‘Christmas is on the horizon. It’s necessary, therefore, to ask who’s been naughty and who’s been nice – and how better to do that than by reflecting on the courts’ approach to fraud in adjudications?’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 9th December 2020
‘The European Court of Human Rights has found that the deportation of a Nigerian man from the United Kingdom violated his right to respect for private and family life guaranteed by article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The applicant in Unuane v United Kingdom successfully argued that his removal from the UK was a disproportionate interference with family life because it separated him from his children. Though finding for the applicant, the Court rejected his attack on the compatibility of the Immigration Rules – an issue that as recently as 2016 the Supreme Court had authoritatively settled. The decision is of interest for the Court’s approach to the necessary balancing exercise to be carried out in the sensitive area of human rights challenges to the deportation of foreign criminals.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th December 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Measures to keep dangerous weapons off the streets are a step closer today with the opening of a surrender scheme, under prohibitions introduced in the Offensive Weapons Act.’
Home Office, 10th December 2020
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The Family Justice Board has produced a statement, that summarises the priority actions it intends to pursue in response both to immediate pressures within the family justice system, and to bring about longer-term reform.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 10th December 2020
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Ministers have been told they must “stamp out” a “normal” birth ideology in NHS maternity services that puts babies and mothers lives at risk. The call came after an inquiry report into poor care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust found many women were medicated and forced to endure traumatic births with some being denied caesarean sections in order to keep rates low.’
The Independent, 10th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who slit the throats of his two young children during lockdown has been detained in hospital indefinitely.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers have quietly changed immigration rules to prevent people fleeing war or persecution from claiming asylum in the UK if they have passed through a “safe” third country, prompting accusations of a breach of international law. From 1 January, claims of asylum from a person who has travelled through or has a connection to a safe third country, including people coming from EU member states, will be treated as inadmissible.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The family of a Windrush man denied British citizenship on the grounds that he failed a good character requirement are suing the Home Office to try to change legislation, arguing the rules are racially discriminatory.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A charity which helped the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire has been and remains to be institutionally racist, a review has found.The Westway Trust has a “legacy of institutional racism” and has failed to “understand, identify and address radical disparity over the years”, the Tutu Foundation concluded.’
The Independent, 11th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Gray v Global Energy Horizons Corporation [2020] EWCA Civ 1668 (09 December 2020)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Attorney General’s Reference (No 1 of 2020) [2020] EWCA Crim 1665 (10 December 2020)
Dickens v R. [2020] EWCA Crim 1661 (09 December 2020)
Bermingham & Anor v R. [2020] EWCA Crim 1662 (09 December 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Strategic Advantage SPC v ARL O09 Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 3350 (Ch) (09 December 2020)
High Court (Commercial Court)
IS Prime Ltd v TF Global Markets (UK) Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 3375 (Comm) (09 December 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Basildon District Council v Anderson & Ors [2020] EWHC 3382 (QB) (09 December 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities are experiencing hate incidents on an almost daily basis, while mental health issues and suicide are leading to an “epidemic of needless deaths”, a government-funded report has found.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Femicide Census has produced its fifth, and most comprehensive, report to date of women killed by men in the UK.’
Family Law, 9th December 2020
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Stalking is increasingly being recognised as a form of domestic abuse within the criminal justice system, with CPS analysis finding the majority of offences are committed by ex-partners.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 4th December 2020
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Lord Chancellor has revealed the potential timetable for unveiling anticipated judicial review and human rights reforms.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th December 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4PB analyses some recent important judgments in private children law.’
Family Law Week, 8th December 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A children’s prison has been criticised by inspectors after they found that new arrivals as young as 15 were being locked in solitary confinement in their rooms for a fortnight and allowed out for just 30 minutes a day because of concerns about coronavirus.’
The Independent, 9th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager given a tent to live in, and a child denied the chance to say “goodbye” to his dying mother feature in a report revealing heart-breaking decisions about children in care.’
BBC News, 10th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 30-year-old man who lured a vulnerable teenager to woodland where he murdered her and defiled her body has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
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