“The High Court has comprehensively rejected the government’s bid to overturn the grant of a protective costs order (PCO) in favour of campaigners for the reburial of King Richard III in York.”
Litigation Futures, 18th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“If you are sitting comfortably, I’ll tell you the story of the boy who tried to punch his younger brother but instead hit a water fountain and then sued his school for damages. Or rather I’ll tell you how the Court of Appeal told it in West Sussex County Council v Lewis Pierce [2013] EWCA Civ 1230.”
Education Law Blog, 18th October 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
“Nearly eight hundred years ago, in 1216 English law first recognized a right to food. Yet between April and September this year over 350,000 people received three days’ emergency food from the Trussell Trust food banks, triple the numbers helped in the same period last year.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The market leader in the sale of liquid propane gas (LPG) in the UK has been found vicariously liable for the infringement of database rights belonging to a rival.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A gang member has been jailed for life after a painter and decorator was stabbed 25 times in a London estate.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court has ruled that two sisters must receive the MMR vaccine against their wishes and the wishes of their mother. This was an application by the father for a declaration and a specific issue order concerning his daughters both receive the MMR vaccination. This was opposed by their mother.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Care Quality Commission has made headlines recently with the focus on inadequacies in its processes as a regulator and its failure to spot sub-standard and even dangerous levels of care. Its fellow regulator Ofsted, however, is more likely to be accused of being over – rather than under – zealous, but its approach has been subject to far less scrutiny.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th October 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The number of frauds recorded by police has risen by nearly 60 per cent in five years, according to newly released official crime figures.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“On 16 October 2013, a seven-judge panel of the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) unanimously rejected two challenges (R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and McGeoch v The Lord President of the Council & Anor and the judgment summary) brought by prisoners serving terms of life imprisonment against their disenfranchisement in UK national elections pursuant to section 3(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (RPA) and in EU Parliamentary elections and UK local elections pursuant to section 8(2) of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 21st October 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“A convicted prisoner, with a history of violence against women, has become the first person to be issued with a CRASBO while still in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers must launch an inquiry into how whistle-blowers are treated in the wake of the Orchid View care home scandal, MP Charlotte Leslie has said.”
BBC News, 20th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Swearing on the Bible will continue to be a crucial part of giving evidence in court after magistrates threw out proposals to introduce a modernised oath.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘sustained legal assault’ on British forces could have ‘catastrophic consequences’ for the safety of the nation, an influential right-leaning think tank has warned.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scotland Yard is facing fresh embarrassment after a citizen won the right to launch what is thought to be an unprecedented private prosecution of a police employee for perverting the course of justice.”
The Independent, 18th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Dozens of centres designed to help couples split up amicably are in danger of closure.”
BBC News, 19th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Probation officers have voted by an overwhelming majority to go on strike in protest at government plans to privatise the service.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A married couple from Northamptonshire who posed as wealthy high fliers have been jailed for a multi-million pound property swindle.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police chiefs face a legal challenge over their policy of keeping secret files on thousands of political activists.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hospitals will be banned from refusing to investigate complaints from patients harmed by poor care who may also sue for damages, after campaigners condemned the practice as an illegal and unfair denial of patients’ rights.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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