‘Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to introduce wide-ranging social reforms to correct what she calls the “burning injustices” in modern society.’
BBC News, 8th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A disciplinary panel has recommended that a prominent black judge should receive both an apology and “formal advice” – a dressing down – after its members found he committed misconduct in a speech he made referring to a fellow judge and that the matter had not been handled well.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This was a case of carbon monoxide poisoning. Liability was admitted; the matter was listed for an assessment of damages hearing. The interesting part of the decision is yet another example of the need not to focus too rigidly on the Ogden tables (multiplier/multiplicand) approach. It also provides a useful review of the case law concerning the material contribution test.’
Zenith PI Blog, 6th January 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Leeds City Council is to seek permission from the Supreme Court to appeal a key ruling over whether landlords are responsible for paying council tax on a property when a tenant has moved out before the tenancy agreement has formally ended.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2017
source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A waitress who edited a video to make it sound as though a police officer she met on a dating website was threatening to rape her has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph. 5th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police chiefs have issued an apology and paid compensation of more than £20,000 to the family of a woman who was a victim of domestic violence and died following a violent attack.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The maximum sentence for stalking available to courts in England and Wales is to rise from five years to 10.’
BBC News, 6th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judge says public will be safer if Daniel Taylor attends treatment programme.’
The Independent, 5th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The quality of forensic science work in England and Wales is putting the integrity of the criminal justice system at risk, an expert has warned. Forensic Science Regulator Gillian Tully said some police forces were not committed to meeting the required standards, and there was a significant risk of DNA contamination.’
BBC News, 6th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A beautician was jailed after she paid a stranger to take her speeding points and revealed the ploy on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Timothy Taylor Ltd v Mayfair House Corporation & Anor [2016] EWHC 1075 (Ch). It is a commercial property case, but has interesting elements on the way in which building works may be reasonably carried out.’
Nearly Legal, 4th January 2017
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has strongly criticised a council and a police force for serious breaches of the Human Rights Act, after two children were retained in care despite their mother not being charged with an offence following her arrest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Law Society’s freedom of information adjudicator has ordered the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to disclose an investigator’s report, saying the regulator had overlooked “the public interest in transparency as a good in itself”.’
Legal Futures, 5th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Claimant lawyers have mounted an all-out attack on the government’s plans to overhaul the personal injury sector as the deadline approaches for responses to a consultation.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘David Bedingfield, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, considers the arguments in a debate of vital importance to family lawyers.’
Family Law Week, 4th January 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A former soldier has been sentenced under the Terrorism Act after he attempted to travel to Syria to fight Isis.’
The Independent, 4th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has moved to crack down on unscrupulous employers by appointing a new boss to lead the collection of government bodies tasked with stamping out exploitation in the workplace. Prof Sir David Metcalf, a founding member of the Low Pay Commission and former chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, was named on Thursday as the first director of Labour Market Enforcement.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prisoners should be allowed to wear their own clothes in jail because transgender inmates are allowed to wear dresses and make-up, inspectors have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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