‘A former Premier League striker who masturbated in front of a mother and her 16-year-old daughter has been given a 12-month community order.’
BBC News, 18th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Companies Court heard on Wednesday that Bury and their owner, Steve Dale, had settled an outstanding debt with HM Revenue & Customs. The winding-up petition was dismissed by Judge Sally Barber, with the club instructed to pay costs.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A jury has expressed its regret at convicting three Extinction Rebellion protesters who glued themselves to a Docklands Light Railway train at Canary Wharf.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A nurse who crashed her car after taking prescription painkillers has been found guilty of death by dangerous driving.’
BBC News, 18th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new rule that prohibits solicitors from making unsolicited approaches to members of the public is not a blanket ban on all advertising, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has clarified.’
Legal Futures, 19th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Four men have been convicted of sexually abusing a vulnerable young girl who described in court how she had been traded among men from the age of 13.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager has been sentenced to life imprisonment for being part of a gang who hunted down and stabbed 14-year-old Jaden Moodie in in an attack linked to a drug feud.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘”Racism is prevalent” within the armed forces, the independent ombudsman overseeing complaints has warned.’
BBC News, 19th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A researcher who lost her job at a charity after tweeting that transgender women cannot change their biological sex has lost a test case because her opinions were deemed to be “absolutist”.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Black cab rapist John Worboys has been handed two life sentences with a minimum term of six years for attacking four more women.’
BBC News, 17th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The father of a brain-damaged baby boy has urged a hospital not to “rush” a decision to end his life support.’
BBC News, 17th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who lost her soldier sister in the Guildford pub bombings has said her family are “never going to get justice” even though the inquest has resumed.’
BBC News, 18th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The case of a teenager jailed for life after stabbing a lawyer to death has raised fresh alarm about the practice of releasing violent suspects without strict bail conditions.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Mortgage borrowers “unfairly trapped” on high interest rates when their lenders were nationalised are launching legal action against the companies they say are responsible.’
BBC News, 18th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has decided not to launch judicial review proceedings over the previous government’s decision to raise the discount rate, but only to -0.25%.’
Litigation Futures, 17th December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A jailed solicitor involved in the UK’s biggest ever tax fraud must repay £3m of his ill-gotten gains or face a further nine years in prison, a judge at the Old Bailey has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 18th December 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘British American Tobacco (BAT) and three other e-cigarette firms have been banned by the UK advertising watchdog from promoting their vaping products on public Instagram pages in a ruling described as “a huge step forward” by health campaigners.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A convicted murderer will be “disciplined” after posting a Snapchat video of himself in prison appearing to “mock” the family of the person he stabbed to death.’
BBC News, 18th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three generations of one Windrush-descended family are struggling to prove that they are British in a protracted fight for documentation which has left a London-born woman facing homelessness with her two-year-old son.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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