‘A knife-wielding attacker who nearly blinded a police dog while high on drugs has become the first person to be jailed under Finn’s Law.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Facebook’s past privacy breaches suggest financial information might not be safe if it launches cryptocurrency, the Information Commissioner has warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Channel 4 News host Jon Snow has been cleared by Ofcom after more than 2,600 people complained about a remark he made about a pro-Brexit rally in March.’
BBC News, 5th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who was mistakenly circumcised when he went to hospital for a routine bladder procedure has been awarded £20,000 in compensation.’
BBC News, 6th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Secretary has demanded a full written explanation from the police watchdog as to why no officers will face disciplinary charges over the botched Operation Midland investigation, the Telegraph can reveal.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A married father has been jailed for 17 years for murdering a student midwife who went to his church.’
BBC News, 5th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In this guest post, Dr Jonathan Chaplin, an independent scholar specialising in political theology and a member of the Divinity Faculty of Cambridge University, looks at some of the background relating to the forthcoming High Court challenge to compulsory religious assemblies in schools.’
Law & Religion Uk, 5th August 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Organisations can be held liable for breaching employment contracts even if their employees have been working in the country illegally, according to the Court of Appeal in London.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd August 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) wrongly took into account a “without prejudice” offer when deciding on the costs of a case when there was no reason to believe that it was “save as to costs”, the Upper Tribunal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 5th August 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Celebrations and policy campaigns continue to mark a 100 years of women in law. In 2017, as reported in the Law Society’s Annual Statistics Report Flyer 2018 ‘for the first time, the number of female practising certificate (PC) holders exceeded male colleagues…women made up 50.1% of all PC holders – up from 43.4% in 2007.’ Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) professionals as practising solicitors were at its highest at 16.5% of the profession. While significant strives have been made, little attention has been paid to the impact of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) on the role of diversity, with particular reference to women and BAME, in family law.’
Family Law, 5th August 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A mother who killed her two daughters because they “got in the way of her sex life” has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Babies are living with abusive parents under 24-hour CCTV surveillance, The Telegraph can reveal, as the Children’s Commissioner calls for a review into the ‘Big Brother-style’ accommodation.
However “disturbing” cases – which have remained unreported until now – where children have been physically injured and sexually abused while living in the units have prompted the Children’s Commissioner to call for a review into the controversial scheme.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Children in prison are twice as likely to have special educational needs as those in the general population, new figures reveal, prompting concern that vulnerable teenagers are being let down by mainstream services.’
The Independent, 4th August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Rural crime has hit a seven-year high, costing the UK £50m in 2018, a report says. In its annual study of offences against farmers and rural businesses, the insurer NFU Mutual found rural crime in 2018 was up 12% on the previous year.’
The Guardian, 5th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a so-called “victimless prosecution”, in one of the first cases of its kind, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 5th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A boom in “Lolita” sites on Instagram, Facebook and other platforms is allowing paedophiles to target teenage girls without fear of arrest, an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Brexiteer has been jailed for threatening to kill MPs because he felt they were trying to “delay or stop the UK’s exit from the European Union”.’
The Independent, 3rd August 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Campaigners, the media and others who are not parties to court proceedings should be permitted to access court documents as “the default position”, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st August 2019
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
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