‘Reservations have been expressed about plans to change the rules for determining costs at the end of family proceedings.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th November 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Denying access to justice risks creating fresh conflicts at a time when the international rule of law is under threat, the Commonwealth secretary general has warned ahead of a meeting of the organisation’s law enforcement officers.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The use of algorithms in public sector decision making has broken through as a hot topic in recent weeks. The Guardian recently ran the “Automating Poverty” series on the use of algorithms in the welfare state. And on 29 October 2019 it was reported that the first known legal challenge to the use of algorithms in the UK, this time by the Home Office, had been launched. It was timely, then, that the Public Law Project’s annual conference on judicial review trends and forecasts was themed “Public law and technology”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th November 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Drone users in the UK must now sit an online test and pay a £9 annual fee or face a £1,000 fine after the launch of a mandatory national registration scheme on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A couple have been handed a £20,000 fine after being found guilty of offences under the Town and Country Planning Act relating to outbuildings and a fish pond.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A third of the inmates at Europe’s largest female jail spend three weeks or under behind bars, watchdogs have revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who beat his partner with a mallet and poured boiling water over her head has been jailed for 15 years.’
BBC News, 4th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In England and Wales, children as young as 10 can be convicted of a crime – the lowest minimum age of any EU state.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Agreements with third-party litigation funders are not damages-based agreements (DBAs), the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 4th November 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The government has failed to capitalise on the “remarkable” fall in the number of children in youth custody, with outcomes for those sent to prison worse than a decade ago, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two brothers have been sentenced for attacking a group of men outside a mosque during Ramadan.’
The Independent, 4th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An estranged wife and her lover have been found guilty of murdering a millionaire farmer whose body was found in a river eight months after being reported missing.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Lawyers believe the prospect of criminal charges against those responsible for the Grenfell Tower tragedy has “increased significantly” following findings by the official inquiry into the disaster.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill is intended to give effect in the UK to the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) agreed by the UK with the EU-27 on 1 October 2019. The Bill received its second reading on 22 October 2019 and is currently in ‘limbo’ pending the start of the committee stage. If and when it is adopted, the Bill will make significant amendments to (inter alia) the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA).’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 4th November 2019
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Vulnerable children in England and Wales waiting months for convictions, appearing without adult support and being wrongly placed in dock, Guardian investigation finds.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who set up a fake law firm email address so as to provide a bogus reference to a real firm looking to employ her has been banned from working in the profession.’
Legal Futures, 4th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The proportion of children convicted of a crime who are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds has nearly doubled in eight years, an increase experts have described as an urgent problem.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Haringey has successfully defended a Court of Appeal challenge over the rules relating to the succession to secure council tenancies.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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