‘The police watchdog is investigating 11 people over the alleged mishandling by Leicestershire police of child sexual abuse allegations against the late Labour peer Greville Janner.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In the first successful challenge to prosecutions under s.35 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004, the Administrative Court in R (on the application of JM (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 1773 (Admin) held that the Home Office may not lawfully require the Claimant, under section 35 of the 2004 Act, to tell Zimbabwean officials that he agrees to return voluntarily.’
Free Movement, 26th July 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘The job, the team and the clients may all be the same, but most female lawyers who I talk to on their return to work tell me that it’s the new challenges they face which can make it harder than they anticipated to feel like the balance between work, family and career is right.’
The Lawyer, 26th July 2016
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘Shauneen Lambe explains why Just for Kids Law is calling for urgent reform in the way arrested children are treated.’
Legal Voice, 26th July 2016
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘Deliveroo has outsmarted Uber by reportedly building clauses into the contracts of its couriers to prevent them from taking the company to court over worker’s rights.’
The Independent, 25th July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A private school geography teacher has been cleared of the rape of a schoolgirl whose family hired a former top policewoman to help investigate the case.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A 91-year-old whose political activities were covertly recorded by police has won the right to take his legal case to the European court of human rights.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prisoners held indefinitely after serving their minimum term or tariff should not have to prove it is “safe” to release them, new Parole Board chairman Nick Hardwick has said.’
26th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police watchdogs will assess the response to hate crime following a surge in reported incidents after the EU referendum.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The UK is shirking its responsibility to care for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children, dismissing them as “somebody else’s problem”, a report has concluded.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Resolving neighbour disputes using iPhone evidence and a video hearing might be more effective than the parties travelling several miles to court, a senior government official has said, outlining significant developments to modernise the justice system.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal dismissed the Secretary of State’s appeal challenging the Upper Tribunal’s decision that MSM would have been at risk on return to Somalia on the ground of political opinion. Exceptionally, the court went on to consider the modification of conduct issue in relation to imputed political opinion on an obiter basis, which gave rise to interesting analysis.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd July 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
People and principle in the developing law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Carnwath
University of Cambridge, 19 July 2016
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a solicitor’s bid to overturn conditions placed on his practising certificate by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) – but also criticised the regulator for the time it has taken to act in the case.’
Legal Futures, 25th July 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘History portrays judges as passive umpires, ensuring fair play between litigants at trial before delivering judgement on their disputes. We have over the last thirty years travelled a considerable distance away from that historic picture. In this year’s lecture Sir Peter Gross, Lord Justice of Appeal and formerly Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, considers how the modern judiciary has to now undertake a wide-ranging and active leadership role both inside and outside court and how that role may evolve in the future.’
Gresham College, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.gresham.ac.uk
‘The High Court has refused an appeal by a London solicitor against conditions being placed on his practising certificate.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP’s speech at the Lord Chancellor’s swearing in ceremony.’
Attorney General’s Office, 21st July 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
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