‘Five men and a woman who verbally abused a BBC journalist at a protest have been convicted of a public order offence, according to police.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The human rights of people in care are at risk of being breached by slow progress on enabling visits and the inappropriate use of resuscitation notices, a report has warned.’
The Independent, 22nd July 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘By and large we know by now how hospitals, care homes, schools and most other state-run institutions coped, or didn’t, with the Covid pandemic. But not until now, with this shocking, distressing, authentic and academically robust study, have we had the unvarnished truth about conditions in UK prisons.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Max Hill QC’s opening speech to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 12th July 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The delayed public inquiry into the UK’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched after Boris Johnson accepted calls to widen the terms of reference to consider its unequal impact on minority-ethnic people, on children and on mental health.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘While in some ways this is a decision on an historic context (hopefully), there is a lot in this judgment on local authority approaches to housing in a public health emergency to consider.’
Nearly Legal, 26th June 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Long Covid is a disability, a tribunal has ruled in what employment experts say could result in a “significant increase” in the number of claims brought by people suffering with the syndrome.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Slynn Lecture.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary , 16th June 2022
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘An anti-vaxxer has been jailed for smashing windows with rocks at two north Wales Covid vaccination centres’
BBC News, 16th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Adele Shortman analyses the first significant COVID dismissal case to be heard in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th June 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Three people have been fined for breaking Covid laws by attending a vigil for Sarah Everard.’
BBC News, 9th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Greater Manchester Police has agreed to settle a claim for compensation brought by two nurses who said the force wrongly handed them a £10,000 fine under Covid regulations for organising a protest in March last year.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his two landlords to death during the first lockdown has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 28th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two NHS nurses have won compensation from Greater Manchester police (GMP) after being fined over a socially distant protest about NHS pay during lockdown.’
The Guardian, 25th May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Court of Protection judge has taken what he called the “rare step” of seeking more evidence before making a ruling over whether a man with severe disabilities should be given the Covid-19 vaccination.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In what is believed to be the first Appellate consideration of a Coronavirus related dismissal the EAT (HHJ Tayler) upheld the judgment of the Leeds Employment Tribunal (EJ Anderson) that the Claimant’s Coronavirus related absence dismissal was not automatically unfair for a health and safety reason pursuant to s100(d)-(e) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.’
St Philips Barristers, 6th May 2022
Source: st-philips.com
‘A man who stabbed his landlords to death during the first national lockdown has been convicted of murder.’
BBC News, 19th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The last two years have accelerated a number of trends which had already started to gain traction. The most obvious one is the move to remote working.’
Littleton Chambers, 17th May 2022
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘A fraudster who conned holidaymakers into paying for fake Covid-19 certificates has been jailed.’
BBC News, 17th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Too many victims are waiting years for justice as the system operates at “unacceptable levels” following Covid restrictions, a report has found. A joint probe by the inspectorates for police, prosecutors, prisons and probation said the government had failed to fully mitigate risks it identified last year.’
The Independent, 17th May 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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