‘The Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP, James Eadie QC, Jason Coppel QC, Tom Cross and Christopher Knight have been named as the counsel who will ask the High Court to reject a claim that legal obstacles stand in the way of Government giving effect to the referendum result and triggering Article 50.’
Attorney General’s Office, 28th September 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
The Gaming Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 4) Order 2016
The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2016
The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2016
The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
The Immigration (Variation of Leave) Order 2016
The Criminal Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) Order 2016
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘The High Court has banned publication of photographs allegedly stolen from Pippa Middleton’s iCloud account.’
BBC news, 28th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who stabbed two strangers to death in Essex in 2014 has lost his appeal against a minimum term of 27 years’ detention.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Junior doctors have lost their High Court case against their new staffing contract one week before it is to be imposed on them.’
The Independent, 28th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A legal bid challenging Brexit has secured its first major success ahead of a High Court hearing. A senior judge has ordered the Government to reveal ‘secret’ legal arguments which it says means parliament does not have to be consulted on when to trigger Article 50. The decision has been heralded a major victory as a series of legal challenges trying to block Brexit are beginning.’
The Independent, 28th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A care home that allowed a 91-year-old woman to die of severe hypothermia has been fined £1.6m.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘William Davenport, 60, who claimed to earn almost half a million pounds a year as a computer executive, promised to spend whatever it took to preserve Windlestone Hall near Bishop Auckland in County Durham for future generations. But rather than being a jet-setting business mogul with millions in the bank, Davenport, was in fact a penniless conman, who span an elaborate web of deceit in order to build up a mind boggling property portfolio.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Anjem Choudary, Britain’s most controversial hate preacher, has applied for permission to appeal against his conviction for terrorism offences.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Humans are predisposed to murder each other, new research suggests, although it remains unclear if it’s down to genetics or other factors.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The widow of a Falklands war veteran has won a High Court bid to keep frozen embryos that they had created.’
BBC News, 28th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Serious Fraud Office has stepped up its inquiries into the collapse of BHS and the conduct of the department store chain’s former owner Dominic Chappell.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Record numbers of care home residents are being deprived of their liberty by being put in straps, locked in or given behaviour-controlling drugs, fuelling fears that some are being mistreated.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘NHS trusts in England paid out more than £1.4bn in medical negligence claims last year compared to £583m in 2008, analysis shows.’
BBC News, 29th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Price comparison websites will be scrutinised by the competition watchdog as it considers how the tools benefit consumers and competition.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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