‘Even if the electorate decides against the EU on Thursday, there will still be several legal obstacles confronting the Brexiteers before they can achieve their goal.’
The Guardian, 21st June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced after being found guilty of stabbing a man to death in London.’
BBC News, 20th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former MP George Galloway has issued a court apology and agreed to pay damages to his former assistant Aisha Ali-Khan over claims that she helped her former police officer husband run a dirty tricks operation against him and his Respect party.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A retired accountant from Buckinghamshire is to be made a baronet in a landmark ruling set to shake the foundations of the British system of hereditary titles by opening them up to challenge through DNA tests for the first time.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A one-year-old baby was among thousands of child victims of sex abuse in 2015-16, according to police data on abuse that involved the internet.’
BBC News, 21st June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A motorist has beaten a council in a court battle over an illegal ‘No Entry’ sign which has been catching motorists out for 30 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A gang who tried to free a dangerous criminal from a prison van which ended in one of them being shot dead on a London street, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The fate of hundreds of youths imprisoned under controversial “joint enterprise” laws could be decisively rewritten this month when the first test cases come before the criminal court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 21st June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Those regularly instructed to represent families at inquests will no doubt already be familiar with the valuable resource that is the Chief Coroner and his website, as well as the extremely useful sites of membership organizations like Inquest and AvMA. If it’s been a little while since your last instructions, and lack of funding makes an open source particularly attractive.’
Cloisters, 6th June 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘This Thursday, it will be five years since the United Nations Human Rights Council first adopted the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This post argues that while the UK has demonstrated its commitment to these principles and the protection of human rights in business, there is still room for improvement.’
RightsInfo, 13th June 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
‘Police detectives were within their rights to investigate colleagues involved in the notorious Cardiff Three miscarriage of justice murder case whom they suspected of framing the innocent men, a senior judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘City and County of Swansea Council has succeeded in having a court order quashed that would have made an inexperienced and unwilling social worker the supervisor of a child sex offender.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A gang of conmen who used Monopoly money to trick jewellery dealers in a £7m scam have been ordered to go to jail.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice has begun a review of legal aid in domestic violence cases as part of efforts to gather data, giving solicitors just over two weeks to share their views.’
Law society’s Gazette, 15th June 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A local planning authority in England was not entitled to take into account the fact that a portion of the profits from a new wind turbine would be donated to local good causes when deciding whether to grant planning permission, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Increasing emphasis has recently been placed by Leave campaigners on the argument that Britain must leave the EU in order to get back control of its own affairs, and to avoid the uncertain future risks of EU interference. This argument gains a traction from the fear, which we consider unjustified, that there is no real boundary to the potential impact of EU laws and action. Therefore, there would be value in measures, if such were possible, which would define more clearly the boundary of EU law. In fact, two proposals which addressed that very boundary were announced by the Prime Minister in the Chatham House speech in November 2015, in which he set out his renegotiation programme. But no detail has subsequently been heard about such proposals, and they have largely been forgotten. If the subsequent silence is attributable to legal advice that the ideas are impossible, we disagree with such advice.’
Six Pump Court, 13th June 2016
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint over an advertisement from a website that claims to help clients recover a “huge amount” of their legal costs, which said that “on average, a solicitor overcharges you by 20%”.’
Legal Futures, 15th June 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has given a disabled man permission to bring a legal challenge against a county council after it decided to reduce his care package.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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