Two guilty of Luton IS terror support plot – BBC News
‘Two men have been convicted of organising terrorist speeches and encouraging support for so-called Islamic State (IS).’
BBC News, 13th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
City council wrongly decided child was not in need, High Court judge rules – Local Government Lawyer
‘Birmingham City Council acted wrongly when it decided that a child was not in need of accommodation in its area because his mother had recently left the London Borough of Bromley.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
MPs to scrutinise cost of parliament restoration works – BBC News
‘MPs have launched an inquiry into the planned renovation of the Palace of Westminster amid concerns it may not provide value for money.’
BBC News, 15th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Justice denied: the damning results of the latest report on the impact of legal aid cut – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Secretary of State for Justice, Liz Truss, recently announced that the government would soon confirm the time-table for the post legislative review of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). There has been growing pressure on ministers for some time to announce this (see “Back to the drawing board”, 166 NLJ 7698 13 May 2016, p 6). The Legal Action Group (LAG) hopes that the review will be used as an opportunity by the still relatively new team at the top of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to look at funding the provision of early advice in civil legal cases.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 11th January 2017
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Bookmakers face losing their licence and huge fines over problem gambling The Guardian
‘Gambling firms that fail to tackle problem gambling and money laundering face heftier fines and a higher risk of losing their operating licence under a tougher regime to be unveiled by the industry’s regulator.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Actor who played The Omen’s Damien sentenced on Friday 13th for road rage – The Guardian
‘The actor who played Damien Thorn in the 1970s horror film The Omen punched two cyclists in a road-rage attack and has been given a suspended prison sentence – on Friday the 13th.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judges set to rule on Taliban bomb maker suing UK government – Daily Telegraph
‘The Supreme Court is expected this week to make it more difficult for former Taliban fighters to sue the Government over their detention in Afghanistan.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Three teenagers jailed for killing rapper Mdot over a bicycle – BBC News
‘Three teenagers have been jailed for stabbing a young rapper to death in a fight over a stolen bicycle in south-east London.’
BBC News, 13th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
How an EU gender equality ruling widened inequality – The Guardian
‘It said car insurance firms couldn’t discriminate between the sexes … since then men have seen a four-fold rise in premiums.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Immigration tribunal President blasts legal representatives in sex grooming gang appeal – Free Movement
‘President McCloskey has blasted the representatives for both claimants and the Home Office in his latest determination of Shabir Ahmed and others (sanctions for non – compliance) [2016] UKUT 00562 (IAC).’
Free Movement, 13th January 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Supreme Court to rule next week on disability discrimination and public services – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court will next week hand down a key ruling on the reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to accommodate disabled wheelchair users.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
QC body to probe why more women are not applying – Legal Futures
‘The body that appoints QCs has commissioned research to uncover barriers which deter women from applying, after they made up 27.6% of the latest batch of silks – but this was the highest proportion ever.’
Legal Futures, 13th January 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Attorney General’s speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies – Attorney General’s Office
‘Attorney General discusses the modern law of self-defence at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.’
Attorney General’s Office, 11th January 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
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Pettigrew & Ors v Edwards [2017] EWHC 8 (Ch) (12 January 2017)
Source: www.bailii.org
Bogus doctor: Conrad de Souza jailed for lying again – BBC News
‘A fraudster has been sent to prison for a second time for posing as a doctor.’
BBC News, 12th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supply teacher reprimanded for taping ‘fidgeting’ eight-year-old child to a chair – Daily Telegraph
‘A supply teacher who taped the bare ankles of a “fidgeting” eight-year-old boy to a chair for “a joke” has received a reprimand.’
Daily telegraph, 12th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Amber Rudd’s hardline speech to Conservative party conference recorded by police as ‘non-crime hate incident’ after academic’s complaint – Daily Telegraph
‘Amber Rudd’s speech to the Conservative party conference has been recorded by police as a “non-crime hate incident” after an Oxford academic made a complaint about its anti-immigrant message.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hillsborough: Evidence on 23 people and organisations passed to Crown Prosecution Service – The Independent
‘Evidence on 23 people and organisations linked to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has been handed to prosecutors, it has been revealed.’
The Independent, 12th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Insurance firm fined over data breach – OUT-LAW.com
‘An insurance firm has been fined by the UK’s data protection watchdog over the theft from its premises of a storage device containing information on nearly 60,000 customers.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
