‘ITV has been cleared by media regulator Ofcom, which has rejected a record 58,000 complaints about Piers Morgan’s criticism of the Duchess of Sussex.’
BBC News, 1st September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The construction industry faces many challenges related to Covid-19, and if it doesn’t take a co-operative approach and share risks then it could make the situation even worse.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st September 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A leading race equality thinktank did not breach charity guidance despite claims from Conservative MPs that it is pursuing a political agenda, a watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Shielding – a piece of public health jargon with which we’re all now familiar – has seen individuals deemed clinically extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 asked to stay inside and avoid all contact with those outside their households.’
Each Other, 1st September 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘A former student who downloaded almost 70,000 white supremacist documents and bomb-making instructions has avoided a prison sentence “by the skin of his teeth” after being told to read classic literature by Dickens, Austen, Shakespeare and Hardy.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Liberty, Privacy International and 29 other organisations have called for Parliament to ban the use of live facial recognition technology (LFRT) by the police and private companies.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘There is “strong justification” for increasing 129 court fees by inflation, backdated to 2016, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.’
Legal Futures, 1st September 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A “controlling and jealous” man who set fire to his estranged wife has been found guilty of her murder.’
BBC News, 31st August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Fresh guidance on monitoring workers and on using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in recruitment is to be issued to employers in the UK under plans announced by two UK regulators.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st August 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Met Police has been warned it could put children in danger because of the way it investigates online abuse.’
BBC News, 1st September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has granted the Department of Health and Social Care permission to appeal a key ruling on the issue of ‘ordinary residence’ for the purposes of s.117(3) of the Mental Health Act.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘After four years of court battles, protests and celebrity interventions, Geronimo, the UK’s most divisive alpaca, has been put down by government officials.’
The Guardian, 31st August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Will England and Mark Watson consider the proposed new duty of care, suggested by the Financial Conduct Authority and the issues it could bring in the current climate.’
Carmelite Chambers, 19th August 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
‘An interesting, though non-binding, county court decision on the issue of costs of a disrepair claim that settled pre-allocation.’
Nearly Legal, 30th August 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A High Court ruling on a low-value data breach claim may stop claimants recovering after-the-event (ATE) insurance premiums in cases involving cyber-attacks, information law specialists have argued.’
Legal Futures, 31st August 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A new law aimed at making school uniforms cheaper in England and Wales will not be in place in time for the start of this school year.’
BBC News, 30th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A cautionary tale of a Tribunal appointed manager behaving badly and a reminder that the appointed manager’s duty is to carry out what is in the order appointing them, and that they answer to the Tribunal as an officer of the Tribunal.’
Nearly Legal, 30th August 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Sun has paid substantial damages to the England cricketer Ben Stokes and his mother, Deborah, after the newspaper put details of a tragedy involving the family on its front page.’
The Guardian, 30th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Global 100 Ltd v Kyselakova & Ors (2021) EW Misc 13 (CC). This is the judgment in an appeal to a Circuit Judge – HHJ Luba QC – from a possession order made by a District Judge at the first hearing of the possession claim. The issues involved the threshold for “circumstances where the defendant had disputed the claim on grounds that appeared to be substantial.” for the purposes of CPR 55.8, (which is of broad application to all residential possession claims) as well as putative defences to the claim.’
Nearly Legal, 25th August 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
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