Man jailed for murdering ex-wife in custody battle – BBC News
‘A man who “brutally” battered to death his ex-wife to get custody of their young son has been given a life sentence for murder.’
BBC News, 5th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Sun journalists set for trial on charges of paying public officials for stories – The Guardian
‘A panel of 24 potential jurors has been selected in the trial of four senior journalists at the Sun accused of paying public officials for stories.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Killer drivers will be kept off the roads in new crackdown – Daily Telegraph
‘Mike Penning, the Justice Minister, tells The Telegraph he will change the law before Easter to close a loophole that allows killer drivers to get back behind the wheel as soon as they leave prison.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal: litigants in person may get help with relief from sanctions, but only “at the margins” – Litigation Futures
‘The fact that an individual or a company is a litigant in person is not a reason for the “disapplication” of court orders, rules and directions, appeal judges have ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 5th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 – NearlyLegal
‘This was a judicial review of LB Enfield’s plans for borough wide additional HMO licensing and selective licensing of all PRS properties. It did not go well for Enfield, who appear to have not quite grasped the consultation requirements.’
NearlyLegal, 3rd January 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
High Court judge quashes decision by council to shut village school – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has quashed a Welsh council’s decision to close a village school and merge it with a nearby primary school.’
Full story
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Prisoners’ mobile phones to be cut off under new law – Daily Telegraph
‘Mobile phone companies will be forced to cut off signals to handsets being used by inmates in prisons, under planned new laws.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
English votes for English laws plan ‘could end hunting ban’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Constitutional shake-up would shift the balance at Westminster in favour of repealing the Hunting Act 2004, Countryside Alliance believes.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Yarl’s Wood: UN special rapporteur to censure UK government – The Guardian
‘The official report of the UN special rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, will censure the UK government for preventing her from inspecting Yarl’s Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire.’
Full story
The Guardian, 3rd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rachel Titley death: Yarmouth text message driver jailed – BBC News
‘A driver who was distracted by his mobile phone before a head-on crash which killed a woman has been jailed for six years.’
BBC News, 2nd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers prepare for ‘Divorce Day’ as Christmas holidays take their toll – The Independent
‘Legal firms are bracing themselves for ‘Divorce Monday’ when they typically see a surge in queries from spouses planning to break up after limping through the Christmas holidays.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ministry of Justice steps in to prevent Ched Evans from playing abroad – The Guardian
‘Attempts by Ched Evans to resurrect his football career were quashed last night after the British government stepped in to prevent the convicted rapist plying his trade overseas.’
The Guardian, 3rd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Government to create new domestic abuse offence – Home Office
‘Home Secretary sets out new law to criminalise coercive and controlling behaviour.’
Home Office, 18th December 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Charities in front seat of new reoffending drive – Ministry of Justice
‘The government fired the starting gun today [18 December] on making key reforms to the way ex-offenders are looked after in the community, in an effort to tackle stubbornly high reoffending rates in England and Wales.’
Full story
Ministry of Justice, 18th December 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Gemma Simpson death: Martin Bell jailed for 11 years – BBC News
‘A killer who bludgeoned and stabbed a woman to death, then kept the location of her remains secret for 14 years, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Good news” for employers as High Court rejects second tribunal fee judicial review – OUT-LAW.com
‘The High Court has dismissed a second judicial review application by the trade union UNISON against the recent introduction of employment tribunal fees. Lord Justice Elias said that the union had not been able to provide evidence of “any actual instances” of individuals that had been prevented from making a claim by the introduction of fees.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th December 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Employment Tribunal Fees: The evidential ‘hot potato’ to be heard by Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Divisional Court (Lord Justice Elias and Mr Justice Foskett) has dismissed Unison’s second-generation attempt to challenge by judicial review the legality of the Employment Tribunal fees system but gave permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal. The “striking” reduction in claims (79 per cent fewer) presented to Employment Tribunals, Lord Justice Elias accepted, was evidence that the system was “extremely onerous” for people in the position of the hypothetical claimants construed by Unison in their legal argument but “not so burdensome as to render the right illusory” (paragraph 53).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Latvians guilty of illegal gangmaster role in case exposing debt-bondage – The Guardian
‘Two Latvian men have been found guilty of acting as illegal gangmasters, supplying Latvian and Lithuanian workers from the Wisbech area to pick leeks, cabbages, broccoli and flowers, for supermarket supply chains across East Anglia.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
