‘A 25-year-old man from Kidderminster has today, 13th August, been sentenced to a 12 month community order, handed a fine and ordered to pay costs, as prosecutors continue to tackle revenge porn across England and Wales using the new legislation.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th August 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Bar Council is to delve deeper into the impact of moving the Pupillage Gateway annual opening from April to January.’
The Bar Council, 12th August 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
‘Leah Pitt, pupil barrister, 2 King’s Bench Walk, considers the latest developments in the use of agreements under section 20 of the Children Act 1989.’
Family Law Week, 13th August 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘An investigation into electoral fraud in “rotten boroughs” across the country is being launched in response to the Tower Hamlets corruption scandal. It will be led by the former Cabinet minister, Sir Eric Pickles, who was appointed the government’s anti-corruption tsar by David Cameron after the election.’
The Independent, 13th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Latvian girl should be adopted in the UK, despite objections from her mother and the Latvian authorities, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
BBC News, 13th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who tricked high-ranking judges into thinking he was a solicitor has been sentenced to 16 months in prison.’
BBC News, 14th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Soaring numbers of paedophiles and other sex offenders are being convicted and are receiving record prison sentences, new figures have disclosed.’
The Independent, 13th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “depraved” care worker who sexually assaulted elderly patients and sent footage of the attacks to her boyfriend has been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 13th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lord Janner is expected to appear in court to face child abuse charges after his lawyers lost a High Court bid to prevent him having to attend.’
The Independent, 14th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has begun a major recruitment drive to deal with an “exceptional” growth in complex cases.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The 2015 annual lecture will be given by Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions.’
Date: 20th October 2015, 6.30pm
Location: Shearman & Sterling LLP, 9 Appold St – London
Charge: Free, donations welcome
More information can be found here.
‘One of the highlights of the human rights lawyer’s CPD calendar, the JUSTICE Annual Human Rights Conference offers a key opportunity to update your legal knowledge and gain valuable insight into the human rights issues of the year.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Brian Leveson and Natalie Lieven QC will be joining us as our keynote speakers and the programme for this year’s event will focus on the challenges facing practitioners and the wider public policy debate on human rights law in the UK.’
Date: 12th October 2015
Location: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Tudor Street, London
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
‘Alex Verdan QC, of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Full story
Family Law Week, 29th July 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Thousands of migrants are camped around Calais in northern France. Many will risk their lives smuggling themselves across the Channel into the UK. What happens to those that get through?’
Full story
BBC News, 13th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Andrew Commins, barrister of St John’s Chambers, considers the ECtHR judgment in Oliari v Italy and its wider implications.’
Family Law Week, 24th July 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Requests for Twitter users’ personal information more than doubled in the UK in 2015, according to the company’s latest transparency report.’
BBC News, 13th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Law Society has called for simpler procedures to enforce family financial orders and said creditors should be armed with more information.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner’s Code of Practice on Data Protection steadfastly maintains that data controllers cannot refuse to respond to a subject access request unless one of the specific exceptions in the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) applies. However, there is a growing body of case law on the circumstances in which the courts will refuse to enforce compliance with subject access requests under s 7(9) of the Act, even where one of the specific exceptions under the Act does not apply.’
Panopticon, 12th August 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘A model and semi-professional footballer has this week been jailed for two months for making up a personal injury claim.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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