Domestic abuse and coercive control is ‘silent killer’ – BBC News
‘The prime minister should put protection in place for every child who is living in a house with domestic violence, according to the Children’s Commissioner for England.’
BBC News, 7th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017
The Charities Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2017
The Immigration Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2017
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017
The Ringing of Certain Captive-bred Birds (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Unreliable forensic toxicology tests – next steps – Family Law
‘Family analysis: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that it is treating some hair strand test results as potentially unreliable. Maud Davis, partner at TV Edwards LLP looks at what this could mean for proceedings involving children where there was a reliance on hair strand testing, and suggests next steps for family practitioners advising in this area.’
Family Law, 7th December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Police reveal ‘unlawful’ mental health detentions – BBC News
‘Police chiefs in England and Wales say they may be unlawfully detaining arrested people needing mental health care more than 2,000 times a year.’
BBC News, 8th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Proportionality, the Margin of Appreciation and our Human Rights – in Plain English – Rights Info
‘This week marks the 41st anniversary of the judgment in Handyside v UK. This was a milestone judgment as it introduced a crucial concept for decision-making in human rights cases, the margin of appreciation.’
Rights Info, 7th December 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘We believe you harmed your child’: the war over shaken baby convictions – The Guardian
‘Expert witnesses who claim parents have been wrongly accused have been vilified and struck off. But the science is anything but certain. What happens to the truth when experts can’t agree?’
The Guardian, 8th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Competition watchdog delays initial verdict on 21st Century Fox’s Sky deal – The Guardian
‘The UK competition watchdog has delayed by a month its provisional decision on 21st Century Fox’s £11.7bn proposed deal to take full control of Sky in order to allow sufficient time to consider the thousands of submissions it has received.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court halts deportation of Afghan interpeter who worked with British Army – The Independent
‘An Afghan interpreter who was due to be deported imminently has had his removal from the UK halted after the High Court ordered he be released from detention.’
The Independent, 7th December 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Advocate general backs UK pensioner in gender recognition pension case – OUT-LAW.com
‘A UK law requirement that a transgender woman annul her marriage before she is entitled to a full gender recognition certificate is unlawful to the extent that it impacts on state pension entitlement, an EU legal adviser has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Competition regulator to prioritise productivity growth in future work – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will prioritise “cases in markets which underpin and enable economic growth” as part of its programme of work for next year, it has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Dramatic decline in access to legal help for immigration detainees, reports charity – Legal Voice
‘The number of immigration detainees with no access to legal representation while in detention has tripled in the past few months, a new survey published by the immigration detention charity BID has indicated.’
Legal Voice, 6th December 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Birmingham Six: Calls for end to ‘double injustice’ – BBC News
‘Two men who were wrongly convicted of carrying out the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974 have supported calls for the alleged bombers to be named publicly to end a “double injustice”.’
BBC News, 6th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Forcing law firms to publish prices could make consumers focus just on cost, Law Society warns – Legal Futures
‘Forcing law firms to publish prices could “bias” clients in favour of choosing their solicitor on price rather than quality or consumer protection, the Law Society has warned.’
Legal Futures, 7th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
To Me …To You… – Assign of Things To Come – Budana and CFA Assignment in the Court of Appeal – Zenith PI Blog
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down its long-awaited judgment in the case of Alina Budana (Appellant) v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Respondent) & Law Society (Intervener) [2017] EWCA Civ 1980.’
Zenith PI Blog, 7th December 2017
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Supreme Court rejects appeal by council over reasons for planning decision – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a council’s appeal over the quashing of the grant of planning permission for a controversial residential development in an area of outstanding natural beauty.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Data Breach, Group Actions, and the criminal insider: the Morrisons case – Panopticon
‘In Vidal-Hall v Google [2015] EWCA Civ 311 the Court of Appeal held that damages claims under section 13 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) can be brought on the basis of distress alone, without monetary loss. Since that decision there has much speculation that a major data breach could lead to distress-based claims against the data controller by a large class of individuals. Even if each individual claim was modest (in the hundreds or low thousands of pounds) the aggregate liability could be substantial.’
Panopticon, 6th December 2017
Source: panopticonblog.com
