‘The fight against grooming gangs is still being hampered by authorities’ fears that they could be called racist for documenting abusers’ ethnicity, an official has said.’
The Independent, 6th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Durham police have investigated and said no offence was committed when the Labour leader was filmed having a drink indoors in April 2021.’
The Independent, 7th February 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman is taking legal action against the Metropolitan police after a detective who told her she was “amazingly hot” while investigating her attack kept his job.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The serial killer Levi Bellfield has reportedly penned a letter confessing to the murders of mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell in 1996.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Private car parks will have to display prices more clearly, introduce a fairer system for appeals and give drivers a grace period for lateness as part of a government crackdown.’
BBC News, 7th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 17-year-old girl and two men have been found guilty of the sadistic homophobic murder of a consultant psychiatrist in a city centre park.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A member of United Sex Workers (USW), the union for sex workers, has been granted anonymity in her case against SumUp, a major card-payment machines provider. This is a significant win in a landmark case challenging financial discrimination against sex workers.’
Each Other, 4th February 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘Parents who choose to home educate but fail to register their child with the local authority in England are likely to face sanctions, under government plans for a compulsory national register of children who are not in school.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The father of a man found dead in a concrete mixer has claimed he may have been “deliberately killed”, the High Court heard.’
BBC News, 4th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A predator who battered and strangled a vulnerable woman to death after their paths crossed on a bus has been jailed for life.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Durham County Council did not abuse its position when it ran a commercial waste service with which private firms competed, the Court of Appeal has concluded.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd February 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Respondent was ordered to be extradited to Greece for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution against him. On that day, the Respondent’s solicitor stated orally in court that an appeal would be lodged against the extradition order, and on 16 December 2015, the notice of application for leave to appeal was filed with the Court. However, due to an oversight, the solicitor failed to serve the notice on the Crown Solicitor’s Office (on behalf of Greece) until about three weeks later.’
UKSC Blog, 3rd February 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A Labour councillor in Hartlepool has successfully defended an election petition brought by a defeated opponent who said he had been the victim of a false claim.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd February 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Five Insulate Britain campaigners have been jailed for defying a court order preventing them from protesting on the M25.’
BBC News, 2nd February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has thrown out a legal challenge against the government’s £1,000 child citizenship fee, which campaigners argue many children cannot afford.’
The Independent, 2nd February 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The most sophisticated kind of electronic signatures can be “more reliable” than signatures witnessed the traditional way in an “unsupervised environment”, a government-backed industry working group has said.’
Legal Futures, 2nd February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Drivers will face tougher rules from March when it comes to the use of mobile phones and other devices behind the wheel.’
The Independent, 1st February 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Marks & Spencer and Aldi have reached a settlement in a copyright row over caterpillar cakes.’
BBC News, 2nd February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Recently, online debates have emerged about the usefulness of the website TheyWorkForYou (TWFY), a tool which provides people with a view into the voting records of Members of Parliament. Articles and blog posts have rightly detailed the oversimplification of providing a snapshot of members’ votes, which does not make clear the nuance of particular motivations behind votes, or the context in which those votes take place (for example, Opposition Day motions or whipping strategies). However, there is a deeper problem which underlies the structure of voting in the Westminster Parliamentary System; the informal agreement of pairing.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 2nd February 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
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