High Court rules bridge is not a sport – BBC News
‘Bridge players who wanted the card game recognised as a sport have lost their High Court battle.’
BBC News, 15th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Unauthorised solitary confinement incompatible with prisoner’s rights – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Supreme Court has held that the continuation of a prisoner’s solitary confinement for safety reasons was not authorised under domestic rules and incompatible with the right to private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th October 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
High Court judge quashes planning permission over appearance of bias – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has quashed the grant of outline planning permission for a residential development in Wiltshire over the appearance of bias.’
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Local Government Lawyer, 13th October 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Part 6 of the Immigration Bill – Free Movement
‘The second reading of the Immigration Bill in the House of Commons is today. We have seen how even more appeals will be out of country under its regime, and the greater powers given to immigration officers under Part 3. Part 6 – including Schedules 7 and 8 – offers a mix of provisions, including ensuring the UK complies with international law on blacklisted persons and introduces civil penalties for aircraft and airport managers if they do not ensure people go through control zones. The final section gives a raft of new powers to immigration officers (where have we seen that before?), this time to intercept and detain boats suspected of carrying undocumented migrants, and to arrest anyone suspected of facilitating illegal migration in to the UK.’
Free Movement, 13th October 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Criminal Courts Charge and the magistrates’ revolt – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Any person over the age of 18 who is convicted of a criminal offence after 15 April 2015 will find that they have to pay “relevant court costs” (or criminal courts charge) in addition to a number of other payments.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th October 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Princess of Wales Hospital nurse neglect trial collapses – BBC News
‘The case against two hospital nurses accused of wilfully neglecting vulnerable patients has collapsed.’
BBC News, 14th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Victims of cyber crime should be ‘low priority’ if they fail to take security steps, says report – Daily Telegraph
‘Official study backed by City of London Police suggests ‘hard decisions’ should be made if victims admit they did not follow security advice.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Eviction of vulnerable family led to baby’s death, says serious case review – The Independent
‘A ten-week-old baby boy died on the night his family were evicted from their Warwickshire home, after being failed by the agencies who should have been supporting them, according to a serious case review. The circumstances around the death of the child, named ‘John’, emerged on 14 October. The baby boy was born six weeks prematurely. He and his sister Amber, who was under two, had been regarded as ‘children in in need’ by social services because of concerns over neglect.’
The Independent, 14th October 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Double miscarriage-of-justice victim Martin Foran in payout fight – BBC News
‘A terminally-ill cancer patient who was jailed for two robberies he did not commit is fighting for compensation a year after he was exonerated.’
BBC News, 15th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Iceland bread advert banned for making baking seem too simple – The Guardian
‘An Iceland video about its range of bread has been banned for oversimplifying the baking process and the number of ingredients.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Women get right to reopen divorce settlements after supreme court ruling – The Guardian
‘Two women who said that their ex-husbands misled judges about how much they were worth win right to have settlements re-examined.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CA rejects law firm’s bid to reverse relief granted over funding notice failure – Litigation Futures
‘Mishcon de Reya has failed in its bid to overturn the grant of relief from sanctions made in favour of claimants who are suing the London law firm for professional negligence but failed to serve their funding notice in time.’
Litigation Futures, 13th October 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Solicitor expelled from profession for lying about ‘progress’ of cases that had actually been struck out – Legal Futures
‘A solicitor who deceived his firm and his clients for 13 months into thinking that he was pursuing their group employment tribunal (ET) claims, when in fact they had been struck out because of his inactivity, has been removed from the profession.’
Legal Futures, 14th October 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
High Court rules ‘offer to settle’ was not a Part 36 – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has overturned a ruling that found a defendant had agreed a Part 36 offer to settle.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th October 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Man escapes jail over celebrity blackmail plot – BBC News
‘A man from Merseyside has escaped a prison sentence after he tried to blackmail a celebrity by threatening to release sexually explicit photos of him with a famous woman.’
BBC News, 13th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wife and child killer Tariq Khan jailed for 25 years – BBC News
‘A 27-year-old man who stabbed his pregnant wife to death has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years.’
BBC News, 13th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK appeal court backs ‘deport first, appeal later’ policy for foreign prisoners – The Guardian
‘The Home Office won a key legal challenge on Tuesday over the “deport first, appeal later” policy, which removes the right of foreign prisoners to appeal against deportation from within the UK.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tom Watson letter did not lead to Leon Brittan being interviewed, says CPS – The Guardian
‘Tom Watson’s controversial letter to Britain’s top prosecutor did not lead to Leon Brittan being interviewed by police over sex abuse allegations, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
