‘Vulnerable children are being forced into homelessness because local authorities are routinely flouting child protection laws, lawyers and charities have warned.’
The Independent, 4th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky “crossed an ethical line” by using drugs allowed under anti-doping rules to enhance performance instead of just for medical need, a report by MPs says.’
BBC News, 5th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Residents of a luxury north London apartment block are battling their freeholder over who should pay a multi-million-pound bill to replace dangerous Grenfell-style cladding, and for the wages of fire marshals.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An Army officer who was caught speeding at 130mph in his Aston Martin has been allowed to keep his driving licence so he can tour the Falklands.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A teenager who planned an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack on a pop concert a month after the Manchester Arena bombing has been given a life sentence and told he will serve at least 11 years in prison before being considered for parole.’
The Guardian, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Plans to deny millions of people the right to access immigration data held on them by the Home Office are illegal and will be challenged in court, the government has been told.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who spoke out to The Independent about Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre just days ago has narrowly avoided deportation following an intervention by MPs.’
The Independent, 4th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Hundreds of foreign criminals including rapists and violent offenders are on the run after the Government took too long to deport them, new figures suggest.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of “shocking and inhumane abuse of process” after it told vulnerable women on hunger strike about conditions at a controversial detention centre they faced “accelerated” deportation if they continued to protest.’
The Independent, 5th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A well-reasoned judgment by Mr Justice Coulson could put an end to the trend of “smash and grab” adjudications, where the payee pursues the other party for the full amount where no valid payment or pay less notice is served.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st March 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
The Local Land Charges Rules 2018
The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018
The Capital Allowances (Energy-saving Plant and Machinery) Order 2018
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2018
The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Database of Rogue Landlords and Property Agents) Regulations 2018
The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Tonnage Tax (Prescribed and Specified Matters) Regulations 2018
The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Police Injury Benefit (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018
The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Spire Healthcare Ltd v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc [2018] EWCA Civ 317 (02 March 2018)
Babar v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 329 (01 March 2018)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Davies v R [2018] EWCA Crim 327 (01 March 2018)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Songa Chemicals AS v Navig8 Chemicals Pool Ltd [2018] EWHC 397 (Comm) (02 March 2018)
Jiangsu Shagang Group Co Ltd v Loki Owning Company Ltd [2018] EWHC 330 (Comm) (01 March 2018)
High Court (Family Division)
A v A [2018] EWHC 340 (Fam) (28 February 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘General Principles of Law in International Law and Common Law.’
Supreme Court, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘The Sentencing Council has published a new guideline for the sentencing of offenders convicted of the possession of a bladed article or offensive weapon, such as acid, in public, and of using one to threaten someone.’
Sentencing Council, 1st March 2018
‘The rule committee should look at clarifying whether a law firm LLP which acts for itself in legal proceedings is a litigant in person for the purposes of the CPR, the Supreme Court has said.’
Litigation Futures, 1st March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘MPs have expressed concern about the government’s “evident preference” for virtual and online justice over traditional, court-based models without the evidence base to justify it.’
Legal Futures, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who sent a text message containing a link to an extremist instructional video on how to kill someone using knives has been jailed for 16 months.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Equal Treatment Bench Book has been updated, expanded and improved. It aims to increase awareness and understanding of the different circumstances of people appearing in courts and tribunals. It helps enable effective communication and suggests steps which should increase participation by all parties.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 28th February 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Matthew Ward and Marcus Cullumbine have had their sentences increased after the Solicitor General referred them for being too low.’
Attorney General’s Office, 1st March 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Litigants in person should not be seen as an unwelcome problem for the court, judges have been told in 422-page guidance on equal treatment issued by the Judicial College.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st March 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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