‘A judge investigating why Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit says she will be “fearless” in seeking the truth.’
BBC News, 26th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘After years of debate, the government’s controversial Online Safety Bill, which aims to make the internet safer for children, has become law.’
BBC News, 26th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of murdering his university lecturer wife in what jurors were told was an act of “anger and jealousy”.’
BBC News, 26th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Harriet Dwyer tells HRNews about ICO’s latest monitoring guidance which emphasises that expectations of privacy are higher at home than in the workplace.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th October 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘European judges have rejected a bid by the parents of a critically ill baby to have her life-support treatment continued.’
BBC News, 26th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police force is reviewing thousands of applications made under Clare’s law, which gives people the right to ask whether a partner has a violent past, after it came to light that wrong or incomplete information has been given.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The English Court of Appeal has reminded claimants that, where there are competing explanations for causation in an action for damages, it is for them to prove their case on the balance of probabilities.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th October 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A woman has been found guilty of handing over a three-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to Kenya, in the first conviction of its kind.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two men have been jailed for life for the torture and murder of a man 12 years ago in West Yorkshire.’
BBC News, 26th October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This blog post introduces new research, conducted as part of the #StatelessJourneys project, into the challenges faced by stateless claimants within asylum procedures in the UK context. The study focuses on the experiences of stateless Kurds from Syria in the UK, revealing hurdles related to civil documentation, cultural understanding, and language analysis. These findings emphasize the need for more statelessness-sensitive procedures and policy changes, both in the UK and within other countries of asylum across Europe.’
EIN Blog, 26th October 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Suicide and serious violence have risen by nearly a quarter in men’s prisons in England and Wales, with self-harm skyrocketing to an all-time high in the women’s estate, as the government scrambles to ease the strain on jails overcrowded to breaking point.’
The Independent, 26th October 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Expert legal commentators appear to be divided over the impact of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, which received royal assent today. The House of Lords nodded through the measure, after months of parliamentary back-and-forth, hours after the government rejected amendments which their backers said would close gaping loopholes.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th October 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of unlawfully segregating asylum seekers from the local population based on their nationality by “falsely imprisoning” them on a remote Essex airbase.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The former NatWest chief executive breached data protection laws when she spoke to a BBC journalist about the planned closure of Nigel Farage’s bank accounts, the UK’s information watchdog has ruled.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In this casenote, Paul Newman KC considers the recent decision of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman in the matter of Mrs S, whose widow’s pension in the Teacher’s Pension Scheme had terminated by reason of remarriage – unknown to the administrator.’
Pensions Barrister, 26th October 2023
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
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