Joshua Probert jailed for ‘sextortion’ blackmail threats – BBC News
‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during April 2018.’
Law & Religion UK, 30th April 2018
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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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
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‘A carer who guided the pen of a dying millionaire as he signed over almost half his fortune to her family has been stripped of her windfall by a judge.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2018
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‘The son of a Chinese government official has been jailed for beating his girlfriend “from head to toe” after a judge rejected the victim’s appeal for leniency.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2018
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‘James Sparham has been jailed for five years after driving his car at high speed through the living room wall of a family home. The 29-year-old was almost three times the drink drive limit when he crashed through the wall of the home owned by David Garnett, 54 and his wife Claire, 50, in the early hours September 3 2017.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2018
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‘Mentally ill people are being subjected to “distressing experiences” including physical violence and verbal threats while detained under the Mental Health Act, a government-commissioned review has found.’
The Independent, 1st May 2018
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‘On 18th April 2018 the Supreme Court gave judgment in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Company Ltd. The case represents an important victory for Claimant solicitors, who would be well advised to review their files for previous cases falling within its ambit.’
Zenith PI, 27th April 2018
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