The Immigration Act 2014 (Current Accounts) (Freezing Orders: Code of Practice) Regulations 2017
The Immigration Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2017
The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017
The Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) (No. 2) Order 2017
The Energy Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Children at risk of psychogical or physical abuse must not have contact with parent, judges told (sic)
This was the headline in The Times that arose from the publication by the President of the Family Division of a revised Practice Direction 12J (PD12J). PD12J is the part of the family court rules that sets out how the court should deal with allegations of domestic abuse.’
Transparency Project, 24th September 2017
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A city council has agreed to review more than 500 benefit applications after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found delays in its appeals process.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Data Protection Bill currently before Parliament substantially resurrects the controversial clause 152 of the Coroners and Justice Bill 2009. Careful scrutiny of this provision is needed and it must not be lost in the legislative morass as the UK grapples with data protection reform.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 28th September 2017
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Trading Standards departments in London have issued fines amounting to around £370,000 to lettings agents in the last three months alone, it has emerged.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Students hoping to secure places in higher education or with employers will want to put their best foot forward with a sheaf of hard-won qualifications. But fake certificates sold online are an increasing problem. Now the body representing the main UK examination boards, the Joint Council for Qualifications or JCQ, has won an important court victory against the fraudsters, sending a strong message to others making money from this illicit trade.’
Technology Law Update, 27th September 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘The Law Society has hit out at the latest raft of reforms proposed yesterday by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and particularly the idea of granting ‘freelance’ solicitors the ability to deliver reserved legal services without being either a registered sole practitioner or part of a law firm.’
Legal Futures, 28th September 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘What happens when a parent, who has abducted a child to this country and would be ordered to return the child immediately under the 1980 Hague Convention, claims asylum for themself and the child? Which takes precedence? The English High Court has just dealt with this issue.’
Family Law, 25th September 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Victims of rogue cancer surgeon Ian Paterson yesterday called for a public inquiry into the regulation of private doctors as a High Court judge approved a £37 million compensation package for hundreds of people who suffered at his hands.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A 44-year-old woman who posed as a teenage girl to groom a boy for sex, has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 26th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to five years in prison after a cache of weapons, including pistols, a bow and arrow, machete and knuckle-duster, was found hidden in his van.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ryanair has been threatened with legal action for “persistently misleading” passengers about their rights following thousands of flight cancellations.’
BBC News, 28th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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