‘A parish councillor who accused the village clerk of secretly giving him “the finger” during a council meeting has been handed a £20,000 libel bill after being sued at the High Court.’
The Independent, 4th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former prison officer who boasted of performing a sex act on an inmate has been jailed for 21 months.’
The Independent, 4th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A nurse went to sleep as she fed two babies and left another alone when they needed to be constantly monitored, the nursing regulator has heard.’
BBC News, 5th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of leaseholders have won a legal battle to prove they were unlawfully deprived of the chance to take control of their own building when their landlord sold it to an offshore firm.’
BBC News, 5th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A London nanny successfully sued a couple for unpaid wages after quitting just three hours into the job.’
The Independent, 4th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Record court backlogs are leaving victims unable to work or turning to drugs, alcohol and self-harm as they wait years for cases to reach trial, the Victims’ Commissioner has warned.’
The Independent, 4th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ministers have pledged to increase the number of judges hearing criminal cases in an attempt to cut unprecedented backlogs and delays in Crown Courts in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 5th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ministers have acted immediately to end the practice of placing girls in young offender institutions following recommendations from Susannah Hancock’s independent review into the placement and care of girls in youth custody.’
Ministry of Justice, 4th March 2025
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Nearly one in 10 of all women who died at the hands of men in the UK over the past 15 years were mothers killed by their sons, a report reveals.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Water companies in England and Wales face new duties to reduce pollution incidents and be transparent about their discharges from emergency overflows, under new legislation that has received Royal Assent.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Tuffin v University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust [2024] EWHC 3318 (KB). In Tuffin, the Claimant underwent elective spinal surgery in 2015. In breach of duty, the Defendant failed to administer Clexane (a medication to prevent blood clots) post-surgery. This resulted in the Claimant suffering from a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and post thrombotic syndrome (PTS). There was no dispute that the DVT and PTS were caused by the Defendant’s negligent failure to administer Clexane. After the surgery, it was also clear the Claimant may have also been suffering from symptoms indicative of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Consequently, in 2018, the Claimant had her left leg amputated.’
Quarterly Medical Law Review, 3rd March 2025
Source: 1corqmlr.com
‘Ewan Anthony and David Owens provide a round up of the recent case law in the world of construction contracts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A circuit judge has refused to make a group litigation order (GLO) in relation to thousands of Plevin claims brought by one class action law firm, a move competitors had opposed.’
Legal Futures, 3rd March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Since the guilty pleas by Axel Rudakubana, there has been a renewed and acute focus on liability for contempt of court, and specifically on what can be said after a suspect has been arrested. The Law Commission has today (3 March) published a brief supplementary consultation paper so that people have an opportunity to let us know their views about the law in light of those events.’
Law Commission, 3rd March 2025
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Government has today taken forward recommendations by the Law Commission in its Commonhold White Paper.’
Law Commission, 3rd March 2025
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘Something had gone “badly amiss” for a six-figure claim over an accident in Wales to be litigated in London’s Royal Courts of Justice, a judge has said.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Restrictions on phone use and travel have been imposed on a pilot jailed for helping to smuggle four Albanian migrants into the UK.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A convicted murderer spent almost two years working with children after he was barred from doing so, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 4th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An autistic woman with a learning disability was wrongly locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years, starting when she was just seven years old, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 4th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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