Category: news
Home Office to release information about detainees’ access to lawyers – The Guardian
‘The Home Office has agreed to release information about whether it has deported immigration detainees who did not have access to working phones to contact their lawyers.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Residence requirements for Partners – Richmond Chambers
‘Unlike most visa routes, partner visas do not have any specific residence requirements or prescribed limits on the number of days of absences from the UK.’
Richmond Chambers, 18th February 2020
Source: immigrationbarrister.co.uk
Council to review decision on admission of summer-born child after criticism from LGO – Local Government Lawyer
‘Warwickshire County Council has said it will review its decisions in two cases in which it denied parents’ requests for deferred summer-born children to start school in reception class rather than year one after receiving criticism from the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The new UK immigration rules tell employers to suck it up – The Guardian
‘The self-employed Polish plumber will be a thing of the past. Uber taxis in Britain’s big cities could be harder to come by. Anybody who wants to hire a Lithuanian nanny will have to pay them £500 a week – and make sure the taxman knows about it.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Caroline’s Law: Calls For Stricter Laws Against Media Intrusion – Each Other
‘The death of TV presenter Caroline Flack has sparked calls for a stricter law to safeguard the human rights of people in the public eye.’
Each Other, 17th February 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
Solicitor sanctioned after calling client “sad and pathetic” – Legal Futures
‘A solicitor who sent “inappropriate, derogatory and offensive emails” to a client and his mother has been censured by the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal (SSDT).’
Legal Futures, 18th February 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Of Tweeting and Transgender Rights – Panopticon Blog
‘Over the years, Panopticon has discussed a number of cases about the powers of the police to record, retain, and disseminate information about individuals. The judgment of Mr. Justice Julian Knowles in R (ota Harry Miller) v (1) The College of Policing, and (2) The Chief Constable of Humberside [2020] EWHC 225 (Admin) is a significant contribution to the law in this area. In Panopticon terms the case is unusual, in that the issues are discussed by reference to the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”), rather than by reference to Article 8 or data protection legislation.’
Panopticon Blog, 17th February 2020
Source: panopticonblog.com
Case Comment: Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti [2019] UKSC 55, Part Two – UKSC Blog
‘There are a number of ways in which this judgment opens the door to arguments about its wider impact.’
UKSC Blog, 17th February 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
Case Comment: Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti [2019] UKSC 55, Part One – UKSC Blog
‘If an employee is dismissed on bogus grounds invented by someone more senior than her in the business, that person’s true reason for acting as they did will be the real reason for the dismissal, even if the decision to dismiss was made by another person acting in good faith in reliance on the bogus grounds.’
UKSC Blog, 17th February 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
QOCS rule to change but not in relation to Tomlin orders – Litigation Futures
‘An urgently needed amendment to the rules on qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) in so-called mixed claims will come into force in the coming weeks, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 18th February 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Sexist comments “remain rife” in legal profession – Legal Futures
‘Some 58% of women in the legal profession say they or women they work with have received inappropriate comments from male colleagues relating to their gender, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 17th February 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Claimant who sued over pothole injury given suspended sentence after evidence of extreme sports participation – Local Government Lawyer
‘Walsall Council has successfully prosecuted a man who falsely claimed significant compensation following an injury when falling in a pothole.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Last British member of European court of justice could sue EU – The Guardian
‘The last British member of the European court of justice has said she could sue the EU over an attempt by the bloc’s 27 member states to force her out.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Caroline Flack: Who decides whether someone should go on trial? – BBC News
‘TV presenter Caroline Flack was found dead in her home on Saturday, weeks before she was due to stand trial for assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton.’
BBC News, 17th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Long-term offenders have different brain structure, study says – The Guardian
‘Parents should not worry about their teenagers’ delinquent behaviour provided they were well behaved in their earlier childhood, according to researchers behind a study that suggests those who offend throughout their life showed antisocial behaviour from a young age and have a markedly different brain structure as adults.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Met Police remove 374 names from gangs matrix – BBC News
‘The Metropolitan Police has removed 374 people from its gangs matrix after the UK’s data watchdog found it breached data protection laws.’
BBC News, 15th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Revised pre-action protocols – St Ives Chambers
‘Two important protocols have been revised that apply to social housing providers with effect from 13 January 2020.’
St Ives Chambers, 4th February 2020
Source: www.stiveschambers.co.uk
Clinical negligence and PI costs – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Following the decision in I v Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (25 February 2019), applications for a further interim payment on account of costs have become common in high-value clinical negligence and personal injury claims where there is likely to be substantial delay before quantum can be determined by the court. In the recent decision in RXK v Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2751 (QB), Master Cook observed that there was no decision of the High Court on the principle of whether such applications are well founded and have an adequate judicial basis in the rules and/or the authorities. Thus, the master took the opportunity in RXK to provide guidance ‘in the hope that such applications would be better prepared in future’.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
