‘An advert for an Enid Blyton gift-shop tea towel featuring a golliwog clutching a pint of ginger beer has been banned by the advertising watchdog.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK has failed to meet many human rights recommendations made by the United Nations and should do more to prevent prison overcrowding, tackle hate crimes and restrict stop and search powers, a coalition of 175 civil society organisations claims.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hunt saboteurs should learn that it’s a “dangerous world out there” and stop standing in the way of riders, according to the lawyer of a huntsman cleared of ramming a protester.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Staff working for one of England’s largest mental health trusts had become “desensitised” to the level of self-harm at a psychiatric hospital, a coroner has said as she ruled that “neglect” contributed to the death of a 15-year-old boy.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 those who live together but are not married are not entitled to damages for bereavement. The High Court has found that though this did not directly engage the right to family life and privacy under Article 8, the difference in treatment between cohabitees and those who were married or in a civil partnership could not be justified and consideration should be given to reforming the law.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police stops of black people are still at an “eye-watering” level compared with white people, the official police watchdog said today and promised a fresh inquiry into every force’s use of the controversial powers.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former inmate has told the BBC many women feel “safer in prison” due to a lack of suitable housing for female ex-offenders.’
BBC News, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Did Roger Kearney really kill his lover in 2008, or is he serving a life sentence on little direct evidence? This BBC two-parter allows the viewer to judge both sides of the argument.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Sex criminals are using social media networks like Facebook and Twitter to carry out attacks against Scottish children including rape but many are not recorded by the police, according to a disturbing official report.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Proposals to introduce new legislation which would pardon gay men convicted under historical gross indecency laws will be brought forward “in due course”, the government has said.’
BBC News, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tom Tugendhat is wrong. Limiting human rights to our borders will strip soldiers of hard-won protections, and values that distinguish them from the enemy.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A long-standing legal test, that helps to determine whether professionals meet their duty of care to clients is not appropriate for determining whether UK investment advisers have sufficiently communicated with investors to be said to have provided suitable advice, the UK High Court has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th September 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Al-Saadoon & Ors v. Secretary of State for Defence [2016] EWCA Civ 811, 9 September 2016. This post concerns the extent of any obligations imposed on the UK to investigate violations of non-refoulement (under Article 3, ECHR) and arbitrary deprivation of liberty (Article 5, ECHR). The non-refoulement issue arose from two individuals whom had been captured by British forces in Iraq claimed they were transferred to American custody and subsequently ill-treated. The Article 5 issue arose from the detention by British forces in Iraq of several individuals who claimed to have had their Article 5 rights violated whilst in British custody.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th September 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to require judicial review claimants to share details of how their action is being funded with the defendant and other parties is “a fundamentally unprincipled breach of the principle of equality of arms”, the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 21st September 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
‘Men are earning on average nearly 20% more than women, latest Law Society research suggests, despite the gender pay gap falling to its narrowest since 2008. A survey of private practice solicitors’ salaries shows that male salaried partners at the top end of the earnings bracket make as much as £60,000 more than women in the same category.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st September 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A woman who twice urinated against a war memorial has been jailed for outraging public decency.’
BBC News, 20th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Amazon has been found guilty of shipping dangerous goods by air. The items included lithium-ion batteries and flammable aerosols, which were flown in and out of the UK between January 2014 and June 2015.’
The Guardian, 20th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The effect of the Baby P case has contributed to a “crisis” in the children’s care system, the president of the High Court’s Family Division has said. Sir James Munby called for urgent research into why the number of cases in which children can be separated from their parents on the application of a council had more than doubled in the last decade.’
Latest view from the President’s Chambers
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson, the senior judge who shaped key legal reforms, has questioned the government’s policy of imposing steep rises in fees while withdrawing public funding of the court system. In a detailed legal work, entitled The Reform of Civil Litigation, the appeal court judge added his voice to the chorus of criticism from human rights groups and lawyers’ representative bodies who argue that the rises put access to justice beyond the reach of many citizens.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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