‘Powers to issue £100 on-the-spot fines are to be handed to council officers enforcing a landmark law banning future generations from smoking, which Rishi Sunak has hailed as a chance to “save thousands of lives and billions of pounds”.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Black prisoners are disproportionately subjected to the use of force inside one of Britain’s most notorious jails, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 19th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Cowardly domestic killers face tougher sentences than ever before as a direct result of decisive government action – one year on from the publication of Clare Wade KC’s review.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th March 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has rejected all but some technical changes to the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal put forward by both claimant and defendant representatives.’
Legal Futures, 19th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Family Court judge has told divorcing couples that the court expects them to make “a serious effort” to resolve their differences before issuing proceedings.’
Legal Futures, 19th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Eight men have been sentenced over their involvement in violent disorder after trouble flared at a hotel housing asylum seekers.’
BBC News, 18th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office acted unlawfully in trying to deport a British-born man who has never left the country to Portugal, from where his parents arrived more than 30 years ago, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for ramming a motorcyclist off a Buckinghamshire bridge in what police described as an act of “extreme” road rage.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother and daughter have been jailed for funding terrorism in Syria.’
BBC News, 18th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A compensation claim has been launched against Avara, one of the UK’s biggest food producers, for allegedly damaging the River Wye.’
BBC News, 19th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government will continue plans for an independent football regulator when the Football Governance Bill is introduced in Parliament on Tuesday.’
BBC News, 19th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘UK regulators are warning they will take “robust action” against firms that are putting consumers’ mental health at risk by using threatening tones and inundating already-vulnerable borrowers with letters, calls and emails, about their debts.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands has won a high court challenge against government plans to transfer his powers to the region’s mayor.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Five episodes of GB News programmes presented by Tory MPs were found by Ofcom to have broken broadcasting rules.’
The Independent, 18th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A college student who wrote a “how-to” terror guide on weapons and bombs dedicated to “misfits” and “social nobodies” has been jailed for 13 years.’
The Independent, 18th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘AB & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Westminster City Council (2024) EWHC 266 (Admin). This was a judicial review of both the suitability of accommodation provided to a homeless couple, and also of Westminster’s policy of sourcing temporary accommodation, which was claimed to indirectly discriminate against disabled people.’
Nearly Legal, 17th March 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The UK’s competition watchdog is to launch an in-depth investigation into the veterinary market due to concerns over poor competition and limited consumer choice, the outcome of which could have direct implications on buy-and-build investors in the sector, commercial and competition law experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th March 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Innocent people who have suffered miscarriages of justice, personal harm or injury are among those who will benefit from upcoming changes to legal aid means testing coming into effect this year.’
Ministry of Justice, 14th March 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Condition precedents are common in various commercial agreements. Ewan Anthony and David Owens discuss the court’s general approach to considering contractual condition precedents, and whether, particularly after the recent case of Lancashire Schools SPC Phase 2 Limited v Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited and Others [2024] EWHC 37 (TCC), the court may be prepared to disregard them.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Amanda Schofield analyses a Court of Appeal ruling on the jurisdiction of the court to make a declaration that a marriage is not recognised as valid in England and Wales.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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