‘A second appeal from a s.204 County Court appeal that addressed the council’s decision-making on whether the property from which Ms Samuels had become homeless was affordable (and thus, whether she was intentionally homeless for failing to pay the full rent).’
Nearly Legal, 8th November 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A PhD student who took lewd pictures up women’s skirts at a wedding has been spared jail so he can learn how to control his “urges”.’
BBC News, 6th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has halved its budget for appeals from alternative business structures (ABSs), as it has yet to receive one since the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) started licensing them in 2012.
Legal Futures, 9th November 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘West Yorkshire Police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over the 1985 Bradford City fire disaster.’
BBC News, 6th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The father of three sisters who brought employment claims against an award-winning chef has said tribunal fees could put people off filing a dispute.’
BBC News, 9th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three parents have launched a judicial review against the Government’s decision to sidelining humanism in the Religious Studies curriculum.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A brother and sister who follow different faiths have gone to the high court to settle a dispute over how to conduct their mother’s funeral.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has suggested that a commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) issuer would be entitled to sue a surveyor for a potentially negligent valuation, despite overturning the finding of negligence itself.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th November 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Since his appointment as Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor in May this year, the Rt Hon Michael Gove has maintained a fairly low profile. Aside from his Making Prisons Work speech in July, Mr Gove’s plans for the future of the Criminal Justice System have not been very clearly outlined. Although since his swearing in, to the delight of many, Gove has managed to overturn the previous Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling’s ban on books for prisoners; scrapped plans to create a super youth prison; and halted massively controversial plans for the UK to undertake Saudi Arabian prison training contracts.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th November 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘This week the UK Supreme Court gave a single decision on a pair of wildly different cases. They involved a chip shop owner overstaying in a retail car park and the heavily negotiated sale of a substantial Middle Eastern advertising group. (Cavendish Square v El Makdessi and ParkingEye v Beavis) Why? Because they both concerned the idea of a penalty clause – very roughly, a clause that is unenforceable because it imposes an exorbitant obligation to pay on a party that breaches a contract.’
Technology Law Update, 6th November 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Where a coroner has reason to suspect that a person has died in custody or “otherwise in state detention” and that the death was violent, unnatural or by way of unknown cause, the coroner must hold an inquest with a jury (section 7 Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (“CJA”)). The interesting issue in this case was whether and/or in what circumstances a person who has died whilst in intensive care will be regarded as having died “in state detention”, thus triggering a jury inquest.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th November 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Nine new prisons will open in England and Wales – five by 2020 – under plans to close Victorian jails and sell them for housing, the government has said.’
BBC News, 9th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Only one in 10 people in Britain believe that scrapping the Human Rights Act should be a major government priority, according to an opinion poll conducted by Amnesty International.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The UK’s supreme court should be “ashamed” if it does not radically improve its diversity in the next round of judicial appointments, according to its only female judge, Lady Justice Hale.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A nurse who injected her mother with insulin as she lay in hospital after a fall has been jailed for 14 years for attempted murder.’
BBC News, 6th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New rules are needed to tackle violent offences and make better use of court time, according to the Law Commission.’
Law Commission, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
‘Lady Justice Arden gave the keynote speech at the Government Legal Department International Conference on 15 October 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th November 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Responding to the publication of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, Alistair MacDonald QC, Chairman of the Bar, said: “The ‘double lock’ requirement of needing both judicial and senior ministerial authorisation for the most intrusive investigatory powers is not as secure as it is made out to be.” ‘
The Bar Council, 5th November 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘The Court of Appeal today quashed the 6 year sentence given to Exeter rapist Lawrence Fernandes and increased it to 12 years.’
Attorney General’s Office, 4th November 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
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