‘The Children and Families Bill 2013 represents one of the biggest shake-ups of the law relating to family life in years.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd december 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The former legal manager of the Times newspaper is to appear before a tribunal this week over an allegation that he allowed a court to be misled over the unmasking of a detective writing the anonymous Nightjack blog.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Government is to develop plans for a single public services ombudsman for England, it has been announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The recent story of three women being freed after an alleged 30 years held captive in a South London house has aroused enormous public interest. It is a shocking example of modern day slavery. Perhaps it is so shocking because we assume that the very practice of slavery no longer exists here; that it lives on only in the history books.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Two “predatory” paedophiles, one of whom is HIV positive, have been jailed for life.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Journalist Christopher Booker reported in Saturday’s Telegraph that an Italian woman was forced by Essex County Council social services to have a cesarean section, and then had her baby taken away from her – all sanctioned by the Court of Protection.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The chef’s lawyers are battling to convince judges the word is inherently offensive to black people and almost always discriminatory – no matter in what context it is used.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A bag-snatcher who fatally injured a Birmingham grandmother during a mugging has been jailed for 11 years.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A city council has won a High Court battle with a governing body in the first case to consider the application of an authority’s intervention powers under s. 60 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
In re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Habitual Residence) [2013] EWCA Civ 1434; [2013] WLR (D) 461
‘Where a child was habitually resident in Sweden at the time when the courts of England and Wales were seised of care proceedings relating to the child, the fact that there were no extant proceedings relating to the child in Sweden did not prevent the Swedish courts having jurisdiction under article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003.’
WLR Daily, 13th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Man admits knowingly breaching an injunction on images or information claiming to be the adults Jon Venables or Robert Thompson.’
Attorney General’s Office, 27th November 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Thomas Dudley, barrister, of 1 Garden Court Chambers provides a detailed guide to “as complicated a financial remedies case as has been dealt with by the courts”.’
Family Law Week, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has clarified the principles to be applied when considering the welfare of children in deportation cases. The following summary is based on the Supreme Court’s Press Summary.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th November 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In R(Alansi) v Newham LBC, Stuart-Smith J held that, although Ms Alansi had a legitimate expectation that she would remain a priority homeseeker on Newham’s housing register, Newham had not acted unreasonably and in abuse of its power by withdrawing its representation. It is a case which demonstrates (again) just how hard it is to shoehorn a genuine grievance into a successful JR challenge, doubly so in the context of a local authority allocation scheme.’
NearlyLegal, 1st December 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A drug dealer who supplied heroin with a street value of £20m over a two-year period has been jailed for 16 years.’
BBC News, 29th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former world champion boxer Herbie Hide has been jailed for 22 months after admitting selling cocaine.’
BBC News, 29th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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