‘A High Court judge has criticised the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for taking it upon itself to issue “sweeping anonymity orders” in respect of all the third parties in a case about a solicitor’s social media posts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A researcher who lost her job at a thinktank after tweeting that transgender women could not change their biological sex has won her claim that she was unfairly discriminated against because of her gender-critical beliefs.’
The Guardian, 6th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has proposed replacing previously repealed legislation that makes begging and rough sleeping a criminal offence. The move comes after parliament scrapped the Vagrancy Act, a 200-year-old law that criminalised sleeping rough and begging in England and Wales. The Act was repealed through an amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (PCSCA) in April.’
Each Other, 7th July 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘Ofcom has today published its “roadmap to regulation” if and when the Online Safety Bill becomes law, together with a “call for evidence” for the first phase of online safety regulation. Both are premised on the current version of the Online Safety Bill, which is acknowledged to be subject to alteration as the legislation goes through the Parliamentary process.’
Panopticon, 6th July 2022
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘A teenager has been found guilty of murder and four others of manslaughter after they killed a man in a 15-second attack.’
BBC News, 5th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 contains an odd section concerning ‘computer-generated works’. Section 9(2) of the Act states that when a work has no ‘human author’ and is generated by a computer, the work ought to be protected by copyright for 50 years, with the copyright owned by the person who made the necessary ‘arrangements’ for the work’s generation.’
City Law Forum, 29th June 2022
Source: blogs.city.ac.uk
‘The UK’s territorial constitution is, at present, under a great deal of pressure. Those familiar with one force unsettling the devolution framework — the attempts to override the Northern Ireland Protocol — will no doubt recall the legislation that first countenanced a similar approach: the UK Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA). This piece of legislation is, however, once again causing its own stir, this time in the form of a clash between Scottish and UK ministers over gene-editing regulations.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 4th July 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Act 2022 – described as “the most significant change to taxi accessibility legislation since the Equality Act was introduced 12 years ago” – has come into force.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The mother of a black teenager fatally stabbed by a white boy says if the roles were reversed her son “would have gone down for murder”.’
BBC News, 6th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Millions in the UK have no understanding of the meaning of coercive control despite the fact the offence is illegal, according to a new study.’
The Independent, 5th July 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two men have been banned from taking a dog for a walk anywhere in England and Wales after being convicted of hare coursing.’
BBC News, 6th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “tsunami” of online child abuse is taking place in the UK, the NSPCC has said as it published data showing a more than 80% rise in online grooming crimes being recorded by police over the last four years.’
The Independent, 5th July 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The relationship between the Scotland Act 1998 (“the SA”), Convention rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 (“the HRA”) is well known.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 5th July 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A doctor who carried out a botched procedure that led to the death of a woman has been jailed for three years.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Metropolitan police firearms officer lawfully shot Jermaine Baker dead in December 2015, an official inquiry has found.;
The Guardian, 5th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Miscarriage is not an illness and should not be allocated as ‘sick leave.’ The statistics speak for themselves: 1 in 8 pregnancies results in miscarriage, 1 in 90 pregnancies are ectopic and 1 in every 200 births in England is a still birth (death occurring after 24 weeks of pregnancy).’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A woman was kept in police custody for 36 hours after having a stillbirth because of suspicions she had an abortion after the legal cut-off point, it has been claimed.’
The Independent, 5th July 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will next week (12 July) consider whether the principle enunciated by the Court of Appeal that a planning condition could not lawfully require the developer to dedicate land for public purposes without the payment of compensation, is correct in law.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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