National Minimum Wage: Workers win £2m compensation – BBC News
‘Workers whose bosses failed to pay the National Minimum Wage are to be refunded a record £2m, the government has revealed.’
BBC News, 16th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regulations broaden financial sanctions reporting obligation – OUT-LAW.com
‘New UK regulations have been published that significantly extend the duty to report financial sanctions breaches. Previously only banks, financial institutions, certain EEA credit institutions, and currency exchange businesses were obliged to report, but the duty now applies to a far broader range of professions and sectors.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Ofsted report recommending special measures quashed over complaint procedures – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has quashed an Ofsted report that judged a school to be ‘inadequate’ and recommended that it be placed in special measures.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Local authority apologises to councillor cleared of unlawfully handling newts – Local Government Lawyer
‘A Forest of Dean councillor has been cleared both of unlawfully handling protected newts and of swearing at other councillors.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Grenfell Inquiry: terms of reference ‘won’t satisfy government’s legal obligations’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Terms of reference for the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire may not satisfy the government’s legal obligations to investigate the full circumstances of the tragedy, lawyers representing some of the victims have warned.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Ex-footballer Chris Killen spared jail after sex attack – BBC News
‘A former professional footballer has been spared jail after sexually assaulting a sleeping woman.’
BBC News, 15th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parks police dismissal does not engage article 8 – UK Police Law Blog
‘The recent case of Vining & Ors v London Borough of Wandsworth [2017] EWCA Civ 1092 represents an attempt to circumvent restrictions on certain types of officers from enjoying employment law rights – in a claim of unfair dismissal and for a protective award in respect of an alleged failure in collective consultation relating to their redundancies.’
UK Police Law Blog, 15th August 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Master calls on rules committee to solve riddle of the costs of budgeting – Litigation Futures
‘A High Court Master has called on the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) to resolve the “tension” between the need to “spell out in the eventual bill” the costs of costs budgeting and to include them in Precedent H.’
Litigation Futures, 16th August 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Oh so false Number 9s – why the law is powerless to act – A football tale for the Summer Holidays – Employment Blog
‘The Premiership season may have begun but the transfer window rumbles on. We, mere supporters, have to put up with the unedifying spectacle of highly paid “want away” players requesting transfers, refusing to train, feigning injury, and generally malingering. The great Bill Shankly once said that players like these were a menace to society and that he would lock them up if he could. In these more liberal days, fans still ask why it is that a “want away” player’s contract cannot be enforced to oblige him to play. The answer is that English contract law has a rule against the compelled performance of personal services, by employees.’
Employment Blog, 15th August 2017
Source: employment11kbw.com
Britons should stop getting so drunk during hen and stag parties, judge says – Daily Telegraph
‘Britons should stop getting so drunk during hen and stag parties, a judge said yesterday during an inquest into the death of a reveller killed during a bachelor party in Budapest.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court Service to test ‘virtual hearing’ prototype – Legal Futures
‘HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is working with Microsoft to build a prototype for a fully virtual hearing, which will tested in October, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 15th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Nottingham man jailed for deliberately infecting lovers with HIV – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for infecting two former lovers with HIV after purposely not telling them he had the virus.’
The Guardian, 15th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Appeal judges uphold indemnity costs order in “long and acrimonious” neighbour dispute – Litigation Futures
‘The Court of Appeal has backed the order of indemnity costs against a retired couple involved in a battle over access to gas and electricity meters, who “had not come to court to assist the court in resolving the dispute but to assist themselves”.’
Litigation Futures, 15th August 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Maternity ‘must improve’ at baby-deaths hospital trust – BBC News
‘Maternity services at a health trust at the centre of a baby deaths inquiry must improve, inspectors have said.’
BBC News, 16th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
DPP raps ‘inaccurate’ press reports of rape prosecutions – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The director of public prosecutions has today condemned ‘inaccurate’ media coverage of the Crown Prosecution Service’s approach to rape cases, stressing that prosecutions and convictions have significantly increased.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Professional’ trustees likely to receive higher penalties for wrongdoing, says Pensions Regulator – OUT-LAW.com
‘Pension scheme trustees that are considered to be ‘professional trustees’ can expect higher penalties for wrongdoing, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Appeal to proceed in £14bn landmark Mastercard action – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A record-breaking £14bn collective action against Mastercard is set to rumble on after the former ombudsman who brought the case on behalf of 46 million consumers seeks to appeal last month’s Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Drunk air passenger arrests up 50% – BBC News
‘Arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at UK airports and on flights have risen by 50% in a year, a BBC Panorama investigation suggests.’
BBC News, 14th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK watchdog seeks to quell fears about heavy fines under the GDPR – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses that are responsible for “minor infringements” of new EU data protection laws shortly after they come into effect will not be made an example of, the UK’s information commissioner has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Three men jailed for running cannabis factory in ex-nuclear bunker – The Guardian
‘Three men have been jailed for their part in running a vast underground cannabis farm in a former nuclear bunker in Wiltshire, staffed by young Vietnamese workers who were held in slave-like conditions.’
The Guardian, 11th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
