‘A prison officer who smuggled in £10,000 of drugs has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 8th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has demanded tougher rules governing the use of robotic surgery after a heart patient died because an under-trained surgeon botched his operation while using a state-of-the-art system.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police errors almost allowed a husband to get away with murdering his wife and staging a suicide until he admitted his crime to a woman in a pub.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Rapists and killers are among hundreds of foreign criminals who have dropped off the Home Office’s radar. Immigration authorities also lost track of overseas nationals convicted of kidnap, weapons possession and robbery.’
The Independent, 9th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A hospital trust being investigated over baby deaths and subject to repeated warnings over patient safety across two sites has been put into special measures.’
BBC News, 8th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A government decision to slash financial support for modern slavery victims has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.’
The Independent, 22nd November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In North Midland Building Ltd v Cyden Homes, the Court of Appeal held that parties to a construction contract are free to apportion risk in the event of concurrent delay.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 7th November 2018
‘A borough council has won an appeal after an Employment Tribunal ordered disclosure which would, if given, have resulted in the local authority breaching the law.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that a partner in a law firm who paid himself £16,500 after he had left the firm and was “effectively competing with it” breached his director’s duties.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Five men have been jailed over the murder of a Romanian man who was chased down and stabbed to death in a London shopping centre, just weeks after he moved to the UK.’
The Independent, 7th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A family court judge has criticised a council’s social services department after it emerged that a little boy was placed with foster carers when grandparents who might have offered a home were unaware of his existence.’
The Indepdendent, 7th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Citizens from more than 60 countries have been referred to the Windrush taskforce investigating mistreatment of immigrants who have lived in Britain for decades. Legal experts warned a “huge part of the iceberg remains under the surface” after the Home Office revealed 64 nationalities may have been affected by the Windrush crisis, despite the focus being on Caribbean immigrants.’
The Independent, 8th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A series of stabbings on the streets of London has led to a renewed focus on knife crime and how to reduce it. One power available to the police is stop and search, and Home Secretary Sajid Javid has recently emphasised its importance in tackling violence: “If stop and search means that lives can be saved from the communities most affected, then of course it’s a very good thing,” he told the annual Police Superintendents’ Conference in September. But what powers are available to the police and what is the evidence they reduce crime?’
BBC News, 8th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A young father who repeatedly tried to smother his newborn son amid a cannabis-induced psychosis has been jailed for ten years.’
BBC News, 8th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two takeaway bosses have been jailed over the manslaughter of a 15-year-old girl who suffered an allergic reaction to a meal.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Victims of crime have been sent too many letters containing spelling mistakes, wrong addresses and other errors, inspectors have found. Letters from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) were deemed “unsatisfactory” with more than three quarters not properly written.’
BBC News, 8th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Olwen Dutton, partner at Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP, discusses the key aspects of the government’s loneliness strategy. Dutton also considers any potential ethical issues stemming from the social prescription aspect of the strategy, whereby GPs will be able to refer patients who are experiencing loneliness to community activities and voluntary services.’
Family Law, 6th November 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the new SRA Handbook, including the controversial proposal to allow solicitors to provide unreserved services to the public from unregulated businesses.’
Legal Futures, 6th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Claims for compensation made under the old Electronic Communications Code (ECC) in the UK cannot be brought before a tribunal tasked with resolving disputes under the new ECC, the tribunal has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th November 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
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