‘Recent cases involving serious sexual offences have taken the longest time on record to go through Crown Courts in England and Wales, the BBC has found.’
BBC News, 25th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two decades after the Victoria Climbié case led to an inquiry, recent deaths show we have learned little from such tragedies.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 41-year-old man described as a “fantasist” and a “monster” has been found guilty of the murder of the schoolboy Rikki Neave, who was found strangled in woods near Peterborough nearly 28 years ago.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Climate protest group Insulate Britain has declared Britain’s courts “a site of non-violent civil resistance”, saying the UK legal system no longer has any legitimacy.’
The Independent, April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The death of a 23-year-old man who ran away from a Priory mental health hospital and was killed by a train was “contributed to by neglect” on the part of the institution, an inquest has concluded.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The application of technology to both justice and wider government decision-making is moving apace.’
Law Pod UK, 22nd April 2022
Source: audioboom.com
‘Businesses that breach UK consumer protection laws will be subject to fines of up to 10% of their annual global turnover under changes to legislation the UK government has committed to making.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st April 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The number of documented violations of legislation designed to reduce water pollution caused by agriculture in England has hit record levels as the rules remain largely unenforced.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court will next week (27 April) issue its ruling on whether the voter identification (“ID”) pilot schemes that were implemented in the May 2019 local government elections were lawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A lawyer representing the victims of Stephen Port has said they remain sceptical about proposed policing reforms to how unexplained deaths are reported.’
The Independent, 21st April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A five-year-old boy was murdered by his mother, stepfather and a 14-year-old youth after months of abuse and imprisonment in the “dungeon” of his small, dark bedroom, a jury has found.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
A Company, Re [2022] EWHC 943 (Ch) (19 April 2022)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Vardy v News Group Newspapers [2022] EWHC 946 (QB) (21 April 2022)
Source: www.bailii.org
SI 462/2022 – The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (Polygraph) Regulations 2022
SI 459/2022 – The Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2022
SI 458/2022 – The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Farnborough) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Domestic abuse allegations were “troublingly” downplayed by a judge in a case that exposes systemic issues with the family court, a leading barrister has warned.’
The Independent, 20th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has seen Southend-on-Sea City Council agree to pay £9,000 to the mother of a child who was left without suitable schooling for more than a year.’
Local Government Lawyer, April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Counter-terrorism measures in the government’s Online Safety Bill could be “muzzled and confused”, a watchdog has said.’
The Independent, 20th April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police abuse of their stop and search powers is so serious that black people need “protecting” from stereotyping and racial biases, the police watchdog said, as it revealed allegations one child was stopped 60 times.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has rejected a call by England’s Children’s Commissioner to ban smacking – saying there was nothing wrong with a “light smack on the arm”.’
The Independent, 21st April 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to 10 weeks, suspended for two years, after admitting sending a “grossly offensive” viral video of a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing has seen almost £140,000 confiscated from a man who ran illegal lotteries from Middlesbrough.’
Local Government Lawyer, April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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