‘Rose-Marie Drury, senior associate, Mills & Reeve LLP, analyses the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during February 2018.’
Family Law Week, 9th March 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Victims of the black cab rapist John Worboys face a wait to see if their challenge to the Parole Board’s decision to release him from jail has been successful. After two days of legal argument, three leading judges at the High Court reserved their ruling to a date to be fixed, saying they wanted time to give the case “anxious scrutiny”.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Parents across England and Wales have been fined about £24m for failing to send their children to school during the past three years, it has emerged.’
BBC News, 15th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Secrecy in family courts could be allowing judges to get away with mistakes, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has said. Speaking at an event on Tuesday evening, Sir James Munby, president of the high court’s family division, said that judges were “grotesquely overworked” and “tired” and so more likely to make errors.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In the wake of the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter with ‘military grade’ nerve gas, the government is considering a tough new sanctions regime to target foreign human rights abusers.’
Rights Info, 13th March 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Manchester City Council was not obliged to sell a site to a particular buyer simply because of an earlier planning decision, the High Court has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Civil Procedure Rule Committee has rejected a High Court judge’s suggestion that it consider whether solicitors who sign statements of truth on behalf of fraudulent clients could be held in contempt of court.’
Litigation Futures, 13th March 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The First-tier Tribunal has upheld a council’s refusal to hand over information on its handling of a review into its dealings with a law firm that caused an uproar by sending out a series of tweets appearing to gloat over defeating cases brought by parents of children with special educational needs.’
Legal Futures, 13th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Anglia Ruskin University has said it will robustly defend legal action brought by a former student over what she has said were misleading claims about the quality of teaching.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A specialist Housing Court is in the air. Sajid Javid, Minister for Housing. Communities and Local Government, has repeatedly mentioned ‘discussions’ with the judiciary on a housing court, ever since the last Tory conference in October. There has been no mention of any progress – and surely progress would have to involve the MoJ, not just the judiciary.’
Nearly Legal, 12th March 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Manufacturers of branded medicines face new statutory controls on the cost of their drugs to the NHS in the UK from 1 April.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th March 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Parole Board failed to take into account the full extent of John Worboys’ offending and therefore miscalculated the danger he still poses, the high court has been told.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In Re A-F (Children) (Care Orders: Restrictions on Liberty) [2018] EWHC 138 (Fam) the court gave guidance on when Art 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is engaged in relation to a child in the care of the local authority, and the procedures necessary to ensure the deprivation of liberty is lawful.’
Family Law, 13th March 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Five police officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster and subsequent investigation will not be charged over an alleged “cover-up” over the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.’
The Independent, 14th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More than half of young legal aid lawyers are earning less than £25,000 a year, yet more than a quarter start their careers carrying more than £35,000 debt as a result of their education, according to a survey of lawyers in the sector.’
Legal Futures, 14th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Stop and search for suspected minor drug crimes such as cannabis possession is hampering the Metropolitan police’s ability to tackle London’s knife crime epidemic by souring relationships with the public, the chair of the Metropolitan Black Police Association has said.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two families bereaved by state-related deaths told MPs about their experiences at inquests last week. The House of Commons’ joint committee on human rights heard evidence from the parents of Connor Sparrowhawk, who drowned in a bath in a residential unit for people with learning disabilities, and Joseph Phuong who died following restraint by police during a mental health crisis. Jon Robins reports’
Legal Voice, 13th March 2018
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘For the purposes of this Practice Guidance, ‘international child abduction proceedings’ are proceedings in which the return of a child is sought under any of the following:
Introduction
(a) The Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction of 25 October 1980 (‘the 1980 Hague Convention’);
(b) The Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (‘the 1996 Hague Convention’);
(c) Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility (‘the Council Regulation’);
(d) The High Court’s power to make an order returning the child to another jurisdiction or to make an order for the return of the child to this jurisdiction (‘the inherent jurisdiction’).’
Family Law, 13th March 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Accountants, bankers and lawyers will face penalties if they fail to report aggressive tax avoidance schemes that help companies or individuals move money to offshore havens, under a new European Union law.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Individual Savings Account (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Investigatory Powers (Disclosure of Statistical Information) Regulations 2018
The Investigatory Powers (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2018
The Investigatory Powers (Review of Notices and Technical Advisory Board) Regulations 2018
The Investigatory Powers (Technical Capability) Regulations 2018
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2018
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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