‘The spending returns of the Stronger In and Vote Leave campaigns in last year’s EU referendum are under investigation, the Electoral Commission has announced.’
BBC News, 24th February 2017
source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘I’m not a vindictive person by nature. But when I attended Vishnu’s funeral after mentoring him through so many highs and lows, I wanted the judges who had sent him to Wormwood Scrubs to be there.’
The Independent, 24th February 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Robots. Whether you love them or hate them, they are on the march. Many new consumer robotics products were on display at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, offering personalised help with controlling connected equipment and mundane household tasks. Robots and Artificial Intelligence are increasingly active in industrial fields like manufacturing and warehouse logistics (think Ocado’s new online shopping distribution warehouse, for example) and service contexts like banking.’
Technology Law Update, February 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘The full council at the London Borough of Lewisham has unanimously agreed to set up an independent inquiry led by a QC to examine matters relating to a controversial proposed compulsory purchase order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘When two brothers who filmed themselves torturing a dog were spared jail it provoked an outcry. Yet England and Wales has the lightest maximum sentence in Europe for animal cruelty offences. Now an MP is hoping to make the law tougher on perpetrators.’
BBC News, 24th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recent ruling caused by “shoddy” drafting of the CPR highlights the importance of any extension of fixed costs being accompanied by “a well-drafted and fully integrated set of procedural rules”, a costs specialist has warned.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The criminal defence community cannot absorb any more legal aid fee cuts, the Law Society and practitioner groups have told the government, which this week suggested that it will press ahead with controversial proposals.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th February 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The long-running Conservative proposal for a “British Bill of Rights” has once again been shelved for several more years.’
The Independent, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Brexit is a very parliamentary affair. The reason is that both the UK Parliament, the European Parliament and, in all likelihood, each of the parliaments of the EU Member States will have veto powers over the terms of Brexit. This gives them ample opportunities to influence the course of negotiations. Unless the wishes of all of these parliamentary bodies are accommodated, it will be a rather ‘hard’ Brexit indeed. This commentary examines the role of parliaments in the UK’s yet-to-be-triggered exit from the EU.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Jasvinder Sanghera was locked in a room by her parents when she was 16, when she refused to marry the man they had chosen for her. Here she describes how she escaped with the help of a secret boyfriend – but lost all contact with her family as a result.’
BBC News, 24th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Insurers would be primarily responsible for paying out damages stemming from accidents caused by ‘automated vehicles’ under new UK legislation laid before the UK parliament’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A former police surgeon conducted “woefully or grossly” unacceptable medical examinations, an independent investigation found.’
BBC News, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ian Stewart, the “callous” and “wicked” man who drugged and murdered his fiancee, Helen Bailey, before dumping her body in a cesspit to get his hands on her fortune, has been sentenced to at least 34 years in prison.’
The Guardian, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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