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
Georgia Williams murder: Killer not stopped after previous attack – BBC News
‘A teenager hanged by a man obsessed with asphyxiating girls was failed by police and social services assigned to her killer after an earlier attack, a serious case review has found.’
BBC News, 14th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Divorce ruling: Women await hidden wealth decision – BBC News
‘Two women who want their divorce settlements increased because they say their ex-husbands misled courts are to hear the Supreme Court’s ruling later. Alison Sharland and Varsha Gohil say the men hid the true extent of their wealth when the deals were made. The BBC’s Clive Coleman said it was the “first time in a generation” the court had examined how much a person can lie about assets before a divorce deal can be scrapped or renegotiated.’
BBC News, 14th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Criminal Courts Charge – The Bar Council
‘Defendants accused of a crime they have not committed will be incentivised to plead guilty to avoid new court charges in criminal cases, warns the Bar Council ahead of a debate in the House of Lords.’
The Bar Council, 13th October 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Quotas ‘demeaning’ to women and minority groups – Leveson – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The president of the Queen’s Bench Division has branded quotas as “demeaning” to women and minority ethnic groups.
Sir Brian Leveson (pictured) waded into the controversial debate over quotas ahead of the publication of a government-backed report that could put law firms under new pressure to promote women in senior posts.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th October 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Ex-MP Tim Yeo sues Sunday Times over ‘cash for advocacy’ claims – BBC News
‘A former Conservative MP has told a court his reputation had been “trashed” by a national newspaper which alleged he breached parliamentary codes of conduct.’
BBC News, 12th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord chief justice: security services cannot be above the law – The Guardian
‘The accountability of MI5 and MI6 and the question of whether they are fully subject to the rule of law lie at the heart of attempts by the media to sweep away the secrecy surrounding a major terrorism trial, the lord chief justice said on Monday. In a series of remarks that disclosed publicly for the first time the role that the UK’s security and intelligence agencies played in imposing secrecy on the trial of Erol Incedal, a London law student, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd told the court of appeal that public confidence in the way they do their work was a key issue in the case.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
