‘A mum whose four-year-old daughter died with sepsis says waiting more than three years for her inquest has added to her grief.’
BBC News, 12th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who murdered the teenage girl who called him her father has been sentenced to life in prison and must serve 32 years before he can be considered for release.’
The Independent. 11th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police commissioner has accused tech giants of making it harder to identify and stop terrorists.’
BBC News, 12th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A government petition has been launched calling for an inquiry into the role of institutional discrimination in the Grenfell Tower fire. The petition is calling for an “independent, expertise-led and community-centred” inquiry into whether institutional racism, classism and/or discrimination against religion contributed to the events leading to the fire.’
The Independent, 11th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Campaigners have welcomed the jailing of a police officer who assaulted two Black people – including a child – as a positive step towards justice.’
The Independent, 11th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A paramedic convicted of raping a patient had been reported to police by an ambulance service nearly a decade before he was charged.’
BBC News, 13th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government is poised to abandon key elements of its “radical and necessary” overhaul of England’s planning laws – which ministers argued would “help us build the homes our country desperately needs” – following a backlash from Tory MPs and voters in the south, according to a report.’
The Independent, 11th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A new policing bill that will be debated this week risks deepening racial and gender disparities in the justice system while forcing professionals to betray the trust of vulnerable people, hundreds of experts and a report have warned.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A law firm representing travellers is taking the government to court over the UK’s quarantine hotel policy.’
BBC News, 13th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A few days ago it was highlighted in the press that the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers was in discussions with the Ministry of Justice. The aim of these was to explore how prisoners could be used to cover labour shortages, one of the many reported effects of Brexit. The scheme under which this could be done is the “Release under Temporary License”, which permits certain categories of prisoners who are on day release to work. Another group of prisoners who could work in this context are those with long sentences that are coming towards the end of these and who are idle for years while in prison.’
UK Labour Law, 8th September 2021
Source: uklabourlawblog.com
‘A man who kidnapped a woman from a bus stop and dragged her into nearby bushes has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 9th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of judicial review applications received in the first half of 2021 was – at 1,200 – down 16% on the same period in 2020, government data has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th September 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK’s “pioneering” climate laws have been more effective than legislative efforts elsewhere in the world – but are still failing to reduce emissions by an adequate amount, a campaigning legal group reports today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th September 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Remote GP appointments may have been a contributing factor in the deaths of five people who did not see their doctor face to face, a coroner has concluded.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In 2009, Vernon Bogdanor wrote about The New British Constitution. His thesis was that a decade of New Labour reforms had produced a shift in the nature of the constitution, from one based on parliamentary sovereignty, to one based on the “sovereignty of the constitution”. Since 2009, further constitutional reforms have been implemented by governments of various political stripes, apparently consolidating the legalisation of the constitution, and the dispersal of power from the institutions of central government to Parliament, the devolved institutions, and the courts. The New British Constitution appeared to be firmly established. Recent events, however, demonstrate the shaky foundations of this new constitutionalism, with a growing trend towards a weakening of both legal and political checks on Governmental power. This blog post draws attention to this worrying trend, focusing on three key examples. It is based on the findings of the first report of the Constitutional Monitoring Group (of which the authors are both members), established to provide a biannual barometer of the state of constitutional principles in the UK. The report raises concerns not just about the potential consequences of this trend, but of the piecemeal and rapid manner in which it is occurring, with some important constitutional changes appearing to happen under the radar.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 8th September 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Members of the so-called “Cardiff Five” should be “recognised as victims”, a senior police officer has said.’
BBC News, 9th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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