts after ministers scrapped a three-year time limit on compensation claims.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
