Day: 30 September 2024

How to Challenge a ‘Clearly Unfounded’ Immigration Decision – EIN Blog

Posted September 30th, 2024 in appeals, asylum, government departments, human rights, immigration, judicial review, news by sally

‘In some circumstances, if your protection and/or human rights claim is refused, your claim may be certified by the Home Office as “clearly unfounded”. In this article we examine what to do next if you are facing this situation. You will be told that you have no right of appeal and that you must now leave the United Kingdom but such a designation is not necessarily the end of your claim in the UK. This article will go through your options if you receive a decision letter from the Home Office which refuses your claim and informs you the claim has been certified as “clearly unfounded”.’

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EIN Blog, 27th September 2024

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Limits on anonymity – Law & Religion UK

Posted September 30th, 2024 in anonymity, burials and cremation, children, Christianity, Church of England, families, mental health, news by sally

‘In UK courts and elsewhere, it is sometimes necessary to introduce an element of anonymity into the proceedings and their reporting, as in the consistory court judgment Re St. Margaret Ormesby [2024] ECC Nor 5 where, unusually, one of the petitioners expressed concerns on aspects of the judgment which might become known to the joint applicant. Additionally, the “medical harm” criterion of Re Blagdon was considered.’

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Law & Religion UK, 30th September 2024

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Care proceedings quicker with more disposals within 26 weeks: MoJ – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 30th, 2024 in care orders, children, deprivation of liberty safeguards, families, family courts, local government, Ministry of Justice, news, statistics by sally

‘The average time for public law care or supervision cases to reach first disposal was 41 weeks in April to June 2024, down 3 weeks from the same quarter in 2023, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2024

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Ex-councillor in West Yorkshire jailed for ‘voyeurism on a vast scale’ – The Guardian

Posted September 30th, 2024 in imprisonment, news, sentencing, sexual offences, voyeurism by sally

‘A “depraved and selfish” former councillor who filmed 28 women in bathrooms and bedrooms using hidden cameras over a period of almost 15 years has been jailed for six years and two months.’

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The Guardian, 27th September 2024

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Met Police misconduct found after Black boy mistakenly searched in robbery investigation – The Independent

Posted September 30th, 2024 in bills, children, complaints, disciplinary procedures, news, police, professional conduct, restraint, stop and search by sally

‘A disciplinary panel has found that actions by two Metropolitan Police officers amounted to misconduct when they stopped and restrained a 14-year-old Black boy.’

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The Independent, 28th September 2024

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Two boys, 13, receive eight-year minimum terms for Wolverhampton machete murder – The Guardian

Posted September 30th, 2024 in children, imprisonment, murder, news, offensive weapons, sentencing, young offenders, young persons by sally

‘The youngest knife murderers in the UK, who were 12 years old when they attacked an “utterly defenceless” man with a machete in a park, have been sentenced to life with minimum terms of eight years and six months.’

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The Guardian, 27th September 2024

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The meaning of unfitness – Nearly Legal

Posted September 30th, 2024 in health & safety, housing, landlord & tenant, news, repairs by sally

‘This is a Circuit Judge (HHJ Melissa Clarke) judgment on, amongst other things, what amounts to unfitness for human habitation under sections 9A and 10 Landlord & Tenant Act 1985, and when the Court can make such a finding. As far as I know, it is the first judgment where this specific issue was argued, certainly at Circuit Judge level. I gather that permission to appeal was sought by Red Kite at the hearing, and refused, so there is the possibility of an appeal to the High Court.’

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Nearly Legal, 29th September 2024

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Stalking victims left at ‘serious risk’ by police failures, report finds – The Guardian

Posted September 30th, 2024 in coroners, inquests, news, police, stalking, statistics, victims, women by sally

‘Systemic failures in the way police deal with stalkers are leaving victims at “serious risk” with some given wrong and “potentially dangerous” advice, a damning report by police chiefs in England and Wales has found.’

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The Guardian, 27th September 2024

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Fewer complaints about barristers’ use of social media – Legal Futures

Posted September 30th, 2024 in barristers, complaints, families, family courts, harassment, immigration, internet, news, professional conduct, pupillage, statistics by sally

The number of reports to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) about barristers’ use of social media has unexpectedly fallen but an increasing proportion relate to “controversial social and political issues”.

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Legal Futures, 30th September 2024

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Dark patterns – Mills & Reeve

Posted September 30th, 2024 in advertising, chambers articles, complaints, consumer protection, data protection, internet, news, ombudsmen by sally

‘The ASA has banned Nike and Sky adverts, on the basis they use so called “dark patterns”. Dark patterns are a range of techniques which cross the line from legitimate advertising techniques to ones which unlawfully nudge consumers into making choices not in their best interests. These decisions come as the ASA joins the CMA in undertaking wider proactive investigations into online choice architecture that amount to unlawful dark patterns.’

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Mills & Reeve, 27th September 2024

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Labour will have ‘blood on its hands’ if it rejects review of indefinite jail terms – The Independent

Posted September 30th, 2024 in bills, early release, families, human rights, imprisonment, mental health, Ministry of Justice, news, select committees, sentencing, suicide by sally

‘Families are warning the government will have “blood on its hands” if it turns its back on 3,000 prisoners as Labour is set to reject a review of cruel indefinite jail terms, The Independent has learned.’

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The Independent, 30th September 2024

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First person convicted of riot over UK summer disorder is jailed – The Guardian

Posted September 30th, 2024 in demonstrations, immigration, imprisonment, news, public order, sentencing, violent disorder by sally

‘A man who was the first person in the UK to be convicted of a charge of riot after widespread disorder this summer has been jailed for four years and four months.’

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The Guardian, 27th September 2024

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Met PC sacked for ‘spanking’ 12-year-old girl – BBC News

Posted September 30th, 2024 in child abuse, children, disciplinary procedures, news, police, professional conduct, sexual offences by sally

‘A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after a misconduct panel found he assaulted a 12-year-old child by “spanking her bare bottom on numerous occasions”.’

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BBC News, 28th September 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk