‘Edward Heaton, Principal Associate and Jane Booth, Associate, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases from June 2015.’
Family Law Week, 19th July 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Parents worried that their children may be about to travel to Syria or Iraq to join Islamic State (Isis) will be able to apply for their child’s passport to be cancelled, David Cameron has announced in a speech setting out his five-year counter-extremism strategy.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The home secretary, Theresa May, failed to protect three potential victims of trafficking who were locked up in an immigration detention centre, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man with locked-in syndrome has lost a High Court battle over guidelines which prevent doctors from assisting patients to end their lives.’
BBC News, 20th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two Police Federation officials who were accused by MPs of giving misleading evidence about the Plebgate affair should face disciplinary hearings for gross misconduct, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has decided.’
The Guardian, 20th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Immigrants from outside Europe will be required to provide details of their criminal records or be refused entry to Britain, under new measures to be introduced by the Government. From September everyone applying to come to Britain under certain visa routes will have to provide proof of criminal record checks from every country they have lived in for the last 10 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The system used to decide how much money police forces receive is to be overhauled, the government has announced. Ministers say they want to replace the “out-of-date” funding model with a simplified version. They will consult on proposals to tie the sums given to forces in England and Wales to factors such as the size of an area’s population.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘South Yorkshire police still need to make “major improvements” to child protection, three years after the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal, according to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).’
The Guardian, 21st July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ambulance trusts spent hundreds of hours having to appeal against speeding fines issued to emergency vehicles by police forces.’
BBC News, 21st July 2015
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‘A man who pretended to be a qualified doctor has been sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court to six years in prison.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Andrew Skelton, a former employee of Morrisons supermarket has today (17 July) been found guilty of fraud, securing unauthorised access to computer material and disclosing personal data. He has been sentenced to eight years at Bradford Crown Court, in relation to stealing personal data belonging to nearly 100,000 Morrisons employees.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Order prevents travel by two young girls thought to be at risk of being taken to Africa for FGM.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A terrorism sympathiser who translated extremist videos and uploaded them to YouTube has been jailed for 33 months. Muhammad Suleman, 25, from Crumpsall, near Manchester, pleaded guilty to distributing or circulating a video entitled Flames of War as well as an electronic version of al-Qaida magazine, Inspire 12.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Online pirates could face jail terms of up to 10 years under plans being considered by the government.’
BBC News, 18th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Recent changes to the way we are taxed on death has caused a stir in Britain. But how does our regime compare to other countries?.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Tories’ plan to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants will face stiff opposition in the House of Lords this week, amid growing concern that it will compromise the independence of charities and add hugely to government debt.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Some of South Africa’s most influential intellectuals and activists have urged David Cameron to reconsider his plans to repeal the Human Rights Act, warning that the move is reminiscent of the mindset that created apartheid.’
The Guardian, 19th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A British man jailed in the US over a website considered to be a key moment in the birth of the internet jihad has returned home.’
BBC News, 19th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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