‘Shifting sands’: six legal views on the transgender debate – The Guardian
‘Lawyers examine the consequences to the proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary freed from prison – The Guardian
‘Anjem Choudary has been released from prison after serving half of the five-and-a-half-year sentence he received in 2016 for urging support for Isis and pledging allegiance to the terrorist group.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
London borough changes its definition of ‘overcrowding’ after legal challenge: report – Local Government Lawyer
‘A legal challenge brought by the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) and Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL) has forced Southwark Council to change the definition it uses for ‘overcrowding’, it has been claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Health and Social Care of Older People is a Human Rights Issue – Rights Info
‘The independent healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission recently warned that disjointed health and social care services in England are placing increasing pressure on A&E departments. As pressure grows on the country’s health and care system, what does this mean for the human rights of older people?’
Rights Info, 18th October 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
Home Office asks lawyers to help simplify immigration letters – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The government will ask lawyers how letters to people navigating a ‘complex’ immigration system can be improved, as MPs take a closer look at proposals to reform immigration detention.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th October 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Claimants who discontinued huge case during trial ordered to pay indemnity costs – Litigation Futures
‘Claimants who discontinued their case four days into a six-week trial have been ordered to pay the defendants’ costs on the indemnity basis because their conduct took it ‘out of the norm’.’
Litigation Futures, 19th October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Reform and the future of family justice: where is the court modernisation programme heading? – Family Law
‘The following is an extract from a talk delivered by the immediate past President of the Family Division to the Cheshire and North Wales Resolution Family Law Conference at Chester on 25 September 2018. The full version will appear in the November issue of Family Law.’
Family Law, 18th October 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Woman with learning difficulties not told she had contraceptive device covertly fitted – Daily Telegraph
‘A young woman with learning difficulties should not be told she was covertly fitted with a contraceptive device as it would ruin her trust in her carers, a court has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Name checks to begin on bank payments – BBC News
‘The name of someone receiving a payment will be as important as their banking details for the first time from next summer, in an attempt to combat fraud.’
BBC News, 18th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Homicide rate in England and Wales highest since 2008 – The Guardian
‘The murder and manslaughter rate in England and Wales has risen to the highest in a decade, official figures show.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Drunk’ women face harsher sentences than men, research claims – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Women are twice as likely as men to receive harsher sentences for assault offences when alcohol is a contributory factor, according to a new study.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th October 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Home Office ordered to pay damages to sex-trafficking victim – The Guardian
‘A woman who was trafficked into Britain for prostitution and later locked up in an immigration centre is entitled to substantial damages from the Home Office for unlawful detention, the high court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
SRA prosecutes solicitor for second time over same case – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is taking the unusual step of prosecuting a solicitor for the second time over the same issue.’
Legal Futures, 19th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Research launched to assess whether biased advice is distorting access to justice – Family Law
‘A new research project will examine whether vulnerable people representing themselves in child court cases find themselves and their children put at risk by misinformed or biased online legal advice.’
Family Law, 18th October 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Fred and Rosemary West of Barry’ jailed for abusing girls – The Guardian
‘A husband and wife nicknamed Fred and Rosemary West in their south Wales town have been jailed for grooming and raping teenage girls over three decades.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Anurag Deb and Conor McCormick: Lee v Ashers: A Recipe for Jurisdictional Confusion? – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘On 10 October 2018, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd [2018] UKSC 49, sparking much debate and commentary. The judgment is legally important for how it conceptualises freedom of expression, and for the surprising evidence of judicial overreaching it contains. Given that others have already considered the former issue in some depth (see Chandrachud and Rowbottom on this blog alone), we focus on the latter in this post.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 18th October 2018
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
MPs call for review of ‘patchwork’ laws on dangerous dogs – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A patchwork of dog control laws, including some that date back 150 years, is causing unnecessary confusion about liability, MPs have warned. The House of Commons select committee on environment, food and rural affairs has told the government to consolidate the ‘disparate pieces’ of legislation into a ‘single coherent’ Dog Control Act.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th October 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Feed-in Tariffs and Contracts for Difference (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
The Chemical Weapons (Asset-Freezing) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018
The Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Social Security (Updating of EU References) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018
The Social Security (Updating of EU References) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
