‘Publication of misconduct investigation reports can give rise to difficult and important questions, particularly in cases where there has been no misconduct hearing because there has been a determination of “no case to answer”, or because the accused officer has resigned or retired.’
UK Police Law Blog, 11th September 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘The London Borough of Croydon has secured an injunction to prevent a former headteacher and an educational advocate from disclosing information about a school that it considers confidential.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Nicola Hogg reviews the recent case of FF v KF [2017] EWHC 1093 (Fam), in which the High Court restated the principles to be adopted when assessing capital and income needs after a short marriage.’
Family Law, 11th September 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The High Court has sent a blunt message to litigators that excessive trial bundles are unnecessary and counter-productive.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Quick to establish inquiries, are we getting any better at acting on their recommendations? Tom Kark QC and Polly Dyer consider the efficacy of the modern public inquiry system.’
Counsel, September 2017
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Emergency legal proceedings have been lodged against the prime minister in the high court over the lack of ethnic and religious diversity on the panel of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, which begins on Thursday.’
The Guardian, 12th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK government spent more than £750,000 on lawyers’ fees trying to deny responsibility for the deaths of soldiers killed in lightly armoured Snatch Land Rovers, a freedom of information request has revealed.’
The Guardian, 12th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Seven out of 14 police forces have been dubbed “inadequate” for failing to record hundreds of thousands of crimes reported to them.’
BBC News, 12th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A priest who denied stealing a dead parishioner’s blue badge so he could park for free said he was telling the “gospel truth.” Father Bill Haymaker, accompanied to Hove Crown Court by his official clerical dog The Venerable Mr Piddles, was found guilty of stealing the badge from woman who had died two months before and then using it in his own car.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th september 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A 102-year-old man has been sentenced for sexually abusing a young girl from the age of five in the 1970s. A judge suspended Douglas Hammersley’s two-year prison sentence but ordered him to pay his victim £25,000 compensation within 21 days.’
The Independent, 11th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A PDF version of a document can constitute a database and information contained in it can be protected by database rights, the High Court in London has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In Magill v Panel Systems (DB Limited) [2017] EWHC 1517 (QB) His Honour Judge Gosnell (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) considered some key issues relating to fatal accident damages.’
Zenith PI, 10th September 2017
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘The controversial police investigation into allegations that Sir Edward Heath was a paedophile will be considered by the London-based child sexual abuse inquiry.’
The Guardian, 10th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Monmouthshire GP is being investigated over complaints about her giving gender-change hormones to children as young as 12.’
BBC News, 10th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sussex Chief Constable Giles York questioned whether an in-person visit served any purpose and said it would be more “convenient” for members of the public to interact with the force online.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘UK businesses are running the risk of employing forced labour because they do not know enough about their staff, researchers have warned.’
BBC News, 11th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A disciplinary hearing of six police officers who have been accused of gross misconduct over the death of a 23-year-old man who died after a prolonged period of restraint seven years ago will begin in secret on Monday.’
The Guardian, 11th september 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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