‘A lawyer representing victims of child abuse has called for a swift decision by Theresa May on the future of the independent panel set up to investigate institutional abuse amid concerns that evidence is being lost or destroyed.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has approved arrangements allowing companies within the Hilton group to reassign leases between themselves without the landlord losing the benefit of a guarantee granted by the parent company.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Delivering judgment on the lord chancellor’s controversial criminal legal aid reforms by the end of the month will be a ‘pretty tall order’, senior judges have said at the end of a three-day hearing in the High Court.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th January 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A father who supplied his teenage daughter with the drug MDMA and delayed getting medical treatment when she became ill has been jailed for five years and four months for killing her.’
BBC News, 20th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A city council has successfully defended in the Court of Appeal its decision to close its passenger transport unit (PTU) and make alternative arrangements for users.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Briton who fought in Syria with an Islamist group then faked his own death and tried to return home undetected admitted terrorism offences at the Old Bailey.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In the news today we can see that an Entry Clearance Officer has rejected an application for a visit visa for two grandparents who wish to travel to the UK to attend the funeral of their 5 year old grandchild, tragically killed in a car accident before Christmas. The family is devastated, obviously. The issue was raised at Prime Minister’s Questions by the local MP and a review was promised. The Immigration Minister, James Broken-shire, has very swiftly conducted the review and the refusal has been maintained. He says his decision has been taken “on the full facts of the case”.’
Free Movement, 20th January 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘British court rules extradition of 48-year-old Tobias Bowen would breach human rights because he faces an “indefinite” sentence if convicted of sex crimes in New York.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A prison officer has pleaded guilty to selling information about one of James Bulger’s killers to the Sun newspaper.’
BBC News, 20th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Armes v Wheel Property Co Ltd, Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court, 17 May 2013
Claimant had been the protected tenant of a two bed flat in a Victorian terrace conversion for 30 years. Current rent was £191 per week.’
NearlyLegal, 18th January 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘An 18-year-old man has been found guilty of attempting to stab three women to death.’
BBC News, 20th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 78-year-old woman who caused a three car pile-up has won the right to drive again, as judge rules that medical checks as well as on-road appraisals are necessary.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘It is “incomprehensible” that the death certificates system has not been reformed since the conviction of Harold Shipman, a leading pathologist says.’
BBC News, 21st January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The six-year-long British inquiry into the 2003 Iraq invasion and its aftermath will not be published before the general election, prompting an outcry from those demanding that the long overdue reckoning should be put before the voters.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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