‘One year ago, the European Court of Human Rights handed down its decision in a UK case on the law of assisted suicide, declaring it inadmissible for the Court’s consideration. The case was brought by Mrs Jane Nicklinson, widow of Tony Nicklinson, and Mr Paul Lamb.’
RightsInfo, 16th July 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
‘A man who murdered his six-year-old daughter 11 months after the high court returned her to his custody is appealing against his conviction and life sentence.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A mother and her friend who locked her young son naked in a cupboard for hours while they went on a day trip to the seaside, have been jailed.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Iraq Inquiry, chaired by Sir John Chilcot and composed of five privy councillors, finally published its report on the morning of 6 July, seven years and 21 days after it was established by Gordon Brown with a remit to ‘look at the run-up to the conflict, the conflict itself and the reconstruction, so that we can learn lessons’. It offers a long and painful account of an episode that may come to be seen as marking the moment when the UK fell off its global perch, trust in government collapsed and the country turned inward and began to disintegrate.’
London Review of Books, 28th July 2016
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
‘Salix Homes has secured three civil injunction orders (CIO) against two men and a youth using legislation under the Anti Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two members of the 1960s pop group the Tremeloes have been formally acquitted of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old girl after a gig nearly 50 years ago.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘There is a common trend in County Courts up and down the country for witnesses to be excluded from the courtroom during the evidence of another witness and/or a party when there are allegations of fraud or collusion, commonly in relation to a road traffic accident. The pragmatic rationale for such an approach is quite clear- if witness X hears what the Claimant says in cross examination, X may tailor his or her evidence to be consistent with that of the Claimant in a bid to bolster the case.’
Zenith PI Blog, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘MPs on the Energy Committee have written to the new business secretary to demand no change to the current rules on price comparison websites.’
BBC News, 21st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The civil courts need to learn from the ombudsman model, “whereby huge numbers of relatively low value or low stakes cases are resolved simply, quickly and cheaply by avoiding hearings all together”, according to the civil servant in charge of digitising the courts.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The London Borough of Bexley has ended the unlawful use of a house by a Home Office approved accommodation provider dealing with asylum seekers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th July 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Leeds waste operator has been jailed for seven years and six months for £2.2m fraud involving recycled electrical waste following an Environment Agency investigation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th July 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘One of the most heated debates over the role of the European Court of Human Rights, and its relationship with the UK, is the issue of prisoner voting.’
RightsInfo, 20th July 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
‘The Government has been accused of quietly ditching its policy of ending child detention in prison-style immigration centres after it announced the closure of new flagship accommodation for families being removed from the UK.’
The Independent, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The pioneering online small claims court thought to be the model for England and Wales was launched in Canada last week when the Act moving it from voluntary to mandatory claims came into force.’
Legal Futures, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Almost six million fraud and cyber crimes were committed last year in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics has said.’
BBC News, 21st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Barclays and Credit Suisse paid huge fines in the US to settle misconduct allegations over the operation of their dark pool share trading exchanges. The City watchdog says the UK market is different, but it still wants banks to do better.’
The Independent, 21st July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘School caretakers, secretaries and dinner ladies could face prosecution and possible imprisonment for failing to report signs of child abuse or neglect under official proposals in the wake of the Savile, Rotherham and Rochdale scandals.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lying on an insurance claim should not necessarily invalidate it, the Supreme Court has said, in a judgement likely to affect all household policies.’
BBC News, 20th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who murdered a single mother he met on a dating website has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 21st July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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