‘Facebook and Instagram have asked for government protection from Jacob Rees-Mogg’s bonfire of up to 4,000 EU laws on post-Brexit statute books. In a letter to a parliamentary committee to be published on Friday, the parent group, Meta, asks that laws underpinning social media firms are either “explicitly maintained elsewhere” or “removed from the scope” of the retained EU law (revocation and reform) bill.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Campaigners have launched a super-complaint against the police over their approach to stalking. The National Stalking Consortium has claimed officers are failing to identify offenders, properly investigate crimes or protect victims.’
BBC News, 25th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A review into the actions of a police force during a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 has concluded the arrests of journalists “were not justified”.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A defendant has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 over the destruction of 16 oak trees in breach of a tree preservation order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Footballer Rico Quitongo has described losing his race discrimination claim against his former club as a “bitter blow”.
The Independent, 24th November 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Scottish Government drafted a Scottish Independence Referendum Bill which makes provision for a referendum on the question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?”. Under the Scotland Act 1998 (“the Scotland Act”), the power of the Scottish Parliament to make legislation (or its “legislative competence”) is limited. A provision of a Bill will be outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and therefore not law if it relates to the matters which have been reserved to the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster (sections 29(1) and (2)(b)). These reserved matters include “the Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England” and “the Parliament of the United Kingdom” (Schedule 5, paragraphs 1(b) and (c)).’
UKSC Blog, 23rd November 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘MPs have backed giving the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) unlimited fining powers in cases of economic crime.’
Legal Futures, 24th November 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The resurrected Bill of Rights Bill (BoRB) shows that the government is continuing to grasp at the wrong end of the remedies stick – and it will continue to do so until it pays attention to the evidence. ‘
UK Constitutional Law Association, 24th November 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The involvement of professionals in the life of a five-year-old who was murdered by his family and dumped in a river will be put under the spotlight.’
BBC News, 24th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Scottish parliament cannot hold a second independence referendum without Westminster approval, the UK supreme court has ruled, in a unanimous judgment likely to anger Scottish nationalists who say the country’s future is for Scottish voters to decide.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Matt Hancock breached the government’s business appointment rules by not consulting the watchdog before appearing on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!, the chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) has said.’
The Guardian, 22nd November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police need to find new ways of tackling stalking, a decade after it was made a specific offence, victims have said.’
BBC News, 23rd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal for England and Wales has ruled that a switch of the currency in which payments were made in a ship charter contract would count as ‘reasonable endeavours’ and would avoid the contract not being fulfilled because of a force majeure event.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd November 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Six people have been jailed for funnelling drugs with a street value of about £250,000 into Midlands towns.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘All you need to know about decision on whether Scotland can hold new referendum without Westminster approval.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The owner of Instagram has been told it should not have removed a drill music video.’
BBC News, 22nd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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