‘A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for a string of sex offences against young girls. Alysia Smedley admitted engaging in sexual activity with three girls, who were all under the age of 16. A court heard she was already a registered sex offender, having received a suspended sentence in October 2016 for sexual activity with a child.’
The Independent, 28th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The accusation that loyal customers are being “ripped off” for mobile, broadband, savings, home insurance and mortgage deals is to be investigated by the competition body.’
BBC News, 28th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘David Beckham will not be prosecuted over a speeding charge after the celebrity lawyer dubbed “Mr Loophole” successfully fought the allegation on a technicality.’
The Independent, 28th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is increasingly using its powers to demand information from large businesses without the need to ask for court approval, new data has shown.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th September 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Guidance on the use of covert surveillance or human intelligence sources by public authorities under part 2 of RIPA 2000.’
Official publications, 20th September 2018
‘Cartwright v Venduct Engineering Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1654. When a claimant with the benefit of QOCS protection discontinues a claim there should be no enforceable costs order against them unless there has been fundamental dishonesty in bringing the claim. But what is the position in a case of multiple defendants where the same claimant is eventually successful in obtaining damages from another defendant to the action?’
Zenith PI, 26th September 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘At long last, 18 months after the judgments were delivered, Ilott v Mitson has reached the Law Reports – [2018] AC 554. It gives an opportunity to look again at some of the views expressed by the Supreme Court in what was and may well remain the one and only time that the interpretation of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 was considered by the Supreme Court.’
Zenith PI, 25th September 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to take NHS England to judicial review over fertility services for transgender people.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Herefordshire Council has welcomed regulator Ofcom’s decision to partly uphold a complaint of unfairness that it made against television presenter Piers Morgan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has awarded the UK arm of natural resources company China Molybdenum Company (CMOC) £7m, in a case in which a worldwide freezing injunction against “persons unknown” was approved for the first time.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Dr Bianca Jackson, barrister, Coram Chambers and co-author of “Public Children Law: Contemporary Issues” examines the issue of post-adoption contact.’
Family Law Week, 21st September 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Suspects in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings will not be named at fresh inquests, the appeal court has ruled. Coroner Sir Peter Thornton challenged an earlier High Court decision to allow evidence about alleged suspects to be included in the inquest hearings. Judges at the Court of Appeal have now ruled in the coroner’s favour.’
BBC News, 26th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Universities are employing serial sex abusers who date a different student every year, a report has found. Research by campaigners the 1752 Group and the University of Portsmouth found that university staff who had had inappropriate relationships with one student or junior colleague were likely to have behaved similarly with others.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of people being charged with rape has fallen by almost a quarter, despite a rise in attacks being reported to police. New figures released by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) show a 23 per cent drop in the number of rape suspects prosecuted in 2017-18 from the year before.’
The Independent, 26th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Details of the ban emerged in a note from the Home Office to an asylum seeker’s solicitor, in which the department said that it had an agreement with local authorities in that region not to house any “foreign nationals with known criminality”.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘NHS England is being taken to court by the UK’s equality watchdog for its failure to offer fertility services to transgender patients.’
Rights Info, 25th September 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The UK Government has published a notice about what will happen in relation to EU trade marks and designs if there is NO DEAL. The Government still regards NO DEAL as unlikely, but there is plenty of political uncertainty in the UK just now.’
Technology Law Update, 25th September 2018
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Billy Joe Saunders has been fined £100,000 by the British Boxing Board of Control after the emergence of video footage in which he appears to offer a woman drugs.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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