‘Police forces are having to ration forensic toxicology work, especially samples from suspected drug drivers, because there is not enough capacity in the system to handle the volume of work, the outgoing forensic science regulator has said.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The director of public prosecutions has called into question the age of criminal responsibility amid fears too many children are facing adult justice.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th February 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (FJO) has launched a consultation seeking views about supervision orders and their use in care proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘One of the survivors of the Rotherham grooming scandal has asked the government to give children born from rape legal “victim” status so they can receive specialist help and potentially prosecute their fathers.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court ruled that the requirement that the childcare element (CCE) of Universal Credit (UC) could be paid to applicants only after they had actually paid for childcare, rather than becoming liable so to do (“the proof of payment rule”), was unlawful because it discriminated indirectly against women contrary to Article 14 ECHR read with Article 8 and/or A1P1 Further, having scrutinised the justification for the Secretary of State’s approach through the prism of Article 14, he went on to find that it was also irrational as a matter of common law. The decision engages intelligently with the sometimes tricky question of appropriate comparator pools, and shines useful light on the potential for common law rationality to accommodate discrimination-based claims even were direct reliance on Article 14 to become unavailable.’
Equality Law Blog, 16th February 2021
Source: equalitylawblog.com
‘An electrician has been cleared of killing a seven-year-old boy who was electrocuted by a set of poorly installed lights in a pub garden.’
BBC News, 16th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2021
The Universal Credit (Work-Related Requirements) In Work Pilot Scheme (Extension) Order 2021
The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021
The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
TW Logistics Ltd v Essex County Council & Anor [2021] UKSC 4 (12 February 2021)
Okpabi & Ors v Royal Dutch Shell Plc & Anor [2021] UKSC 3 (12 February 2021)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
O (A Child : Judgment: Adequacy Of Reasons) [2021] EWCA Civ 149 (16 February 2021)
R (Children: Control of Court Documents) [2021] EWCA Civ 162 (12 February 2021)
Procter & Anor v Procter & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 167 (12 February 2021)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Murphy & Anor v Munir & Ors (Re Muhammed Munir) [2021] EWHC 278 (Ch) (15 February 2021)
The Official Receiver v Atkinson & Ors [2021] EWHC 175 (Ch) (12 February 2021)
Cameron v Cameron [2021] EWHC 229 (Ch) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Republic of Sierra Leone v SL Mining Ltd [2021] EWHC 286 (Comm) (15 February 2021)
Black Sea Commodities Ltd v Lemarc Agromond Pte Ltd [2021] EWHC 287 (Comm) (15 February 2021)
Gordian Holdings Ltd v Sofroniou & Anor [2021] EWHC 235 (Comm) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Family Division)
J, K, and L (Children) (Transnational Abandonment) [2021] EWHC 280 (Fam) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Hanchard-Kerr, On the Review of the Tariff in the case of [2021] EWHC 265 (QB) (16 February 2021)
Mueen-Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 269 (QB) (16 February 2021)
Moludi, On the Review of the Tariff in the case of [2021] EWHC 264 (QB) (16 February 2021)
HXA & Anor v Surrey County Council [2021] EWHC 250 (QB) (15 February 2021)
Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB) (12 February 2021)
Parris v Ajayi & Ors [2021] EWHC 285 (QB) (12 February 2021)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co. Ltd [2021] EWHC 296 (TCC) (16 February 2021)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Ex-military personnel dismissed from the armed forces because of their sexuality can now reclaim lost medals.’
BBC News, 16th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The time has come for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to consider whether lawtech companies, along with other unregulated legal services providers, should be regulated, the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) has said.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Since starting his role as the UK’s first football hate crime officer earlier this month, PC Stuart Ward has been busier than expected, considering football fans are banned from stadiums as part of the coronavirus lockdown.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘T & R involved an appeal against a decision to refuse to approve a plan of adoption in respect of two children, T (a 3 year old boy) and R (a 2 year old girl) and accordingly, refuse to make placement orders.’
Transparency Project, 15th February 2021
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The government is to introduce legislation that will enable academics, students or visiting speakers who are no-platformed to sue universities for compensation where they feel they have suffered because of free speech infringements.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Unions, women’s groups and charities have asked the UK’s equalities watchdog to investigate whether the government broke the law in its pandemic response.’
BBC News, 15th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Campaigners have welcomed Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on claims brought by the victims of oil pollution in the Niger Delta as a major step forward for those seeking access to justice for corporate abuses.’
Litigation Futures, 15th February 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A man who killed his wife five days into the first lockdown last year in Wales has been cleared of her murder.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Supreme Court ruling on the status of privately owned land classified as a town or village green (TVG) does not clear up a fundamental general principle, a planning expert has said. The ruling in T W Logistics Ltd v Essex County Council and Ian Tucker, rejected a landowner’s appeal against the registration of a piece of land.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th February 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A police officer has been served with a misconduct notice as part of an investigation into the sudden death of a 24-year-old shortly after he was released from custody.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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