‘The Nationality and Borders Act passed today (Thursday 28 April 2022) will deliver the biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades.’
Home Office, 28th April 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The case of Randhawa v Randhawa (Divorce: Decree Absolute, Set Aside, Forgery) [2022] EWFC B7 which came before HHJ Moradifar is most definitely an interesting case, and whilst the facts of this case might not represent many family situations, with increasing numbers of international couples, the issue of whether a divorce is valid is far more common than many think.’
Family Law, 28th April 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘From 6 April 2022 England and Wales has a new divorce law, so-called no-fault. It is the most significant divorce law change since 1969. It introduces an entirely new basis of obtaining a divorce and a new timetable. It will have different consequences for the applicant and the respondent. It allows joint petitions and joint applications for the final divorce. Service will be invariably by email as default service method. In any event, divorce itself is now an almost entirely online process. Nevertheless, however welcome this new law, there are significant flaws in its operation and application, particularly with the adverse impact on the respondent. This note looks at some of these pitfalls in practice.’
Family Law, 28th April 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Actor Laurence Fox is seeking the first jury trial in a libel case for a decade over a social media spat between him and three public figures he called “paedophiles” on Twitter.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th April 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The UK’s visa schemes for Ukrainian refugees are “lacking in clarity, resourcing and accountability” and are heightening the risk of trafficking and exploitation, according to a report.’
The Independent, 29th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Exclusions from primary school should be banned by 2026, a new report has said.’
The Independent, 29th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A heroin addict convicted of fatally neglecting her seven-year-old son, who died alone in a garden from an asthma attack, has been jailed for 20 years.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three men who tried to extort up to £40,000 from victims in a “callous” blackmail plot have been jailed.’
BBC News, 28th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Almost a decade ago, on 16 July 2012, Mr C was killed by his boyfriend, Mr Y. Pursuant to the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004, local authorities conducted a review into the circumstances of C’s death. According to the Review, Mr C had been assaulted over a period of months and probably years. He had seen multiple health professionals in the last years of his life, none of whom had picked up on the signs of abuse or asked about it.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 27th April 2022
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘The Respondent is the corporate trustee of a tax-exempt United Kingdom pension fund. It held a large portfolio of UK and overseas shares. To generate revenue, it engaged in a practice known as stock lending. This involves a shareholder (the lender) transferring ownership of shares to another party (the borrower) on terms that the borrower will (i) return equivalent shares to the lender at the end of the lending period and (ii) pay an amount to the lender equivalent to the dividends paid on the shares during that period. These payments are known as a “manufactured dividend” (“MD”) if the shares are held in a UK company. If the shares are in a non-UK company, they are known as a “manufactured overseas dividend” (“MOD”).’
UKSC Blog, 27th April 202
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A no-fault compensation scheme for medical negligence should be introduced in England, replacing the “grossly expensive” existing system based on individual blame, MPs have said.’
Legal Futures, 28th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The number of children in custody in England and Wales is expected to double by 2024, according to a report by Whitehall’s public spending watchdog, which also highlights that black and minority ethnic children are increasingly over-represented in the youth justice system.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This time of year brings bad memories for families of care home residents who died in Covid’s first wave when the virus swept, mostly unchecked, through nursing homes.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officer has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for arranging to a meet a 13-year-old girl for sex when he was “on duty working from home”.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The current Prime Minister’s long running battle with the Seven Principles of Public Life continues to gather pace. Boris Johnson’s actions relating to the pandemic “partygate” scandal have arguably violated each of the principles established by the Nolan Committee in 1995: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. The Prime Minister’s full house of ethical violations concerning his attendance and subsequent denials of social gatherings held in Downing Street, contrary to lockdown restrictions, have also yielded Fixed Penalty Notices from the police for him, his Chancellor, his wife, and other government officials, with the prospect of more to follow. Yet the Prime Minister remains committed to staying in post, and has refused to resign.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th April 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘This appeal concerns a challenge brought by the Appellant to orders made by the Respondent in respect of Braintree District Council and nine other local authorities (“the Pilot Orders”). These Pilot Orders authorised schemes to temporarily change the rules set out in secondary legislation governing local elections. These schemes, which were implemented in ten local authority areas in respect of the local government elections in May 2019, each introduced a new requirement for some form of voter identification for those local elections.’
UKSC Blog, 27th April 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Some terrorists in prison enjoy status and celebrity among their fellow inmates amid a culture of fear and violence in jails in England and Wales that is being exacerbated by staffing cuts, an official review has concluded.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Good Practice Guidance for working with parents with a learning disability was first published in 2007 by the Department of Health / Department for Education and Skills. Fifteen years and two revisions later, awareness of it remains patchy. In Re H [2022] EWFC 10 (19 January 2022), where the mother’s learning disability was a central feature of the case, the children’s social worker admitted that she was unfamiliar with the Guidance.’
Transparency Project, 26th April 2022
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
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