‘The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has put together a high-powered group of 26 legal, constitutional and other experts under the chairmanship of former Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP to consider the implications of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill for the rule of law.’
Legal Futures, 9th October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Body modification artists have been exposed carrying out illegal and potentially dangerous tongue splitting procedures.’
BBC News, 9th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Allegations of sexual abuse at two children’s homes in Rochdale are due to be examined by the Independent Inquiry into child sexual abuse later.’
BBC News, 9th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In the case of Briers v Briers [2017] EWCA Civ 15, Mrs Briers (W) issued financial remedy proceedings 11 years after she separated from Mr Briers (H), and eight years after H alleged they had reached a concluded agreement settling their financial affairs. The Court of Appeal found that the parties had not reached a concluded agreement, despite both acting on the agreement including the transfer of assets to one another. W could, therefore, bring further financial claims against H.’
Family Law, 6th October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘One in five people stopped by immigration enforcement teams in Britain’s biggest cities is a UK national, according to newly revealed figures that critics say cast doubt on official claims that such stops are “intelligence-led”.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Reports of children sexually assaulting each other have almost doubled in the last four years, figures show as experts blame the rise in the availability of online pornography.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A foster carer is launching a legal claim to argue for workers’ rights for people in her role.’
BBC News, 9th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Victims of grooming gangs should be pardoned for crimes they committed under the direction of their abuser, Britain’s leading child protection police officer has said.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about a payment notice case, and so the case of Jonjohnson Construction Ltd v Eagle Building Services Ltd caught my eye.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 3rd October 2017
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Harris v London Borough of Hounslow [2017] EWCA Civ 1476 (05 October 2017)
Zimina v Zimin [2017] EWCA Civ 1429 (05 October 2017)
Watt v Dignan & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1390 (05 October 2017)
Safeway Ltd v Newton & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1482 (05 October 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The fiscal powers of English local authorities are extremely limited. In recent years there have been many proposals for significant fiscal devolution to take place, but little progress has been made on this agenda. In this post Mark Sandford argues that there are three fundamental reasons for this: the nature of the UK state, the complexity involved and equity considerations.’
UCL Constitution Unit, 6th October 2017
Source: constitution-unit.com
‘A council’s imposition of a £5,000 fine on a property management business for failing to be a member of a redress scheme for three weeks was “unreasonable in the circumstances and completely disproportionate”, a tribunal judge has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th October 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The cost to public authorities of welfare litigation in the Court of Protection “may have a chilling effect on their willingness to refer disputes to court where appropriate”, researchers have said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th October 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Practitioners have been warned that they can no longer ignore the electronic bill of costs, which now seems certain to become mandatory in the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) and county courts on 6 April 2018.’
Litigation Futures, 6th October 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The new president of the Supreme Court yesterday joined what appears to be a growing clamour to reinstate public funding to provide early legal advice.’
Legal Futures, 6th October 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A pharmacist from Leicester has today (5 October 2017) been convicted for showing graphic beheading videos to a young child as part of a plan to radicalise two young children.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th October 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Naomi Shelton, Associate with Mills & Reeve LLP, analyses the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during September 2017.’
Family Law Week, 5th October 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A drunk driver who killed a mother-of-three has been jailed for four years. Debbie Masters, 37, was pushing her seven-month-old son in a pram in Battle, East Sussex, on 19 March when she was hit by Naomi Oxley’s car.’
BBC News, 5th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A crown court judge has been cleared of making inappropriate comments about Travellers when sentencing 11 members of the same family for modern slavery offences.’
The Guardian, 5th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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