‘A University of Oxford college has pledged to overhaul its handling of sexual assault cases after paying damages to settle a legal action taken by a woman who said she was raped by a fellow student.’
The Guardian, 1st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A High Court judge has found Cardiff City Council in contempt of court over its failure to comply with a mandatory injunction in a case concerning future placement planning for a young man with a range of diagnoses including autistic spectrum disorder and severe communication and learning difficulties.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The First Tier Tribunal had been wrong to grant dispensation from section 20 consultation requirements on the basis that the freeholder “had started the consultation process and had kept the leaseholders of flats in the block informed until the works became sufficiently urgent that the respondent had had to carry them out without waiting for the consultation to be completed.”’
Nearly Legal, 3rd April 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘An NHS consultant anaesthetist who was caught by police while arranging to sexually abuse a seven-year-old girl has been jailed for 28 months.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In a recent critical essay for the London Review of Books, Conor Gearty penned a wonderful, if provocative, account of the recent output of the UK Supreme Court, and attributed a substantial amount of influence to its President, Lord Reed. His “commitment to formalism”, said Gearty, has led to a series of decisions which shrink human rights protections, valorise the state and (especially) the government, and “insulate the decision-maker from judicial review” in all but the most extreme circumstances. The Supreme Court, he suggested, is in no danger of being out of its depth; Reed has marshalled the judges to the safe waters of “the shallow end”.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 4th April 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Lawyers are expecting a surge in applications from separating couples when no-fault divorce is introduced in England and Wales on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A damning report this week revealed the catastrophic failings at an NHS trust, where at least 201 babies and nine mothers might have survived with better maternity care. Michael Buchanan has led the BBC’s investigation into the scandal and first reported concerns five years ago, but he says he’s not done in Shrewsbury yet.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s top union leader has written to the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, to warn the government that dropping plans to legislate for tougher employment rights after mass sackings at P&O Ferries would “side with bad bosses”.’
The Guardian, 4th April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An MP who campaigned against the release of double child killer Colin Pitchfork has welcomed “landmark” changes to the parole system.’
BBC News, 1st April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Potential Individual (HPI) route is similar to the Graduate route but offered to recent graduates of the top ranking universities outside the UK. This route opens on 30 May 2022.’
EIN Blog, 31st March 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The owner of a property company has been jailed for 18 months for controlling or coercive behaviour after refusing to grant his wife a religious divorce.’
The Guardian, 1st April 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Metropolitan police officer has been charged with grievous bodily harm after a black man was shot with a Taser and left paralysed from the chest down.’
The Guardian, 31st March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A babysitter who murdered a married couple in a “frenzied” stabbing while their young son slept in his room has been jailed for a minimum of 34 years.’
BBC News, 31st March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government insists it will ban so-called conversion therapy for gay or bisexual people in England and Wales – but not for transgender people.’
BBC News, 1st April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘British nationals living overseas for more than 15 years are set to get the right to vote in UK general elections, after a proposed change in the law passed a critical stage in the House of Lords.’
The Guardian, 31st March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to make a placement order for an 18-month-old boy after finding that the judicial analysis “fell significantly short”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A conman who posed as an antiques dealer from a Chelsea auction house to dupe elderly and vulnerable victims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.’
The Independent, 31st March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Justice Secretary to ask Parole Board to reconsider decision to free 40-year-old, jailed for ‘causing or allowing’ death of her son.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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