‘The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel De Souza, has warned that more than 11,500 children in England went missing from education over the course of one year, having “fallen off the radar” of their local authorities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This report is in response to Wendy Williams’ ‘Windrush Lessons Learned Review’, which was published on 19 March 2020. In particular, it addresses Williams’ Recommendation 6, which states that the Home Office must ensure that ‘all its existing and new staff learn about the history of the UK and its relationship with the rest of the world, including Britain’s colonial history, the history of inward and outward migration and the history of black Britons’.’
Home Office, 26th September 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Holly Bramley was murdered by her husband, Nicholas Metson, at their Lincoln home in March 2023. Holly’s family have been speaking to the BBC’s Jo Makel about the abusive relationship that ended with her death and how they are supporting a campaign against domestic violence in her honour.’
BBC News, 26th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The mother of murdered student Libby Squire is urging women and girls to report crimes including flashing and voyeurism, as she warned her daughter’s death was “totally preventable”.’
The Independent, 25th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This blogpost revisits the 2011 UK Supreme Court decision in Jivraj v Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40, which adopted a narrow reading of the personal scope of the Equality Act 2010 as it applies to the self-employed. It argues that this decision represented a wrong turn in the law, which should now be reversed by the courts or corrected by the legislature – especially in light of the January 2023 Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) decision in Case C-356/21, TP v JK, and the stated commitment of the newly elected Labour government to “ensuring those [equality] provisions that were previously derived from EU law remain enshrined in UK law”.’
UK Labour Law, 25th September 2024
Source: uklabourlawblog.com
‘Greenwashing continues to be a significant focus for the UK’s competition regulator as its scrutiny of the fashion sector continues.’
Kingsley Napley Criminal Law Blog, 25th September 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘A detective who stole almost 4kg of cocaine from the police evidence store at work and supplied it on the streets of Manchester has been convicted of multiple offences.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The First-tier Tribunal has ordered Cumberland Council to release documents relating to a decision to double councillors’ pay over an 11-month period, after it refused to provide information requested by the BBC.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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