‘Vulnerable children were left exposed to sexual exploitation in Oldham because of “serious failings” by the police and council, a damning independent review has found.’
The Guardian, June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Vulnerable clients are being disadvantaged by the “cold, clinical and chaotic manner” in which they are treated by some lawyers, a report for the Legal Services Board (LSB) has found.’
Legal Futures, 21st June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A parliamentary debate on whether a public inquiry should be held into the 1993 murder of toddler James Bulger is due to take place later this year.’
BBC News, 20th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of high-level British lawyers have been working privately on compiling evidence to show that one or more countries failed in their international obligations to prevent genocide against the Yazidis in northern Iraq.’
The Guardian, 21st June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A High Court judge has quashed a coroner’s ruling that the inquest into the death of a 16-year-old girl will not investigate in what circumstances she came by her death.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th June 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Channel 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence by failing to provide enough subtitled programming to some viewers in autumn 2021 after a sonic boom destroyed equipment used to broadcast its programmes, the media watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Brem v Murray & Marchant (2022) EWHC 1479 (QB). An appeal judgment from a first instance judgment on a claim for unlawful eviction, which deals with the landlord’s liability for the unlawful eviction that had taken place.’
Nearly Legal, 19th June 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘This judicial review of R(TRX) v Network Homes (2022) EWHC 456 (Admin) CO/3538/2021 is a useful restatement of the principles which apply in determining when decisions of Private Registered Providers of social housing (Housing Associations) can be judicially reviewed. The case concerned an application for a management transfer following threats of domestic abuse made to the Claimant, TRX, by X, her former partner. The Claimant brought 6 grounds of review after her request for a management transfer was refused by the Defendant. ‘
Nearly Legal, 19th June 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A ground-breaking ruling in the English High Court that recognised non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as legal property is a major victory for victims of fraud, according to one legal expert.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A Westminster councillor has received damages in a libel case against the BBC after the news organisation misidentified her as another BAME politician who had been accused of housing fraud.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th June 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Retailer Argos has failed in a bid to have proceedings brought against it by London Borough of Barking & Dagenham stayed as an abuse of the process of the court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th June 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A fugitive who threatened a woman with an axe and stole her £25,000 watch before fleeing to Spain has been jailed for 10 years.’
The Independent, 19th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘ British Army veteran who has spent more than 20 years living in the UK is “living in fear each and every second” due to the threat of deportation to Zimbabwe.’
The Independent, 20th June 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office appears to have contradicted its own guidance on GPS tagging, which prioritised “very high harm offenders”, after it announced the devices would be used on asylum seekers arriving in the UK.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Guidance that would have allowed farmers to spread manures and slurry on land in a way that would overload it with nutrients and risk pollution of rivers, lakes and coastal waters has been changed by Defra, after a challenge over its lawfulness.’
The Guardian , 20th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The mother of a 12-year-old boy in a coma said she has told him they face “the biggest battle of our lives” as they seek to appeal against a ruling his life support treatment should stop.’
BBC News, 20th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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