‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from a decision by the Vice-President of the Court of Protection to discharge a mother as a party to proceedings concerning her highly vulnerable 19-year-old daughter (P).’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government has been defeated for a fourth time on its Fire Safety Bill as the House of Lords voted to shield residents from fire safety work costs.’
BBC News, 27th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘What happens, if someone lacks capacity under the Mental Capacity Act, and their family for whatever reason objects to the Covid vaccine? Amelia Walker discusses three recent cases with Rosalind English.’
Law Pod UK, 27th April 2021
Source: audioboom.com
‘A former youth football coach who abused players in his care had previously received a caution for spanking an 11-year-old boy, a court heard.’
BBC News, 27th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘By creating exemptions in legislation to ban conversion therapies, we leave thousands of young people vulnerable to abuse. I can no more cure my sexuality than I can scrub the brown from my skin.’
The Independent, 28th April 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An autistic teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern was not considered a risk to others at the time, despite previously assaulting police and a restaurant worker and hitting support staff with a brick, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers have been accused of misleading and insulting victims after a push by a cross-party group of peers to create an automatic register of dangerous domestic abusers and stalkers was dropped.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Barker, R. v [2021] EWCA Crim 603 (27 April 2021)
MS, Application By Prosecution for Leave To Appeal [2021] EWCA Crim 600 (27 April 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Keir, R (On the Application Of) v Natural England [2021] EWHC 1059 (Admin) (27 April 2021)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Lizzium Ltd v The Crown Estate Commissioners [2021] EWHC 941 (Ch) (27 April 2021)
Sprint Electric Ltd v Buyer’s Dream Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 960 (Ch) (26 April 2021)
Tolmie & Anor v Taylor & Anor [2021] EWHC 1055 (Ch) (26 April 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Bugsby Property LLC v LGIM Commercial Lending Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 1054 (Comm) (27 April 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The police watchdog is investigating complaints by Richard Okorogheye’s mother and considering whether race played a role in the way the Metropolitan police handled reports of her son’s disappearance.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The death of a young disabled woman following a routine eye operation was partly caused by malnutrition as a result of neglect, a coroner has ruled.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘All fixed penalty notices for Covid lockdown breaches, which can be as high as £10,000, should be reviewed – according to a parliamentary committee.’
BBC News, 27th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hubert Howard was born in 1956 and came to the United Kingdom in 1960, aged almost 4 from Jamaica. He was part of the Windrush Generation. No doubt like all West Indians of that time, including my parents, he thought he was a British Citizen.’
EIN Blog, 27th April 2021
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A British woman who accused a senior United Arab Emirates royal of sexually assaulting her has issued a formal claim for damages.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Private prisons may seem like an American phenomenon, but, statistically, UK prisoners are more likely to be held in one.’
Each Other, 26th April 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘As the family lawyers at Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s inquest, we join her mother and the coroner in calling for changes to the environment bill.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two former executives at the private security company Serco have been cleared of concealing £12m in profits from electronically tagging criminals.’
BBC News, 26th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office is starting the process of evicting some asylum seekers from their accommodation “with immediate effect” after a pause of almost a year because of the pandemic, according to internal documents seen by the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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