‘A police doctor has warned of potential miscarriages of justice in rape cases after medical examinations were outsourced to the private security company G4S.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A teacher has been banned from his profession for life after he “utterly exploded” proper professional boundaries.’
BBC News, 20th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tens of thousands of mothers and babies in England were harmed by potential lapses in maternity care in the past two years, the BBC has learned. More than 276,000 incidents were logged by worried hospital staff between April 2015 and March 2017 – the equivalent of one mistake for every five births.’
BBC News, 21st Decembher 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police have made serious errors getting search warrants for suspected sex offenders, leading to the targeting of innocent people and children being wrongly separated from their parents, an official report has revealed.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People who shine lasers at air, ground and sea vehicles could be jailed for up to five years under new laws. Offenders also face unlimited fines as part of Department for Transport (DfT) measures to boost safety.’
The Independent, 20th December 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The brother of an Isis suicide bomber has been jailed for 10 years for preparing for a potential terrorist attack.’
The Independent, 20th December 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman jailed for murdering a mother of eight has had an appeal against her conviction and sentence rejected.’
BBC News, 20th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The stepfather of a five-year-old boy who drowned at a water park has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 20th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of the fears relating to adjudication is that a referring party will attempt to achieve success by grinding the responding party down through serial adjudications until it achieves the result it wants or the responding party gives in. In Benfield Construction Ltd v Trudson (Hatton) Ltd, Coulson J issued a clear warning that such an approach would not be condoned, stating.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 20th December 2017
‘Explanatory guidance for sentencing offences of sexual exploitation under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has now been included in the Sexual Offences guidelines.’
Sentencing Council, 19th December 2017
‘A teenage hacker who helped others to target high profile companies such as Virgin, O2, NatWest Bank and Netflix has been sentenced after facilitating cyber-attacks that crashed their websites.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man has been jailed for five years today after being convicted of flying drones carrying £35,000 worth of drugs and contraband items into prison grounds.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Whilst encouraged by the Government’s response to many of the recommendations in the Lammy Review, the Bar Council today expressed disappointment that key opportunities to address diversity in the judiciary have been missed.’
The Bar Council, 19th December 2017
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Byron James barrister, Expatriate Law (United Arab Emirates) considers the possible implications of bitcoin, bitchain and other developments on financial remedy cases.’
Family Law Week, 13th December 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Frances Bailey Principal Associate and Naomi Shelton, Associate with Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during November 2017.’
Family Law Week, 6th December 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2017
The Transfer of Functions (International Development) Order 2017
The Registration (Entries of Overseas Births and Deaths) (Amendment) Order 2017
The North Korea (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Repaying fees to employment tribunal claimants will continue for up to two years and cost the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) between £1.8m and £2m to administer, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 20th December 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Being in debt is not a crime. So why are nearly 100 people a year sent to prison for falling behind on council tax payments?’
Legal Voice, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘The Supreme Court has just confirmed that this local authority should have given reasons if it wished to grant permission against the advice of its own planning officers for a controversial development to the west of Dover. ‘
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Nine out of 10 companies believe that the removal of employment tribunal fees will lead to a rise in weak or misguided claims, a survey for an employers’ lobby group has concluded.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th December 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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