‘A mansion in Knightsbridge and a golf club in Ascot owned by the wife of the jailed Azeri banker Jahangir Hajiyev have been forfeited to the British state as part of a settlement worth an estimated £18.5m to taxpayers.’
The Guardian, 5th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager has been jailed for life for murdering a father-of-three with a machete following a confrontation near a children’s play area.’
BBC News, 5th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Basic checks were not carried out in the recruitment of a chief constable who was later found to have lied about his career, an inquiry has found.’
BBC News, 6th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A vulnerable man kept as a slave for almost 26 years has won a “record payout” after his family sued the government for denying him adequate compensation.’
BBC News, 6th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New laws may make it easier to pursue far-right activist over alleged role in spreading disinformation.’
The Guardian, 6th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water will be fined a record £168m between them for a “catalogue of failure” over illegal sewage discharges into rivers and the sea after the industry regulator’s biggest ever investigation.’
The Guardian, 6th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘UO v London Borough of Redbridge (2024) EWHC 1989 (Admin). We first saw UO and Redbridge in this judicial review of an unlawful housing needs assessment (HNA) and suitability decision. That decision was, to say the least, scathing about Redbridge’s decision making. So it is perhaps a surprise to see a further judicial review of Redbridge’s further HNA(s) and a suitability decision as to out of borough accommodation, not least because this judicial review decision includes judicial comment on Redbridge failing to take account of the evidence and findings in the previous JR. But that is what this is.’
Nearly Legal, 4th August 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Higher education institutions across England will face a range of significant sanctions if they fail to comply with new harassment and sexual misconduct protection requirements set by the Office for Students (OfS).’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Upper Tribunal has allowed an appeal made by the parents of a 7-year-old boy with autism, finding that a decision by the First-tier tribunal did not take the child’s negative feelings about the local authority preferred school into account, which was an error of law.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has outlined guidance on placement timings, after finding that a local authority’s decision to proceed with a farewell visit while a father’s application for permission to appeal was pending was “plainly wrong” and “contrary to the children’s interests”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a greater impact on legal services than the internet revolution, a roundtable sponsored by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 5th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused a time extension to claimants to serve a professional negligence claim on a law firm over the restructuring of a trust.’
Legal Futures, 5th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Victims’ Commissioner has welcomed a new review by the London Victims’ Commissioner, which finds that the criminal justice system is failing victims of stalking.’
Family Law, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer who used his work device to access, view and download indecent images of children, and child sexual abuse material, has today been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Members of a family who lost out on a £2.8m inheritance after a relative left his estate to a friend by using a doctrine of Roman law have won permission to appeal over a potential “precedent of importance”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th August 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A prisoner who has served almost five times his original sentence for a laptop robbery still has no prospect of being released.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of people released from prison into homelessness has risen 30 per cent in a year despite a major new scheme to house departing offenders, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 4th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Growing numbers of vulnerable people receiving care are challenging deprivation of liberty (Dol) orders that can mean they are locked up or kept under restrictive supervision.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The organisation responsible for regulating teachers in England is being investigated by the Department for Education after allegations of misconduct by staff, and teachers left in distress after lengthy inquiries.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In a report addressed to the home secretary, the justice secretary, Met commissioner Mark Rowley and others, East London area coroner Nadia Persaud warned that similar deaths would occur unless services improved.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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