‘The question of whether terminally-ill people should have the right to end their lives is dividing MPs as they consider a proposed law to legalise assisted dying.’
BBC News,
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Revenge porn should be made a statutory civil offence to allow victims redress without having to go through a “retraumatising” criminal trial, MPs have been told.’
The Independent, 13th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Legal aid solicitors feel they have been “neglected the most and taken advantage of” in the years following the LASPO cuts, according to an academic study.’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance sets out the regulators’ expectations on interpreting key concepts relevant to change in control.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘On 23 October 2024, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33. The decision is the latest in many higher court decisions regarding the liability of police authorities to the public where they suffer injury.’
Ropewalk Personal Injury Blog, 11th November 2024
Source: ropewalk.co.uk
‘Tindall and another (Appellants) v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (Respondent) [2024] UKSC 33, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 25. The Supreme Court has affirmed that there is no duty of care, and hence no liability in negligence, for failing to confer a benefit, which includes failing to protect a person from injury, as opposed to making matters worse. This applies equally to public authorities such as the police as it does to private individuals.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th November 2024
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The High Court has discharged a Prohibited Steps Order (PSO) made to protect a now teenage girl against the risks of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), after finding “no evidence” of an ongoing risk of FGM to the girl, and finding that the order continued to have a “profound impact on her competing rights and freedoms”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two men have been prosecuted by Lichfield District Council after licensing officers caught a licensed taxi company handing business to a driver without a taxi licence.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge recently dismissed a statutory challenge brought by a town council over permission for a 146-home scheme, saying he did not have power to extend time for service. Alex Minhinick and Emily Kell-Rowan analyse the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A former director of music at a private school who indecently assaulted 10 pupils has been jailed today for 12 years for a number of sexual offences.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th November 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Nearly 3,000 fines have been given to motorists for continuing to ignore new traffic-free zones set up around schools in a part of Kent.’
BBC News, 12th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former inmate of Wales’ only privately run jail has been sent to prison after he posted on a Facebook group a video of a staff member restraining a prisoner.’
BBC News, 11th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Covid denier who suggested “whacking” Prof Sir Chris Whitty with a rounders bat has been jailed for five years after being convicted of encouraging terrorism.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Church of England bishop has called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign, calling his position “untenable” after a damning report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church.’
BBC News, 11th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The full extent of conditions at a rat-infested jail has been revealed in a report that calls for urgent improvements.’
BBC News, 12th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rape victims in England and Wales have echoed the message of Gisèle Pelicot in France that “shame belongs to perpetrators, not them”, in the largest ever survey of rape and sexual assault survivors, according to the government’s key adviser on the crime.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Nearly 200 care providers have been given government licences to bring foreign nurses to the UK despite having previously violated labour laws, according to a study that highlights widespread employment problems in the social care sector.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Report of the Ecclesiastical Judges Association Working Party into Churchyard Memorial Regulations (“the Report”), reviewed here and reproduced at the end of this post, included a consideration of how chancellors have dealt with petitions that do not comply with the criteria set by the diocesan Churchyard Regulations for the introduction of a memorial without a faculty.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th November 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
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