‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that it would not be lawful for DNA originally collected by the police to be used by a local authority for the purposes of a paternity test.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘It may come as a surprise to many solicitors that there is a presumption that the costs of making and complying with an application for pre-action disclosure are to be paid by the party making the application.’
Zenith PI Blog, 11th February 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Whistle-blowers say Sir Robert Francis’s report fails to offer enough protection to staff to who speak out and will not encourage others to come forward.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An Aboriginal father has defeated his children’s grandparents in his legal fight to return the infants to his native Australia after their mother died in the UK.’
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Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Flawed decisions” were made by police investigating a widow’s death when they failed to realise they were dealing with a murder scene, a review has said.
BBC News, 11th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sounds like a rather abstruse case, but the Supreme Court has had some important things to say about how the courts should approach an argument that Article 1 of Protocol 1 to ECHR (the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) is breached by a legislative decision. The clash is always between public benefit and private impairment, and this is a good example.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A police force has apologised to alleged child abuse victims after it found problems with 30 investigations involving 59 children.’
BBC News, 11th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government has reported on its major review of the legal framework for the next stage for driverless cars. In The Pathway to Driverless Cars the Department for Transport sets out government thinking on what needs to change to support testing soon to be rolled out on British roads, and to pave the way for increasing autonomy into the future.’
Technology Law Update, 11th February 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘A paramedic has been sentenced for failing in his duty after the death of a man who collapsed outside a hospital.’
BBC News, 11th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
”Driverless’ cars being tested on public roads in the UK will need to be fitted with data recorders, the government has said.’
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OUT-LAW.com, 11th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The judge leading the inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales has said she has no links to any person or institution which it might scrutinise.’
BBC News, 11th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Linda Henry who plays EastEnders character has been cleared in court of racially abusing a council litter warden who reprimanded her for dropping a cigarette butt.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Hundreds of judges have said they are considering taking early retirement because they are not paid enough and feel undervalued after a series of Government budget cuts to the legal system, according to a survey of attitudes within the judiciary.’
The Independent, 11th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: UK Judicial Attitude Survey (PDF)
‘Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars if they are carrying children as passengers.’
BBC News, 11th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Several former panel members on the Government’s child sex abuse inquiry are refusing to return to their roles, having become worn down by the growing infighting between rival groups of campaigners, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 11th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Posting “revenge porn” images and videos on the internet is becoming a criminal offence in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 12th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This map shows the parts of the country where the ceremonies were most popular in the five years leading up to the legalisation of gay marriage.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Graham v Commercial Bodyworks Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 47; [2015] WLR (D) 50
‘Where an employee, while at work, had perpetrated against his friend and colleague what was apparently intended to be a prank, by putting highly inflammable thinning agent on to his clothes and then igniting them, the employer was not vicariously liable.’
WLR Daily, 5th February 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Gra Acquisition Ltd) v Oxford City Council [2015] EWHC 76 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 47
‘There was no exhaustive or exclusive statutory rule to the effect that a single building and its curtilage, whatever their nature, scale or relationship to each other, could never be listed as a conservation area pursuant to section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.’
WLR Daily, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A court’s obligation to follow any relevant sentencing guidelines unless satisfied that it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so continued to apply where the offender was suffering from a mental disorder.’
WLR Daily, 4th February 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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