‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has expressed frustration that there is a Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) in only 20% of areas, saying it remains his goal that there is one in every area.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th May 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In this blog post, Professor Panos Koutrakos discusses the first UK-EU arbitration ruling under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.’
UK-EU Relations Law, 19th May 2025
Source: eurelationslaw.com
‘Jim Duffy is joined by 1COR colleague Benjamin Seifert to discuss recent case law touching on expert evidence, fundamental dishonesty, anonymity orders and much more.’
Law Pod UK, 19th May 2025
Source: audioboom.com
‘A drug-driver who reached speeds of 90mph has been jailed for 14 years for the death of a three-week-old baby in a crash.’
BBC News, 16th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A campaigner who argued that music festivals held in a south London park unfairly cut off large sections of the space and made it a “mud bath” has won a court case that could result in events being banned there this summer.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A prison governor who had a relationship with a drug-dealing gang boss has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 15th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The man who murdered Cher Maximen in front of her three-year-old daughter at Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 16th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Railway operators in the UK could soon have to pay out far greater sums in compensation to disabled passengers left unable to access trains despite booking assistance.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Excluding prisoners trapped under abolished indefinite jail terms from new measures to free up hundreds of desperately needed prison cells has been branded “morally wrong” and a “missed opportunity”.’
The Independent, 18th May 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An updated practice direction on the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in UK tax disputes has been welcomed by experts.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales dating back to 2010, including criminal records and financial details, has been accessed and downloaded in a “significant” cyber-attack.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Family Court has ruled that a couple are not the parents of a baby who arrived in the UK from Nigeria and that the woman concerned cannot – as she claimed – have been pregnant for 55 weeks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th May 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘When medical expert witnesses are instructed in family cases, usually to help work out how an injury to a child was caused, their evidence can sometimes be accepted by all the parties, in which case the expert doesn’t need to attend court to answer questions. But sometimes not everyone agrees with their conclusions, and there are questions one or more party will wish to ask the witness at trial, through a process called cross examination. In these cases the expert witness will either need to attend court in person, or more often to attend by video link. Lawyers are expected to only ask for the attendance of a witness if they have a proper challenge to make to their evidence on behalf of their client, and judges can refuse to allow it if they don’t think it is necessary. This post is written by Lucy Reed, a barrister working in this field, who observed this hearing. It concerns one case where there was an issue about whether or not cross examination of the medical experts should be permitted.’
Transparency Project, 18th May 2025
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Nine Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists who were convicted of plotting to cause “unprecedented disruption” by gluing themselves to a runway at Heathrow Airport have been spared jail terms.’
BBC News, 16th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The wife of a Conservative councillor who was jailed after an online rant on the day of last year’s Southport attacks “never” intended to incite violence, the Court of Appeal has heard.’
BBC News, 15th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Anor [2025] EWCOP 17 (T3), McKendrick J was asked to decide that continuation of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (‘CANH’) was not in the best interests of a “much loved family man and devout Muslim.” Unlike many of these cases, the 73 year old man, PK, was not in a prolonged disorder of consciousness. He was, however, in a situation following a stroke, exacerbating already existing co-morbidities, where the Trust was concerned as to whether continuing CANH was in his best interests.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 15th May 2025
‘What the bereaved hope might be investigated at an inquest and what the inquest actually explores are often very different things. In this recent case the Assistant Coroner’s decision to draw a very tight investigatory scope was upheld by the Divisional Court. There is no new law here. Coroners have a wide discretion regarding scope and that discretion was properly exercised. The Coroner was entitled to have heard only limited evidence related to events very close to the time of death.’
UK Inquest Law Blog, 12th May 2025
Source: www.ukinquestlawblog.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has imposed its largest-ever fine, just shy of £4m, on the former non-solicitor owner of collapsed law firm Kingly Solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 15th May 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A teaching assistant may have abused “well over 81” children with special educational needs and disabilities, it can now be revealed.’
BBC News, 15th May 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An innocent man who spent five years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of rape has hit out at the “unfair and draconian” compensation system, warning a miscarriage of justice could happen to anyone.’
The Independent, 16th May 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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