Swindon mum of eight killer has appeal rejected – BBC News
‘A woman jailed for murdering a mother of eight has had an appeal against her conviction and sentence rejected.’
BBC News, 20th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: December 2017
Stepfather jailed over boy’s water park drowning – BBC News
‘The stepfather of a five-year-old boy who drowned at a water park has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 20th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bring it on… bring it all on! The risky strategy of leaving over arguments for another day in serial adjudications – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘One of the fears relating to adjudication is that a referring party will attempt to achieve success by grinding the responding party down through serial adjudications until it achieves the result it wants or the responding party gives in. In Benfield Construction Ltd v Trudson (Hatton) Ltd, Coulson J issued a clear warning that such an approach would not be condoned, stating.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 20th December 2017
Modern Slavery guidance – Sentencing Council
‘Explanatory guidance for sentencing offences of sexual exploitation under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has now been included in the Sexual Offences guidelines.’
Sentencing Council, 19th December 2017
Hacker sentenced for cyber-attacks on high-profile companies – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A teenage hacker who helped others to target high profile companies such as Virgin, O2, NatWest Bank and Netflix has been sentenced after facilitating cyber-attacks that crashed their websites.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Man convicted of flying drones into HMP Birmingham – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A man has been jailed for five years today after being convicted of flying drones carrying £35,000 worth of drugs and contraband items into prison grounds.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Missed opportunities over Lammy Review: Bar Council responds on judicial diversity – The Bar Council
‘Whilst encouraged by the Government’s response to many of the recommendations in the Lammy Review, the Bar Council today expressed disappointment that key opportunities to address diversity in the judiciary have been missed.’
The Bar Council, 19th December 2017
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Bitcoin, blockchain and smart contracts: consequences for family law in the not too distant future – Family Law Week
‘Byron James barrister, Expatriate Law (United Arab Emirates) considers the possible implications of bitcoin, bitchain and other developments on financial remedy cases.’
Family Law Week, 13th December 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Finance and Divorce Update, December 2017 – Family Law Week
‘Frances Bailey Principal Associate and Naomi Shelton, Associate with Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during November 2017.’
Family Law Week, 6th December 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2017
The Transfer of Functions (International Development) Order 2017
The Registration (Entries of Overseas Births and Deaths) (Amendment) Order 2017
The North Korea (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2017
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Tribunal fee repayment scheme to last two years and cost £2m to run – Litigation Futures
‘Repaying fees to employment tribunal claimants will continue for up to two years and cost the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) between £1.8m and £2m to administer, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 20th December 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Debt is not a crime: reviewing imprisonment for council tax non-payment – Legal Voice
‘Being in debt is not a crime. So why are nearly 100 people a year sent to prison for falling behind on council tax payments?’
Legal Voice, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Reasons and planners again: Supreme Court – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Supreme Court has just confirmed that this local authority should have given reasons if it wished to grant permission against the advice of its own planning officers for a controversial development to the west of Dover. ‘
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Businesses fear rise in ‘vexatious’ tribunal claims – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Nine out of 10 companies believe that the removal of employment tribunal fees will lead to a rise in weak or misguided claims, a survey for an employers’ lobby group has concluded.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th December 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Employer liable for disgruntled employee’s deliberate data breach – Technology Law Blog
‘WM Morrisons Supermarket plc have been held liable to 5,518 of their employees for a deliberate data breach by a rogue employee, Andrew Skelton.’
Technology Law Update, 19th December 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Judge upholds demolition of rectory and replacement with modern home – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has upheld a decision by a council’s development committee to approve plans to demolish a rectory and replace it with a modern home.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Provisional assessment cap not displaced by part 36 offer, Court of Appeal rules – Litigation Futures
‘An award of indemnity costs after a successful part 36 offer in a provisional assessment does not remove the £1,500 costs cap, the Court of Appeal has ruled in overturning the High Court.’
Litigation Futures, 20th December 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Bath Abbey can remove its pews to let it hold bake sales and graduation ceremonies, court rules – Daily Telegraph
‘Churches don’t need pews any more because they are increasingly used for bake sales and art exhibitions, a church court has said, as it ruled Bath Abbey can remove its Victorian pews.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lammy review: MoJ rejects judicial diversity targets, cautious on choice of duty solicitor – Legal Futures
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has rejected the idea of diversity targets for the judiciary and magistracy in its response to the Lammy review of the treatment of black and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the criminal justice system.’
Legal Futures, 19th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Smoking ban cannot be enforced in jails, UK supreme court rules – The Guardian
‘A prisoner suffering from poor health has lost his attempt to enforce the smoking ban in English and Welsh jails after the supreme court ruled that crown premises are effectively exempt from the enforcement of health regulations.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
