‘A judge has ordered a London council to pay £20,000 in damages for breaching the claimant parents’ human rights when it unlawfully continued to keep their eight children in foster care.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A married police officer who embarked on an affair with a teenager has been cleared of repeatedly raping her.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 40 year old man has today been sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to one charge relating to revenge pornography. Simon Humphrey was sentenced at St Albans Magistrates’ Court after he admitted at an earlier hearing that he had published a naked picture of the victim without her consent. A restraining order was also put in place for 18 months which means he may not contact the victim.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th September 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Proceeds from the sale of underused court buildings will be invested in technology to move away from the “physical paradigm”, HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s new chief executive said today in her first public speech in the role.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A California judge’s ruling that Warner/Chappell can no longer collect royalties for Happy Birthday may not apply in England, says IP expert.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Judgement has been reserved in a challenge against funding body Sport England’s refusal to recognise the card game bridge as a sport. Mr Justice Dove gave no indication when he would give his ruling at the end of the High Court hearing.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two former UN consultants have been jailed by a UK court for receiving bribes to rig contracts worth £66m to supply life-saving drugs to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Guido Bakker, 41, and Sijbrandus Scheffer, 63, took payments totalling £650,000 from a Danish pharmaceutical company called Missionpharma in return for helping them win lucrative contracts.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The owners of a kebab shop which sold food contaminated with human faeces have been ordered to pay compensation to customers who became ill. A rare strain of E. coli – only the second outbreak of its kind in Europe – was found at The Khyber Pass in Nottingham in June 2014. In August, owners Mohammad Abdul Basit and Amjad Bhatti pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene regulations.’
BBC News, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Budget cuts can go too far and prevent government agencies from fulfilling their public service roles effectively, the new chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service has warned.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ashya King, who was removed from hospital by his parents while undergoing treatment for a brain tumour, was “put at risk” by his parents, according to safeguarding report.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK’s health regulator has suspended sales of silicone implants made by Brazilian company Silimed and recommended that none of the devices be implanted until further advice.’
The Guardian, 24th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘More than 30,000 alleged crimes linked to schools were reported to police in 2014, a BBC investigation has found. The figure – for England, Wales and Northern Ireland -is equivalent to 160 allegations per school day. Theft and violent crime were the most common types of offence to be reported.’
BBC News, 24th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The supreme court is next month to consider radically reforming the law of joint enterprise, after claims that it drags innocent people into the criminal justice system and excessively punishes those on the periphery of violent crime.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Many have argued that when the West talks about human rights then it is their concept of human rights they want to make universal. In addition, when the Prime Minister talks about human rights he wants a British Human Rights Bill, thus suggesting that there is a British dimension to human rights. So how universal is it?’
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‘Cold Call Elimination Ltd telephones people to try to sell blocking service and device to stop nuisance calls – the same type of calls it was making itself’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A ruling on whether ‘secret’ evidence from convicted murderer Wang Yam can be heard at the European court of human rights has far wider significance.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has put legal aid on his agenda, asking former minister Lord Bach to “immediately” review the government’s reforms.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has recently pronounced (twice) that some provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union have horizontal direct effect. These decisions provide some guidance as to the legal and constitutional status of the Charter (at least from an English perspective). The Court of Appeal in both cases held that this conclusion required the disapplication of primary UK legislation. These decisions therefore raise an issue as to the appropriate balance of power between Parliament and English judges.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
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