Bid to speed up prison smoking ban – BBC News
‘The Prison Officers Association (POA) is to launch a judicial review against the Prison Service to speed up an outright ban on smoking in prisons.’
BBC News, 18th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: January 2016
‘I was violently attacked but my case was dropped because I had been drinking’ – The Guardian
‘After I was mugged, a suspect was arrested but the case was dropped because of ‘grave concerns’ about the credibility of my evidence. Can a new law protect thousands of women like me?’
The Guardian, 18th January 2016
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court clarifies cost effective procedure allowing pension trustees to correct mistakes – OUT-LAW.com
‘The High Court has taken the unusual step of publishing a short judgment which sets out how pension scheme trustees can use an administrative procedure to correct errors in the scheme rules in a cost effective way.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court upholds Pensions Regulator’s approach to auto-enrolment of peripatetic workers – OUT-LAW.com
‘The eligibility of peripatetic workers for automatic enrolment onto workplace pension schemes in Great Britain depends on where the worker is based and not on what is set out in the worker’s contract, the High Court has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Government confirms 1 October 2016 date for fixed costs in clinical negligence – Litigation Futures
‘The introduction of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in clinical negligence cases is still planned for 1 October 2016, the Department of Health has confirmed.’
Litigation Futures, 14th January 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.co.uk
SDT anonymity ruling “breached principle of open justice”, High Court rules – Legal Futures
A decision by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to grant retrospective anonymity to a solicitor who had only been found guilty of a technical rule breach flouted the principle of open justice, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 18th January 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Unwritten Rules – large families in ToLATA cases – Family Law week
‘Samuel Littlejohns, barrister, 1 Hare Court, considers legal, evidential and practical problems that can arise in real property disputes where family members share property based on intentions and cultural understandings which do not easily fall within the classifications of English law.’
Family Law Week, 15th January 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Surrogacy Law Update (January 2016) –
‘Andrew Powell, barrister, of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent developments in surrogacy law.’
Family Law Week, 13th January 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
High Court: you can beat up a burglar without breaching their human rights – Daily Telegraph
‘Householders can use a “disproportionate” level of force to protect themselves against intruders in their home, the High Court has confirmed in a landmark ruling.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inquiry into foreign backers of UK extremists gets green light – The Guardian
‘The Home Office’s new extremism analysis unit has been directed by Downing Street to specifically examine the scale and origin of funding of extremist groups in the UK with a remit to follow overseas funding streams.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid crackdown to protect troops from being sued – Daily Telegraph
‘ Human rights lawyers who have brought thousands of war crimes cases against British troops will see their taxpayer-funded legal aid cut, in a new assault on “ambulance chasing” law firms. David Cameron has ordered a crackdown after becoming “very concerned” at the boom in compensation claims and investigations against soldiers over incidents in Iraq and Afghanistan.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Big Four’ audit firms never examined over illegal tax plans – The Independent
‘Audit and accountancy firms who devise tax-avoidance schemes ruled unlawful have never faced official reprimand, The Independent can reveal. None of the so-called “Big Four” firms – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young – has ever faced regulatory investigation for such schemes. Court rulings condemning unlawful avoidance schemes are regularly overlooked by regulators.’
The Independent, 18th January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tennis match-fixing claims: eight players in Australian Open draw suspected – The Guardian
‘The BBC, in a programme to be aired on Tuesday, claim a joint investigation with Buzzfeed shows: “Over the last decade 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit [attached to the Association of Tennis Professionals] over suspicions they have thrown matches.” ‘
The Guardian, 18th January 2016
Source: www guardian.co.uk
Westminster child sex abuse probe: Pressure mounts on Met commissioner to apologise to Lord Bramall – The Independent
‘Pressure is mounting on the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, to apologise to Lord Bramall, Britain’s most-distinguished living soldier, after the force said he will face no further action in connection with historical allegations of child abuse.’
The Independent, 17th January 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rochdale child sex abuse: six men charged – The Guardian
‘Six men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Briton avoids jail after trying to smuggle Afghan child into UK – Daily Telegraph
‘Former soldier Rob Lawrie admitted he had been ‘stupid’ but told a French court he ‘could not leave’ four-year-old girl behind after repeated pleas from her father.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Imposition consultation – Sentencing Council
‘The Sentencing Council is proposing to issue a new definitive guideline for imposition of community and custodial sentences.’
Sentencing Council, 14th January 2016
Source: https://consult.justice.gov.uk
Man jailed for infecting lover with HIV after meeting her on online dating site – Daily Telegraph
‘Simba Kuuya’s victim only found out about his condition when one of his former partners contacted her on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
