‘The High Court has rejected an application to begin contempt proceedings against a solicitor over what it said was a simple error in a witness statement.’
Legal Futures, 23rd January 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘What does political instability and market volatility mean for separating couples?’
Family Law, 20th January 2023
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Regulators will seek to draw up new rules on dealing with lawyers who use non-disclosure agreements to cover up clients’ sexual misconduct and harassment, it has emerged.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd January 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A prisoner died after staff when to provide adequate life support after he was found unresponsive in his bunk, a coroner has ruled.’
The Independent, 22nd January 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A girl who had all four of her limbs amputated after she was wrongfully discharged from hospital has won a multimillion-pound payout.’
The Independent, 22nd January 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel run by the Home Office in a pattern apparently being repeated across the south coast, an Observer investigation can reveal.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Energy companies are to be investigated by the regulator Ofgem after the number of households struggling with their bills being forced on to prepayment meters has increased sharply. Ofgem could consider taking legal action if it determines that the rise in the number of homes being forced on to prepayment meters is proven to show companies are not taking proper due care of vulnerable households.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Michael Jones discusses a wide range of recent children law rulings from the Court of Appeal and the Family Division.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Christopher Cant sets out the lessons to be learned from an important Court of Appeal ruling on the effect of a “revised liability notice” for Community Infrastructure Levy upon an earlier liability notice relating to a housing and office development for which planning permission had been granted.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has fined a law firm that did not comply with its transparency rules £3,500, the highest penalty it has issued for the offence.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Journalists will be able to report on family court proceedings for the first time as part of a new pilot in a “big cultural change” to the Family Division. The hope is that the Transparency Reporting Pilot, to be conducted at three courts, will improve transparency and accountability.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th January 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Dr Mark Hardiman, Chartered Psychologist based in The Psychology Clinic of East Anglia. Alongside his work in public law, in recent years he has developed a special interest and practice relating to high conflict post separation parenting and private law psychological assessment.’
Family Law Week, 18th January 2023
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The Home Office will legislate to protect people, including rape victims, from unnecessary requests for personal records.’
Home Office, 20th January 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Train operators have been ordered by a regulator to stop misusing a process which removes services from schedules without them being classed as cancelled.’
The Independent, 20th January 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman conceived through rape, who has campaigned for a change in the law to recognise people like herself as victims, is celebrating after achieving her goal. The government has announced that the victims’ bill will extend the definition of a “victim” to include people who are born as a result of rape. It means England and Wales will be among the first in the world to officially confer victim status to children born of rape.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mental health blogger who took her own life by swallowing a poisonous substance was failed by the psychiatric hospital caring for her, a jury has found.’
BBC News, 19th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former Royal Marine is seeking more than £1m in damages from the government over “noise-induced hearing loss”.’
BBC News, 19th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of appeal has allowed two appeals which concerned the interplay between care orders and the voluntary accommodation of children under section 20 of the Children Act 1989.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government is to extend the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) powers to demand information from solicitors and firms beyond money laundering matters to economic crime more generally.’
Legal Futures, 19th January 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Home Secretary has set out next steps to strengthen vetting of police officers following the David Carrick case.’
Home Office, 18th January 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
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