‘BT has been fined more than £17m for missing 14,000 emergency calls after technical faults caused the emergency call handling service to be disrupted for nearly 11 hours last summer.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Charity Compassion in Dying has published a comprehensive and powerful report based on analysis of calls and emails received on its information line, together with a YouGov poll, outlining how talking about end of life decision-making in the United Kingdom is not currently working.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 22nd July 2024
‘In its recent judgment in World Uyghur Congress v National Crime Agency, the Court of Appeal addressed the application of the money laundering provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) in the context of international supply chains. The appeal court’s clarification of the scope of the ‘adequate consideration’ exemption under POCA has wide-reaching implications not only for businesses with global supply chains but for all professional services firms in the UK.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th July 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘New legislation will give employees greater protections, but the government must consider the implications of any new rights to ensure they do not cut across employers’ regulatory or other obligations, experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The new Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood, needs to recognise the need for an overhaul of the legal regulatory regime, the new chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued.’
Legal Futures, 22nd July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A father with a newborn baby and a mother with two children are among the asylum seekers made homeless by the Home Office after it wrongly withdrew their claims, it can be revealed.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers should consider reducing the caseload of the probation service by up to 40,000 offenders if they are to ease the overcrowding crisis in prisons, a watchdog has told the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Further to the notices relating to Jonathan Fletcher posted by the Diocese of Southwark and the Metropolitan Police, it is perhaps timely to include a link to the Attorney General’s Note, Contempt of court and social media.’
Law & Religion UK, 14th July 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘From his initial burial to the final interment in the church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, the remains of Captain Flinders have been been covered by different tranches of legislation: that relating to the churchyard in which he was first buried; that concerning the custody of the body during and after the infrastructure project; and finally, the ecclesiastical provisions governing burial within the church.’
Law & Religion UK, 12th July 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A solicitor who “repeatedly” transferred money from client to office account to prop up his firm has been struck off by the Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 19th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘His Honour Judge Saunders in Central London County Court held that Direct Accident Management Ltd (DAML) was the “real party” to litigation to recover the credit hire charges and should bear the risk of unsuccessful claims.’
Legal Futures, 19th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘LLG, CIPFA and SOLACE have this week published the Code of Practice on Good Governance for Local Authority Statutory Officers. Philip McCourt explains its purpose.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Simon Ricketts analyses two High Court rulings this month which provide reminders as to some development management procedural fundamentals.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed the first challenge to an Inspector’s decision which refused planning permission for a development on grounds of water neutrality. Matt Lewin explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Phone companies, broadband providers and subscription TV services will be banned from imposing inflation-linked price increases in the middle of contracts from next year, the telecoms regulator has confirmed.’
The Guardian, 19th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service’s hearing concluded on Thursday [18 July] that a six-month suspension was “appropriate”.’
BBC News, 18th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five environmental activists who organised protests that brought part of the M25 to a standstill over four days have been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock have been criticised for their failure to better prepare the UK for the pandemic, in a damning first report from the Covid inquiry that calls for an overhaul in how the government prepares for civil emergencies.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A report on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s handling of the Andrew Malkinson case has laid bare “a catalogue of failures”, finding that he could have been exonerated almost a decade earlier.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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