‘Plusnet, the BT-owned broadband and landline company, has been fined almost £900,000 by Ofcom for continuing to charge more than 1,000 customers even though they had cancelled their accounts.’
The Guardian, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an advertising campaign targeting illegal cartels, offering anonymity and a reward of up to £100,000 for whistleblowers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In the almost three years since the Supreme Court delivered its reasons in Nicklinson (in which a majority refused to issue a declaration that the blanket ban on assisted suicide in s 2(1) of the Suicide Act 1961 was incompatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’)), similar questions of compatibility concerning analogous bans have been considered by courts in Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. Additionally, California and Colorado have introduced legislation permitting physician-assisted suicide (taking the total to six States in the US which permit physician-assisted suicide), France has introduced legislation enabling patients to request terminal sedation, and Germany’s Federal Administrative Court this month handed down judgment confirming that the right to self-determination encompasses a right of the ‘seriously and incurably ill’ to, in ‘exceptional circumstances’, access narcotics so as to suicide.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Supreme Court has sided with a leading professional indemnity insurer in interpreting the rules that govern the way insurers can aggregate multiple claims against solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Love it or loathe it, BBC drama The Replacement addressed the job insecurity many women on maternity leave face, here’s how to cope if you feel forced out.’
The Guardian, 23rd March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘There needs to be a “root and branch” review of the complaints process run by the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), with the speed with which complaints are resolved a particular concern, according to the prospective chair of the organisation’s governing body.’
Legal Futures, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A fitness enthusiast who complained his gym’s music was not motivating enough has won damages after an instructor humiliated him over a microphone for complaining.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Thames Water has been fined a record £20m after pumping nearly 1.5 billion litres of untreated sewage into the River Thames.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The lord chief justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, has launched a forthright attack on the justice secretary, Liz Truss, for her failure last year to defend judges who were branded “enemies of the people”.’
The Guardian, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The remaining rights of prisoners to smoke inside their cells are to be challenged at the supreme court in a case which, if successful, could inflame discipline problems in prisons.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two of the private companies that provide 50% of probation services in England and Wales have confirmed to MPs they will have to consider quitting if a Ministry of Justice review fails to deliver improvements.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Thousands of vulnerable people with dementia and learning disabilities are being detained in hospitals and care homes without the appropriate checks, due to a law unfit for purpose according to the Law Commission.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th March 2017
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A cosmetic practice owner who crashed her car while drunk has been spared a driving ban after claiming she accidentally drank her son’s vodka and orange for breakfast.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Amanda and Paul Stubbs give first interview after prosecutors drop charges against daughter’s fellow student.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘At long last the saga has reached a conclusion. The Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Ilott (Respondent) v The Blue Cross and others (Appellants) [2017] UKSC 17 on 15 March, a case having its roots in the death of the late Mrs Jackson (Mrs Ilott’s mother) some 13 years ago.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th March 2017
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A woman who tried to kill her boyfriend by pouring acid over him while he slept has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 21st March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A terminally ill former lecturer has gone to court seeking permission to change the law so that he may be given assistance to die at home surrounded by his family.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The justice select committee has described the impact of Brexit on legal services as “a cause for concern, but not hyberbole”, in a report published today.’
Legal Futures, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former soldier who went out dressed as Colonel Gaddafi has been jailed for 16 months after biting off part of a man’s ear in a “savage” pub attack.’
BBC News, 21st March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Google risked breaking anti-terrorism laws by allegedly failing to remove illegal recruitment videos by a banned far-Right group, MPs have suggested.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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