‘Professor David Hodson OBE MICArb, Partner, The International Family Law Group, provides a family lawyer’s perspective of the matters arising at the inaugural International Forum on Online Courts.’
Family Law Week, 16th January 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘There is “strong” evidence to bring criminal charges after the deaths of hundreds of patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, the detective who led an investigation believes.’
BBC News, 20th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother has been forced to give up her four-year-old son after failing a hair-strand drug test and losing a controversial court battle over his care.’
The Independent, 20th January 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former soldier is suing the Ministry of Defence over its failure to protect him from contracting Q fever in Afghanistan.
It is the first case to test the MoD’s duty to protect against Q fever, according to Hilary Meredith Solicitors, acting for Bass. The five-day trial, starting at Central London county court on Monday, will examine the extent of any duty owed by the army to Bass in relation to Q fever, and whether that duty was breached.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Domestic abuse victims will receive a wide range of new measures to protect them in what ministers say will be landmark legislation.’
BBC News, 21st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A repeatedly convicted landlord, ruled unfit to rent out property in a north London borough in 2015, has since received more than £500,000 in housing benefit payments from the same council that banned him. The discovery that a local authority is directly paying public money to a landlord its own officers describe as “rogue” is the latest example of the ineffective regulations designed to police the private rented sector’s worst offenders.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A gangland hitman has been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of the Salford criminal Paul Massey, known as “Mr Big”, and his associate John Kinsella.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother has lost a High Court challenge against the UK’s sharing of evidence on two suspected Islamic State fighters without seeking assurances they would not face the death penalty.’
BBC News, 18th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Value Added Tax (Finance) (EU Exit) Order 2019
The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2019
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SPI North Ltd v Swiss Post International (UK) Ltd & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 7 (17 January 2019)
KS (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 6 (17 January 2019)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Court of Appeal has said that English courts will not indefinitely delay a case, preventing English creditors from pursuing claims in insolvency proceedings abroad, especially when the foreign proceedings had ended. It said that an English debt can only be discharged by an English law process.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Two accomplices who offered bribes to bank staff in an attempt to swindle hundreds of thousands of pounds were jailed today (January 17).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th January 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice says its delayed review of the impact of its controversial legal aid reforms is nearly done after publishing a table showing an alarming drop in the number of people who have been granted public funding in welfare benefits cases over the last decade.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th January 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A mother-of-one who ran her boyfriend over after finding out he was a convicted rapist with a long-term partner and family has been spared jail.’
The Independent, 17th January 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A lap dancing venue that was threatened with closure by equality groups has had its license renewed after its dancers insisted they were feminists too.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Ministers have been accused of pushing through “disastrous” probation reforms as it emerged the number of offenders recalled to prison for breaching bail conditions has surged by more than a quarter in four years.’
The Independent, 17th January 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A geography teacher who had a four-year sexual relationship with an underage female pupil has been banned from the classroom for life.’
BBC News, 17th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government was accused of watering down plans for a total ban on police conferring after the deaths of suspects, after it approved new rules for officers following the most controversial cases. The home secretary, Sajid Javid, on Thursday approved revised rules first drawn up by the police watchdog in 2014, but changed after fierce opposition from the police and claims that armed officers would lay down their weapons in protest.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has announced a repayment scheme for modern slavery victims after its decision to slash their financial support was ruled unlawful by the High Court.’
The Independent, 17th January 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office is trying to separate a couple from their four British children, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild by forcing them to return to Iran.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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