‘A third of public requests to extend “lenient” sentences are rejected because the crimes committed are not eligible for review, data reveals.’
BBC News, 9th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Families may not be able to look after each other if prenuptial agreements become legally binding, the Supreme Court President has warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘None of the officers investigated for potential misconduct in the initial response to serial killer Stephen Port in east London will be disciplined, the police watchdog has said.’
BBC News, 5th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A registered blind man is taking a hospital trust to court because its eye department keeps sending him letters he cannot read.’
BBC News, 8th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Crime and punishment are common fodder for British newspapers. Offences of violence, sex, and dishonesty are the usual (and depressing) themes for journalists in need of a headline. Last month, however, the Metro covered the trial of a more unusual suspect.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 4th July 2019
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for almost 10 years for selling counterfeit erectile dysfunction and slimming pills and laundering more than £10m through bank accounts linked to a Jewish charity.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office is “refusing to protect” victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, a report has said.’
BBC News, 9th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Achieving buy-in for technology regulation from everyone involved in lawtech – from developers to users – is crucial to it working well, a new analysis has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 8th July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legislation associated with the naming of children is a recurring theme; our first post was in 2014 and most recently, last September. In contrast to considerations of what names are, and are not, acceptable in law, the judgment Re T (A child) [2019] EWHC 1572 (Fam) concerned a child who had been given a name and surname, but whose father had “strenuously resisted” its formal registration, “notwithstanding that a failure to do so is, in a variety of practical ways, likely to serve as an impediment to the promotion of T’s welfare as well as to have an adverse impact on F’s own legal status”.’
Law & Religion UK, 8th July 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Last week, we presented the findings of our investigation into poverty in the United Kingdom to the UN Human Rights Council. Some have asked why the UN Special Rapporteur on poverty would visit the UK, the fifth largest economy in the world. But 14 million people live in poverty, and in recent years the UK has seen a rise in poverty among many groups, including children and pensioners, as well as alarming increases in homelessness, foodbanks, and in-work poverty. Since 2010, widespread and regressive cuts to social support under the rubric of austerity have made life worse for too many and have violated the UK’s human rights obligations.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 5th July 2019
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘The founder of the Association of Working Class Academics is fighting for class to be recognised in equality law as well as race and gender.’
The Guardian, 9th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Traffic light coding has been used to determine green ‘low risk’ applications with ‘positive attributes and evidence of compliance’, amber ‘medium risk’ ‘with limited evidence or equally balanced evidence of negative and positive attributes so potential for refusal’ and red ‘high risk applications, appearing to have a greater likelihood of refusal because of the individual’s circumstances’. The coding is based on responses to a set of yes or no questions.’
Drystone Chambers, 24th June 2019
Source: drystone.com
‘Essex County Council has settled a judicial review challenge brought on behalf of a 16-year-old homeless child, admitting that it had operated an unlawful practice of turning homeless children away from care in breach of section 20 of the Children Act 1989.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th July 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Children and protected parties are to be exempt from the increase in the small claims limit and the new whiplash portal – at least for now – Legal Futures can reveal.’
Legal Futures, 8th July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A senior British establishment figure was given anonymity after accusations of sexual harassment and assault in an employment case, it has been reported.’
BBC News, 6th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three people who forced laundry detergent into a pregnant teenager’s mouth as they tried to make her have a miscarriage have been jailed.’
BBC News, 8th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new breed of freelance solicitor – or what will officially be called an ‘independent solicitor’ – could join forces with others in a chambers-style arrangement, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 5th July 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Ministers have asked the courts to set aside a landmark ruling that British arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful, a legal manoeuvre that prompted Jeremy Corbyn to accuse the Conservatives of prioritising military exports over civilian lives.’
The Guardian, 8th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A university conducted flawed disciplinary proceedings when it removed an MA student from a social work course for fitness to practice reasons, after he expressed religions views on a public social media platform disapproving of homosexual acts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th July 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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