‘The UK supreme court has cleared the way for the publication of secret letters written by Prince Charles to British government ministers, declaring that an attempt by the state to keep them concealed was unlawful.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Less than two weeks after Martin Wheatley’s speech identifying April’s ‘big bang’ pension reforms as “[t]he defining challenge of our time”, the FCA has launched a website called ‘ScamSmart’ dedicated to helping retail investors identify fraudulent investment scams. Martin Wheatley’s keynote speech and the launch of the ScamSmart website indicate the level of concern in the FCA about the impact of the reforms on UK pensioners. The strength of these concerns is confirmed in today’s Business Plan which includes plans for the FCA to carry out a thematic review (with, presumably, intense supervisory and enforcement work to follow) into the suitability of pensions and retail investment advice.’
RPC Financial Services Blog, 24th March 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘Ruth Tweedale, a law lecturer at the University of Roehampton and former solicitor at Rights of Women, describes recent developments in the campaign to preserve family law legal aid for victims of domestic violence.’
Family Law Week, 24th March 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The supreme court will rule on Thursday on whether highly sensitive secret correspondence between Prince Charles and government ministers should at last be released in the public interest.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Contracts often include terms that give discretion to one of the parties to make a decision affecting the other party. Does that mean that the party with the discretion can use it freely? Apparently not, according to a recent Supreme Court case.’
Technology Law Update, 25th March 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Councils in England and Wales want new powers to combat predatory men suspected of grooming children for sex.’
BBC News, 26th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police forces have made too little progress on improving their use of stop and search powers, with too many officers lacking any understanding of their impact on the lives of young black people, an official watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The facts of this case are simple. A defamatory comment was posted on the claimant’s Google maps directional page, implying that he was a “loser” as a lawyer and that his firm lost “80%” of cases brought to them. The defendant claimed that someone must have hacked in to his own Google account to put up the post.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th March 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Justice Warby rules an anonymity order protecting a wealthy well-known defender who had a one-night stand despite having a long term partner and child should be lifted.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Support for the death penalty in Britain has dropped below 50% for the first time on record, an annual opinion survey says.’
BBC News, 26th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A criminal appeals charity run by lawyers has applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to be a regulated legal practice, and could become the first charity to become a traditional law firm in its own right.’
Legal Futures, 26th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Supreme Court, 18th March 2015
‘A factory worker who stole restricted documents about British nuclear submarines and tried to sell them to an eastern European government has been jailed for four and a half years.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A paramedic who left patients in an ambulance while he did some shopping and had his hair cut has been found guilty of misconduct.’
BBC News, 25th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “serial abuser” who admitted unlawfully wounding a woman he met online has been banned from joining dating websites.’
BBC News, 25th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court, 18th March 2015
‘Criminal solicitors have failed in their attempt to prevent the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, imposing deep cuts on the number of legal aid contracts for defence lawyers.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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