‘The courts service spent £50m last year on agency and contract staff, a more than tenfold rise since 2010 when it spent less than £4m, while courts have been closing at an unprecedented rate.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The courts service is already seeing benefits from the early stages of the digital delivery of justice, it said yesterday as it outlined its plans for further rationalisation of the physical court estate.’
Legal Futures, January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The EU withdrawal bill undermines the rights of all UK citizens – but it is especially disastrous for the LGBT community.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This is a s.204 appeal of a ‘not vulnerable’ review decision by LB Tower Hamlets. It is of particular interest because of the consideration of the role and place of the ‘medical advisors’ used by LBTH – Now Medical, and the strong criticism of the handling and consideration of medical reports.’
Nearly Legal, 21st January 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘In December 2017, the principles of Britain’s divorce from the European Union were agreed, and we now move to what Theresa May has called the “implementation phase”. But, as Professor Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University tells Bonnie Soames, it should really be termed “the transition”.’
Law Pod UK, 17th January 2018
Source: audioboom.com
‘The collapse of a series of prominent rape trials could deter juries from convicting in genuine cases, a former lord chief justice has warned.’
BBC News, 20th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two brothers jailed for modern slavery have been ordered to repay £167,650 in criminal gains.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘”Ambulance chasing” lawyers are not to blame for compensation culture as it is the way the system is set up that encourages claims, a Supreme Court judge has suggested.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government repaid £1.8m to employment tribunal claimants in the first two months of the scheme set up in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling tribunal fees unlawful, it has revealed.’
Litigation Futures, 19th January 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Injunctions give sport clubs a useful tool to prevent access to grounds by ‘urban free climbers’ and other trespassers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Today we take it for granted that anyone convicted of a crime should be able to appeal to a higher court. However, this wasn’t always so. English lawyers traditionally set great store in the deterrent value of swift and final justice. Over the course of the nineteenth century, reformers pressed for the establishment of a court that could review sentencing and order retrials on points of law or new evidence. These advocates of change met with fierce resistance from the judiciary and much of the legal profession, and the cause of reform had little success until a spectacular miscarriage of justice came to light.’
OUP Blog, 21st January 2018
Source: blog.oup.com
‘This month thousands of couples across the country discovered that the Christmas holiday had been the last straw for their failing relationship, and decided to call time on their marriage. But what do they do next? Family Mediation Week runs from 22-26 January, aiming to highlight exactly what family mediation entails.’
Family Law, 19th January 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The government is creating a new Office for Product Safety and Standards to help manage large-scale product recalls and identify risks to consumers.’
BBC News, 21st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An 81-year-old great-grandmother who was strangled by a man who had just raped and murdered her daughter has been refused compensation after being told her injuries were not severe enough.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A police officer will not face prosecution over the death of Rashan Charles.’
BBC News, 21st January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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