‘The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) opened a consultation last week on a series of proposed changes to the existing system of housing standards, which seek to reduce and simplify the rules house builders must comply with.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Neglect contributed to the death of an elderly woman found dying at home nine days after her care agency was shut in a police raid, a coroner has concluded.’
BBC News, 10th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who raped a woman in her 90s has been jailed for 16 years.’
The Guardian, 20th August 2014
‘Karen Henshaw stood up in court and broke into song about being forced to step down from her duties at the age of 70.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Rolf Harris’s sex offences sentence will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, despite 150 complaints over its “leniency”, the attorney general’s office has said.’
BBC News, 30th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of prisoners over the age of 60 in jail in England and Wales has nearly doubled over the past decade to 3,577, according to the latest Ministry of Justice figures.’
The Guardian, 23rd July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Failing care homes will be put on “special measures” and closed down if they fail to improve, under new powers given to watchdogs in the wake of a series of scandals.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Hillsborough-style inquiry to investigate up to 100 suspicious deaths at a Hampshire hospital during the 1990s is set to be announced by the Government today [9 July].’
The Independent, 9th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Rogue builders who scammed older people out of over £70,000 have been given jail terms at Newport Crown Court.’
BBC News, 4th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three former care home workers who mistreated a resident with Alzheimer’s disease have been barred for life from working with vulnerable adults.’
BBC News, 20th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The owners of a care home where staff were jailed after being caught on camera physically and verbally abusing a 89-year-old woman have finally agreed a compensation settlement with her family for allowing the ‘sickening’ treatment to happen.’
Legal Futures, 19th June 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man whose mother died at a scandal-hit care home has said a serious case review has not gone far enough and the private care home sector has failed.’
BBC News, 9th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New legislation designed to protect the elderly from abusive carers will no longer be included in next week’s Queen’s Speech.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A disabled former ballerina who has been locked in a six-year legal battle with her local council over night-time care has forced a “landmark” ruling which could make social workers consider the “dignity” of the elderly when assessing care provisions, age campaigners have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman was “unlawfully deprived of her” liberty and her right to family life breached when she was removed from her home by a local council, a judge has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, has today proposed changes to the way the CPS considers domestic violence cases that would instruct prosecutors to consider the use of social media, gang culture and peer pressure when looking at cases involving teenagers.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th May 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Social policy towards those without capacity changed on 19 March 2014. It changed not as a result of a public discussion about the issue but because of a judgment given by the Supreme Court – Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19. The change was not preceded by a Royal Commission, Green Paper, debate in Parliament or any other engagement with the public, but after seven judges received legal submissions from 17 barristers. The change was not determined by the needs of those in care, but by the requirements of human rights laws.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A woman who carried out a “sickening” unprovoked attack on a pensioner has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 9th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The President of the Family Division of the High Court Sir James Munby predicts rush of claims from care home patients held in ‘cages’.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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