‘The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case into one of the key donors to Prince Charles’s charity after it emerged it had been funded by unsecured loans.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Campaigners have begun a legal challenge against the government’s decision to give the Sizewell C nuclear power station the go-ahead amid warnings that UK nuclear plants will be on the frontline of climate breakdown.’
The Guardian, 8th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The strip-search of a black girl by police at school in east London was not an isolated case, England’s children’s commissioner has said.’
BBC News, 8th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Street harassment such as cyber-flashing, up-skirting or the exposure of genitals in a public place are crimes which can and will be prosecuted the CPS has stressed, as new legal guidance is published today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 8th August 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration at housing association Metropolitan Thames Valley (MTVH) over its failings in responding to a silverfish infestation at a resident’s flat.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Revenue And Customs v Murphy [2022] EWCA Civ 1112 (04 August 2022)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Magson, R. v [2022] EWCA Crim 1064 (29 July 2022)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ocado Group Plc & Anor v McKeeve [2022] EWHC 2079 (Ch) (03 August 2022)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Pistachios In the Park Ltd & Anor v Sharn Panesar Ltd [2022] EWHC 2088 (QB) (03 August 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The English courts have adapted quickly to increasingly complex disputes involving crypto assets, a legal expert has said, following a recent ruling in a dispute over the ownership of an account worth roughly £30 million.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th August 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court has found against the London Borough of Brent in a case concerning the age of an asylum seeker even though Mr Justice Swift said the council’s conduct was “not an error of the most serious nature”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Doug Mullen and Billy Richards consider the pensions implications of a recent Supreme Court holiday pay case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An inmate who threw boiling water into the faces of a prison guard and a vulnerable fellow prisoner at HMP Wandsworth has today been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 4th August 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘An investigation into three ex-senior officers who led an inquiry into child sexual exploitation has been discontinued by the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 4th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police force has been told to improve its child protection services after inspectors found a third of cases were dealt with inadequately.’
BBC News, 5th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government must allow the 70,000 asylum seekers waiting more than six months for a decision to work to stop them from being exploited and drawn into modern slavery, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.’
The Independent, 4th August 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Bias in policing at least partly explains why minority ethnic people were more likely to receive fines for Covid breaches than their white counterparts, research says.’
The Guardian, 5th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘£25.1m was handed out to Windrush scandal victims and £12.7m to people wrongfully detained in immigration centres.’
The Guardian, 5th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Specialist nurses have been recruited at York and Scarborough hospitals to ensure patients are being fed properly. It is part of an action plan by the hospitals trust to address criticisms by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).’
BBC News, 5th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Gross misconduct notices have been served on two police officers who used a baton, a Taser and incapacitant spray on a man in a wheelchair.’
BBC News, 4th August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘TRIGGER WARNING: Please note that this piece includes language and themes of child abuse, virginity testing and coercion that some may find triggering.
The government has made it illegal to carry out, offer or aid and abet virginity testing or hymenoplasty in any part of the UK under the Health and Care Act 2022. Virginity tests breach women’s and girls’ fundamental rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), including the right to be free from torture and inhuman treatment and the right to private and family life.’
Each Other, 3rd August 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
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