‘A father who describes himself as “Anglo-Saxon” has lost a legal battle to prevent his Muslim ex-wife from sending their 10-year-old son to an Islamic secondary school.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Young people are a growing target for identity theft cases, which have reached record levels in 2016, fraud prevention organisation Cifas says. Almost 25,000 victims of fraud were aged under 30, with the number of under-21s defrauded rising by a third.’
BBC News, 15th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Social media companies have been accused of “commercial prostitution” and having “no shame” after being grilled by MPs over their failure to take down abusive content.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A custody sergeant and two detention officers have been found not guilty of killing a man with mental health problems in police custody.’
The Independent, 14th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A six-figure award to a woman who was left out of her estranged mother’s will is at the centre of a ruling by the UK’s highest court today.’
The Independent, 15th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Department for Work and Pensions has told its disability benefits assessors to discriminate against people with mental health conditions compared to those with physical problems.’
The Independent, 14th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘One of the country’s best known private health clinics has been rated “inadequate” for safety by inspectors.’
BBC News, 14th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
Deutsche Bank AG v Vik & Anor [2017] EWHC 459 (Comm) (13 March 2017)
Ruby Roz Agricol LLP v The Republic of Kazakhstan [2017] EWHC 439 (Comm) (08 March 2017)
High Court (Family Division)
J v U; U v J (No.2) (Domicile) [2017] EWHC 449 (Fam) (08 March 2017)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hourani v Thomson & Ors [2017] EWHC 432 (QB) (10 March 2017)
Monroe v Hopkins [2017] EWHC 433 (QB) (10 March 2017)
Maylin v Dacorum Sports Trust (t/a XC Sportspace) [2017] EWHC 378 (QB) (09 March 2017)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Car Giant Ltd & Anor v London Borough of Hammersmith [2017] EWHC 464 (TCC) (10 March 2017)
Symbion Power LLC v Venco Imtiaz Construction Company [2017] EWHC 348 (TCC) (10 March 2017)
Oldcorn & Anor v Southern Water Services Ltd [2017] EWHC 460 (TCC) (09 March 2017)
‘The NHS’s loss of more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence is so serious that it has triggered five separate investigations, ministers have admitted.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2017
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Income Tax (Relevant Maximum for Calculating Trade Profits on the Cash Basis) Order 2017
The Investment Allowance and Cluster Area Allowance (Investment Expenditure) Regulations 2017
The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2017
The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017
The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017
The Infrastructure Planning Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2017
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
The Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Social Security (Social Care Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2017
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation and Consequential Amendment Order 2017
The Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Police body-worn video evidence has been used to prosecute a man who assaulted a woman and a boy.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th March 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘From June of this year, the specialist civil courts are to be known as the “Business and Property Courts of England and Wales”.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 13th March 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Suzanne Cobourne of Creaseys Chartered Accountants and tax advisers explains the Budget changes of most relevance to family lawyers.’
Family Law Week, 8th March 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A woman’s first date ended with her being seriously injured when her admirer crashed his car into a tree while showing off to her before fleeing police.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘MPs have won the right to introduce a bill to parliament which would decriminalise abortion for the first time by repealing a law that dates back to Victorian times.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Bailiffs are continuing to intimidate vulnerable people in financial difficulty, despite a government crackdown on the issue, a group of charities has warned.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Theresa May has been warned that Brexit is heading back to the courts after she refused to give MPs a “meaningful vote” on any final deal.’
The Independent, 13th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Parliament has passed the Brexit bill, paving the way for the government to trigger Article 50 so the UK can leave the European Union.’
BBC News, 14th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A probe into peers who enjoy House of Lords perks without doing any work was dropped to avoid a “press storm”, a former lord speaker has admitted.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Prisoners were left exposed to the elements in “squalid” cells with windows missing glass, a highly critical report has revealed.’
The Independent March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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