Goring Gap: High Court overturns 475-home development plan – BBC News
‘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
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Met Police investigated over two more child strip searches – The Independent
‘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 fined £900 for contempt of court – The Independent
‘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
Legislate on filtered images and some cosmetic procedures, say MPs – The Independent
‘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
Care firm My Homecare Reading put clients at risk, report finds – BBC News
‘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 were coerced into leaving UK after war, Home Office admits – The Guardian
‘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
Six convicted of abusing BBC Newsnight journalist during protest – The Guardian
‘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 loses ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case against Coleen Rooney – The Guardian
‘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
Archie Battersbee’s parents fail in life support bid at supreme court – The Guardian
‘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
High Court ruling a warning to lawyers who ‘shoehorn’ claimants into class actions – OUT-LAW.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
Unreasonable refusal to engage with ADR – Law Society’s Gazette
‘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
Court of Appeal outlines approach advocates and judges should take to requests for clarification of judgments – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has considered the extent to which judges are required to respond to requests for clarifications in judgments.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Key information about adopting mother not shared before baby’s murder, report finds – The Guardian
‘Information about drinking, debts and mental health that could have prevented a baby boy being placed with an adopting mother who went on to murder him was not shared between agencies, an investigation has concluded.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
“Trial by internet” – Judges turn to Wikipedia to aid reasoning – Legal Futures
‘Judges are using Wikipedia to research legal issues and allowing it to influence their reasoning, ground-breaking research has discovered.’
Legal Futures, 28th July 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Ian Stewart: Sons granted £185k confiscation order – BBC News
‘The sons of a double murderer are to share £185,000 from their mother’s estate, a court has ruled.’
BBC News, 28th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wayne Couzens loses appeal against whole-life sentence -Daily Telegraph
‘Wayne Couzens is still set to die in prison after he lost his bid to reduce his sentence at the Court of Appeal.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
