Money laundering: New law planned to target corrupt officials – BBC News
‘MPs, councillors and civil servants suspected of corruption are to be targeted by a new law proposed by the home secretary.’
BBC News, 21st April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 25 April 2016
Supreme Court: ‘land bank’ was unauthorised collective investment scheme – OUT-LAW.com
‘A ‘land bank’ arrangement which sold small plots of land to investors at “hugely inflated prices” was an unauthorised collective investment scheme (CIS) which ought to have been regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s highest court has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th April 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Leading employment judges call for law banning ‘fattism’ in workplace – The Independent
‘A leading judge has claimed that overweight workers could soon have the power to tackle “fattist” discrimination in the workplace by suing colleagues who make inappropriate comments about body size.’
The Independent, 25th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jackson proposes decoupling new bill of costs from J-Codes in bid to break “deadlock” – Litigation Futures
‘The new format bill of costs developed by the Hutton committee needs to be brought into use – perhaps from October 2017 – but should be decoupled from the J-Codes to make it more palatable to the profession, Lord Justice Jackson said last week in a bid to restart momentum towards one of the unfinished elements of his reforms.’
Litigation Futures, 25th April 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Asylum and immigration court fees set to rise by over 500% – The Guardian
‘Asylum and immigration tribunal fees are set to increase by more than 500% in order to help pay off the Ministry of Justice’s funding deficit.’
The Guardian, 21st April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fears over credit for guilty plea – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Criminal defence solicitors are expected to oppose proposed replacement guidelines on sentence reductions for early guilty pleas.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th April 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Hillsborough jury reaches decision – BBC News
‘Jurors have reached a majority decision on whether the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed.’
BBC News, 25th April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hillsborough inquest: Jury can return majority decision on whether fans were unlawfully killed – The Independent
‘The jury in the Hillsborough inquests has been told it can return a majority decision on whether the 96 victims were unlawfully killed.’
The Independent, 25th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Legal threat sees NHS England review decision-making on HIV treatment – Local Government Lawyer
‘NHS England is to review its plans to end its decision-making process over whether to make the HIV prevention drug PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) available.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st April 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Tribunal rejects Home Office fraud allegation in ETS case but fails to report determination – Free Movement
‘President McCloskey has firmly rejected the Home Office case against students alleged to have fraudulently obtained English language test certificate from ETS (“Educational Testing Services Ltd”) in the case of SM and Ihsan Qadir v Secretary of State for the Home Department IA/31380/2014. The President finds that the Home Office evidence suffered from “multiple frailties and shortcomings” and that the two witnesses produced by the Home Office were unimpressive. In short, the Home Office failed by a significant margin to prove the alleged fraud.’
Free Movement, 25th April 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Bradford judge spares girl jail for stabbing abuser – BBC News
‘A judge has spared a teenage girl who stabbed the man who sexually abused her as a child from a prison sentence.’
BBC News, 20th April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CA: judge wrong to move hire costs dispute from RTA process to small claims court – Litigation Futures
‘A district judge was wrong to move a dispute over hire car costs from stage 3 of the RTA protocol to the small claims court, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd April 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Home Office ‘shamefully’ used new refugee law to deport 700 secretly – The Guardian
‘The Home Office has been accused of “shameful” behaviour for using the agreement that allows vulnerable children to seek asylum in the United Kingdom to secretly deport more than 700 people.’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid cuts have led to surge in DIY defence, says charity – The Guardian
‘Miscarriages of justice and long delays in the criminal justice system are becoming more common because a growing number of people are having to represent themselves in court, legal experts have warned.’
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The Guardian, 23rd April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child sex abuse images increasingly being found and removed – BBC News
‘Nearly 70,000 pictures and videos showing child sex abuse have been removed from the internet in the past year, the UK charity leading the efforts to combat the abuse has said.’
BBC News, 21st April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Curtailment of 30,000 student visas each year sparks row – BBC News
‘More than 30,000 non-EU students a year have had their visas curtailed by the Home Office in the past three years, figures obtained by BBC News show.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Replacing carpets owned by landlord was not breach of repair clause, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
‘A commercial property tenant did not breach repair covenants set out in the lease when it replaced carpet tiles in the property with strip carpeting, the Court of Appeal has ruled, overturning the High Court’s decision.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st April 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
MoD could face manslaughter charges over training deaths following calls it should lose immunity from prosecution – The Independent
‘The British military could face charges of corporate manslaughter under landmark changes in law being proposed by a parliamentary committee.’
The Independent, 24th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
