‘The Crown Prosecution Service has announced it is to take no further action against an unnamed Sun journalist and a public official who were investigated over tips for stories.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The number of people with mental health illnesses being detained in police cells is a “scandal”, MPs have said.’
BBC News, 6th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been accused of bowing to “mounting” political pressure and a need to “get results” when it chose to launch an ill-judged trial against a young doctor for female genital mutilation, who was acquitted in less than 30 minutes.’
The Independent, 5th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ordered a county council to pay £17,000 in damages under the Human Rights Act following a “truly lamentable” catalogue of errors, omissions, delays and serial breaches of court orders in a child care case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th February 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The New Zealand judge appointed to be the third head of the troubled investigation into historical allegations of child abuse has confirmed that she will consider looking into cases as far back as 1945 and that the inquiry could last four years.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police will be forced to seek the permission of a judge if they want to retrieve the phone and email records of journalists, after the prime minister’s snooping watchdog found that 19 police forces made more than 600 applications to uncover confidential sources in the past three years.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A ruling that prevented the deportation of a Somali man who raped a pregnant woman has been successfully challenged by the home secretary.’
BBC News, 5th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the long-standing rule that the police owe no duty of care in negligence in the context of protecting victims from potential future crimes.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Supreme Court has given a homeless mother of five permission to appeal a ruling that upheld a London borough’s offer of accommodation near Milton Keynes.’
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Local Government Lawyer, 4th February 2015
Source: www.localgovernment.co.uk
‘Ms Y is the leaseholder of a flat below that of Mrs & Mr Shakeshaft, who had a tenant in theirs. There had been repeated leaks, and floods, into Ms Y’s flat over a period of 4 years or so, originating in the Shakeshaft’s flat above and causing considerable damage. Ms Y had brought a claim which, by the time it reached trial at first instance, was purely a claim in nuisance against Mrs & Mr S for the water originating in their flat.’
NearlyLegal, 4th February 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A councillor has been found guilty of punching two teenagers in a drunken attack outside a village hall.’
BBC News, 5th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A New Zealand high court judge is to be the new head of the official inquiry into child abuse, the home secretary, Theresa May, has announced.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Unfortunately the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Article 3 health test cases in GS (India) & Ors v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 40 (30 January 2015) does not change very much for migrants with serious health conditions seeking to remain in the UK.’
Free Movement, 4th February 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘The Appellant, (Edwards) rented a 2nd floor flat by way of an assured short hold tenancy from the Respondent (Kumarasamy). The Respondent was not the owner of the block of flats but had a long lease of the particular flat let to the Appellant. The Appellant suffered injury when he tripped over an uneven paving stone in the pathway ,between the front door of the block and the communal bins. The Respondent had received no notice of the defect prior to the accident. This was accepted.’
Zenith PI Blog, 4th February 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Alison Saunders, the director of public prosecutions, has defended her decision to bring Britain’s first FGM case against a doctor who was cleared of committing the crime on a woman he stitched after the birth of a child.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Fulford and Mrs Justice Lang DBE have rejected Rights of Womens much needed challenge against the regulations (regulation 33) on domestic violence. For practitioners who work in the field of domestic violence and for people who care about gender based violence this is a disappointing and somewhat confusing blow.’
The World of Family Law (Garden Court Chambers), 4th February 2015
Source: www.gcfamily.wordpress.com
‘Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the Iraq war inquiry, said on Wednesday that he was unable to set a date for the publication of his report as it emerged that some witnesses have received papers from the inquiry running into hundreds of pages.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Landlords will be banned from renting out England and Wales’ draughtiest homes from 2018 in a bid to cut energy bills and carbon emissions. The new regulations are expected to help around a million tenants who are paying as much as £1,000 a year more than the average annual bill of £1,265 because of poorly insulated homes.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judges should only allow a contingency in a costs budget “if it is foreseen as more likely than not to be required”, a High Court judge has ruled in striking out £50,000 worth of contingencies that one party had included for ‘strategy review and consultation’ and ‘possible further work’.’
Litigation Futures, 5th February 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Former butcher Richard Headford told his attackers how to cut off his toe to make sure it was done cleanly.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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