‘Agencies missed several chances to protect a girl who died after being fed drugs by her mother, a serious case review has found.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Govia Thameslink Railway is taking a legal case against drivers’ union Aslef to the supreme court over its industrial action on Southern rail.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Fifteen London businesses selling unsafe cosmetics products have been fined in a crackdown by Trading Standards.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The independent review into allegations of child abuse in football has made its first call for evidence. Set up by the Football Association and led by Clive Sheldon QC, the review has written to all football clubs in England and Wales, amateur and professional, asking for information about allegations of child sexual abuse between 1970 and 2005.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Counter-terrorism money is being used to redact police evidence to an inquiry into undercover policing tactics, it has been revealed.’
The Independent, 12th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘National chain store Wilko has been fined £2.2m after a worker was crushed and left paralysed.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Education and Adoption Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2017
The Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2017
The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The Taxation of Chargeable Gains (Gilt-edged Securities) Order 2017
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2017
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 16 and Savings) Order 2017
The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) Regulations 2017
The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘A masseur who sexually assaulted six female clients has been jailed for 15 months.’
BBC News, 10th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prosecutors are due to open their case against television entertainer Rolf Harris, who will follow his sex attack trial remotely.
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A district judge in Manchester has made an award of exemplary damages after finding road traffic accident claimants guilty of bringing fundamentally dishonest claims.’
Litigation Futures, 10th January 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The former Old Bailey prosecutor Brian Altman QC has been named as the new lead counsel for the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The criminal division of the Court of Appeal has taken the unusual step of announcing its intention to refer a City law firm to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.’
Legal Futures, 11th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Pre-emptive military strikes against terrorist targets overseas are required for national self-defence and the legal basis on which they are carried out should be made more explicit to deal with increasing threat levels, the UK’s attorney general is due to say on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The vote reflects cross-party hostility to proposed government reforms that peers say could damage the reputation of UK universities.’
The Independent, 10th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who raped and tortured a woman while keeping her prisoner for three days last February has been jailed for 23 years.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A senior druid has won the right to take a charity to court over “pay-to-pray” parking charges for the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge, claiming it should be free.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A dog sentenced to death after eating his owner’s body has been given a stay of execution after a judge granted a judicial review.’
BBC News, 10th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has again suggested he would like to see a maximum salary cap in the UK. Would you support this policy? And what level do you think maximum earnings should be?’
The Guardian, 10th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Landscape is not just physical, but also filled with symbolic, social and cultural attachments. The impacts of large wind energy projects on landscapes can be enormously contentious to the communities asked to host them. This lecture will examine how the legal process for consenting ‘nationally significant’ wind farms shapes our knowledge of landscape.’
Date: 28th February 2017, 1.15-1.55pm
Location: Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building, London WC1E 6BT
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘Sarah Nason, Bangor University Law School
With guest speakers:
Mr Justice Lewis, Administrative Court
Professor Rick Rawlings, University College London
Paul Bowen QC, Brick Court Chambers
Dr Dimitrios Kyritsis, University of Reading’
Date: 20th February 2017, 5.30-8.00pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
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