‘Lord Neuberger has said that the compulsory mediation information and assessment meetings (MIAMs) introduced for separating couples should be extended to “smaller civil cases”.’
Litigation Futures, 13th May 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court has rejected a challenge to the closure of an alternative business structure by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). It was the first time an ABS closure decision has been tested in the High Court.’
Legal Futures, 13th May 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Natalie Gamble, solicitor, of Natalie Gamble Associates and Elizabeth Isaacs QC of St Ives Chambers consider the significance of H v S (Surrogacy Agreement) in which Ms Justice Russell awarded care of a surrogate child to a gay couple.’
Family Law Week, 12th May 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A delegation of Lithuanian MPs has written to the House of Lords complaining about the removal of a 12-year-old girl from her mother, alleging that she is being deprived of her cultural inheritance. The letter, sent to the Speaker of the House of Lords, Lady D’Souza, is the second high-profile intervention by a Baltic state in UK care proceedings this year and reflects a growing rift between EU states over practices in custody proceedings.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A biplane pilot has been found not guilty of causing a crash that killed his passenger.’
BBC News, 12th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police missed the chance to investigate paedophile Jimmy Savile back in 2008 after they mishandled a claim made by a woman that she was attacked by the disgraced DJ, a watchdog investigation has found.’
The Independent, 12th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Children’s apps and websites are in the spotlight on privacy grounds again, after the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced a review of how these services collect data on their young users.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A marine left paralysed after diving into shallow waters in the Canary Islands is suing the military for £8m. Spencer Vaughan, 27, from Cwmbran in south Wales, broke his neck in the Gran Canaria incident while on an adventure training exercise in July 2009.’
BBC News, 12th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who doused his ex-partner with petrol and threatened to set light to her has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 12th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of children being put forward for adoption has plummeted over the past year following a series of court rulings that have left local authorities frightened of removing them from birth families.’
The Independent, 12th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Royal Family’s reputation for political neutrality faces its most serious challenge in a generation as the “black spider” memos written by Prince Charles to senior ministers are finally set to published after a 10-year legal battle.’
The Independent, 12th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for the “degrading” rape of a woman in her home more than 23 years ago.’
BBC News, 12th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man attacked and filmed by a group of alleged vigilante paedophile hunters has been jailed for 12 months.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A counter-terrorism bill including plans for extremism disruption orders designed to restrict those trying to radicalise young people is to be included in the Queen’s speech, David Cameron will tell the national security council on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A judge has told a former beauty queen how “awful” divorce court fights are and urged her to try to reach a settlement with her estranged lawyer husband. Mr Justice Holman is today due to start analysing evidence in a multi-million pound cash dispute involving Ekaterina, 42, and Richard Fields, 59, in the family division of the high court in London.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An inquiry is to take place into claims evidence was altered during the police investigation into former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s, the BBC’s Today programme has learned.’
BBC News, 13th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former Oxford student has failed in her attempt to overturn the university’s policy on investigating complaints of rape and sexual assault.’
The Guardian, 8th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A driver who killed a cyclist in Cheshire, then tried to cover up the crime, has been jailed for seven years.’
BBC News, 12th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Where a party who had overstayed unlawfully and married or formed a relationship with a British citizen sought leave to remain, the “insurmountable obstacles” test as to return under the Immigration Rules was a stringent test and more demanding than a mere test of whether it would be reasonable to expect a couple to continue their family life outside the United Kingdom, although the test was also to be interpreted in a sensible and practical rather than a purely literal way.’
WLR Daily, 6th May 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The removal of full rights of appeal for family visit visas has led to a legal dilemma to those considering a challenge to a refusal: should they give up, re-apply, attempt a human rights appeal or should they launch an application for judicial review? The problem seems all the more acute with many reports of refusals to spouses or relatives who cannot meet the harsh family settlement rules or who would rather live abroad but still want to be able to visit their spouse’s friends and family in the UK.’
Free Movement, 12th May 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
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