Sarah McClay death: South Lakes Safari Zoo fined – BBC News
‘A zoo where a keeper was mauled to death by a tiger has been fined for health and safety breaches.’
BBC News, 10th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Migrants from UK urged to give evidence to child abuse inquiry – The Guardian
‘Men and women transported to Australia and Canada after being sexually and physically abused as children in the UK are being encouraged to give evidence to Britain’s public inquiry into historic and ongoing child abuse.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Met officer wins sex discrimination case after towel incident – Daily Telegraph
‘A respected police officer has won a sex discrimination case against the Metropolitan Police after he was “unlawfully punished” by a female officer following an incident involving a towel.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Council to challenge term-time holiday decision – BBC News
‘A court decision not to fine a father who took his daughter on an unauthorised term-time holiday is set to be challenged.’
BBC News, 9th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Crown Prosecution Service statement: Operation Lydd – CPS News Brief
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has considered a file of evidence from the Metropolitan Police relating to one suspect in connection with allegations made concerning the movement and alleged ill treatment of Abdel Hakim Belhadj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, and Sami Al Saadi and his wife and children from countries in South East Asia to Libya in 2004.’
CPS News Brief, 9th June 2016
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
Southern Health trust accepts responsibility for teenager’s death – The Guardian
‘The family of an 18-year-old man who drowned following an epileptic seizure while under the care of Southern Health NHS foundation trust has been awarded £80,000 compensation.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Knife crime: Almost half of repeat offenders spared jail – BBC News
‘Almost half of repeat knife offenders were not immediately jailed, despite new legislation requiring judges to impose a prison sentence.’
BBC News, 9th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government rules that shoppers have the right to buy items online – as it shames major golf club brand – Daily Telegraph
‘Shoppers cannot legally be denied the right to buy goods online, the Government has ruled, as its consumer arm declared a major golfing retailers’ ban on shops selling its products online as unlawful.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Adult Defendant Anonymity in Criminal Proceedings – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Should defendant anonymity be granted to prevent reputational damage?
The current position for adult defendants is that the media will generally be able to report the name of a defendant facing a criminal charge. Anonymity will not be granted to defendants on the basis of embarrassment or stigma, harassment or economic loss caused by the publication of their name in criminal proceedings.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 9th June 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Two jurors given suspended sentences for contempt of court – BBC News
‘A juror who caused a criminal trial to collapse at a cost of £80,000 has been been given a nine-month suspended sentence for contempt of court.’
BBC News, 9th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Defendant who represented himself gets new case review hope – The Guardian
‘A dyslexic defendant who represented himself in a crown court trial – after being handed 790 hours of CCTV footage to review in prison to support his alibi – is challenging his conviction for attempted murder.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Father who won High Court school holidays case eyes group litigation – Local Government Lawyer
‘The man who defeated Isle of Wight Council in a high-profile court battle over the enforcement of a fine imposed for taking his daughter to Florida during term time has unveiled plans to take forward group litigation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court’s confidentiality comments could have unintended consequences in pension rectification cases – OUT-LAW.com
‘Comments by a High Court judge during a recent application for rectification of a pension trust deed could have “unintended consequences” for future applications, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
New protocol for criminal defence on prosecution ‘failures’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A practitioner group is challenging what it claims to be ‘repeated’ failures by prosecutors to disclose information on time by issuing a step-by-step guide for criminal defence solicitors.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th June 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Is there a human right to the city? Rethinking the politics of rights – OUP Blog
‘What gives you the right? We are familiar with rights claiming, it comes easily to our lips when we believe we are entitled to something—to respect, to our fair share. Rights are fighting words. We invoke them when we have been wronged, when a situation has become intolerable. Rights claims are a way of fighting for control.’
OUP Blog, 9th June 2016
Source: www.blog.oup.com
Fiduciary Duties, Football, and the Fundamental Importance of the Contractual Relationship – Sports Law Bulletin
‘Can a senior employee be ordered to pay back his past contractual remuneration to his employer as a remedy for breach of fiduciary duty, in particular a duty to confess his own wrongdoing? There has been an increasing trend over the past few years for employers, outraged at the belatedly discovered wrongdoing of a trusted senior employee, to not only seek to justify summary dismissal on the basis of after-discovered gross misconduct but also to go a step further and try to recover the salaries or bonuses already paid to the employee prior to discovery of the misconduct.’
Sports Law Bulletin, 7th June 2016
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
Council to refund tenants £28.6m after High Court water overcharging ruling – Local Government Lawyer
‘The London Borough of Southwark has decided to repay 48,000 current and former tenants £28.6m following a High Court ruling earlier this year that it had overcharged for water and sewerage for 12 years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
