“An inquiry into child sex abuse by Church of England clergy in Chichester has found many children suffered ‘abiding hurt and damage’ because local safeguarding measures had fallen ‘woefully short’ for two decades.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Squatting in a residential building in England and Wales becomes a criminal offence on Saturday, meaning squatters would face jail or a fine.”
BBC News, 31st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A nurse who stabbed her four-year-old daughter to death before attempting to kill herself has been jailed for 12 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A drunk driver who ploughed into and critically injured a Paralympic champion cyclist who was out training for the 2012 Games has been jailed.”
BBC News, 30th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former soldier who tied a pig’s head to the gates of a Cheltenham mosque has been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 30th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Organisations can temporarily keep personal data records even when the information is no longer necessary for processing purposes, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Local authorities and other public bodies must ensure that disclosing personal data about their employees under UK freedom of information (FOI) laws is ‘necessary’ even if they have established that it is “fair” to do so, a watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Evidence of ‘fundamental gaps’ in lawyers’ skills suggests that the current education system is not fit for purpose, according to a discussion paper published as part of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson will succeed Lord Neuberger as master of the rolls when the latter becomes president of the Supreme Court, the government announced today. The appointment had been widely expected.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Freddy Patel case shows how market forces inevitably lead to creeping deregulation if applied to the legal system.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has revoked London Metropolitan University’s power to teach or recruit international students, leaving nearly 3,000 students facing deportation unless they can find another place to study within 60 days.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Bedfordshire restaurant owner has been found guilty of being involved in a sham marriage scam.”
BBC News, 29th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson is ‘loading a gun’ at the newspaper industry according to Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent.”
BBC News, 30th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A care assistant who was caught abusing an 89-year-old woman after her family recorded the ‘gratuitous’ mistreatment on a hidden CCTV camera was jailed today.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The widow of a Royal Navy diver has been jailed after admitting fraudulently pocketing more than £144,000 from the Armed Forces’ pension scheme.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 16-year-old girl has been detained for a minimum of 10 years after she was found guilty of murdering a teenager with an Afro comb.”
BBC News, 28th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fast-track courts have dealt with more than 80 ‘Olympic crimes’ so far during the course of the 2012 Games, the Ministry of Justice has revealed.”
The Guardian, 29th Auguest 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There now follows a judicial review of the decision to enforce the possession order made in that claim: JL v SS for Defence [2012] EWHC 2216 (Admin) [not yet on Bailii], heard by Justice Simler QC on 30/7/2012.”
NearlyLegal, 27th August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“This is case that highlights the benchmark for seeking an injunction for accommodation on a judicial review claim.”
NearlyLegal, 26th August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“Three ads trumpeting the high welfare standards of pork sold with the Red Tractor quality mark have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which found the claims could mislead consumers into thinking pig welfare in Britain was better than it is.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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