‘The number of workers taking claims of unfair dismissal or discrimination to employment tribunals has slumped since charges came into force, a new study has revealed.’
The Independent, 4th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Parliament has been jolted back to life by three judges, and the British political landscape is once again one of fury, division and uncertainty.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The publisher of the Sun on Sunday has agreed to make a payment to a celebrity who won the right to keep his name out of a “kiss and tell” story.’
BBC News, 4th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In his preface to the latest Ninth Edition of Redgrave’s Health and Safety, just published, Jonathan Clarke asks certain questions and answers them with a non-answer “time will tell”. I do not accept that these are real questions, because it seems to me the answers are so obvious, that they hardly need to have been asked.’
Zenith PI Blog, 3rd November 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A solicitor has been struck off after taking hundreds of thousands of pounds in client money and covering his tracks by forging a host of documents – from bank statements to building regulations certificates – and also falsifying leading counsel’s opinion.’
Legal Futures, 7th November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Reforms aimed at banning unpaid internships have been blocked after Tory backbenchers and the government spoke against the proposals in the Commons.’
BBC News, 4th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This is a cautionary tale for DJs and DDJs hearing Equality Act defences. In Birmingham CC v Stephenson [2016] EWCA Civ 1029 (not on Bailii yet, but we have seen a transcript), the Court of Appeal considered whether a possession order granted in respect of an introductory tenancy was wrongly granted where an Akerman-Livingstone Equality Act style defence was raised (alongside an Article 8 defence). Mr Stephenson had been responsible for noise nuisance from his (uncarpeted) flat. He suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, the symptoms of which are alleviated but not completely cured by medication.’
Nearly Legal, 1st November 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Eight men who sexually abused three teenage girls in Rotherham between 1999 and 2003 have been jailed.’
BBC News, 4th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Six leading figures during the EU referendum speak out.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been forced to review curfews imposed on people after they leave immigration detention centres, a BBC investigation has found.’
BBC News, 4th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager has been summoned to court for feeding a pigeon a McDonald’s chip.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Plans to compel professionals to report their concerns that children are being abused have been rejected by the UK’s leading child protection charity, provoking fury from a victim support group.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Felicity Gerry QC and Lyndon Harris, in partnership with Halsbury’s Law Exchange, have spent the last three years researching sentencing and treatment of female offenders within the criminal justice system to determine whether there is a true and principled case for reform.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd November 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A woman accused of beating herself up and faking her own violent rape has launched a bid to clear her name.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The number of crimes reported in which victims met their attackers on dating apps Tinder or Grindr has rocketed by 2,000 per cent in the past five years, new data reveals.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘New disclosure rules and more free childcare are to be welcomed, but the government must do more to ensure women earn the same as men.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former North Wales Police superintendent has been jailed for 12 years for historical child sex abuse.’
BBC News, 4th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Theresa May and her justice secretary, Liz Truss, have been forced to defend the three high court judges who made the controversial high court judgment about Brexit in the face of days of public backlash.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The principles that govern when losers of patent disputes can recover costs from winners on particular issues in the case are the same as those that apply to other types of litigation, a High Court judge has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd November 2016
Source: wwww.out-law.com
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