‘The number of women being detained under Section 2 rose by more than 25% in some areas of England, according to exclusive new FOI data.’
Each Other, 17th March 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The government is to require police forces to collect data on crimes apparently motivated by hostility towards women, a potentially significant step towards making misogyny a hate crime.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Over the next few weeks and months as the number of people who have been vaccinated against Covid increases and restrictions begin to ease across England and Wales, it will be “possible and desirable” to increase attendance in person in the courts where it is safe and in the interests of justice, the Lord Chief Justice has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Football Association, Premier League and leading clubs have issued formal apologies after a landmark inquiry said that generations of young footballers suffered horrific sexual abuse because of the wholesale absence of child protection policies, ignorance and naivety.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Consumer campaigners are urging the government and the City regulator to intervene in a rescue scheme proposed by the sub-prime lender Amigo, saying it could enrich the firm’s directors while some of Britain’s poorest borrowers miss out on up to £1bn in compensation.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
PGH Investments Ltd v Ewing [2021] EWHC 533 (Ch) (17 March 2021)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Haydock Finance Ltd v Starcruiser Bussing Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 622 (Comm) (17 March 2021)
High Court (Family Division)
The NHS Trust v The Parents & S [2021] EWHC 594 (Fam) (15 March 2021)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Eight people who committed repeated breaches of planning permission and court orders while trying to establish a site in Basildon have had their sentences confirmed after failing to convince the Court of Appeal that their punishments were too severe.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A five-year-old black British child has taken the Home Office to the high court arguing that officials are racially discriminating against families such as his own by denying access to the welfare safety net.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father has been convicted of murdering his eight-week-old daughter after a series of violent episodes.’
BBC News, 17th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who duped her lawyers as she wildly exaggerated a clinical negligence claim, seeking damages of £5.7m instead of the £350,000 her case was worth, has been jailed for contempt of court.’
Litigation Futures, 18th March 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘More than 3,600 people – almost a third of England’s remand prison population – have been held beyond the legal time limit awaiting trials as the pandemic wreaks havoc on the legal process.’
The Guardian, 17th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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