‘Nightingale Courts across England and Wales are being kept open for another year to reduce waiting times and deliver swift justice for victims.’
Ministry of Justice, 17th February 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
“It is, I suspect, easy for those whose professional lives have started much more recently than mine (which I dare say includes most of this audience!) to assume that we have always understood intellectual impairment as we do now, and that we have always acted in the knowledgeable and sensitive way that we all strive to do. If that is your assumption, then you are, I am afraid, wrong as the following pair of anecdotes may demonstrate.”
Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 14th February 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A former victims’ commissioner has criticised Lancashire Police for being “sexist” after they controversially revealed Nicola Bulley’s alcohol issues.’
The Independent, 17th February 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will monitor data on the race of those prosecuted under the joint enterprise laws for the first time following a legal challenge.’
The Independent, 16th February 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A fraudulent doctor who worked in the NHS for 20 years has been convicted of a “deliberate and wicked deception” after forging a medical degree certificate and practising as a psychiatrist without the necessary qualifications.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Devon prison has to be safer for inmates to ensure communities are safer, an inspector has said.’
BBC News, 16th February 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judgement that regulations affecting more than 2.5m EU citizens living in the UK are unlawful will not be challenged by the government.’
BBC News, 16th February 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Huel adverts that claimed its meal replacement shakes could help consumers save money during the cost of living crisis have been banned after the advertising watchdog ruled they were misleading and irresponsible.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK is committing crimes against humanity after removing people from the Chagos Islands, a British territory in the Indian Ocean, a rights group said.’
BBC News, 16th February 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham’s continued repairs failings over 18 months, which left a family in “unsafe conditions”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th February 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 14 years for the “utterly senseless” murder of Ian Kirwan, who was stabbed outside a supermarket after confronting a group of teenagers over their behaviour.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Global law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first law firm to adopt an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant similar to ChatGPT to help speed up the work of more than 3,500 lawyers, which could save the firm millions of pounds.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has agreed to hear two judicial review claims of the government’s plan to reduce the discharge of untreated sewage into bodies of water in England, including one claim which argues a seven hundred-year-old common law right has been ignored.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th February 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Employment judge found woman acted dishonestly by destroying a phone which contained a covert recording of conversation with Lord Ranger.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2023
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A widow whose husband of 66 years excluded her and their four daughters from his will, and left everything to their two sons, has won a high court case for a share of an estate worth more than £1m.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who faked a medical degree certificate to work as a psychiatrist for more than two decades committed a “wicked deception”, a judge has said.’
BBC News, 15th February 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Joint enterprise prosecutions in England and Wales are to be monitored after a legal challenge from campaigners who argued it disproportionately targets black males and young men.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
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