Hamilton for lawyers – New Law Journal
‘How can a hip-hop musical become an inspiration for mediators? Richard Harrison shares his thoughts & a few plot spoilers below…’
New Law Journal, 15th September 2017
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Data law: don’t expect a soft start, lawyers warned – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Any hope that a tough new data protection regime will be enforced lightly at first were dashed this week by a senior figure at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May next year, regardless of domestic legislation currently before parliament.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Claimant who sued council over bogus highway accident guilty of contempt – Local Government Lawyer
‘A man who sued Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council for £10,000, claiming he was injured after tripping in a hole in the payment, has been found guilty of contempt of court and jailed for four months.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Family: Undertakings and variations – Law Society’s Gazette
‘While the Supreme Court’s decision in Birch v Birch [2017] UKSC 53 is ostensibly about the court’s power to vary undertakings, it provides useful broader guidance on the variation of family orders generally.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd October 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
A weed is a plant in the wrong place – UK Human Rights Blog
‘“Banker” Ni Li and “estate agent” Zhixong Li bought the live American lobsters and Dungeness crabs from a London fish merchant, hired three boats from Brighton Marina and cast the animals adrift as part of a religious ceremony, fangsheng, which is understood to be the cause of many ecosystem disruptions in Asia.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th September 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Flasher conviction quashed because Facebook village gossip undermined fair trial – Daily Telegraph
‘A loner accused of chasing two women through a village while exposing himself has had his conviction quashed because residents had shared his image and gossiped about him on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Childlike sex doll man given suspended prison term – BBC News
‘A man who imported a childlike sex doll he bought online has been given a suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 29th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Are surrogacy costs a legitimate claim? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Commercial surrogacy arrangements are considered to be against public policy in the UK and therefore illegal. Surrogacy in the UK is only legal where there is no intention to make a profit – though reasonable expenses are recoverable. Where legal surrogacy is
carried out the surrogate mother is the legal mother of the child. In this case the claimant had suffered injury due to the hospital’s failure to diagnose her cervical cancer in time. She had to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment which, amongst other things, damaged her uterus so she was unable to bear and carry a child. Before the treatment she had her eggs frozen.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st October 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Two neo-Nazi groups added to banned list – BBC News
‘Scottish Dawn and NS131, both aliases of neo-Nazi group National Action, are to be banned under UK terror law, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 28th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plans for domestic violence register could save women’s lives – Daily Telegraph
‘An MP is to try to introduce a law to create a register of those convicted of domestic violence and make police warn new partners of a repeated offender’s violent past.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Family court changes to protect children ‘lifesaving’ – BBC News
‘New family court guidance to protect children from violent parents during custody disputes is “lifesaving,” domestic violence campaigners say.’
BBC News, 29th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge who spared aspiring Oxford student from jail after she stabbed her partner is cleared following investigation into three complaints – Daily Telegraph
‘A judge who spared an aspiring Oxford University student from jail after she stabbed her boyfriend has been investigated over three complaints relating to the case.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Electoral Commission urged to reconsider view on Vote Leave spending – The Guardian
‘The Electoral Commission is to be challenged in court to reopen its investigation into £625,000 of spending that eventually reached a digital marketing company during the EU referendum last year.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Animal cruelty sentences to rise to five years in prison – BBC News
‘People in England who commit the most serious crimes of animal cruelty could face up to five years in prison, the government has said.’
BBC News, 30th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
British courts may unlock secrets of how Trump campaign profiled US voters – The Guardian
‘Legal mechanism may help academic expose how Big Data firms like Cambridge Analytica and Facebook get their information.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Blind burglar jailed for his 192nd offence after leading police on chase from school raid into river – Daily Telegraph
‘A blind burglar has been jailed for his 192nd offence after leading police on a chase from school raid into a river.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sex abuse victims ‘failed’ by criminal payout scheme – BBC News
‘The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority is to be investigated over concerns it is failing child sex abuse victims, the Victims’ Commissioner has told 5 live Investigates.’
BBC News, 1st October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
DNA in the dock: how flawed techniques send innocent people to prison – The Guardian
‘Many juries believe crime-scene DNA evidence is watertight – but this is far from the case. As forensic technology gets ever more sophisticated, experts are only just realising how difficult interpreting the evidence can be.’
The Guardian, 2nd October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
An Oxford medical student stabbed her boyfriend with a bread knife. So why did she not go to prison? – The Secret Barrister
‘Lavinia Woodward, the 24-year old Oxford student who pleaded guilty to stabbing her boyfriend with a bread knife, was sentenced yesterday at Oxford Crown Court for unlawful wounding. The case caused a splash back in May when, having entered her plea, the defendant was told by the judge that she was unlikely to receive an immediate custodial sentence, in part due to her promising medical career. Thus was born the tale of the rich, blonde, white Oxford student who was “too clever” to be sent to prison. “Too clever” appears in all headlines in quotation marks, notwithstanding that no-one in court, not least the judge, ever used these words; rather this is one of the those splendid auto-generated media myths, where one tabloid shorthand was adopted by all until everyone came to accept that these words must have been said.’
The Secret Barrister, 26th September 2017
Source: thesecretbarrister.com
