‘Ministers should consider abandoning jury trials for some crown court cases unless they properly fund a justice system “in serious crisis”, the former lord chief justice has said.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Paul Newman KC examines a recent High Court decision on the test for financial dependency in a claim for death benefits under the LGPS.’
Pensions Barrister, 5th December 2024
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘This was a County Court appeal from a first instance decision by a District Judge that the Court did not have jurisdiction under Civil Procedure Rule 25.1 to make an order allowing Sovereign to force entry to their tenant’s, Ms Hall, property.’
Nearly Legal, 8th December 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Since 31 January 2024, victims of transnational marriage abandonment can apply for a visa to return to the UK. This follows the landmark case of R on the application of AM -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department 2022.’
EIN Blog, 8th December 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Court backlogs are forcing alleged offenders to spend up to five years in jail awaiting trial and driving innocent people to plead guilty, two prison watchdogs have revealed.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for 12 years for sexually assaulting a pregnant woman and giving her medication to cause a miscarriage.’
BBC News, 6th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Under new laws announced on Friday [6th December] judges will have to consider tougher jail terms for murderers who strangle their victims or whose action is connected to the end of a relationship.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An alternative healer who promoted a “slapping therapy” taken up by millions of people across the world has been jailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of a British woman who died at one of his workshops in Wiltshire.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On-the-spot penalties issued for offences including swearing, shouting, idling, loitering and begging, known as “busybody” fines, jumped 42% in 2023, according to a new report.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has extended the grace period that an asylum seeker has to transition from supported housing to their own accommodation from 28 to 56 days. The move is a victory for councils and charities who have been pressing the government for the change.’
The Independent, 5th December 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The mother of a boy who was stabbed to death confronted his killers in court as they were jailed for his murder.’
BBC News, 5th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Abiyah died in 2020 following a respiratory infection. This was not the full extent of his poor health. He was in a severely malnourished state and suffered with a list of other problems. Only when his body was exhumed by police in 2022 did the scale of his parents’ neglect emerge.’
BBC News, 5th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers for Eddie Ratcliffe, who was 15 at the time of the killing but is now 17, asked for the length of his sentence to be reduced, claiming the judge had failed to take into account his “lack of maturity”.’
The Independent, 5th December 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Dujardin’s international ban, handed out by the FEI – the world governing body of equestrian sports – is backdated to the start of her provisional suspension and she will be eligible to compete again from July 2025.’
BBC News, 5th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new ban has been introduced using powers in the Health and Social Care Act 2022, passed by Boris Johnson’s government, which set the focus on products.’
BBC News, 5th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Proposals by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority will directly affect the way in which e-money firms handle customer funds prior to and during an insolvency process.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th December 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court has agreed to hear a judicial review challenge of Havering Council’s decision not to allocate an illegal landfill behind pollution issues and wildfires as “contaminated land”.
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A transgender pool champion is taking legal action against one of the sport’s governing bodies in England after she was banned from playing in women’s tournaments.’
The Independent, 4th December 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A multi-billion-dollar money laundering operation that formed when UK gangs were struggling to offload cash during lockdown has been uncovered by the National Crime Agency.’
BBC News, 4th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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