‘A hair and cosmetics store has been hit with what is thought to be a record fine in London for breaching cosmetics regulations by illegally selling dangerous skin lightening products.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Trinity Mirror’s £200m deal to buy the Express and Star newspapers is to be investigated by media regulator Ofcom over issues including plurality and the editorial independence of Richard Desmond’s titles.’
The Guardian, 1st May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has agreed to calls for new measures aimed at increasing transparency in offshore tax havens.’
BBC News, 1st May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who died hours after having an abortion was let down by the “repeated failures” of medics, an inquest found.’
BBC News, 1st May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Modern slavery is not fully understood by the government and it has no idea if its crackdown is working, MPs have said, while warning that Brexit could worsen the situation.
The Public Accounts Committee concluded that “good intentions have yet to result in coherent action” against the crimes, with no measure of success for a nationwide strategy and inconsistency between regional police forces.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A university student who blackmailed young girls and women into performing “depraved” sex acts online has been jailed for 12 years.’
BBC News, 1st May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A wealthy businessman illegally cut down 11 protected trees on his land to give himself a bigger back garden, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A terminally ill man has begun an Appeal Court challenge against a ban on assisted dying, arguing he should not be forced to endure a “distressing and undignified” death. Noel Conway, who says he feels “entombed” by his motor neurone disease, is fighting for the right to enlist medical professionals to end his life.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has been accused of a “glaring failure” to act on deaths of women in custody as figures show almost 100 female inmates have died in just over a decade. More than 10 years on from the Corston Report, which outlined the need for a more holistic and integrated approach to vulnerable women in the criminal justice system, there has been “little systemic change” as women “continue to die” in custody, according to a report by charity Inquest.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The NHS has made a near record £19m payout to the parents of girl left brain damaged after jaundice treatment went wrong. The nine-year-old was born at King’s College Hospital with severe jaundice and her lawyers claimed there was a negligent delay in giving her a total blood transfusion.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘James Bulger’s family are launching a legal challenge to stop one the toddler’s killers, Jon Venables, from being protected by a life-long anonymity order.’
The Independent, 1st May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during April 2018.’
Law & Religion UK, 30th April 2018
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wall v Munday [2018] EWHC 879 (Ch) (27 April 2018)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Motortrak Ltd v FCA Australia Pty Ltd [2018] EWHC 990 (Comm) (30 April 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘An unreasonable failure to follow the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury.’
Zenith PI, 1st May 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Ashfield District Council was entitled to evict a tenant even though the circumstances differed from those in a court order, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th April 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Planning Court judge has ruled in favour of the London Borough of Islington in a long-running dispute over a major development which it has said will provide insufficient affordable homes.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th April 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Master Rowley has become the latest judge to rule that a reduction in hourly rates for incurred costs is not a good reason to do the same to budgeted costs.’
Litigation Futures, 1st May 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘New failings over the disclosure of evidence in the criminal justice system have emerged after prosecutors charged a man with rape in a case where the woman involved did not want a charge to be brought.’
BBC News, 30th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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