‘Health service officials have been reprimanded for putting the health of vulnerable migrants, and the wider public, at risk and told to stop handing over confidential information to immigration officials immediately.’
The Independent, 31st January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A librarian stole books from her workplace – including one on the Aberfan disaster – and tried to sell them online for up to £400.’
BBC News, 31st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The central reason for setting up the £100 million national child abuse inquiry was called into doubt by its own lawyers as it ruled out investigating lurid claims of a Westminster paedophile ring made by fantasists. The inquiry also announced that people making accusations of child sex abuse against politicians and other VIPs will routinely be referred to as ‘complainants’ rather than victims or survivors – in an apparent acknowledgment that many of the claims have proved to be false.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman held in custody for more than 13 months before her trial collapsed has told the BBC she hopes someone will be punished for the failures which led to her giving birth in prison.’
BBC News, 31st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The United Nations has been urged by the Tax Justice Network to coordinate a global effort to end offshore tax evasion and corruption, amid warnings that the UK is continuing to insulate its overseas territories from financial transparency.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A case before the UK’s Supreme Court is set to provide guidance on whether and to what extent internet service providers (ISPs) will be expected to pick up the cost of blocking customers’ access to websites that facilitate the sale of fake goods, an intellectual property law expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Appeal court judges have ruled the government’s mass digital surveillance regime unlawful in a case brought by the Labour deputy leader, Tom Watson.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Committee on Standards in Public Life has launched a review of local government ethical standards with a call for evidence.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘We wrote back in January last year about a case where Mr Justice Peter Jackson (now in the Court of Appeal) had ruled against direct contact between children raised in an ultra-orthodox (Charedi) Jewish community and their transgender father, in essence because in light of the likely community ramifications it would not be in their best interests. You can read our original post here : Transgender v ultra-Orthodox Jewish community?’
Transparency Project, 30th January 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A fine served on an online broker shows that financial firms should not rely solely on group-wide controls and surveillance systems to pick up on suspicious transactions, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In Noel Douglas Conway v The Secretary of State for Justice [2018] EWCA Civ 16, the Court of Appeal gave an unusually detailed judgment granting permission to appeal against the decision of the Divisional Court in Conway, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] EWHC 640, refusing permission for the applicant to judicially review the criminalisation of physician-assisted suicide under the Suicide Act 1961.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th January 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A north-west law firm has been rebuked after paying more than £200,000 to an unauthorised claims management company for personal injury (PI) referrals.’
Legal Futures, 31st January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Interactive E-Solutions JLT & Anor v O3b Africa Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 62 (30 January 2018)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Watson MP & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 70 (30 January 2018)
Mudiyanselage v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 65 (30 January 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Victory Place Management Company Ltd v Kuehn & Anor [2018] EWHC 132 (Ch) (30 January 2018)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Ltd v Khan & Ors [2018] EWHC 94 (QB) (30 January 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Fundamental human rights are reported to have diminished in almost two-thirds of the 113 countries surveyed for the 2018 Rule of Law Index, amid concerns over a worldwide surge in authoritarian nationalism and a retreat from international legal obligations.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The solicitor representing the student at the heart of a collapsed rape trial has dismissed a police and prosecution review of the case that resulted in an apology to her client as disingenuous and warned that the police’s determination to obtain convictions overrides their attention to other duties.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Taxpayers suffering from depression are being treated with increasing leniency by HMRC if they file a late tax return.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The four ringleaders jailed for the audacious Hatton Garden raid must pay back more than £6m between them or each serve another seven years in prison, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Councils in London have set aside millions of pounds and thousands of tenants may be in line for payouts after a landmark legal ruling over water charges.’
BBC News, 31st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge has said he is at his wit’s end over the inability to relocate a troubled boy who is “suffering the most appalling racial abuse” at a secure unit in Scotland to a safer setting closer to home.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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