‘It was expected to be little more than an iPlayer for law students: more than 900 hours of footage from inside the Supreme Court, offering a window on the often dry and sometimes fiendishly complex legal deliberations.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A three-time killer has won £1,000 compensation from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) after a judge ruled that a guard squirted shampoo on his CDs during a prison transfer.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘On 15 December 2015 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued Telegraph Media Group Limited (the Telegraph) with a Monetary Penalty Notice (see here) under section 55A of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) following a “serious contravention” of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR 2003).’
RPC Data and Privacy Law, 30th December 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘This is county court case, but a very interesting one on the issue of disability discrimination in mortgage possession proceedings.’
Nearly Legal, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Controlling a partner’s social media account or surveilling them through mobile phone tracking apps could see domestic abusers jailed for up to five years under new legislation that comes into force today.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th December 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Briefly, the issue was that lease clauses for some (but not all) holiday chalet leases in the Gower effectively provided for a 10% per annum increase in fixed charges for maintenance etc. The compound effect of this was that leases that started with a £90 pa service charge in 1974 would have a charge of £1,025,004 pa by the end of the term in 2072. Even by 2012, the amount payable was considerably in excess of the actual costs to the landlord of the services.’
Nearly Legal, 1st January 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘It has been a fascinating year in which to edit this Blog. Political and social challenges – from continued government cuts to the alarming rise of Islamic State – have presented new human rights conundrums that have, as ever, slowly percolated to the doors of the country’s highest courts. And all this during the year of an astonishing General Election result and amid continually shifting sands around the future of the Human Rights Act.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd December 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Think-tank says UK Border Force – set up only four years ago – is failing and should have passport control functions put out to contract.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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