‘Theresa May has ruled out trying to lift the ban on fox hunting ban for another two years, despite saying she wanted to repeal it during the election campaign.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The human rights of a 16-year-old boy were breached by his being kept in solitary confinement for four-and-a-half months, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 4th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who pulled a niqab off a woman’s face and called her a “stupid” Muslim has been jailed for 15 months.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has admitted murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Businesses operating in the financial services, energy or telecoms sectors are to be encouraged to report their involvement in cartels directly to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) under proposals put forward by the regulator.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A taskforce of environmental lawyers is drawing up plans to stop thousands of EU rules protecting rivers, wildlife, coastlines and air quality from being dropped by the government after Brexit.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A law firm referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) by the Court of Appeal earlier this year has been shut down by the regulator.’
Legal Futures, 4th July 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A teenager who plotted to bomb an Elton John concert on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Since the end of the Second World War, the European project has met with difficulties and even crises. Its momentum has, however, been strong enough to fend off these turbulent undercurrents, and it has developed incrementally in the decades since. Supported by its two pillars, The Council of Europe and the European Union, it is a Europe built on law, and the project is progressively taking on the contours of a new legal system.’
OUP Blog, 4th July 2017
Source: blog.oup.com
‘The Government has issued guidance to prosecutors not to bring charges for unlawful subletting at Grenfell Tower so that victims can be identified.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Charities which pester donors for cash face being fined up to £25,000 under new rules introduced this week as the new watchdog head warns organisations they must “restore their reputations”.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Proposals for new guidelines on the sentencing of manslaughter have been published by the Sentencing Council.’
BBC News, 4th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government should step in to help those suffering from extreme low pay by extending minimum wage legislation so that it covers minicab drivers and other parts of the 4.8 million-strong self-employed workforce, a thinktank has urged.’
The Guardian, 4th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during June 2017.’
Law & Religion UK, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Local government is an exciting place. And because it is an exciting place, filled with thrusting go-getting types who live on the edge of danger, there is the risk of occasional accusations of wrongdoing. Councillor Hussain, a Labour member, of that parish is the subject of serious allegations – which have not yet been determined – to whit that he procured the sale of some toilets to a person connected to him at an undervalue and that he expunged some parking tickets issued to family members.’
Panopticon, 30th June 2017
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘A ship owner who sold a vessel after a charterer breached its contract, making more money than it would have done selling the ship at the end of the breached contract, does not have to offset that difference in value against its claim for loss of earnings, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th June 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A recent EAT ruling JP Morgan v Ktorza continues a line of decisions which limit the role of employee expectations in the determination of unfair dismissals claims further curtailing the extent to which employees can rely on public law notions or human rights principles to challenge their dismissals.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy v. Information Commissioner and Henney [2017] EWCA Civ 844. As many will know, there are two different systems of freedom of information, the first and better known, the Freedom for Information Act 2000, and the second, the Environmental Information Regulations 2009. From the perspective of the inquirer (Mr Henney, here), the EIRs are the more favourable, and it was the differences between the systems which gave rise to this long-running dispute to do with energy Smart Meters.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The courts have given another judgment, Ahmed v Crown Prosecution Service [2017] EWHC 1272 (Admin), which helps the police in considering what actions fall within the execution of their duty. In short, where a police officer genuinely and reasonably believes that they are authorised by a court order to arrest a person for breach of an injunction and that the person is in breach of it, they will be acting in the course of their duty if they arrest that person. Even where there is no valid injunction. Sort of.’
UK Police Law Blog, 1st July 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘The High Court recently heard a challenge to government guidance on the investment strategy for the local government pension scheme that sought to prevent boycotts, divestment and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries. David Hart QC analyses the outcome.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th June 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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