‘The London Borough of Richmond has been allowed to defend a £6m mesothelioma claim, after the High Court set aside a default judgment made in 2021.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ministers are facing the prospect of a legal challenge if they go ahead with plans to house asylum seekers on a barge off the Dorset coast.’
BBC News, 4th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s data watchdog has issued a warning to tech firms about the use of people’s personal information to develop chatbots after concerns that the underlying technology is trained on large quantities of unfiltered material scraped from the web.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A High Court judge has granted permission for a judicial review challenge over the London Borough of Lambeth’s alleged failure to treat a vulnerable 17 year old as a “looked after” child, by providing accommodation under the Housing Act, rather than pursuant to the provisions of the Children Act.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A podcaster has been found guilty of distributing racist and anti-Semitic content.’
BBC News, 1st April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A major provider has admitted “unacceptable mistakes” in the care of three people who died after living at a home, which later closed over failures.’
BBC News, 1st April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Amidst the attention being paid to the courts in the Reporting Pilot, especially the series of broadcasts on the BBC Today programme by Sanchia Berg recently, other outputs from the President’s Transparency Implementation Group (TIG) have been slowly emerging.’
Transparency Project, 31st March 2023
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A man who murdered a fellow train passenger by hitting him on the head with a horseshoe has been jailed.’
BBC News, 1st April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Not something we see very often, an appeal from a conviction for illegal eviction (not that we see many convictions for illegal eviction in the first place).’
Nearly Legal, 2nd April 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘UK employers will be increasingly required to have in place appropriate channels for whistleblower reporting which are properly resourced, accountable and protect confidentiality, as the government is considering ways to improve the whistleblowing laws applicable in England, Wales and Scotland.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st March 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘People who work with children in England will be legally required to report child sexual abuse or face prosecution under government plans.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Eight landlords – five individuals and three companies – have been fined £434,000 for offences under the Housing Act 2004, including the operation of 14 unlicensed houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and a catalogue of breaches relating to fire safety, tenant information and maintenance of the properties, following a prosecution brought by West Northamptonshire Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Manchester Arena bomb survivors have filed landmark legal action against a conspiracy theorist who claims the attack was faked.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has found that Spelthorne Borough Council fell into a number of legal errors when extending a conservation area to include a former department store that developers were seeking to demolish.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A GP offering treatment for transgender patients online has won a High Court appeal against her suspension as a doctor and can now work again.’
BBC News, 1st April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 1,000 homeless people have been arrested for sleeping rough or begging since the government pledged to scrap the nearly 200-year-old Vagrancy Act, new figures show.’
The Guardian, 2nd April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Katie Gray discusses the Court of Appeal decision in Power & Kyson v Shah [2023] EWCA Civ 239 and the impact it has on the Party Wall Act 1996.’
Tanfield Chambers, 24th March 2023
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘G4S’s running of the prison failed to meet the standards of public service required, such that HMP Birmingham was put in special measures, and its running was taken over by the Ministry of Justice. The Chief Inspector of Prisons at the time, Peter Clarke, invoked the Urgent Notification process in respect of the prison.’
Garden Court Chambers, 23rd March 2023
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘The term “predatory marriage” is not a legal concept, but rather a convenient descriptor for a marriage entered into in circumstances where one party to the marriage is vulnerable and has been induced to enter into the marriage by the other party who is acting solely for financial gain. The effects of a later life predatory marriage are pernicious and sad, and the current state of the law, particularly in the context of inheritance rights, is unsatisfactory.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 11th March 2023
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
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