‘Five British judges will this week consider whether a prisoner who may be mentally ill should remain on death row after a Caribbean court convicted him of murdering another inmate.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Law Society is to launch a new ‘quality and standards in education’ committee, after a year in which its training arrangements have come under sustained pressure.’
Legal Futures, 12th January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Households whose rubbish ends up being dumped illegally by unauthorised disposal companies could face fines under plans being considered by the government.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘As a means of attracting attention, staging accidents on various mountain ranges is not overly common. But that is likely to be of little consolation to the crews who have raced to the aid of Michael Cuminskey, a serial mountain rescue faker with a penchant for taking a selfie as he is winched to safety.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A coroner is due to deliver his conclusion into the 2012 death of toddler Poppi Worthington.’
BBC News, 15th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government must urgently strengthen laws around sexual harassment to stop abuse continuing on “an industrial scale”, according to a coalition of MPs, union leaders and women’s groups.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A grandmother who was told she was an illegal immigrant, detained in an immigration removal centre and threatened with deportation despite having lived in Britain for 50 years has finally received official leave to remain in the UK.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This week I’m discussing Glencore Agriculture BV v Conqueror Holdings Ltd, which is a case arising out of a voyage charterparty for the transportation of corn from the Ukraine to Egypt.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 9th January 2018
The Childcare Payments Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2018
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2018
The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2018‘
The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Fluor v Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co, Ltd [2018] EWHC 1 (TCC) (11 January 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Four police officers who wrongly arrested a black man for stealing a bicycle in London when told that the suspect was white have been put through misconduct hearings.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An inquiry has been launched into the “serious failing” of appointing Toby Young to the board of the Office for Students without studying his long history of incendiary comments, the commissioner for public appointments has said.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A child is referred to social services every 49 seconds in England and Wales, figures show, prompting urgent calls that a lack of funding is leading to “catastrophe” for the next generation of youngsters and their families.’
The Independent, 11th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Facebook has settled a landmark legal action over a naked photograph of a 14-year-old girl posted on a “shame” page. The social media giant agreed to pay undisclosed damages to the teenager after failing in its attempt to get the action thrown out of court.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A salesman who was called “a fat ginger pikey”, a “salad dodger” and a “fat Yoda” has lost his claim for racial harassment.’
The Independent, 12th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lawyers representing victims of the serial sex attacker John Worboys are demanding prosecutors reassess 93 cases for which he was not previously prosecuted.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The former owner of BHS, Dominic Chappell, was today found guilty of refusing to provide vital documents to the pensions watchdog.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Data breaches that arise after new EU data protection laws take effect but which stem from security flaws that were known about prior to then will be enforced under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Planned changes to UK data protection laws will not put security researchers at risk of breaking the law when they test the effectiveness of data anonymization measures, as had been feared.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Sue Brookes, Senior Associate with Mills & Reeve LLP analyses the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during December 2017.’
Family law Week, 10th January 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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