‘A Romanian couple have been jailed for trafficking a 14-year-old girl and other women into prostitution in the UK, in the first prosecution for child sex trafficking under the 2015 Modern Slavery Act.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The High Court has agreed to order a claimant to pay additional security for costs, even though the ‘material change’ in circumstances behind the defendant’s application were known to the judge who made the original order.’
Litigation Futures, 15th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfuture.com
‘Pictures alone cannot define how colour trade marks should be applied, the Court of Appeal in London has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Homelessness Reduction Act has now received royal assent. The Act itself is here. There is no date yet for it to come into force – there will need to be statutory guidance produced first – and the current guess is that it is likely to be in 2018. Of course, what the Act mostly does is amend Housing Act 1996 Part VII.’
Nearly Legal, 14th May 2017
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The judgment in OO (Nigeria), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 338 is one of a series of cases challenging the lawfulness of the certification regime under s.94B Nationality Immigration Asylum Act 2002 (as amended). The issue has been considered several times on Free Movement, and judgment is still awaited on the lead test case of Kiarie and Byndloss v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 1020, heard by the Supreme Court in March.’
Free Movement, 15th May 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
’21st Century Fox’s takeover of Sky should be blocked until allegations of sexual and racial harassment at Fox News have been resolved, according to a lawyer representing alleged victims in the US.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The first not-for-profit criminal law firm – which opened its doors last month – has underlined its intention to generate surpluses like any other business; it will just distribute them differently.’
Legal Futures, 15th May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A decorated Royal Marine who was accused of sexually assaulting a student at her graduation ball while photobombing a picture has been cleared.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In the decision today is FB -v- Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 334 the Court of Appeal made important observations about the duty of care owed by junior doctors.’
Zenith PI Blog, 12th May 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A senior surgeon with “poor vision” accidentally removed a woman’s ovary instead of her appendix and then told bosses it was a “trifling error”.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Communities Secretary performed “a complete and unexplained volte face” in his assessment of the highways impacts of two proposals for development on the same site in Newmarket, a Planning Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The human rights group Cage is preparing to mount a legal challenge to UK anti-terrorism legislation over a refusal to hand over mobile and laptop passwords to border control officials at air terminals, ports and international rail stations.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘‘Groomers can give them access to alcohol, to drugs and make them feel grown up, which makes them feel they are choosing those relationships,’ says UK‘s leading children’s charity.’
The Independent, 12th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who was jailed for running a cold-call scam in which hundreds of customers were defrauded has been ordered to repay £1.2m to his victims.’
BBC News, 12th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Facebook users will be given a new legal right to wipe clean all photos, messages and information that they put online before turning 18 under a new manifesto pledge announced by Theresa May.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Whistleblowers and journalists could be imprisoned for revealing documents that can be obtained through freedom of information requests, campaigners have warned.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘After Brexit, the public face of criminal justice will look much the same as it does now. The UK has resisted many of the European Union’s moves towards harmonisation of substantive criminal law and procedure, and it is unlikely to use its new-found freedom from the restraints of EU law to decriminalise things like child pornography, cybercrime and people trafficking. The EU’s greatest impact on criminal justice has been through the multiple agreements and instruments that facilitate the detection, investigation and prosecution of such crimes as terrorism, people trafficking, child pornography, drug-smuggling, cybercrime and fraud across the EU. The best known of these is the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), implemented in 2004.’
London Review of Books, 18th May 2017
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
‘The Government Legal Service (GLS) discriminated against a woman with Asperger’s syndrome, who had applied to join it, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Companies can no longer assume that private documents, including interview records used for internal investigations, will be protected after a High Court ruling this week, lawyers have claimed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th May 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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