‘Speech by Sir Ernest Ryder: First International Forum on Online Courts.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 6th December 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov
‘A “predatory sex offender” who was spared jail after blackmailing a girl he met online went on to rape a woman after his rehabilitation course was delayed due to “financial constraints,” a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Websites have been banned from holding ‘fake countdown sales’ by the Advertising Standards Authority amid fears the ‘psychological tool’ is fuelling fast fashion.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A pharmacist who strangled his wife with a Tesco bag so he could start a new life with his boyfriend has been found guilty of murder.’
BBC News, 4th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Speech by Lord Chancellor of the High Court: The City UK Launch.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 30th November 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Speech by Lord Burnett of Maldon, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales: The cutting edge of digital reform.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 3rd December 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Three online casino companies have been fined and one has been prevented from operating in the UK following a crackdown by the industry regulator. The Gambling Commission has fined three firms almost £14m for not having “effective safeguards” to prevent money laundering and harm to customers from gambling.’
BBC News, 29th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Google was forced to settle a claim of race discrimination by one of its contractors after he claimed he was repeatedly treated as a terror suspect while working on a covert research project to navigate shopping centres for Google Maps.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A cache of Facebook documents has been seized by MPs investigating the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Rarely used parliamentary powers were used to demand that the boss of a US software firm hand over the details.’
BBC News, 25th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Facebook has appealed against a fine imposed on it by the UK’s data watchdog after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.’
BBC News, 21st November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Facebook is lodging an appeal against the record fine of £500,000 levied against it by the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK, arguing that the penalty “challenges some of the basic principles of how people should be allowed to share information online”.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This review sought to measure changes in outcomes before and after the implementation of the Act, to provide an indication of whether its aims are being achieved.’
Home Office, 19th November 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A wife, her lover and his daughter have been jailed for life over a plot to kill her terminally ill husband.’
BBC News, 20th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two friends who took part in a £77m hack on the TalkTalk website have been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Virgin Media and EE have been fined a combined £13.3m by the regulator Ofcom for overcharging nearly 500,000 phone and broadband customers who wanted to leave their contracts early.@
The Guardian, 16th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who admitted targeting Facebook memorial pages with sickening messages has been jailed for 14 months today (15 Oct) at Newcastle Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 15th November 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A year-long pilot to hear applications to set aside county court default judgments by an internet-enabled video link will begin at the end of this month.’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The launch of the Crown Court guidelines online marks the latest step in the Council’s programme to deliver guidelines in a digital format that is immediately accessible, quick and easy to use, and designed to support the ways in which Judges, Magistrates and other users work.’
Sentencing Council, 8th November 2018
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘Online will providers are 77% cheaper than solicitors on average, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 1st November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Online communications law is incoherent and fails to protect victims of abuse from harassment such as “deepfake” pornography, according to a report by the Law Commission.’
The Guardian, 1st November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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