‘Police and social workers should make allowances for immigrants who slap or hit their children when investigating allegations of physical abuse, a high court judge has said.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘For reasons that will become clear in this post, rentcharges are a bit of a legal oddity. It has been a new realm for me, but I was intrigued by this case, and wiser members of the NL collective have held my hand as I headed down this particular rabbit hole.’
Nearly Legal, 8th June 0215
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Viridor Waste Management Ltd v Veolia ES Ltd [2015] (unreported)
The Claimant was awarded costs on the indemnity basis when the Defendant had taken unreasonable advantage of the Claimant’s late service of its particulars of claim in the hope of obtaining a windfall strike-out when it was obvious that relief from sanctions was appropriate.’
Zenith PI Blog, 8th June 0215
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Three high profile cases concerning the UK government have been granted hearings in the European Court of Human Rights grand chamber, putting the relationship between the government and the ECHR “in the spotlight”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th June 0215
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A challenge to the government’s safety-net scheme for people denied legal aid because of cuts in scope is to be heard in the High Court tomorrow.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th June 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A girl who was kept in a cellar and repeatedly raped was the victim of a “shaming failing” by those who should have protected her, a report has said. An independent review published by Salford Safeguarding Board said it was “difficult to think of a more vulnerable child”.’
BBC News, 8th June 0215
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Designs for the latest London mega-mansion for billionaire owners have been rejected after a six-year planning battle because of their “palatial scale” and the substantial harm they would cause to London’s heritage, following a campaign backed by former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A convicted murderer recently released from prison has said he is determined to “fight” for justice, believing his case was flawed by a crooked detective.
Kevin Lane was found guilty of shooting dead Robert Magill with a shotgun in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, in 1994. His argument of an “unsafe” conviction by Det Insp Christopher Spackman is being heard at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday and Thursday.’
BBC News, 9th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The suicides of eight prisoners have prompted a warning to prison governors about the risk of keeping “at-risk” inmates in segregation.’
BBC News, 9th June 0215
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Conor Gearty unpicks the myths, illusions and downright lies that infect political engagement with human rights in Britain – and discussion of the Human Rights Act in particular.’
LSE Public Lecture, Recorded on 6 November 2014
Source: www.lse.ac.uk
‘Paula White, who made £3.6 million from selling illegal highs, which led to one man’s death, has been jailed for nine years.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government intends wholesale reform, but will it perpetuate a dark history of invasion of privacy or follow the US example, and end invasive surveillance?’
The Guardian, 5th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Last week the Queen revealed that the newly-elected government had delayed its promised proposals to repeal the Human Rights Act. If this signals a willingness to listen and reflect, rather than an opportunity to bring potential rebels into line, then so much the better. Let us keep talking.
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UK Human Rights Blog, 4th June 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Two men who served long sentences before their convictions were overturned have lost High Court actions in their fight for compensation.’
BBC News, 8th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Louise Aspinall stood trial charged with seven allegations of having sexual actvity with a child and was compared to sex-mad housewife Mrs Robinson.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The aunt and grandmother of a seven-year-old girl who died of a brain injury have been jailed for what a judge described as “just about the worst case of child cruelty it is possible to imagine”.’
The Guardian, 5th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who smothered an elderly man at a care home has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 5th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In popular perception the Middle Ages was a time of lawlessness and cruelty. And to a degree, that characterisation holds true. Crusades abroad, ill-disciplined governance at home, England in the early thirteenth century was not exactly enlightened.’
The Independent, 7th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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