‘Ministers have been accused of misleading and insulting victims after a push by a cross-party group of peers to create an automatic register of dangerous domestic abusers and stalkers was dropped.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The police watchdog is investigating complaints by Richard Okorogheye’s mother and considering whether race played a role in the way the Metropolitan police handled reports of her son’s disappearance.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The death of a young disabled woman following a routine eye operation was partly caused by malnutrition as a result of neglect, a coroner has ruled.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘All fixed penalty notices for Covid lockdown breaches, which can be as high as £10,000, should be reviewed – according to a parliamentary committee.’
BBC News, 27th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hubert Howard was born in 1956 and came to the United Kingdom in 1960, aged almost 4 from Jamaica. He was part of the Windrush Generation. No doubt like all West Indians of that time, including my parents, he thought he was a British Citizen.’
EIN Blog, 27th April 2021
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A British woman who accused a senior United Arab Emirates royal of sexually assaulting her has issued a formal claim for damages.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Private prisons may seem like an American phenomenon, but, statistically, UK prisoners are more likely to be held in one.’
Each Other, 26th April 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘As the family lawyers at Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s inquest, we join her mother and the coroner in calling for changes to the environment bill.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two former executives at the private security company Serco have been cleared of concealing £12m in profits from electronically tagging criminals.’
BBC News, 26th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office is starting the process of evicting some asylum seekers from their accommodation “with immediate effect” after a pause of almost a year because of the pandemic, according to internal documents seen by the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has allowed Oxfordshire County Council’s appeal in a case in which a family said the sale of school land worth £1.2m, which was gifted to the council by their late family member, was unlawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Clare Mendelle and James Goldthorpe examine the implications of Ex Novo Limited v MPS Housing Limited [2020] EWHC 3804 (TCC)].’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A group of serving judges has called on the justice select committee to conduct a “wholly independent audit” of discrimination in the judiciary.’
Litigation Futures, 26th April 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A conveyancing solicitor has won her unfair dismissal and discrimination claim against a well-known Essex law firm by default after it filed its defence two days late.’
Legal Futures, 26th April 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A couple have been jailed for sexually abusing three young girls after a judge at Chester Crown Court said they had ruined their victims’ lives.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 21st April 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Widespread relief that the panel tasked with conducting an independent review of administrative law did not recommend wholesale reform of judicial review proved short-lived when the lord chancellor revealed that the report was just a “starting point”. It quickly became apparent that the government wants to go much further than Lord Faulks’ recommendations.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th April 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Nichola Bright, Senior Associate at Myerson, explains some of the difficulties inherent in divorces involving agricultural assets.’
Family Law Week, 22nd April 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘One of the UK’s biggest police forces is refusing to back down after being accused of wrongly issuing a £10,000 fine to a nurse who was protesting over the government’s 1% pay rise for NHS workers, reigniting concern over new powers to inhibit protest.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Windrush victims have been unlawfully denied British citizenship on the grounds of minor criminal records, the High Court has ruled. In a judgement handed down on Friday, the Home Office was found to have wrongly imposed the “good character” requirement on Windrush cases, which led to people who have been in Britain for decades being refused citizenship on the basis of minor convictions.’
The Independent, 24th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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