‘A new video link scheme designed to improve the way police officers give evidence and free up more time for front line duties will be piloted thanks to an £11m government cash injection.’
Home Office, 4th September 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed a severely disabled man’s appeal over a decision by a county council to reduce his personal budget from £1,651 per week to £950 per week and to revise his care and support plan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson has expressed his contempt for a firm that recruited a claimant and ‘turned his head’ to bring negligence proceedings. In the Court of Appeal Jackson said it was ‘regrettable’ that north west firm Mellor Hargreaves had persuaded a former miner to bring an action against his previous solicitors to ‘top up’ a damages award.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Councils are to be banned from using bin fines “as a means to generate income” after it emerged that families are risking large penalties and criminal records if they put out overflowing bins.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A litigant in person who “abruptly” walked out of a detailed assessment hearing before the end of the first day and failed to return, has been ordered to pay £82,930 by an employment judge.’
Litigation Futures, 4th September 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A student who faced losing his place at Oxford University because of uncertainty over his immigration status has won his battle to remain in Britain indefinitely.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge told shoplifter: “I didn’t know that people who were on benefits were into Champagne?”‘
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A paedophile has been jailed for 16 years after admitting rape, despite being thousands of miles away when the offences happened.’
BBC News, 5th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Parents and former governors at a leading grammar school found to be systematically excluding pupils halfway through their A-level studies say there needs to be a full inquiry in order to restore confidence in the school.’
The Guardian, 4th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The use of cloud-based communications tools by employees of public sector bodies presents challenges over the way those organisations comply with freedom of information (FOI) laws in the UK, the information commissioner has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Eight of the 11 women restrained with spit hoods by the Metropolitan police have been black, according to figures that show a racial disproportionality in the use of the devices since they were piloted and rolled out across custody suites in London police stations.’
The Guardian, 2nd September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An individual has successfully applied for continuation of a freezing order, after being able to show that there was a real risk that money held in another’s account would be dissipated if the order was not continued.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Where the claimant in an arbitration ceases to exist, it is usually the respondent who contends that the arbitration has been or should be brought to an end. There may then be an issue whether the claimant’s claim in arbitration can survive by, for example, a principle of universal succession (Eurosteel Ltd v Stinnes AG [2000] CLC 470).’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Young black people are nine times more likely to be locked up in England and Wales than young white people, according to Ministry of Justice analysis.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Clinical Genetics is a field of medicine concerned with the probability of an indvidual’s condition having an hereditary basis. The journal Medical Law International has just published an article about the scope of potential duties of care owed by specialists in this field to people with heritable diseases. The authors draw out the features of genomic medicine that open the door to new liabilities; a potential duty owed by clinicians to third party family members, and another legal relationship that may be drawn between researchers and patients.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd September 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘This was an action for infringement of database right and copyright in an electrocardiogram (“ECG”) analysis and reporting system known as ECG Cloud.’
NIPC Law, 2nd September 2017
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘Domestic abuse victims are to “regain their voices” with a new law which will make it easier for them to register to vote anonymously, campaigners have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should reconsider the advice it gives to solicitors who enter into sexual relationships with clients, a tribunal has said as it fined one £8,500 for the conflict of interest such a relationship caused.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman who was his niece and also his partner.’
BBC News, 1st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tom Beamont talks to Rosalind English about the role artificial intelligence is likely to play in the way lawyers and judges operate in the U.K., including discussion about the use of e-Disclosure, online dispute resolution, and whether advice and decisions can reliably be generated by algorithms.’
Law Pod UK, 1st September 2017
Source: audioboom.com
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