Levi Ogden death: Man who killed partner by throwing phone jailed – BBC News
‘A mother of two died after her drunken boyfriend threw a mobile phone at her neck during a row, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 8th April 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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UK domestic abuse helplines report surge in calls during lockdown – The Guardian
‘A helpline for perpetrators of domestic abuse who are seeking help to change their behaviour has received 25% more calls as the Covid-19 lockdown continues, fresh figures show.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Too scared to speak out’: young legal aid lawyers highlight Covid-19 pressures – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Furloughed but asked to work, starting work at 5am, prevented from working from home despite living with vulnerable parents – these are some of the shocking stories to emerge from a survey of junior legal aid lawyers.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th April 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal upholds order for disclosure to police of documents filed in care proceedings – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a father’s appeal against an order for the disclosure of certain documents filed in childcare proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
UK crime agency loses case against ex-Kazakh president’s family – The Guardian
‘Britain’s National Crime Agency has lost a high court attempt to force the daughter and grandson of a former president of Kazakhstan to explain where they got the money to buy £80m of property in London.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Proposed amendments to the Human Rights Act to disadvantage UK war crimes victims – Oxford Human Rights Hub
‘On 18 March 2020, the UK Minister for Defence introduced into the UK Parliament his promised package of new legislation designed to ‘protect veterans’. Entitled the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, the proposed laws would amend the UK’s Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) in ways that impact on its human rights obligations, including under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 6th April 2020
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
Court of Appeal rejects appeal over changes made by county council to SEN transport policy affecting 16-18 year olds – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal over a council’s decision to amend its Special Educational Needs Home to School/College Transport Policy for the 2019/20 academic year.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Divisional Court rejects Tesco judicial review challenge over criminal offences and food offered for sale after ‘use by’ date – Local Government Lawyer
‘Supermarket giant Tesco has lost a judicial review challenge over whether it was a criminal offence for a shop to offer food for sale, or otherwise place it on the market, after its labelled “use by” date.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
What a difference a PSED makes… – Nearly Legal
‘Ms Durdana was a tenant of LCH. She faced possession proceedings under ground 17 Sch 2 Housing Act 1988 – that the landlord was induced to grant the tenancy by a false statement made knowingly or recklessly by the tenant or someone acting at the tenant’s instigation.’
Nearly Legal, 6th April 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Remote Justice : A Judge’s perspective – Transparency Project
‘There is no question that remote hearings are a good means of ensuring the continued delivery of the decision-making element of the family justice system. It is amazing that we can do it at all and it is great that we can. But doing so in this way is at the cost of our ability properly to connect to one another, and judges like me are compromised in their ability to conduct hearings with the empathy, fairness, understanding and compassion that is rightly valued as an essential element of the Family Court. I appreciate that in order to deliver justice in the time of Covid-19 we must accept compromise. I wanted to share my experiences however, as there have been times that the extent to which I have felt constrained has been uncomfortable, and I worry about the impact on the parties, and the wider goal of delivering justice fairly. Even though huge progress has and will continue to be made in improving remote hearings, we will be working under the effects of Covid-19 for many months yet to come. I am concerned about the responsibility that will continue to fall on judges for deciding what cases are to be heard or not, and for setting the terms of reference for what constitutes a fair hearing in the time of Covid-19.’
Transparency Project, 7th April 2020
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
Bayer v NHS Darlington Appeal – NIPC Law
‘This was an appeal by Bayer Plc and Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited against Mrs Justice Whipple’s judgment in Bayer Plc v NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Groups and others : [2019] PTSR 922, [2018] WLR(D) 589, [2018] EWHC 2465 (Admin) which I blogged in Bayer Plc v NHS Darlington CCG and Others 2 Oct 2018. In her judgment, Mrs Justice Whipple dismissed applications for judicial review by Bayer and Novartis of a decision by NHS Darlington and other Clinical Commissioning Groups in Northeast England that the NHS Trusts from which they commission services should use a drug called Avastin as the preferred treatment option for an eye disease generally referred to as wet age-related macular degeneration (“WAMD”).’
NIPC Law, 7th April 2020
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.com
Coronavirus: Walsall dad fined for son flouting lockdown – BBC News
‘A father has been fined by police after his son persistently flouted the coronavirus lockdown rules.’
BBC News, 7th April 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gethin Thomas: Back to the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘On 24 March 2020, the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill 2020 was introduced into the House of Commons, for its first reading, by Caroline Lucas MP. The Bill had been introduced into the House of Lords on 21 October 2019, by Baroness Jenny Jones, on behalf of Lord John Bird (who is best known as the founder of Big Issue). Whilst the Bill is not supported by the Government, it has garnered cross party support, and the Bill’s co-sponsors are drawn from all of the major UK political parties.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 7th April 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
UK lawyers inundated by divorced parents arguing over lockdown custody – The Guardian
‘Lawyers have been inundated with inquiries from divorced parents arguing about where their children should stay during the lockdown, with some trying to get their former partners sent to jail for breaking existing custody arrangements.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
What’s in an appeal? – Nearly Legal
‘What can be addressed in a section 204 Housing Act 1996 appeal of a review decision? What is the scope of the jurisdiction? This second appeal provides answers, albeit in a rather phyrric way.’
Nearly Legal, 6th April 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Inquests into deaths in custody during the COVID-19 pandemic – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Following the sad news of the first death in custody from COVID-19, a question arises: what are likely to be the issues at inquests into the deaths in custody from COVID-19?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th April 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Lockdown: A Response to Professor King — Robert Craig – UK Human Rights Blog
‘This post analyses the legal provisions that accompany some of the restrictions on movement of individuals announced by the Government. The movement restrictions themselves are vital to the protection of life in the current crisis and must be adhered to by all persons. The current Government guidance setting out these and other restrictions can be found here. Legal scrutiny of the associated regulations is warranted but should not be taken to question the undeniable imperative to follow that guidance.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th April 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Vicarious liability — the new boundary dispute – UK Human Rights Blog
‘In the Christian Brothers case Lord Phillips of famously declared that “the law of vicarious liability is on the move”. The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Barclays Bank v. Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 has brought that movement to a juddering halt. The question posed by the appeal was a simple one. Is it possible to be vicariously liable for the acts of a self-employed ‘independent contractor’? The answer the Court gave in this case was ‘no’.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd April 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Corporate failure to prevent abuses – Law Society’s Gazette
‘While debate rumbles on over the extension of ‘failure to prevent’ offences into the broad spectrum of financial crime, including fraud and money laundering, some have called for their introduction into an altogether different sphere: human rights.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th April 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
