‘Ministers will push ahead with plans to abolish a key piece of press regulation law, unpicking one of the main recommendations of the Leveson inquiry into the culture of the British newspaper industry.’
The Guardian, 28th March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In Re Blagdon Cemetery [2002] Fam 299, the Arches Court reviewed the circumstances under which burial in a “family grave” might be considered as an exception to the general presumption of permanence of Christian burial arising from the initial act of interment.’
Law & Religion UK, 28th March 2023
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Sports presenter Gary Lineker has won his appeal against HMRC over a £4.9m tax bill.’
BBC News, 28th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Proposed legislation aimed at stopping cross-channel migration in small boats would be incompatible with the UK’s international obligations, the leading human rights figure at the 46-member Council of Europe said today. Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, warned that the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill ‘create clear and direct tension with well-established and fundamental human rights standards’.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th March 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Ministers will be able to block the release of some prisoners and stop others getting married under new plans to overhaul the parole system.’
BBC News, 29th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A law firm has successfully fought off a former client’s bid to broaden a multi-million-pound negligence claim after the High Court found the losses too remote to be recoverable.’
Legal Futures, 28th March 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘People dying in the UK face “uncontrollable” pain and “unbearable suffering”, which palliative care alone cannot fix, according to the first evidence to a major new parliamentary inquiry asking if assisted dying should finally be legalised.’
The Guardian, 28th March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A ban on laughing gas will not stop people using it and will drive it into criminal hands, say experts.’
BBC News, 27th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two residents have won cases in the Court of Appeal against decisions by London boroughs to move them to private rented accommodation outside the capital.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A rapist convicted as part of the Rotherham grooming scandal has been ordered to pay £425,000 in damages to his victim by the High Court.’
BBC News, 27th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Matthew Hill of 1 Crown Office Row about three recent decisions concerning unlawful killing.’
Law Pod UK, 28th March 2023
Source: audioboom.com
‘A housing association criticised over the death of a toddler treated its residents in “dismissive, inappropriate or unsympathetic ways”, a report says.’
BBC News, 28th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In this post, David McKie and Dany Bitar, partner and associate respectively in the litigation team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in JTI POLSKA Sp. Z.o.o. and Ors v Jakubowski and Ors.’
UKSC Blog, 27th March 2023
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Three gambling firms owned by William Hill are to pay penalties of £19.2m for failing to protect consumers and weak anti-money laundering controls.’
BBC News, 28th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) must publish data on the backlogs of individual criminal courts, a group that campaigns to improve public data has said.’
Legal Futures, 28th March 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Modern slavery is an umbrella term which encompasses human trafficking and slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.’
House of Commons Library, 27th March 2023
‘Landlords are to be given new powers to evict problematic tenants with two weeks’ notice under government proposals to address antisocial behaviour.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The immigration rules provide for an option of applying for indefinite leave to remain after completing 10 years of continuous lawful residence. At present, any type of permission to stay counts as lawful residence, whether or not the permission is in a temporary category or in a long-term immigration route leading to settlement. On 12 April 2023 this rule will change to exclude from the definition of lawful residence temporary immigration categories, such as visitor visa, short term student visa and temporary admission granted while an application for asylum or humanitarian protection is under consideration.’
EIN Blog, 24th March 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Our grateful thanks to Alice Irving of Doughty Street Chambers for this note of a section 204 appeal decision, which is interesting in the approach to representations in response to ‘minded to’ letters, to affordability assessments and on the timing and role of skeleton arguments in s.204 appeals.
Tapper v Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (unreported, 4 January 2022, County Court at Central London, HHJ Parfitt)’
Nearly Legal, 26th March 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘2023 has already been a landmark year for nuisance, with the Supreme Court handing down its controversial decision in Fearn v Tate Gallery (as discussed on this blog). The good news for those with a particular interest in the bothersome behaviour of neighbours is that Fearn is only the start.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th March 2023
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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