Stradey Park: Man made sexist video about police officer – BBC News
‘A man who made sexist and ageist comments about a female police officer has been given a suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 27th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: Wales
Welsh speaker wins English-only parking fine case – BBC News
‘A lawsuit has been thrown out against a Welsh-language campaigner who refused to pay a parking ticket because it was written in English.’
BBC News, 5th August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cardiff: Hailey Park sewage pumping station legal bid starts – BBC News
‘A judicial review of plans to build a sewage pumping station in a popular park has begun.’
BBC News, 29th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wales: The Good, the Bad and the Converted – part 1 – Nearly Legal
‘Followers of the updates under Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”) will be well aware of many of the changes implemented in the Welsh housing law “big bang” on the 1st December 2022 (“the appointed day”), most recently written about on Nearly Legal here. My primary focus in this post focuses particularly on those developments affecting “converted contracts” – those contracts which had moved over from one of the previous tenancy regimes on the appointed day.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd June 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Child safety: Inconsistencies in safeguarding – review – BBC News
‘There are inconsistencies in child safeguarding in Wales, the care inspectorate has said. There were 32 reviews in progress in May about children who died or were seriously hurt due to abuse or neglect.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parking fine invalid over refusal to issue Welsh-language version – The Independent
‘A parking firm has lost a court case against a woman it tried to fine after only sending her a letter in English.’
The Independent, 12th June 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sex education: Protesters lose bid to appeal High Court judgment – BBC News
‘Campaigners against the Welsh government’s sex education curriculum have lost their bid to appeal against a High Court judgment.’
BBC News, 7th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Horrendous’ practice of handcuffing children in care must be banned, MPs warn – The Independent
‘A coalition of MPs and peers is calling for the “horrendous” practice of handcuffing children in care during transport to be banned.’
The Independent, 4th June 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Logan Mwangi and Lola James among neglect and abuse deaths – BBC News
‘There are 32 reviews in progress about children in Wales who have died or been severely hurt due to abuse or neglect.’
BBC News, 4th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lola James: NSPCC demands systemic change after girl’s murder – BBC News
‘The murder of a two-year-old who was killed by her mum’s boyfriend shows child protection must be a national priority, NSPCC Cymru has said.’
BBC News, 26th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Welsh teen forced to take virginity test before marriage – BBC News
‘It wasn’t just being forced to marry that Farah was against, she also didn’t want the test to show she was a virgin.’
BBC News, 25th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Betsi Cadwaladr: Critical report issued following patient death – BBC News
‘A critical report has been issued to a health board amid concerns it did not address failings after a patient died.’
BBC News, 25th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Betsi Cadwaladr: Apology over Jean Graves, 10 years on – BBC News
‘A son has accepted a settlement and an apology from the north Wales health board nearly 10 years after his mother was a patient in a mental health unit.’
BBC News, 26th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Denbighshire: Rings and 17th Century coins declared treasure – BBC News
‘A medieval gold ring, 17th Century silver coins and the fragment of a Bronze Age ring found in north Wales have been declared treasure.’
BBC News, 21st March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Swansea: Family feud brawlers sentenced after cemetery fight Published 14 hours ago – BBC News
‘Seven men involved in a cemetery brawl that left two people seriously injured have been sentenced for their roles in a family feud during two funerals.’
BBC News, 20th February 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rights of excusal from relationships and sexuality education – Local Government Lawyer
‘Clíodhna Kelleher considers a recent High Court judgment that there was no parental right to withdraw children from relationships and sexuality education.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Law firm did not discriminate against disabled paralegal – Legal Futures
‘An employment tribunal has rejected disability discrimination claims made against a Welsh law firm by a paralegal dismissed after just nine days for his poor timekeeping.’
Legal Futures, 10th January 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Logan Mwangi – the Child Practice Review and the family courts – Transparency Project
‘This blog post will not go into detail about the distressing history of five year old Logan Mwangi, with which we are all too familiar through media coverage of the trial of the three people who were responsible for his death. An impression had been given at that time that possibly Logan had been let down by the family courts. It is now possible to learn a little about the court involvement – or lack of involvement.’
Transparency Project, 27th November 2022
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
Sex education: Wales’ curriculum legal challenge launched – BBC News
‘Campaigners have taken the Welsh government to court over sex education lessons they claim give prominence to LGBTQ+ themes.’
BBC News, 16th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Call for planning permission variations reform after Hillside ruling – OUT-LAW.com
‘Planning law in England should be updated to avoid a situation where the original planning permission granted to a site is invalidated by departures from the original approved plans because subsequent planning permissions granted for development within that site have made compliance with the original scheme physically impossible, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
