‘The Court of Appeal is to rule on the legality of what has become the industry model for handling low-value personal injury claims, with firms charging clients a 100% success fee as standard.’
Litigation Futures, 26th July 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A man has been found guilty of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the River Thames during their first date.’
BBC News, 26th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Cases of Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley, who have severe epilepsy, along with lobbying, prompted change.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘All but one of 17 Met officers under investigation for the initial response to the serial killer Stephen Port refused to answer questions during interviews with the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 26th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Many of us aspire to be married one day. The ability to get married is something specifically protected by our human rights. But sometimes, for one reason or another, it doesn’t work out. In 2016 there were more than 100,000 divorces in England and Wales. However, getting a divorce isn’t always that easy.’
Rights Info, 25th July 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The independent inquiry into football’s sexual-abuse scandal is expected to report back to the Football Association that there is no evidence of an institutional cover-up at the top of the sport or of a paedophile ring operating within the game, it can be revealed.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has been “complicit” in an illegal policy that saw a school force out pupils unlikely to achieve high grades, campaigners have claimed.’
BBC News, 27th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Motor insurers in the UK are to share the costs involved in meeting third party claims raised by victims of terrorist attacks involving vehicles.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th July 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The monitoring of offenders in the community faces another shake-up after disastrous reforms introduced by Chris Grayling forced the government to bail out failing private probation companies by more than half a billion pounds.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The liability of parent companies for the extraterritorial human rights abuses committed by their subsidiaries has increasingly become a critical topic for both corporate and human rights litigators. The absence of national and international laws comprehensively addressing this issue created a space for creative arguments for and against holding parent companies of multinational groups incorporated in home States accountable for the human rights abuses committed by their subsidiaries in host States.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 24th July 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘Rod Charles understands the issue of police constraint more than most. He is a retired chief inspector, having served for 30 years. He is also the great-uncle of Rashan Charles, 20, who died in an incident involving restraint by a police officer last July.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A search of the Parliament website for the term mostly brings up the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. But Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat and his Labour colleague Khalid Mahmood want the 1351 Treason Act to be brought into the 21st Century.’
BBC News, 25th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Banks could be forced to pay savers a minimum interest rate after City regulators found that longstanding customers in instant access accounts are paid derisory rates because of their apathy about switching providers.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Most of your conversations in the workplace over the last few weeks have probably involved the weather, with blazing temperatures sweeping across much of the UK. MPs have warned that the current heatwave could become the new normal for our summers by 2040, so what are your rights when the mercury rises?’
Rights Info, 26th July 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The BBC has agreed to pay Sir Cliff Richard £850,000 within 14 days to cover his legal costs, following his privacy case against the corporation.’
BBC News, 26th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The home secretary has ordered that research be carried out into the characteristics of child sexual abuse gangs, such as those that have blighted towns and cities like Rotherham, Oxford and Newcastle in recent years.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A decision by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) in October 2017 to close 36 police stations in London was lawful, a Divisional Court has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th July 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to Housing Act 1985 provides that a property is exempt from the Right to Buy where:
11.—
(1) The right to buy does not arise if the dwelling-house—
(a) is particularly suitable, having regard to its location, size, design, heating system and other features, for occupation by elderly persons, and
(b) was let to the tenant or a predecessor in title of his for occupation by a person who was aged 60 or more (whether the tenant or predecessor or another person).’
Nearly Legal, 25th July 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A TV advert for Heinz baked beans has been banned for comparing its nutritional value to a protein shake.’
BBC News, 25th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) received 17,452 complaints and enquiries about local government in 2017-18, compared with 16,863 in the previous year, its annual review of local government complaints – published today – has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th July 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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