‘The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidance to assist local authority preparedness for Brexit and announced that it will provide £56.5m in financial support to councils in England.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th January 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An academy chain has pledged to look at criticism of its use of isolation units in a review of its behaviour policy, after a student mounted legal action against the trust.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A growing number of botched dermal filler procedures in the UK has prompted plastic surgeons to warn that better regulation is needed to protect patients from rogue practitioners.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than half of the inmates held in prisons for young people in England and Wales are from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background, the highest proportion on record, the prisons watchdog has said, prompting warnings that youth jails have hit “American” levels of disproportionality.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Topshop boss Sir Philip Green has dropped his legal action against the Daily Telegraph, which prevented it publishing allegations of racist behaviour and sexual harassment. He had argued that former staff were breaking the law by breaching non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) they had signed. So how do these work?’
BBC News, 28th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Landlords would not be able to recover their legal costs from leaseholders unsuccessfully making ‘right-to-manage’ claims under proposals published by the Law Commission today. The aim is to simplify the process under which leaseholders take over day-to-day responsibility for properties – and to discourage landlords from retaining ‘expensive’ lawyers to fight such claims.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th January 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The UK government has announced a consultation into the rules governing allergen information on food which is prepacked and ready to eat.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th January 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The recent decision of the Upper Tribunal in Densham v Charity Commission [2018] UKUT 0402, in which the Charity Commission made detailed legal submissions, will be of interest to all trust law practitioners as well as those working with local authorities.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th January 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2018
The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The EU Export Credits Legislation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Church of England Pensions Measure 2018 (Commencement and Savings) Order 2019
The Church Property Measure 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019
The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
The Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018 (Commencement) Order 2019
The Organic Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Seddon v Driver And Vehicle Licensing Agency [2019] EWCA Civ 14 (28 January 2019)
Huddlestone v Bassetlaw District Council [2019] EWCA Civ 21 (25 January 2019)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
PY, R v (Rev 1) [2019] EWCA Crim 17 (22 January 2019)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Yusuf v Yusuf & Anor [2019] EWHC 90 (Ch) (28 January 2019)
Omers Administration Corporation & Ors v Tesco Plc [2019] EWHC 109 (Ch) (25 January 2019)
Santander UK Plc v Abbey National Treasury Services Plc [2019] EWHC 111 (Ch) (25 January 2019)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Dymoke v Association for Dance Movement Pyschotherapy UK Ltd [2019] EWHC 94 (QB) (25 January 2019)
Olsen & Anor v Griffin & Ors [2019] EWHC 78 (QB) (25 January 2019)
Kennedy v Frankel [2019] EWHC 106 (QB) (25 January 2019)
Hernandez v Acar & Anor [2019] EWHC 72 (QB) (25 January 2019)
Mohmed v Barnes & Anor [2019] EWHC 87 (QB) (24 January 2019)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The Information Commissioner has called for the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) to be updated to include organisations providing a public function.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th January 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Do terminally ill patients have the right to die at the time and place of their choosing, with the attendance of a medical practitioner? The ban on assisted suicide has raised one of the great moral questions of our time. The Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying, Sarah Wootton discusses their campaign to change the law with Rosalind English.’
Law Pod UK, 28th January 2019
Source: audioboom.com
‘Alex Carlile, one of the UK’s leading QCs who is a former deputy high court judge and a member of the House of Lords, told the Guardian that he hoped to trigger a wider scrutiny of the practice in the UK.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenage childcare student has been jailed for sexually abusing two children and taking photographs of them for a man she met online.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has urged parliament to introduce tougher sentences for people who cause multiple deaths by dangerous driving after jailing two brothers who killed four people in a high speed chase.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice knew its court computer systems were “obsolete” and “out of support” long before the network went into meltdown last week, internal documents have revealed.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘MPs have unanimously voted to implement a year-long trial of proxy voting for MPs on parental leave.’
BBC News, 29th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man is suing the prison service after he developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from rats running across his body and bed while he was locked in his cell, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father who repeatedly raped and abused his teenage daughter has been jailed for 20 years.’
BBC News, 25th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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