‘Is the domestic violence evidence gateway in the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 ultra vires the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012)? Sarah Clarke, a solicitor at the Public Law Project, examines a recent ruling on the matter and discusses the implications for practitioners.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th February 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Marc Willers QC explores the recent High Court judgment in which it was found that the conduct of Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, constituted indirect discrimination against Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers.’
Garden Court Chambers, 12th February 2015
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
‘The Presidents of the Immigration and Asylum Chambers sat together in the First-tier Tribunal case of Cancino (costs – First-tier Tribunal – new powers) [2015] UKFTT 00059 (IAC) in order to give guidance on when legal costs might become payable in immigration cases. The power to make awards of legal costs to a party in immigration appeals was only introduced in October 2014 and there has been no real guidance until now.’
Free Movement, 13th February 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Child rapists and terrorists will no longer be automatically released half-way through their sentence, as part of a range of tough new laws that have received Royal Assent today.’
Ministry of Justice, 12th February 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
SI 2015/126 – The Antarctic (Recognised Assistance Dog) Regulations 2015
SI 2015/121 – The Gaming Machine (Circumstances of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
SI 2015/106 – The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) Order 2015
SI 2015/103 – The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2015
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‘The High Court has issued a ruling that clarifies the scope of a local authority’s power to decline to determine a retrospective planning application when an enforcement notice is in place. The case of Wingrove v Stratford on Avon District Council [2015] EWHC 287 (Admin) was the first time the ambit of s. 70C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 had been considered.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
‘Code of practice for officers exercising functions under Schedule 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 in connection with seizing and retaining travel documents.’
Home Office, 13th February 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
‘Julie Stather, barrister of Westgate Chambers, considers the development of claims for damages arising from breaches of human rights in care proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 12th February 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘One in five serious sexual assaults targets someone who is unconscious or asleep, an official analysis suggests.’
BBC News, 12th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former children’s doctor convicted of sexually assaulting young girls at Stoke Mandeville Hospital during the 70s and 80s has been jailed for 18 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An estimated 1.4 million women and 700,000 men have suffered domestic abuse in the last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).’
The Guardian, 12th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Amendments to infrastructure bill unpick earlier protections, meaning companies just outside parks will be able to drill horizontally below them.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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