Lord Reed – Asset Recovery and the Rule of Law – Supreme Court
Lord Reed – Asset Recovery and the Rule of Law, Caribbean Judicial Civil Recovery Conference, Miami 3 September 2024
Supreme Court, 3rd September 2024
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
Law Commission seeks views on disabled children’s social care law – Law Commission
‘Today the Law Commission publishes a consultation paper on disabled children’s social care law and whether it meets the needs of disabled children and their families.’
Law Commission, 8th October 2024
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
Speech by the Master of the Rolls: AI and the GDPR – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by the Master of the Rolls: AI and the GDPR, Irish Law Society Industry Event, Wednesday 09 October 2024.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 11th October 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
Firm sanctioned by ICO after hackers steal clients’ personal details – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A Hampshire law firm has been reprimanded by the data watchdog after hackers were able to access client details because of insufficient security measures.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th October 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Delaying a Divorce Because of Financial Prejudice: The New No-fault Law and Practice – Financial Remedies Journal
‘There can be real loss and prejudice in some divorce cases if the final divorce order, previously the decree absolute, is granted before the final financial settlement and its implementation in circumstances when the paying party then dies. Automatic entitlement to pensions, the primary circumstance, but also insurance policies, beneficial interest in trusts and similar are then not available as the applicant is now divorced, financial remedy claims are no longer available after death and there might have to be a difficult and separate civil claim.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 7th October 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations – Financial Remedies Journal
‘Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 8th October 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
Man fined for felling of 100-year-old trees – BBC News
‘A man has been fined after six protected trees were felled in an affluent neighbourhood.’
BBC News, 14th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Under-25s fined for minor mistakes – how rail tickets are confusing passengers – BBC News
‘Despite what the name suggests, an Anytime train ticket does not always mean you can travel on the railway at any time – if you’re using a young person’s railcard.’
BBC News, 12th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Novichok inquiry latest: Probe opens into poisoning of Dawn Sturgess via nerve agent in Salisbury – The Independent
‘The public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died in the Salisbury Novichok poisonings, is set to open on Monday.’
The Independent, 14th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sexual abuse victims claim free court transcript scheme was ‘hidden’ from them for months – The Independent
‘Sexual abuse victims believe they could have been saved from months of suffering after they claim a government scheme to allow them access to free court transcripts was “hidden” from them for months.’
The Independent, 13th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Daughter murdered parents ‘in cold blood’ and lived with bodies for years after hiding them in makeshift tombs – The Independent
‘An “intelligent manipulator” murdered her parents “in cold blood” then hid them in makeshift tombs and lived alongside their bodies for four years.’
The Independent, 13th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Post Office explores taking branch owner-operators to court again – The Guardian
‘The Post Office has recently explored resuming the practice of taking branch owner-operators to court, as mounting losses from shortfalls in its network of 11,500 outlets hit £12m a year. During the Horizon IT scandal more than 900 operators were wrongly prosecuted over discrepancies caused by the faulty accounting software, many of them brought privately by the Post Office, a practice it stopped in 2015 and has promised not to restart. However, the Post Office continued to use the court system for the civil recovery of losses from branches until 2018.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Religious hate crimes at record levels in England and Wales, official figures show – The Guardian
‘Religious hate crimes in England and Wales have soared by 25% to record levels, coinciding with the Israel-Hamas conflict, government statistics show.’
The Guardian, 10th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Cafcass adopts new policy to protect victims of domestic abuse in court system – Local Government Lawyer
‘Family Court Advisors and Children’s Guardians will no longer use language such as ‘claims’ or ‘alleges’ in reports to court, using instead the words of children and adults who are victims of domestic abuse, in line with a new Domestic Abuse Practice Policy published by Cafcass.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Children being traumatised at Gatwick deportation centre, finds watchdog – The Guardian
‘Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre that should be closed down, a watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Employment Rights Bill to bring once-in-a-generation change for UK employers – OUT-LAW.com
‘The new Employment Rights Bill introduced by the UK government represents one of the most significant single items of employment legislation ever to be published, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
