Surrogacy Law Update – October 2016 – Family Law Week
‘Andrew Powell, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings, reviews the latest important judgments concerning surrogacy law.’
Family Law Week, 6th October 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Teaching assistant had sex with pupil who was ‘attracted to him because he looked like Zayn Malik’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A teaching assistant who claimed pupils found him attractive because he “looks like Zayn Malik” has been jailed for five years over sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
CPS to pay six-figure sum to man over wrongful conviction – The Guardian
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has agreed to pay more than £100,000 in compensation to a man who spent six years in prison after being wrongly convicted of perverting the course of justice in a gangland murder investigation.’
The Guardian, 6th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sir Cliff Richard lodges papers suing BBC and police – BBC News
‘Singer Sir Cliff Richard is suing the BBC and South Yorkshire Police after being investigated over allegations of historical sexual assault. Legal papers were filed at the High Court in London on Thursday. They list Sir Cliff as a claimant, and the BBC and chief constable of South Yorkshire Police as defendants.’
BBC News, 6th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cherie Booth: Challenge to buy-to-let tax ‘not over yet’ despite judicial review failure – Daily Telegraph
‘Campaigners led by Cherie Booth QC said that they would continue their fight against the changes to taxation of buy-to-let income after their application to launch a judicial review of the new law was turned down.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court challenge over award of helpline contract to G4S fails – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Law Centres Network (LCN) has lost its bid to prevent G4S being awarded a government contract to run the Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) helpline.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Landlord ordered to pay £700,000+ for planning enforcement notice breach – Local Government Lawyer
‘A landlord guilty of breaching a planning enforcement notice has been ordered to pay a record fine and costs to the London Borough of Barnet, after the largest planning enforcement and confiscation investigation the borough has seen.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Opening of the legal year – Ministry of Justice
‘Speech by The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on the opening of the legal year.’
Ministry of Justice, 3rd October 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Arbitrator justified in making losing party pay £2m cost of third-party funding, High Court rules – Litigation Futures
‘A defendant whose conduct forced the claimant to seek third-party funding to take its case to arbitration has to pay the £2m owed to the funder following the claim’s success, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd October 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Launch of TheCityUK’s Legal Services Report 2016 – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Launch of TheCityUK’s Legal Services Report 2016.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 4th October 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 15, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2016
The Criminal Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) (No. 2) Order 2016
The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2016
The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) (Amendment) Rules 2016
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Sian Blake death: Arthur Simpson-Kent given life sentence – BBC News
‘The partner of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake has been given a whole-life tariff for killing her and their two children.’
BBC News, 5th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
TalkTalk hit with record fine for cyber attack – The Guardian
‘The UK’s data watchdog has fined TalkTalk a record £400,000 over last year’s cyber attack on the company in which the personal details of thousands of customers were exposed.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Operation Midland: VIP child abuse report will not be published in full – The Guardian
‘Scotland Yard has said it will not publish the full report on its heavily criticised investigation of child sexual abuse allegations against VIPs because it contains “confidential and sensitive information”.’
The Guardian, 5th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Coroner asks CPS to probe Freckleton baby death – BBC News
‘The inquest into a baby boy’s death at a vicarage in Lancashire has been halted and the coroner has referred the case to prosecutors.’
BBC News, 5th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Theresa May trying to protect soldiers who murder prisoners and torture civilians, says top human rights lawyer – The Independent
‘Geoffrey Robertson QC, a former UN judge, hits back after Prime Minister vows to defend Armed Forces personnel from “activist left-wing human rights lawyers.” ‘
The Independent, 5th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lorry driver jailed for ploughing into car – leaving motorist with fractured skull – Daily Telegraph
‘A lorry driver who ploughed a vehicle packed with steel into a line of rush-hour traffic, leaving one seriously injured, has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office fails to deport foreign drug dealer who has lived in UK for more than 20 years – The Independent
‘A convicted drug dealer who turned his life around to become a “diligent student” will not be deported to Sierra Leone after two law lords ruled he would be incapable of settling in his home country.’
The Independent, 5th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Proposed sentencing guidelines to cover the possession of weapons and threats to use them – Sentencing Council
‘The Sentencing Council has announced its proposals for new guidelines covering a number of offences involving knives and other weapons. The proposals cover the sentencing of offenders convicted of the possession of a bladed article or offensive weapon in public, and of using one to threaten someone. They do not cover offences where a knife or other weapon is actually used to harm someone, nor the use or possession of firearms: these are covered by other provisions.’
Sentencing Council, 6th October 2016
Scores of cases set to be reviewed or dropped after collapse of Tulisa trial – The Independent
‘The Criminal Cases Review Commission has confirmed it is reviewing six cases involving celebrities who were convicted following involvement with Mazher Mahmood, better known as the Fake Sheikh.’
The Independent, 6th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
