‘Councils should be able to apply for and be granted magistrates’ approval electronically for access to communications data, the Local Government Association and trading standards organisations have said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th January 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The committee set up to decide the future of legal costs in civil litigation has recommended that a new of bill of costs based on electronic assessment should be in place from October.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th January 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Home Office is proposing a massive 25% increase in already high immigration application fees for families for the year 2016-17. Family and spouse visas will in future cost £1,195. The maximum chargable for these applications will be increased from £2,141 to £3,250. The fee for a settlement application will increase to £1,875 and to £2,676 for Adult Dependant Relatives.’
Free Movement, 12th January 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘A man who fatally stabbed an 82-year-old client has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The use and value of ‘internet connection records’ (ICRs) in helping detect, prevent and investigate serious crime and terrorism should be assessed to help decide whether providers should be forced to collect the data, the UK’s information commissioner has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The head of the government’s privacy watchdog has called for stronger sentencing powers for people convicted of stealing personal data, after a woman who sold 28,000 pieces of sensitive driver data was fined just £1,000.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘James Huggett, 22, is handed seven years behind bars after his victim Chanel Purchase, 21, scoured Facebook for pictures of him.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of women applying for Queen’s Counsel remains “stubbornly low”, the appointments panel has said, after promoting 25 female barristers and solicitor advocates among a total of 107.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judge condemns Caroline Hermsen as liar after she wrongly accused mother of getting her arrested over dog as he rules she can kick her out of home.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The way that offenders sentenced to unpaid community work in England and Wales are managed and supervised has been criticised by inspectors.’
BBC News, 12th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenage army recruit who was found dead at a British barracks more than 20 years ago may have been raped or ordered by a superior to have sex, an inquest has been told.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Public bodies will find it harder to justify decisions to withhold information requested under freedom of information (FOI) laws on the basis that they intend to publish the material in future where no date has been set for that publication, according to newly issued guidance.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2016
Source: out-law.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 December 2015.’
Family Law Week, 8th January 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Two men who conned a woman out of £1.6m by using a fictional character to contact her on a dating website have been jailed.’
BBC News, 8th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Nearly 300 British personnel who served in Iraq have been contacted by investigators looking into allegations of war crimes, with some of them facing interrogation on their doorsteps, officials have said.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An argument over an extension plan next door to the French embassy in London has gone global as an unlikely alliance of diplomats has formed, citing the 1961 Vienna Convention, in a bid to kill it off.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The acting chief executive of the City watchdog has denied claims it has gone soft on banks following the decision to drop its inquiry into banking culture.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police is examining whether its staff need to change the way they engage with members of the two ethnic minority groups, despite its official investigation into the racism claims concluding without any officers being formally disciplined or charged.’
The Independent, 9th January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A family court judge has come under fire after refusing to name a council that violated a man’s parental rights by taking his four-year-old daughter into care without a proper investigation.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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