TikToker who stalked Chelsea star Mason Mount sentenced – BBC News
‘An influencer who bombarded Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount with messages has been given a suspended prison term.’
BBC News, 20th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Curbing protest disruption – Law Society’s Gazette
‘As many will have seen in the media, environmental activist group Insulate Britain (IB) has carried out London protests in a manner deliberately designed to cause serious disruption. These protest tactics have included activists deliberately blocking highways by sitting down in the road, and often gluing themselves to its surface and/or locking themselves to each other to make their removal more time-consuming. IB has repeatedly stated that these protests will continue until its demands are met.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Liberty launches judicial review challenge arguing protest law is “unjustified interference” with Parliamentary sovereignty – Local Government Lawyer
‘The National Council for Civil Liberties, also known as Liberty, is threatening a judicial review of the Home Secretary’s efforts to widen the circumstances in which the police can impose conditions on people organising or taking part in protests.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Driver of Croydon tram in fatal 2016 crash cleared by Old Bailey jury – The Guardian
‘The driver in the Croydon tram crash that killed seven people has been found not guilty of failing to take reasonable care of his passengers.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Rape victims still being ‘failed’ two years after action promised – BBC News
‘Two years after the government’s end-to-end rape review for England and Wales, victims are still being failed, say women’s groups.’
BBC News, 20th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-judges “need guidance or regulation” on post-retirement work – Legal Futures
‘The Post Office’s use of two former senior judges in its defence of the sub-postmaster prosecutions indicates the need for guidance or regulation on what judges do in retirement, it has been argued.’
Legal Futures, 19th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Getting it all wrong… LB Redbridge ‘dismal’ homelessness decisions – Nearly Legal
‘Ms UO and her 3 children, aged 11, 5 and 3, were homeless and had applied to LB Redbridge. The family had NASS accommodation in the Tottenham area since 2021, after NASS accommodation in Croydon and West Ham from 2019. Ms UO’s elder children were enrolled in school in Tottenham and the youngest in the nursery attached to the school. MS UO had connections in Redbridge herself. Following Ms UO’s grant of asylum in 2022, the NASS accommodation ceased. She applied to Redbridge. The application stressed how important the children’s school was to them. She then did not hear anything from Redbridge until the day before her eviction from the NASS accommodation.’
Nearly Legal, 18th June 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
New Order Precedents Summarise Privacy Restrictions for Readers – Transparency Project
‘Most Family Court orders have some sort of confidentiality warning on them these days, especially in cases about children. Typically they warn that the names of the children and family members must not be published.’
Transparency Project, 18th June 2023
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
Most magistrates courts in England and Wales have accessibility failings – The Guardian
‘Three-quarters of magistrates courts in England and Wales are inadequately accessible for people with disabilities, with a lack of ramps, inaccessible toilets and non-functioning hearing loops all featuring as failings.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
MR: Regulators and courts need to control use of ChatGPT in litigation – Legal Futures
‘Legal regulators and the courts may need to control “whether and in what circumstances and for what purposes” lawyers can use artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT in litigation, the Master of the Rolls has said.’
Legal Futures, 19th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Online safety bill: changes urged to allow access to social media data – The Guardian
‘Online safety experts will struggle to sound the alarm about harmful content if landmark legislation does not allow independent researchers to access data from social media platforms, campaigners have warned.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Planning enforcement and equalities duties – Local Government Lawyer
‘A recent High Court ruling shows that equalities duties must be treated differently, writes Roderick Morton.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
No such thing as a s114 notice – Local Government Lawyer
‘Reports of “s144 notices” being issued at local authorities are becoming increasingly common. But what are they and what should the monitoring officer do if a s114 report is being made at their authority? Paul Turner explains.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Homeless single mother wins High Court battle against London borough – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has allowed a homeless single mother’s claim for judicial review against the London Borough of Redbridge on all four grounds.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Upper Tribunal: Postponing biometrics and entry clearance – EIN Blog
‘R (MRS & Anor) v ECO (Biometrics, Entry Clearance, Article 8) [2023] UKUT 85 (IAC) (30 Mar 2023). The Upper Tribunal thinks that it is open for the Home Office, in line with article 8 of the ECHR, to have a biometric discretion policy that places significant weight to the public interest and proper legitimate aims which justify biometrics and that only exceptional in the sense of very compelling cases can outweigh that interest. Further, it is incompatible with article 8 of the ECHR for the policy Family Reunion: for refugees and those with humanitarian protection policy version 5 (31 December 2020), to direct decision-makers that only applicants with extraordinary, and therefore rare, unique or unusual circumstances, can succeed.’
EIN Blog, 15th June 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
FCA proposes tougher rules for cryptoasset marketing – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out new rules on how cryptoasset firms can advertise their products, including a cooling-off period for first time investors.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th June 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Appeal judges uphold law firm’s entitlement to £300,000 fixed fee – Legal Futures
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld an award of £300,000 to a small central London law firm owed under a retainer which the client had claimed was not payable as the transaction it advised on did not go ahead.’
Legal Futures, 16th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
High Court: Letter asserting solicitor’s lien was not defamatory – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has thrown out a defamation claim over a letter sent by one law firm to another asserting a solicitor’s lien over £100,000 of any damages awarded to its former clients.’
Legal Futures, 16th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
More action to fight fraud, bribery and other economic crime – Home Office
‘Plans have been submitted to modernise the identification doctrine, a legal principle which can hold corporations criminally liable for an offence.’
Home Office, 15th June 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
