Knickers stealing Devon man is jailed – BBC News
‘A serial underwear thief stole knickers from homes and washing lines 120 times, a court heard.’
BBC News, 6th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Court of Appeal: immigration age assessments and Merton – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Two recent Court of Appeal cases, heard together, have considered the legality of the immigration detention of those who are, or possibly are, minors. Such cases involve local authority age assessments, which are to be carried out according to the guidance set out in Merton [2003] EWHC 1689 (Admin).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Lawyers face prospect of being struck off over Iraq abuse claims – Daily Telegraph
‘Leigh Day, Britain’s leading human rights law firm, is facing a disciplinary inquiry over the shredding of a document which could have halted a £31m inquiry into false allegations of murder and torture by British troops.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal considers EU deportation, public revulsion and “imperative grounds” – Free Movement
‘In Secretary of State for the Home Department v Straszewski [2015] EWCA Civ 1245 (03 December 2015) Moore-Bick LJ, giving the leading judgment, finds that public revulsion is not generally relevant to decisions to deport under EU law.’
Free Movement, 6th January 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
More lawyers to review ‘unduly lenient’ sentences after complaints soar – The Guardian
‘More lawyers are to be recruited to a scheme that reviews “unduly lenient” sentences after a sharp rise in the number of complaints about judges’ decisions on jail terms.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Disabled workers can’t afford justice to deal with workplace harassment – The Guardian
‘Since the government introduced fees for employment tribunals, together with legal aid cuts, disabled people have increasingly been unable to have their cases heard.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Defamation reforms have helped to curb ‘trivial claims’, says campaign group – OUT-LAW.com
‘Reforms to defamation laws in England and Wales have helped to prevent “trivial claims” being brought before the courts, a campaign group has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Sheep rustlers jailed for three years after stealing from 14 farms across the North – Daily Telegraph
‘The thieves cost farmers thousands and disrupted pedigree bloodlines.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Going into legal aid work now is career suicide’ – The Guardian
‘Government cuts to legal aid means social welfare lawyers are a dying breed. So where will the next generation come from? Step up the Justice First Fellowship.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Housing bill will do nothing for many of those in need of a decent home – The Guardian
‘New housing legislation fails to address the problem of affordable rented housing, and there may be little that we in the House of Lords can do to improve it.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council wins Planning Court battle over former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a judicial review challenge to a council’s grant of planning permission for a change of use to the house where Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th January 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
CA: Courts must consider “all the circumstances” before imposing part 36 penalties – Litigation Futures
‘Courts must consider “all the circumstances” before deciding whether it would be unjust to impose costs penalties on claimants who fail to beat offers made under part 36, appeal judges have ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 5th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
You don’t know what you’re doing – Nearly Legal
‘January 5, 2016, sees the Housing and Planning Bill return to the House of Commons for the Report stage (if you want to read about how the Committee stage went, the excellent House of Commons library analysis is here and our comments are here).’
Nearly Legal, 4th January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
New vaping laws: Everything you need to know – The Independent
‘From 20 May, how you vape will change.’
The Independent, 4th January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
St William’s Catholic care home child sex abusers jailed – BBC News
‘A former chaplain and ex-principal of a Roman Catholic children’s care home have been jailed for abusing boys.’
BBC News, 5th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
British American Tobacco e-cigarette wins UK medicine licence – The Guardian
‘Britain’s drug regulators have given the go-ahead for a British American Tobacco (BAT) e-cigarette to be sold as a medicine for quitting smoking, the first such product to be given a drug licence in the UK.’
The Guardian, 4th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Trojan horse’ headteacher receives lifetime ban for professional misconduct – The Guardian
‘A headteacher who was accused of misconduct in the so-called Trojan horse scandal in Birmingham has been banned indefinitely from teaching after being found guilty of professional misconduct.’
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The Guardian, 4th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Footage of Supreme Court hearings proves an unlikely hit with the public – The Independent
‘It was expected to be little more than an iPlayer for law students: more than 900 hours of footage from inside the Supreme Court, offering a window on the often dry and sometimes fiendishly complex legal deliberations.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Triple killer given £1,000 compensation after prison guard squirts shampoo on his CDs – The Independent
‘A three-time killer has won £1,000 compensation from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) after a judge ruled that a guard squirted shampoo on his CDs during a prison transfer.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Publisher of The Daily Telegraph fined £30,000 for general election email campaign – RPC Data and Privacy Law
‘On 15 December 2015 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued Telegraph Media Group Limited (the Telegraph) with a Monetary Penalty Notice (see here) under section 55A of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) following a “serious contravention” of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR 2003).’
RPC Data and Privacy Law, 30th December 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
