NHS fined for 56 Dean Street HIV status leak – BBC News
‘The NHS has been fined £180,000 after a sexual health centre leaked the details of almost 800 patients who had attended HIV clinics.’
BBC News, 9th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Childcare vouchers and maternity leave – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling on childcare vouchers is at odds with the approach taken by most employers.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th May 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Questions and Answers – Nearly Legal
‘A judicial review of a decision on a s.17 Children Act 1989 assessment of a homeless, non-eligible family. The issues were the extent of investigations required, and legitimate conclusions to be drawn from a lack of information provided.’
Nearly Legal, 8th May 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Tate to face information tribunal over payments from BP – The Guardian
‘Tate will come under fire again over its relationship with fossil fuel companies when it is forced to defend its refusal to disclose details of financial payments made to it by BP.’
The Guardian, 8th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Illegal immigrant exploited FGM laws to stay in Britain – Daily Telegraph
‘An illegal immigrant from Nigeria was granted leave to remain in Britain after falsely alleging that her daughters would be subjected to female genital mutilation if they were sent back.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
South Yorkshire PCC Alan Billings to investigate Hillsborough police ‘spin’ – BBC News
‘South Yorkshire’s re-elected police and crime commissioner will investigate claims that a former police press officer was asked to “spin” news during the Hillsborough inquests.’
BBC News, 7th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reducing women’s imprisonment: sentencing of mothers – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Ciara O’Neill wrote recently on the Halsbury’s Law Exchange about Michael Gove’s talk on 4 November at the AGM of the Howard League for Penal Reform: “He believes that our sentencing framework needs a complete overhaul…Gove recognised that evidence shows short sentences are more likely than not to lead to recidivism, and that the system needs a more appropriate sentencing framework. This will be based on extensive research into the effectiveness of current sentencing practices.” (“Gove admits the UK sentencing framework needs to be more sensitive, & 7 more things we learned at the 2015 Howard League AGM“).’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd May 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Five facts you need to know about your passport – The Independent
‘As it emerged up to 80,000 Britons could be banned from US flights due to a passport changes, here are five more things you may not know about yours.’
The Independent, 6th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Blacklisted workers win £10m payout from construction firms – The Guardian
‘About £10m will be paid in compensation to more than 250 building workers who were “blacklisted” by some of Britain’s biggest construction firms under a settlement to be announced on Monday.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Existing laws ‘putting people’s pensions at risk’ – BBC News
‘The chancellor has been warned that gaps in existing pension laws “could put the retirement savings of many thousands of people at risk”.’
BBC News, 7th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK courts adopt contrasting approaches to appeals against HSE inspection notices – OUT-LAW.com
‘Tribunals are entitled to take into account information that was not available to a health and safety inspector at the time that a notice was issued when hearing an appeal against that notice, the Scottish appeal court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Poker organisers ordered to pay £32,000 after council prosecution – Local Government Lawyer
‘Two organisers of illegal commercial poker tournaments have been ordered to pay £32,000 in fines and costs following a prosecution brought by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Tis aw a muddle – costs edition – Nearly Legal
‘Morales v Enver (2016) QBD (Irwin J) 28/04/2016. Mr M had brought injunction for re-entry proceedings against a landlord and agents.’
Nearly Legal, 4th May 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
Won’t Someone Think of the Children? – Panopticon
‘There has long been considerable public concern over the restraint techniques used in young offender institutions and secure training centres. In Willow v Information Commissioner & Ministry of Justice [2016] UKUT 157 (AAC), the Upper Tribunal had to consider the public interest balance as it applied to section 31(1)(f) FOIA, i.e. information prejudicial to the maintenance of security and good order in prisons or other institutions in which people are detained. The request had been for the physical restraint training manual, and the FTT had upheld the application of the exemption.’
Panopticon, 6th May 2016
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Data protection reforms to apply from 25 May 2018 – OUT-LAW.com
‘New EU data protection laws will apply from 25 May 2018.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Straining out a Gnat and Swallowing a Camel: The Convention, the Charter and Mrs May – UK Human Rights Blog
‘In a speech about Brexit last week, the Home Secretary shared what she called her “hard-headed analysis”: membership of an unreformed EU makes us safer, but – beware the non-sequitur – we must withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, which does not.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th May 2016
Source: https://ukhumanrightsblog.com
Government working on fixed costs extension, says Faulks, as clinical negligence debate hots up – Litigation Futures
‘The government is investigating the extension of fixed recoverable costs across all civil litigation, including how to deal with differences between different types of litigation, civil justice minister Lord Faulks said yesterday.’
Litigation Futures, 5th may 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
