‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) new rulebook – Standards and Regulations (STaRs) – comes into force today, with experts highlighting several areas of significant change and opportunity for firms.’
Legal Futures, 25th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This week has seen reports in the legal press of a speech in which the President of the Family Division set out an idea for a research project about news reports containing accounts of how family courts have handled domestic abuse claims. See for example : Press attacks on family courts should be assessed – McFarlane by Monidipa Fouzder in The Gazette.’
Transparency Project, 23rd November 2019
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Engaging in controlling and/or coercive behaviour in intimate or familial relationships became a new criminal offence in England and Wales in December 2015. Coercive Control involves a pattern of abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten the victim. Example behaviours included in this legislation are isolation from friends and family, deprivation of basic needs, monitoring behaviour and time, controlling a victim’s life and/or finances, and may include physical violence. The introduction of this offence was welcomed for recognising the cumulative impact of various forms of domestic abuse and for encouraging police and other criminal justice agencies to move beyond an incident-led and physical violence-based understanding of domestic abuse. However, four years on since the legislation was enacted and with no compulsory national level training or support, what has actually changed?’
OUP Blog, 25th November 2019
Source: blog.oup.com
‘The number of unrepresented defendants in crown courts is rising sharply, the head of the Criminal Bar Association has warned, as cuts to legal aid increasingly affect the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 24th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 15 October the Environment Bill was published. The first half of the bill was originally published in December 2018 as the Environmental (Principles and Governance) Bill.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A review is under way into the Government’s compensation scheme for families of British people murdered outside the UK and the European Union.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A recent ruling highlights the need for businesses accessing data from third parties to make sure that their intended use of that data is covered by the licensing terms on which the data is being made available, an expert in intellectual property law has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st November 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The recent Court of Appeal judgment in Farrar v Rylatt should serve as a warning to practitioners of the uphill struggle that a party faces when attempting to appeal a trial judge’s findings of fact.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 22nd November 2019
‘Natalie Cross summarises important guidance on the approach to be taken to vulnerable witnesses and parties in the Family Courts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A registered sex offender who raped a 76-year-old woman as she walked her dog has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 21st November 2019
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘TThe Home Office has agreed to review its immigration bail guidance, a law firm has said as it was preparing to challenge the government in court next week in a case concerning two asylum-seeking university students.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Hundreds of families whose babies died or have been left with brain damage after maternity care treatment at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust are now being informed they are part of a major investigation into the largest scandal of its type ever to hit the NHS, following a report by The Independent.’
The Independent, 21st November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An urgent Ministry of Justice (MoJ) investigation has been launched after murderer Ian Simms was granted parole despite his refusal to reveal the whereabouts of the body of his victim Helen McCourt.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Universities are braced for compensation claims as reveal their plans to limit the impact of lecturers’ strikes.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘British orphaned children of Islamic State fighters have been rescued from Syria, in the first evacuation by the UK Government of nationals stranded in the war-torn country following the fall of the “caliphate”.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Refusal to return archipelago to Mauritius “lawless” and “reflects colonial mindset” says barrister.’
The Guardian, 22nd November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The mother of a murder victim is “horrified” her daughter’s killer will be freed despite never revealing where her body is.’
BBC News, 21st November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two metal detectorists have been convicted of stealing a £3 million Viking hoard of coins and jewellery – much of which is still missing.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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