‘The High Court has slapped an extended civil restraint order (ECRO) on a man who claimed the application was an attempt “to legitimise” a law firm’s attempt to defraud him.’
Legal Futures, 19th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Tests on a sample of pubs in England indicate that almost 90% failed to prevent children accessing 18+ gaming machines, the Gambling Commission has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Judges dealing with difficult caseloads are receiving annual one-to-one meetings with psychologists, the Lord Chief Justice has revealed.’
Litigation Futures, 15th November 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Through the power of precedent, international incidents involving the use of force help to clarify the meaning and interpretation of jus ad bellum, the corpus of rules arising from international custom and the United Nations Charter that govern the use of force. UN Charter Article 2(4) forbids states from using force in their international relations. Exceptions to this prohibition are acts taken in self-defence under UN Charter Article 51 or under the auspices of a UN Security Council authorization to use force under Article 42. States can also consent that another state use force in its territory, for example to combat rebel or terrorist actors. In certain cases, state practice gives rise to new interpretations of existing rules or novel exceptions emerge. Through the study of precedents scholars often consider whether or not there has been a shift in the legal landscape. To give but a few illustrations, commentators have questioned if States take measures of self-defence under Article 51 to protect nationals abroad (a justification that has been invoked at various moments, for instance by Russia in the context of the crisis in Georgia in 2008), if a right to humanitarian intervention has emerged (a discussion triggered by the Kosovo crisis in 1999), or if self-defence under Article 51 can be invoked against non-state actors (a topical debate in the post 9/11 era). Consequently, depending on the precedent’s facts and the arguments invoked by the main protagonists different legal issues can be triggered.’
OUP Blog, 19th November 2018
Source: blog.oup.com
‘NHS bosses failed to act over a scandal-hit hospital where there were nearly 300 unexpected deaths, a report has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Six men have been jailed for sexually exploiting young girls in Rotherham who were gang-raped and abused by them.’
BBC News, 16th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman and her ex-partner who strapped a toddler face down in a “monstrous cage bed” have each been sentenced to 10 years.’
BBC News, 16th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The TV and radio star Noel Edmonds, who is expected to join ITV’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here jungle camp this week, is also likely to fire the starting gun on a £60m lawsuit against Lloyds Bank.’
The Guardian, 19th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The head of the Crown Prosecution Service in Wales says he wants to see more prosecutions of people who commit crimes against older people.’
BBC News, 19th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The records of up to 3,000 doctors are being reviewed after it emerged that a woman worked as a NHS consultant psychiatrist for 22 years with fake qualifications before she was convicted of trying to defraud a patient.’
The Guardian, 19th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The right to free use of sporting and recreational facilities provided in a country club environment can be an easement, providing that certain conditions are met, the UK’s highest court has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th November 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A claimant that recovered just 2% of the sum it originally claimed at trial was not the successful party, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 16th November 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A law firm accounts clerk who faced false allegations of sexually harassing a fellow employee has accepted damages of £20,000 after winning his claim of unfair constructive dismissal.’
Legal Futures, 16th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A policeman described as a “committed paedophile” has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl.’
BBC News, 15th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Notorious inmate Charles Bronson has been cleared of trying to cause grievous bodily harm a senior prison officer.’
The Independent, 15th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The peerage system is sexist because husbands of baronesses are still referred to as ‘Mr’, according to one of Britain’s leading divorce lawyers. While the wife of a male peer is known as ‘Lady’, husbands of female peers are not awarded courtesy titles. It is an enduring symbol of inequality, according to Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Doctors, nurses and teachers could face criminal charges for failing to report forced marriage cases under plans being considered by the government. Ministers are weighing up the possibility of introducing a mandatory reporting duty to boost efforts to tackle the “hidden crime”. A Home Office consultation paper published this week seeks views on whether such a measure should be introduced, and if so, who it should apply to.’
The Independent, 16th November 2018
Source: www.independent.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 civil engineer is suing British Airways for damages of up to £10,000 after he sat next to a passenger so “obese” it left him “pinned to the side of the cabin”.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A care home has been convicted and fined for failing to protect two vulnerable adults from a sexually predatory resident.’
BBC News, 15th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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