‘A man who drunkenly tried to throw a woman in front of a Tube train as she travelled to Notting Hill Carnival has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.’
BBC News, 24th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has expressed her “dismay” that there was no pre-trial review in a case that was discontinued on day four of a trial that had been listed several months earlier.’
Legal Futures, 18th April 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Planned updates to the key policy document for nationally significant road and rail projects in England are a direct response to recent high-profile rulings on when officials must consider alternative approaches.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A drug dealer who drove a car along a railway track while fleeing police has been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 5th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A significant legal victory in a case brought by a householder affected by Japanese knotweed has raised the prospect of an increase in claims from people stricken by the hazardous plant.’
The Guardian, 14th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Train operators have been ordered by a regulator to stop misusing a process which removes services from schedules without them being classed as cancelled.’
The Independent, 20th January 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Business Secretary Grant Shapps has set out plans to enforce minimum service levels during strike action, including for ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers.’
BBC News, 10th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A train that smashed into an abandoned work trolley at 123mph should not have travelled so fast to a station afterwards, investigators have said.’
BBC News, 14th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘HS2 Ltd has been granted an “extensive” injunction along the length of the high-speed line from London to Crewe to help tackle unlawful protests.’
BBC News, September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judicial review application by Buckinghamshire Council contesting a decision by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to approve lorry routes for the construction of High Speed 2 has been refused by the High Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Plans are under way to change the law to enable employers to use agency staff to cover staffing gaps during strikes, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 23rd June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government’s road agency will be forced to remove hundreds of tonnes of concrete it used to bury a Victorian bridge arch despite offering a £450,000 sweetener to allow the controversial scheme to stay. Eden district council’s planning committee resisted the offer by unanimously deciding to refuse National Highways (NH) retrospective planning permission for a crude infilling project at Great Musgrave, Cumbria, that was widely condemned as “cultural vandalism”.’
The Guardian, 16th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The high court has directed that a protester against the HS2 rail line who was originally acquitted of aggravated trespass should be convicted after an appeal by the director of public prosecutions.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has launched a high court challenge to the decision by a judge last year to let the Euston tunnellers walk free after their trial.’
The Guardian, 14th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Six environmental protesters who occupied a tunnel close to Euston station in protest against the HS2 high-speed link earlier this year walked free from court after charges in connection with the occupation were dismissed by a judge.’
The Guardian, 6th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is taking over the running of Southeastern railway services from Go-Ahead after discovering a “serious” breach of the franchise agreement.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The firm behind HS2 was “dishonest and misleading” in its handling of a compensation claim from a member of the public who had to sell their home to make way for the line, a report claims.’
BBC News, 27th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ordered HS2 to stop felling trees at a wood that inspired Roald Dahl to write Fantastic Mr Fox, ahead of a hearing into whether the government licences were issued legitimately.’
The Independent, 17th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A high court judge has ruled against a call to halt the eviction of protesters from a tunnel beside Euston Square on grounds of safety.’
The Guardian, 10th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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