‘One way for an immigrant to gain the right to be in the UK is by making an application under the Immigration Rules. But these applications are relatively expensive and the requirements have become increasingly stringent.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Family analysis: Catherine Wood QC, of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews the decision in Re M (International Relocation: Welfare Analysis) [2017] EWCA Civ 2356 in which the Court of Appeal held that the judge had failed to carry out the sophisticated and complex analysis required in a relocation case.’
Family Law, 27th February 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘More than 1,000 criminal lawyers in England and Wales have experienced disclosure of evidence failings in the last year, according to a BBC survey.’
BBC News, 27th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother beat her baby to death after the authorities failed to share details of the ‘early signs of neglect’ in the family, a serious case review has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by an unsuccessful personal injury claimant over whether the qualified one-way costs shifting (“QOCS”) regime in the Civil Procedure Rules applied to his claim involving a local authority.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th February 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge was wrong to order an unsuccessful claimant to pay the costs of parties added to a pre-LASPO personal injury claim after the qualified one-way cost shifting (QOCS) rules came into force, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 27th February 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will target “industries that are at a greater risk of cartels forming” as part of a new campaign to crack down on anti-competitive behaviour.’
OUT-LAW.com, February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A renowned harpist who has performed for the Queen and several prime ministers has been jailed for sexually abusing a schoolboy in the 1980s. Danielle Perrett was sentenced alongside her former fiance Richard Barton-Wood. They were found guilty of indecently assaulting the boy in separate incidents while he was in his early teens.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Stalking laws are being used to prevent people discovering if their partners are cheating on them, a jilted husband has claimed.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The victims’ commissioner on her fight for a long-overdue law to get vulnerable people heard.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘According to French reports, the new “international chamber” is an attempt to capitalise on Brexit and steal London’s crown as a global hub for lucrative commercial legal disputes.’
BBC News, 28th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police launched an unauthorised surveillance operation at short notice after they became concerned about the presence of “four large black men” at an inquest into a death in custody, a misconduct panel has heard.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘School inspectors have warned that there are hundreds of unregistered schools but that they have few powers to investigate or shut them down.’
BBC News, 27th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The scale of the disclosure crisis facing the criminal justice system has been laid bare, after a survey found that half of all lawyers were now running into problems on a daily basis and a third saying they believed it had resulted in wrongful convictions.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The European Union is set to publish a legal draft of its Brexit withdrawal agreement for the first time, detailing the terms of the UK’s departure.’
BBC News, 28th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A businessman who has launched a legal bid to erase online articles about his criminal conviction in the first “right to be forgotten” case in the English courts should not be allowed to rewrite history, lawyers for Google have said.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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