‘London Zoo has been fined £40,000 after a keeper cleaning out a hawk aviary fell off a faulty step ladder that was wrongly retrieved from a skip.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Three PCs involved in arresting a man left paralysed and brain-damaged have been sacked after being found guilty by a misconduct panel.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An association representing 120,000 police officers has launched legal action accusing the government of “cheating officers out of the pay increase they should receive”. The Police Federation said it had lodged an application for a judicial review of the decision to ignore an independent body’s recommended 3 per cent increase amid a rise in crime, demand and the terror threat.’
The Independent, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has refused to lift the automatic suspension in place following a legal challenge to the proposed award of a contract for adult community health services.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Large-scale civil litigation is one of the developing contours of data protection law. Last week’s judgment in Lloyd v Google – a novel representative action based on allegedly unlawful processing activities – is one illustration. When it comes to group litigation on the back of a data breach, our best illustration thus far is the groundbreaking group action against Morrisons.’
Panopticon, 22nd October 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a limitation of liability clause negotiated between the parties on a defective construction project, when work began before the parties formalised those terms.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Civil Liability Bill seriously undermines the oath sworn by Lord Chancellor David Gauke to defend the independence of the judiciary, claimant lawyers have argued as the bill near the end of its parliamentary journey.’
Legal Futures, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Impecunious road traffic accident claimants who benefit from the rule allowing them to claim full credit hire costs must provide pre-action disclosure of financial records, a circuit judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A drunk mother whose seven-week old daughter died as she fell asleep holding her on a sofa has walked free from court.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has admitted murdering the midwife Samantha Eastwood in a bout of “intense rage” after a “longstanding affair” with her.’
The Guardian, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘David Burrows assesses the government’s proposals for an overhaul of divorce law, and supplies some suggestions of his own.’
Family Law, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Morrisons has lost its challenge to a High Court ruling that it is liable for a data breach that saw thousands of its employees’ details posted online.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Parliamentary inquiry has reported, regulator the Office for Students has threatened to fine universities that fail to uphold free speech and the Equality and Human Rights Commission is drawing up guidelines for universities.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A human rights organisation is taking the national provider of legal aid to court because it is refusing to help rough sleepers challenge councils over the use of potentially unlawful powers to move them on.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There were failings in the care and treatment given to a man with severe learning difficulties who broke his neck in a fall at a residential home, an inquest jury has concluded.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The legal profession will have to develop “cyber ethics” to cope with the very different issues that the growing use of technology is having on the practice of law, a leading academic has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This was Homelets of Bath appeal from first instance judgment against them on Ms T’s claim for harassment under Prevention of Harassment Act 1997 and Protection from Eviction Act 1977, and assault and false imprisonment, with damages to be assessed.’
Nearly Legal, 21st October 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2025