‘Three would-be jihadists who dubbed themselves the Three Musketeers have been jailed for life for plotting an attack on a police or military target.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Social services were blamed for missing abuse while police and NHS failings were brushed under the carpet. Here’s what has happened since.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Sun newspaper is to pay “substantial damages” to former EastEnders boss Sean O’Connor, after wrongly accusing him of bullying.’
BBC News, 4th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “well-regarded” clergyman who filmed men using a public toilet in a shopping centre has been sentenced to a suspended four-month jail term.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Lawyers involved in the reopened Birmingham pub bombings inquest are considering requesting the same to happen over IRA blasts in Guildford.’
BBC News, 4th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The nation will have “blood on its hands” if an NHS hospital bed cannot be found within days for a teenage girl who is at acute risk of taking her own life, according to the UK’s most senior family judge.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former paratrooper who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and won a triathlon while fraudulently claiming thousands of pounds in disability benefit has been jailed.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during July 2017.’
Law & Religion UK, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘There is “absolutely no basis” for an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) policy that the VAT treatment of supplies made in relation to a building by a sub-contractor depends upon the treatment adopted by the main contractor, the UK’s First-tier Tribunal has decided in a case concerning student accommodation.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Claims management companies (CMCs) will face stricter regulation when responsibility for regulation moves from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), though new rules stop short of a ban on cold calling and cold texting.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘On 25 July 2017, an FA Appeal Board allowed the appeal of Premier League player, Joey Barton, against the “excessive” ban on him from all football for 18 months, imposed as a result of breaches of The FA’s betting rules.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 31st July 2017
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has lost a case at the Employment Appeal Tribunal over how voluntarily-worked overtime is treated in the calculation of holiday pay.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd August 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Court of Appeal judge was wrong to end an appeal because the appellant company had not complied with a condition to pay the judgment sum into court first and he thought its wealthy owner could have paid instead, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘In my capacity as the Judge in Charge of Reform, and in light of public comments – particularly from members of the legal profession – I thought it would be helpful to attempt to demystify the proposed Flexible Operating Hours Pilots. I regret the extent of the widely-broadcast misunderstandings and ill-informed comments from a range of sources.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 28th July 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Goldtrail Travel Ltd v Onur Air Tasimacilik AS [2017] UKSC 57 (2 August 2017)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Randhawa & Anor v Turpin & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1201 (01 August 2017)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ali & Ors, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 1211 (02 August 2017)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Williams v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 2005 (Admin) (02 August 2017)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hague Plant Ltd v Hague & Ors [2017] EWHC 2021 (Ch) (02 August 2017)
Ball & Ors v Ball & Ors [2017] EWHC 1750 (Ch) (02 August 2017)
Ghadami v Bloomfield & Ors [2017] EWHC 2020 (Ch) (02 August 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The police watchdog has apologised to a dying mother for investigative failings after she was stripped and handcuffed in a police cell for 11 hours while pregnant.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who died after swallowing an object during a police chase was not concealing a “controlled substance” according to forensic analysis.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Three men who dubbed themselves the Three Musketeers have been found guilty of plotting a terror attack on a police or military target in the UK.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judge rules cycle courier should have been treated as employed worker with rights to holiday pay and the minimum wage.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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