Oxford medical student Lavinia Woodward spared jail for knife attack – BBC News
‘An “extraordinary” Oxford University student has avoided jail for stabbing her boyfriend in the leg.’
BBC News, 25th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drug dealer using dark web to sell fentanyl jailed for over 13 years – The Guardian
‘A drug dealer who sold substances including the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl on the dark web has been jailed for more than 13 years.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
The 14th Edition of the Judicial College Guidelines: A Brief Commentary – Zenith PI Blog
‘On 17 September 2017 the new, 14th, Edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases was published: replacing the previous 13th Edition, published in September 2015.’
Zenith PI Blog, 22nd September 2017
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Refuse collector jailed for supplying drugs to 15-year-old girl who died – The Guardian
‘A refuse collector has been jailed for supplying drugs to a 15-year-old girl shortly before she collapsed and died.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Rugby player jailed for killing girlfriend in drink-drive crash – despite her family’s plea for leniency – Daily Telegraph
‘A rugby player who killed his girlfriend in a drink-drive car accident after being distracted by a “kiss” has been jailed for two years – despite her family’s plea for leniency.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jackson: Most of the problems behind excessive costs are “sorted” or improving – Litigation Futures
‘Lord Justice Jackson said yesterday that 10 of the 16 causes of excessive costs in civil litigation he identified eight years ago have been eliminated or are on the way to elimination.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Two Buddhists fined £15,000 for releasing crustaceans into sea – The Guardian
‘Two Buddhists who released £5,000 worth of crustaceans into the Channel as part of a religious ceremony have been fined almost £15,000 for causing “untold damage” to the environment.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Another Data Protection Act! “You’re joking! Not another one!” – A Short History of Data Protection Legislation in the UK – NIPC Law
‘Towards the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, concern was expressed in a number of countries about the power of computers to gather, collate and disseminate personal information. In the UK, such concerns were referred to a committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Younger that had been appointed to consider privacy. In its report – the Younger Committee Report on Privacy 1972 (Cmnd 5012) – the committee found no evidence that the use of computers by the private sector constituted a threat to privacy at that time but it accepted the possibility that such use might be a threat in the future (para 69 of that report). Younger advised the government to set up a body with representatives from the computer industry to monitor and report on such use and to recommend action as and when necessary.’
NIPC Law, 23rd September 2017
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
Abortion should not be a crime, says doctors’ body – BBC News
‘Abortions should be treated as a medical issue and not a crime, the UK’s leading pregnancy doctors say.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Caseload almost doubles at UK antislavery body as remit widens – The Guardian
‘The UK’s antislavery body has launched 185 investigations since May, nearly double its total for the whole of last year, after assuming powers that allow it to look beyond the food and farming sector.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge throws McKenzie Friend out of court over “tirade” against him and solicitors – Legal Futures
‘A district judge has explained how he had to throw a McKenzie Friend out of his court after she disrupted proceedings and threatened complaints against him and the other side’s solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 21st September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Judge rules council and CCG not required to fund visits of mother – Local Government Lawyer
‘Central Bedfordshire Council and North Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group need not meet the travelling expenses of a woman who makes a lengthy weekly trip to see her son in a mental hospital.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Birmingham refuse collectors win high court case against city council – The Guardian
‘Birmingham’s long-running bin strike has been suspended following a high court injunction preventing the city council from making refuse workers redundant.’
The Guardian, 20th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court rejects legal challenge to urban extension – Local Government Lawyer
‘Two campaigners have failed to win permission from the High Court for judicial review of a planned urban extension to Canterbury on air quality grounds.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Bach Commission: “Only legislation will resolve crisis in legal aid system” – Legal Futures
‘The right to justice should be enshrined in an Act of Parliament to ensure that nobody is denied legal assistance because they cannot afford it, according to the final report of the Bach Commission.’
Legal Futures, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Killer Aidan McAteer’s sentence increased over social media use – BBC News
‘A hit-and-run killer has had his jail term increased after he put posts on social media from inside prison.’
BBC News, 21st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Slough man jailed for spreading Isis propaganda – The Guardian
‘A friend of the ringleader of the London Bridge terror attack has been jailed for four and a half years after making Isis propaganda videos outside Windsor Castle.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Power of attorney could be granted online under FCA proposals – Daily Telegraph
‘Power of attorney should be granted online, City watchdogs have suggested, as lawyers warn the move would put the elderly at risk of fraud.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Domino’s pizza shop sex: Bridlington couple guilty – BBC News
‘A couple had sex against the counter of a pizza delivery shop as staff worked in its kitchen, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 21st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
