‘Thousands of NHS patients may have come to harm because of an administrative mix-up, says NHS England. Some 500,000 documents containing medical information, including cancer test results, were mistakenly put in storage rather than being sent to the GP or filed in the patients’ records.’
BBC News, 27th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘That mediation proceedings are confidential is taken as axiomatic. What is said and done in the course of a mediation remains there. The same goes for documents of whatever kind, and their contents, created for the purposes of the mediation. In the above case Master Howarth appears to have qualified these propositions to some extent.’
Garden Court Chambers, 31st January 2017
Source: www.gardencourtmediation.co.uk
‘Law firms must comply with data requests even if the purpose for seeking the documents is “assisting in litigation”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 22nd February 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The rights of EEA nationals (plus Swiss) to reside in the UK are primarily addressed in the Citizens Directive (Directive 2004/38/EC) which is implemented in the United Kingdom in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016.’
Free Movement, 21st February 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘A family judge has expressed his disapproval at the ‘unwarranted expenditure’ in a case where a local authority breached Article 8 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights by taking an infant into care.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th February 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The EU fears millions of its nationals living in the UK will be left stranded in a legal no man’s land after the country leaves the EU because of the weaknesses of the British immigration system, a document obtained by the Observer reveals.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has issued a new-style ‘short judgment’ in an immigration case, avoiding the lengthy documents normally issued by courts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Stuart Clark, Associate, and David Hodson, Partner, both of The International Family Law Group LLP, describe what is known, and ask some questions, of the MoJ’s latest initiative to facilitate an online divorce system.’
Family Law Week, 7th February 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Investigations into miscarriages of justice are being hampered by premature destruction of court records, according to a campaign aimed at improving transparency in the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Home Office files that have been classified for more than 30 years and could help unlock the truth about the battle of Orgreave could be published within weeks, the government has revealed.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘he UK’s main Jehovah’s Witnesses charity has dropped efforts to block an investigation into how it handled allegations of sexual abuse, including of children, after a legal fight lasting more than two years.’
The Guardian, 2r3d January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government downplayed the risk of human rights abuses in one of the world’s most repressive regimes in an attempt to reduce asylum seeker numbers despite doubts from its own experts, internal documents have revealed.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘When local authorities plan to reduce, restructure or rationalise library services, litigation often results.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Home Office files concerning events at the “battle of Orgreave” are due to be released next year among a cache of records relating to the 1984 miners’ strike.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government can keep secret “super-sensitive” documents from Britain’s spy agencies that might shed light on the mystery death of a fugitive Russian, the high court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Home Office files, including a 1985 memo to Margaret Thatcher, released after public inquiry ruled out last month.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘FOCUS: Growing support for the use of digital technology in the UK courts means it is now easier and quicker for parties to litigation to view and exchange court papers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th November 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
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