‘The government will introduce new measures to protect women and girls from crimes committed overseas as part of its Domestic Abuse Bill. The new legislation would be the final step to enable ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, known as the Istanbul Convention.’
Home Office, 29th June 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A self-employed rugby union coach has been jailed after molesting young boys and filming hundreds of videos using spy cameras hidden in changing rooms.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th June 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘An increasing lack of opportunities for contact between clients and law firms brought on by controversial legal aid cuts may have driven the steep decline in the number of family mediation cases, the government has admitted.’
Law Society's Gazette, 30th June 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Mark Warwick QC of Selborne Chambers explains the hurdles that need to be cleared in order to establish that a trust is a sham in the light of the judgment in ND v SD and Others (2017) EWHC 1507 (Fam).’
Family Law Week, 28th June 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A young offenders institution was found to be “not safe for either staff or boys” after an unannounced inspection.’
BBC News, 30th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police forces are not doing enough to tackle the growing threat of online fraud, a public spending watchdog has found. The National Audit Office (NAO) said the issue was “not yet a priority” for all local police forces and the problem had been overlooked by government, law enforcement and industry.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police forces in England and Wales are relaxing checks on hundreds of sex offenders living in the community who are assessed to be low risk. Police say the “tailored approach” applies to people who have not reoffended for three years.’
BBC News, 29th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A convicted criminal from Hungary who killed two little girls in a hit and run last New Year’s Eve and then tried to cover up the crime, has been jailed for just four years.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman has been convicted of impersonating a man for more than two years in an “astonishing deception” to trick her female friend into sex.’
BBC News, 29th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Reports of abuse and neglect of the elderly have risen by one third, amid warnings from GPs that the care system is “rapidly disintegrating”. The number of cases referred to social services under safeguarding rules has soared, new figures show, with more than 5,600 referrals last year – an increase of 33 per cent in two years.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The judge leading the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has said he is doubtful that the scope of the investigation will be broad enough to satisfy all survivors.’
The Independent, 29th June 0217
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The David Hare screenplay for the recent film Denial contains the following advice to the client: ‘stay seated, button your lip, and win.’ This article seeks to plot a path for advocates to winning in large scale discrimination claims in the employment tribunal, based on the writer’s long experience of the ET and, more recently, briefs to act for the respondents in two high stakes cases, AB -v- A Chief Constable[i] and Aubrey -v- The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police[ii]. The suggested lessons apply to all types of large-scale claim in the ET.’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th June 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘A defendant’s bid to transfer a case from the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) to the High Court has been dismissed because of the costs risk the SME claimant would then face.’
Litigation Futures, 28th June 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Government guidance preventing the local government pension scheme (LGPS) from pursuing boycotts as part of their investment strategies has been found unlawful by the High Court.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A review of how NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) handled a huge backlog of unprocessed clinical correspondence has found 1,788 cases of potential harm to patients, the National Audit Office has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
A woman who was stabbed by her stalker has dismissed a police apology as “meaningless”.
BBC News, 29th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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