‘A champion golfer who claimed £26,000 in benefits saying he was too ill to walk but played the sport regularly has been jailed for six months.’
BBC News, 12th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager has appeared in court after allegedly trying to join Kurdish fighters battling Isis in Syria, in the first prosecution of its kind in Britain.’
The Independent, 12th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Four new panel members, including the author of a report on sexual exploitation in Rotherham, have been appointed to the reformed independent inquiry into child abuse, the home secretary has announced.’
The Guardian, 12th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man has been convicted of carrying out a campaign of throwing balloons full of excrement at a club used by ex-servicemen and women.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In Blakesley v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] EWCA Civ 141 the Court of Appeal considered whether the UK Government is in breach of its international obligations towards refugees because of the lack of any provision to make back-payments of welfare benefits to those asylum seekers who, upon inquiry, are found to be refugees.’
Free Movement, 12th March 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘The Catt and T cases are both concerned with this important question: to what extent may the police lawfully retain records relating to individuals who have not in fact been arrested or charged in connection with any criminal offence. The Supreme Court has now had its say on this question – see the judgment here.’
Panopticon, 11th March 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘A judge hearing an eviction case misdirected himself in adopting the same approach to the defence of disability discrimination as to an alleged breach of Article 8 of the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th March 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court last week rejected the Home Office’s attempt to keep Jamaica on the list of safe countries for asylum claims despite an estimated 10% of the population in Jamaica being subject to persecution because they are gay. This blow to the Home Office came the same week that the case of Aderonke Apata reached court again, leading to some startling submissions on sexuality being made to the court on behalf of the Home Office.’
Free Movement, 11th March 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘A junior doctor working in paediatrics who sexually abused a child and groomed and abused others over the internet has been jailed for seven years.’
BBC News, 11th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘MPs have voted by a majority of 254 in favour of introducing standardised cigarette packaging from May 2016.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 45-year-old Conwy man has been jailed for four years for a string of child sex abuse offences.’
BBC News, 11th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than a third of victims of domestic violence cannot provide the evidence required to obtain legal aid, according to a parliamentary watchdog.’
The Guardian, 12th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In a decision handed down last week, the Supreme Court has decided that the police were entitled to retain personal data regarding a 91 year-old peace activist and a woman who got into a minor dispute with a neighbour, even though in both cases the individuals’ article 8 rights to privacy were engaged.’
RPC Privacy Law, 9th March 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘New anti-terror laws aimed at stopping potential jihadists from travelling abroad were rushed through the House of Commons tonight.’
The Independent, 10th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Theresa May postpones ruling on whether Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, can use three machines already purchased by Metropolitan Police.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Nearly three-quarters of recorded rapes of adults and children in England and Wales are not referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision on whether to charge a suspect, a report by the inspectorate of constabulary revealed on Thursday.’
The Guardian, 12th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Work to stop young offenders committing more crimes after their release from custody is hampered by “distrust” among the staff responsible, inspectors say.’
BBC News, 12th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Deep cuts to the legal aid budget have backfired by failing to help the people who need it most, a parliamentary report has concluded.’
The Independent, 12th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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