‘Victims of the Rotherham child sexual exploitation abuse scandal have started to receive compensation jointly from South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man found carrying a plastic drinks bottle containing a highly corrosive liquid has been jailed for a year.’
The Guardian, 17th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In July 2005, Sue Smith’s son, Pte Phillip Hewett, was killed by a roadside bomb while travelling in a lightly armoured “snatch” Land Rover in Iraq.’
BBC News, 18th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Entertainer Michael Barrymore is entitled to more than nominal damages from Essex police over a wrongful arrest which he says destroyed his career, a high court judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Source: www.bailii.org
‘Two men have been found guilty of attempting to rape a woman in an attack which left her unconscious.’
BBC News, 16th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Amid the noise about the introduction of data privacy reforms under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, the GDPR, less attention has been paid to the Network and Information Systems Directive. The NIS Directive calls on EU member states to introduce cyber-security requirements for “Operators of Essential Services” (OESs), with a less stringent set of obligations for certain groups of “Digital Services Providers” (DSPs).’
Technology Law Update, 16th August 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Cheshire West and Chester Council has given an undertaking to the Information Commissioner’s Office after a number of data breaches including allegations of historic sexual abuse being sent to an incorrect address due to the address and postcode being obtained from a Google Map search.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Senior Crown Prosecutor who put in £5,800 worth of false travel expenses to help pay off his son’s university debt has been jailed for six months.’
Legal Futures, 17th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Workers whose bosses failed to pay the National Minimum Wage are to be refunded a record £2m, the government has revealed.’
BBC News, 16th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New UK regulations have been published that significantly extend the duty to report financial sanctions breaches. Previously only banks, financial institutions, certain EEA credit institutions, and currency exchange businesses were obliged to report, but the duty now applies to a far broader range of professions and sectors.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A High Court judge has quashed an Ofsted report that judged a school to be ‘inadequate’ and recommended that it be placed in special measures.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Forest of Dean councillor has been cleared both of unlawfully handling protected newts and of swearing at other councillors.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Terms of reference for the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire may not satisfy the government’s legal obligations to investigate the full circumstances of the tragedy, lawyers representing some of the victims have warned.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A former professional footballer has been spared jail after sexually assaulting a sleeping woman.’
BBC News, 15th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The recent case of Vining & Ors v London Borough of Wandsworth [2017] EWCA Civ 1092 represents an attempt to circumvent restrictions on certain types of officers from enjoying employment law rights – in a claim of unfair dismissal and for a protective award in respect of an alleged failure in collective consultation relating to their redundancies.’
UK Police Law Blog, 15th August 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘A High Court Master has called on the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) to resolve the “tension” between the need to “spell out in the eventual bill” the costs of costs budgeting and to include them in Precedent H.’
Litigation Futures, 16th August 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Premiership season may have begun but the transfer window rumbles on. We, mere supporters, have to put up with the unedifying spectacle of highly paid “want away” players requesting transfers, refusing to train, feigning injury, and generally malingering. The great Bill Shankly once said that players like these were a menace to society and that he would lock them up if he could. In these more liberal days, fans still ask why it is that a “want away” player’s contract cannot be enforced to oblige him to play. The answer is that English contract law has a rule against the compelled performance of personal services, by employees.’
Employment Blog, 15th August 2017
Source: employment11kbw.com
‘Britons should stop getting so drunk during hen and stag parties, a judge said yesterday during an inquest into the death of a reveller killed during a bachelor party in Budapest.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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