‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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, 4th October 2016
Source: www.judiciary.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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘A paedophile who was caught with more than 137,000 indecent images of children has been spared jail because he wants to start a family.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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