‘The government has published the new assessment plans and standards for its ‘Trailblazer’ legal apprenticeships for qualification as a legal executive, paralegal or solicitor, with oral and written tests sitting alongside workplace assessment.’
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2015
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘The Competition and Markets Authority has backtracked on its pledge to publish the provisional findings of its investigation into the banking sector this month.’
Full story
The Guardian, 3rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Independent Press Standards Organisation has rejected a complaint from Tony Blair seeking a retraction of a Daily Mail article that accused him of trying to “wriggle out” of an investigation by a committee of MPs.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The High Court will in December hold an expedited hearing of a dispute between Cornwall Council and BT over whether the local authority was entitled to terminate a major contract for material breach.
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A solicitor representing a man who won a high court battle with his estranged wife over the ownership of a £20m classic car collection has praised the judge’s ruling.’
The Guardian, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The rapid development of the powerful new CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology raises as many questions as it answers. Now a group of leading research organisations has thrown open the discussion to public debate. Is it now time, they ask, to the use these techniques to treat patients by altering the genes of reproductive cells and embryos to tackle genetic disease?
Full story
Technology Law Update, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Ex-prisoners with common mental health problems, such as bipolar disorder, and who misuse drugs and alcohol are more likely to commit violent offences after their release than other former prisoners, according to research.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2015
Source: www.guaridan.co.uk
‘A Civil Justice Council (CJC) report has made 45 recommendations aimed at boosting the uptake of Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs), which were a key part of the Jackson reforms but whose use has been limited.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘FOCUS: As universities adopt increasingly innovative tactics to recruit new students, they must be careful not to ignore their obligations under consumer protection law and must comply with regulatory guidance.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Almost all of the 200 “fit for work“ test appeals undertaken by a student volunteer project have been won, providing more evidence of the unreliability of the government’s controversial work capability assessment (WCA).’
Full story
The Guardian, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judge orders the 4ft marble statue smuggled into Britain in 2011 was “unlawfully excavated”.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The latest in the increasingly long line of cases in which the judiciary has administered public dressings down for immigration lawyers is R (On the Application Of Akram & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1359 (Admin). The cases are often referred to as Hamid cases, after the first such case, Hamid [2012] EWCA 3070 (Admin).’
Full story
Free Movement, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘UNISON’s case against the government’s introduction of employment tribunal fees could be heading for the UK’s highest court after the Court of Appeal rejected the union’s legal challenge to the policy.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Earlier this year, I suggested that the law on when an asset acquisition might amount to a merger was somewhat opaque. The Court of Appeal’s decision in Eurotunnel II [2015] EWCA Civ 487 has brought some additional clarity, although the messy procedural history of that case has caused its own problems.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 1st September 2015
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
‘A paramedic who admitted sexually assaulting a teenager and possessing indecent images of her has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Businesses are not expected to scour the internet and other sources to check whether there is any information that, when linked with personal data they hold, would mean the data they hold is in fact sensitive personal data, according to a new UK ruling.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st September 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A rickshaw driver who caused £5,500 of damage to the Houses of Parliament during an overnight rooftop standoff has been spared further time in custody after admitting criminal damage and trespassing.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A judge will decide at a hearing on 7 December whether Lord Janner, who is facing child sex abuse charges spanning three decades, is fit to plead.’
BBC News, 1st September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A clergyman who wed his partner in a same-sex marriage may have to wait until next year to find out whether a decision by the church to remove his right to officiate was discriminatory.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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