Dalek shed museum faces extermination over planning rules – BBC News
‘A family-run science fiction museum may be exterminated because a Dalek display does not comply with planning regulations.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: January 2019
Tougher food labelling proposed to prevent allergy deaths – Daily Telegraph
‘The Government has set out new proposals to toughen food labelling laws and protect the two million food allergy suffers across the country. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a consultation into food labelling laws focusing on overhauling the labelling of pre-prepared foods such as sandwiches and salads which are made, packaged and sold in the same stores.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High court orders new inquest into Home Office role in Windrush citizen death – The Guardian
‘The high court has ordered a new inquest into the death of a Windrush citizen after the original coroner failed to consider the impact of the Home Office’s “hostile environment” policy on his health.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Tina Malone summonsed over Bulger killer Venables ID case – BBC News
‘Actress Tina Malone is facing contempt of court proceedings over a social media post allegedly showing images of James Bulger killer Jon Venables.’
BBC News, 25th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Protester wins fight to wipe political activities from police database – The Guardian
‘A 94-year-old peaceful protester has won an eight-year legal battle to force the police to delete details of his political activities from a secretive database. On Thursday, the European court of human rights ruled in favour of John Catt, noting he “had never been convicted of any offence and his risk of violent criminality was remote”.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Bishop George Bell abuse allegations ‘unfounded’ – BBC News
‘Further allegations against the late Bishop of Chichester George Bell are “unfounded”, a Church of England (CofE) appointed lawyer has ruled.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Practically complete or completely impractical? Navigating the pitfalls of what constitutes practical completion – Practical Law: Construction Blog
‘Many a construction dispute turns on defects. A significant subset of those turn on whether the existence of defects prevents practical completion from taking place. It’s not surprising that these situations are contentious: contractors are keen that practical completion is certified so as to avoid or limit their liability for liquidated damages, trigger the return of retention monies and, often, to bring about an assessment of sums they consider due under the final account. Employers may be understandably reluctant to take possession of a property which they consider defective and by resisting practical completion an employer can put pressure on a contractor by withholding sums that would otherwise become due. Practical completion is therefore an important concept in construction contracts, although one that is often not precisely defined, which can cause uncertainty and hinder the operation of the contract.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 23rd January 2019
Police and NHS not liable to victim’s children in negligence or breach of human rights – UK Police Law Blog
‘In Griffiths v (1) Chief Constable of Suffolk (2) Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 2538 (QB), the High Court dismissed claims that the Chief Constable and the NHS Trust were negligent in breaching their duties of care or had breached human rights.’
UK Police Law Blog, 24th January 2019
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Housing association defeats defence against eviction based on ‘cuckooing’ – Local Government Lawyer
‘The public sector equality duty should be considered in cases of ‘cuckooing’ where a vulnerable resident’s home is taken over by others as a base for drug consumption and dealing, the High Court has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th January 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Court berates “most unsatisfactory” expert evidence – Litigation Futures
‘Claimants and their lawyers could not just blame their expert for the “most unsatisfactory” state of his evidence, the Commercial Court has said in refusing to allow them to bring an important part of a huge commercial claim. Mr Justice Males said parties and their lawyers had to step in when they were aware of a problem.’
Litigation Futures, 24th January 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Analysis: New Practice Direction signals further step forward for online divorce – Family Law
‘Emma Chowdhury, of the International Family Law Group, discusses new Practice Direction FPR 2010 PD 36L whichs allow some litigants in person to pilot the next stage of the online divorce system.’
Family Law, 24th January 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Court restores appeal after email over 10MB bounced back – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Court of Appeal has granted leniency to a litigant whose first attempt at submitting a document failed because the electronic file was too big. In J v K & Anor, Lord Justice Underhill said the appellant, then unrepresented, could not have been expected to know the limits on email submission and his appeal was wrongly dismissed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd Janaury 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Woman prosecuted for making more than 200 fake calls to 999 – The Independent
‘A woman has been fined for making 200 hoax 999 calls between Christmas and New Year.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Courts IT chaos prompts call for compensation and more funding – The Guardian
‘The computer network collapse that disrupted courts across England and Wales for days has prompted calls for compensation and improved funding for the beleaguered criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Woman found to have defamed ex-husband on Facebook takes fight to Supreme Court – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who claimed on Facebook that her ex-husband tried to strangle her is set to fight a judge’s ruling that she is guilty of defamation because he wasn’t trying to kill her. Nicola Stocker, 51, will argue before the Supreme Court that she had used common language to describe the attack by her millionaire ex-husband, for which he was arrested, when talking to his new lover.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Scam victims whose losses are not ‘life changing’ will receive no redress, under bank plans – Daily Telegraph
‘Scam victims whose losses are not considered to be “life changing” could be excluded from a new compensation scheme under proposals by one of Britain’s biggest banks.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Criminals escaping justice’ due to IT system – BBC News
‘A police IT system is “unfit for purpose” and causing some criminals to escape justice, officers have told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme. Nine forces in England and Wales use Athena, which promised to speed up the detection of crimes. But officers say it regularly crashes and is overly complicated, meaning some cases are not built in time or dropped.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
