‘Four members of a Latvian organised crime gang who used vulnerable fellow migrants to launder stolen money and offered their indebted female eastern European workers as brides for hire have been sentenced to a total of 23 years in prison at Huntingdon crown court.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman is taking the government to court for breaching her human rights in denying her bereavement damages after her partner died.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother jailed for seven years for poisoning her one-year-old daughter by putting a powerful painkiller in her breast milk tried to blame the toddler’s father, leaving him “scarred for life”.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Psychoactive Substances Act will introduce a blanket ban on the production, distribution, sale and supply of legal highs.’
The Independent, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Some of the music industry’s leading players are demanding that ticket touting be made a criminal offence for all UK concerts, plays and sporting events, Guardian Money can reveal.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘I recently wrote on these pages criticising celebrity injunctions taken out to gag English newspapers, even when the stories were freely reported in other countries. The expensive celebrity game reminded me, I wrote, of the Spycatcher farce and the series of trials during which Margaret Thatcher tried to prevent British newspapers from publishing extracts from Peter Wright’s MI5 memoir, despite the book being freely obtainable outside England.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Reoffending costs £13bn a year – and giving inmates an education is the best way to prevent it, says a member of the Coates review panel’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Children in care should not be prosecuted for minor offences, a report looking at their over-representation in the criminal justice system says.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Compensation claims for torture, rape, wrongful detention and forced labour brought by 40,000 Kenyans who allege they were mistreated by British officials during the Mau Mau insurgency are due to be heard in the high court in London on Monday.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who controlled his partner’s social life and told her what she could eat and wear has been jailed for almost two-and-a-half years in one of the first convictions of its kind.’
BBC News, 18th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two Britons living abroad have lost their Court of Appeal battle over the right to vote in June’s EU referendum.’
BBC News, 20th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘For those, like me, who keep a close eye on the development of the law on religious rights and freedoms, the decision of the First-Tier Tribunal in Beis Aharon Trust v Secretary of State for Education is certainly eye-catching.’
Education Law Blog, 19th May 2016
Source: www.education11kbw.com
‘A defendant cannot withdraw an admission of liability because the value of a claim has increased, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 19th May 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘City law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has won what it believes to be the first contested application to use predictive coding as part of a substantial document review exercise.’
Litigation Futures, 19th May 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Edward Heaton, Principal Associate, and Jane Booth, Associate, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during April 2016.’
Family Law Week, 15th May 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Perhaps for the first time – and almost certainly for the last, since he is about to retire – Lord Toulson is the hero of the press. As the sole dissenting judge in the Supreme Court ruling on the current celebrity injunction of speculation, he would have allowed the claimant’s name to be published – at least by news organisations that were prepared to run the risk of paying damages for breaching the claimant’s privacy.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A new EU law has come into effect that will change the way people buy cigarettes and other tobacco products.’
The Independent, 20th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The supreme court has extended the interim privacy injunction preventing identification of a celebrity who has been involved in a three-way sexual encounter.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ordered a county council to pay £17,500 in damages to a 14-year-old girl in care for breaches of her human rights.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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