South Yorkshire Police chief suspended over Hillsborough – The Guardian
‘South Yorkshire Police chief constable David Crompton has been suspended following the Hillsborough inquests.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Transgender woman facing military service as a man can stay in UK – The Guardian
‘A transgender woman has been granted sanctuary in the UK to protect her from doing compulsory military service as a man in Singapore. In the first case of its kind, two judges ruled that she should not be forcibly returned to her home country, where she would be forced to do two weeks of military service a year for the next eight years.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Equality watchdog warns junior doctors’ contract is potentially illegal – The Guardian
‘The new contract ministers plan to force on NHS junior doctors discriminates against female medics and is potentially illegal, Britain’s equality watchdog has told the government.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police accused of ‘stark errors’ and ‘cherry picking’ in university rape case – The Independent
‘Police made “stark errors” during an investigation into four young men accused of gang rape, a court has heard.’
The Independent, 27th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Hillsborough: The remaining questions – Daily Telegraph
‘As the dust settles after an historic victory for the 27 year Hillsborough justice campaign, The Telegraph tackles some of the remaining questions.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
ASA launches investigation into gender stereotyping of women in adverts – The Guardian
‘The UK advertising watchdog is to launch an investigation to see whether rules about the objectification, sexualisation and stereotyping of women in ads need to be tightened.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
So Long(more): An end to the re-formulated Ghosh test for dishonesty in professional disciplinary cases? – 4 King’s Bench Walk
‘In Hussain v GMC Lord Justice Longmore suggested the objective test for dishonesty in disciplinary proceedings should reflect the standards of members of the profession rather than the general public. That suggestion was taken up with varying degrees of enthusiasm by disciplinary panels, legal advisers and the courts. Andrew Granville Stafford argues that the recent Court of Appeal case of R v Hayes has effectively ended any need to apply the Longmore formulation.’
4 King’s Bench Walk, 27th April 2016
Source: www.4kbw.co.uk
The Structural Engineer’s Professional Duty to Warn and Goldswain v Beltec Ltd [2015] – Hardwicke Chambers
‘The duty to warn arises as no more than an aspect of the duty to act with the skill and care of an ordinarily competent professional. The existence of the duty recognises that in some circumstances the professional must go beyond what is specified as the desired performance in a contract (e.g. carrying out a design) and account for any risks of which he is aware by virtue of that expertise and warn others who may not be so aware.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th April 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Practical advice on forfeiture – Hardwicke Chambers
‘The tail-end of 2015 threw up one of those London bus-type quirks where in less than a fortnight I acted for a landlord, a lessee and a mortgagee in three cases concerning, at least in part, the issues of (a) service of forfeiture proceedings, and (b) the defendant’s non-attendance at the first hearing at which a possession order was made.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 19th April 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
To notify or not to notify: the impact of contact terms on common law rights to terminate – Hardwicke Chambers
‘In Vinergy International (PVT) Ltd v Richmond Mercantile Ltd FZC [2016] EWHC 525 (Comm), Teare J held that the notice requirements contained in the termination provisions of a master supply agreement (the MSA) did not apply to an innocent party’s exercise of its common law right to terminate the agreement by accepting the other party’s repudiatory breach.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 26th April 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Allocation schemes and unlawful discrimination – LAG Housing Law
‘Sam Madge-Wyld looks at challenges to housing allocation schemes.’
LAG Housing Law, 26th April 2016
Source: www.laghousinglaw.com
Human Rights: Whether in Europe or Out – Gresham College
‘With the in/out Europe vote to come (or having gone) what will the result mean for Human Rights? How is or has the debate been framed?’
Gresham College, 6th April 2016
Source: www.gresham.ac.uk
Prisoner who threw boiling water at nurse sentenced to 11 years jail – Attorney General’s Office
‘A violent prisoner in HMP Preston who threw boiling water in the face of a nurse today had his sentence increased to 11 years in jail.’
Attorney General’s Office, 27th April 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Report: ABSs punch well above their weight – Legal Futures
‘Alternative business structures (ABS) make up just 4% of all solicitors’ firms but contributed 11% of the profession’s turnover, research has revealed.’
Legal Futures, 27th April 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Hillsborough inquest timeline: the long wait for justice – The Guardian
‘The families of the 96 people fatally injured at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final have been fighting for the truth for 27 years.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Credit Hire – Defendant Entitled To Summary Judgment When Claimant Could Not Establish Need – Zenith PI Blog
‘HHJ Armstrong refused the Claimant’s application for permission to appeal the decision of District Judge Read that the Defendant was entitled to summary judgment when the Claimant could not establish need in relation to a vehicle he had hired.’
Zenith PI Blog, 27th April 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Part 25 Applications – The theory and the practice – Family Law Week
‘Marie Crawford, barrister, Becket Chambers considers the disconnection between theory and practice in making applications to adduce expert evidence.’
Family Law Week, 21st April 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
The Brave New World of Electronic Filing at the Central Family Court – Family Law Week
‘Michael Allum, Solicitor with The International Family Law Group LLP, explains how the Central Family Court’s pilot scheme for electronic filing of documents will work.’
Family Law Week, 22nd April 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
You’ve lost that loving Ealing (Sorry) – Nearly Legal
‘Ealing’s allocation policy has already had lawfulness problems, compounded by Ealing’s unlawful refusal to do anything about that unlawfulness. But this judicial review of the policy was on a different basis and confirms a whole fresh ground of unlawfulness.’
Nearly Legal, 27th April 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Regulator widens inquiry into UK firms’ links with Panama Papers tax havens – The Guardian
‘The City regulator has widened its inquiries into potential links between UK financial firms and the law company at the centre of the Panama Papers revelations, it said on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
