‘Legal claims over exposure to diesel exhaust fumes at work are growing as unions warn toxic air in the workplace is a ticking time bomb on a par with asbestos.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A leading north-west law firm has been ordered to pay £68,000 in VAT for electronic local authority property searches it procured from an agency, after a tribunal ruled that they should not have been treated as disbursements.’
Legal Futures, 18th September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Three teenagers who pleaded guilty to attacking two passengers on a train because of their sexuality have today been jailed. The three male youths, two aged 16 and one aged 17, were each sentenced to six months in prison at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on 14 September, after admitting violent disorder and, in one case, possession of an offensive weapon.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th September 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A “House Parent” Stephen Joyce who sexually abused children while working at a boarding school in Torrington, Devon has sentence increased.’
Attorney General's Office, 15th September 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘HM Judiciary is set to reassess some of its proposals for regulating the fast-expanding “McKenzie friend” sector after a consultation on banning fee recovery received “large numbers of responses”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The lord chief justice has urged the government to deal with the thorny issue of forcing retirement upon part-time recorders believed to be clogging up the judicial system.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Up to a quarter of secondary schools are breaking the law by failing to teach religious education, a new survey has shown, as one expert said the subject can be seen as an “easy loss” amid financial pressure.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police have admitted they may have to work with “paedophile hunters” after research revealed a rise in their evidence being used in court. Figures obtained by the BBC show 11% of court cases in 2014 for the crime of meeting a child following sexual grooming used vigilante evidence, rising to 44% in 2016.’
BBC News, 18th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A property developer who appeared on The Secret Millionaire has been jailed for manslaughter after a carpenter fell through the ceiling of a development a year after safety warnings.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised a London borough over repeated failures in relation to a boy with special educational needs, in a case where at one stage a council decision-making may have acted illegally when it withdrew support.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Royal Borough of Greenwich has agreed to pay a grandmother four years of backdated foster carer payments, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The LGO said the case should serve as a reminder to councils of their duties towards friends and family foster carers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Data Protection Bill (218-page / 852KB PDF) is primarily designed to complement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will have direct application in the UK from 25 May 2018, and implement another EU directive on the processing of personal data by law enforcement agencies.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In February 2017, there was something of a falling out between the police and the IPCC regarding post-incident procedures when police firearms are deployed. Reasonable arguments were made on all sides, robustly and publicly.’
UK Police Law Blog, 15th September 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Resolving the complexities of family life across international borders is notoriously complex. However, with Britain’s impending withdrawal from the EU casting an unexpected shadow over the certainty of established legislation, children and their families face an additional layer of difficulty as Britain attempts to untangle itself from existing EU regulations. To manage increasing anxiety, the Government has recently published its vision of the UK’s future partnership with the EU on this key issue entitled “Providing a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework”. What does this tell us about how international children law disputes will be decided post-Brexit? Are we any clearer as to what impact this will have on the children caught up in these disputes?’
Family Law, 14th September 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The plight of James Ward shows the injustice of a bungled scheme. Seven years after its abolition 3,000 remain behind bars with no release date in sight.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Britain’s financial watchdog has refused to publish a leaked report into the scandal at Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial restructuring unit, despite demands for its release by an influential committee of MPs.’
The Independent, 15th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ordered the Home Office to bring an asylum seeker who was deported to Afghanistan back to the UK, saying the Government may have acted in contempt of court.’
The Independent, 14th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for a minimum of 31 years for the sexually motivated murder of a teenage student. Mark Buckley, 52, attacked 18-year-old Ellen Higginbottom, before taking her laptop and mobile phone and then leaving her for dead near a wheat field close to Orrell Water Park in Wigan, Greater Manchester.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The chairman of an inquiry into the deadly fire at Grenfell Tower has refused calls to allow a survivor of the disaster to be part of a team assessing evidence.’
The Independent, 14th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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