‘A rugby player who killed his girlfriend in a drink-drive car accident after being distracted by a “kiss” has been jailed for two years – despite her family’s plea for leniency.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson said yesterday that 10 of the 16 causes of excessive costs in civil litigation he identified eight years ago have been eliminated or are on the way to elimination.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Two Buddhists who released £5,000 worth of crustaceans into the Channel as part of a religious ceremony have been fined almost £15,000 for causing “untold damage” to the environment.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Towards the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, concern was expressed in a number of countries about the power of computers to gather, collate and disseminate personal information. In the UK, such concerns were referred to a committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Younger that had been appointed to consider privacy. In its report – the Younger Committee Report on Privacy 1972 (Cmnd 5012) – the committee found no evidence that the use of computers by the private sector constituted a threat to privacy at that time but it accepted the possibility that such use might be a threat in the future (para 69 of that report). Younger advised the government to set up a body with representatives from the computer industry to monitor and report on such use and to recommend action as and when necessary.’
NIPC Law, 23rd September 2017
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘Abortions should be treated as a medical issue and not a crime, the UK’s leading pregnancy doctors say.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s antislavery body has launched 185 investigations since May, nearly double its total for the whole of last year, after assuming powers that allow it to look beyond the food and farming sector.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A district judge has explained how he had to throw a McKenzie Friend out of his court after she disrupted proceedings and threatened complaints against him and the other side’s solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 21st September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Central Bedfordshire Council and North Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group need not meet the travelling expenses of a woman who makes a lengthy weekly trip to see her son in a mental hospital.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Birmingham’s long-running bin strike has been suspended following a high court injunction preventing the city council from making refuse workers redundant.’
The Guardian, 20th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two campaigners have failed to win permission from the High Court for judicial review of a planned urban extension to Canterbury on air quality grounds.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The right to justice should be enshrined in an Act of Parliament to ensure that nobody is denied legal assistance because they cannot afford it, according to the final report of the Bach Commission.’
Legal Futures, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A hit-and-run killer has had his jail term increased after he put posts on social media from inside prison.’
BBC News, 21st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A friend of the ringleader of the London Bridge terror attack has been jailed for four and a half years after making Isis propaganda videos outside Windsor Castle.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Power of attorney should be granted online, City watchdogs have suggested, as lawyers warn the move would put the elderly at risk of fraud.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A couple had sex against the counter of a pizza delivery shop as staff worked in its kitchen, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 21st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of police officers and staff in London subjected to racist or religious hate crime has risen by more than 50% in two years, official figures show.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More alleged victims of the former Liberal MP Cyril Smith and officials who investigated him should be allowed to testify at the child sexual abuse inquiry, a preliminary hearing has been told.’
The Guardian, 20th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Individuals who are given an anti-social behaviour injunction or a criminal behaviour order or who are added to the sex offenders’ register will no longer be able to be a councillor or elected mayor, under reforms put out to consultation this week.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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