19/06/2023 – Current Awareness

‘The Post Office’s use of two former senior judges in its defence of the sub-postmaster prosecutions indicates the need for guidance or regulation on what judges do in retirement, it has been argued.’

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Legal Futures, 19th June 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Getting it all wrong… LB Redbridge ‘dismal’ homelessness decisions – Nearly Legal

Posted June 19th, 2023 in asylum, children, education, homelessness, hotels, housing, local government, London, news, school children by sally

‘Ms UO and her 3 children, aged 11, 5 and 3, were homeless and had applied to LB Redbridge. The family had NASS accommodation in the Tottenham area since 2021, after NASS accommodation in Croydon and West Ham from 2019. Ms UO’s elder children were enrolled in school in Tottenham and the youngest in the nursery attached to the school. MS UO had connections in Redbridge herself. Following Ms UO’s grant of asylum in 2022, the NASS accommodation ceased. She applied to Redbridge. The application stressed how important the children’s school was to them. She then did not hear anything from Redbridge until the day before her eviction from the NASS accommodation.’

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Nearly Legal, 18th June 2023

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

New Order Precedents Summarise Privacy Restrictions for Readers – Transparency Project

Posted June 19th, 2023 in children, confidentiality, families, family courts, news, privacy by sally

‘Most Family Court orders have some sort of confidentiality warning on them these days, especially in cases about children. Typically they warn that the names of the children and family members must not be published.’

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Transparency Project, 18th June 2023

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

Most magistrates courts in England and Wales have accessibility failings – The Guardian

Posted June 19th, 2023 in courts, disability discrimination, disabled persons, equality, magistrates, news by sally

‘Three-quarters of magistrates courts in England and Wales are inadequately accessible for people with disabilities, with a lack of ramps, inaccessible toilets and non-functioning hearing loops all featuring as failings.’

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The Guardian, 19th June 2023

Source: www.theguardian.com

MR: Regulators and courts need to control use of ChatGPT in litigation – Legal Futures

Posted June 19th, 2023 in artificial intelligence, judges, judgments, legal profession, legal services, news by sally

‘Legal regulators and the courts may need to control “whether and in what circumstances and for what purposes” lawyers can use artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT in litigation, the Master of the Rolls has said.’

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Legal Futures, 19th June 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Online safety bill: changes urged to allow access to social media data – The Guardian

Posted June 19th, 2023 in bills, children, codes of practice, data protection, internet, mental health, news, ombudsmen, privacy by sally

‘Online safety experts will struggle to sound the alarm about harmful content if landmark legislation does not allow independent researchers to access data from social media platforms, campaigners have warned.’

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The Guardian, 19th June 2023

Source: www.theguardian.com