‘A money launderer who arranged to transport £104million in illegally obtained cash to Dubai has been jailed today (28 July).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 28th July 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, has said that the latest CPS figures show a very worrying trend for domestic abuse victims.’
Family Law, 29th July 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Whole-life orders should be imposed only in ‘the few exceptionally serious cases’ where a minimum term is not appropriate, the Court of Appeal ruled today in the cases of five killers – including Wayne Couzens, the former Metropolitan Police officer who murdered Sarah Everard.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘For years Craig Wright has claimed that he is the mythical figure who created bitcoin. But a legal bid by the Australian computer scientist to defend his assertion that he is Satoshi Nakamoto resulted in a pyrrhic victory and a tarnished reputation on Monday.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Plans to build 475 houses in Worthing have been overturned by a High Court judge.’
BBC News, 1st August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched investigations into two referrals involving strip searches of children by Metropolitan Police officers.’
The Independent, 1st August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Tommy Robinson has been fined £900 for failing to turn up at a High Court hearing to be questioned about his finances.’
The Independent, 1st August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More must be done to help prevent body image dissatisfaction, including putting logos on some filtered images and new training standards for people who provide certain cosmetic procedures, MPs have said.’
The Independent, 2nd August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An inadequate care firm put clients at risk of avoidable harm and failed to obtain required recruitment information for some staff, inspectors found.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Chinese seafarers with British wives and children were “coerced” into boats leaving Liverpool after the second world war in a “racially inflected” secret government programme, the Home Office has admitted.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Five men and a woman who verbally abused a BBC journalist at a protest have been convicted of a public order offence, according to police.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Rebekah Vardy has lost her “Wagatha Christie” libel case against Coleen Rooney, in a dramatic self-inflicted legal defeat that leaves her reputation destroyed.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The parents of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, who was left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage, have failed to persuade the supreme court to intervene in a life support treatment battle.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lawyers must take note of a court’s refusal to allow multiple claimants with widely differing claims to use a single claim form, a legal expert has warned.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘In Richards & Anor v Speechly Bircham LLP & Anor (Consequential Matters) [2022] EWHC 1512 (Comm) HHJ Russen QC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) considered, inter alia, the most appropriate costs order to be imposed on the unsuccessful defendant law firm for refusing to consider and engage in mediation. He concluded, wrongly in my view, that a failure to mediate did not justify an order for costs on an indemnity basis.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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