Homelessness, disability and reasonable preference under allocation schemes – Nearly Legal

‘RR, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Enfield (2024) EWHC 2501 (Admin). This was a judicial review challenge to LB Enfield’s allocation policy for priority on the housing register, on the basis that it discrimated against disabled applicants who had the full housing duty under Part VII Housing Act 1996, who were also disabled.’

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Nearly Legal, 13th October 2024

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‘Good news’ as copyright and AI stand-off to end within months – OUT-LAW.com

‘The UK government is planning to end uncertainty around the use of copyright content as artificial intelligence (AI) training data in what appears to be good news for AI companies and creative industry stakeholders.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2024

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Lord Sales – Purpose in Statutory Interpretation – Supreme Court

Posted October 14th, 2024 in judges, news, speeches, statutory interpretation by tracey

Lord Sales – Purpose in Statutory Interpretation, Oxford University and University of Notre Dame Seminar on Public Law Theory, 19 September 2024

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Supreme Court, 19th September 2024

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Lord Reed – Asset Recovery and the Rule of Law – Supreme Court

Posted October 14th, 2024 in assets recovery, judges, news, Privy Council, speeches, Supreme Court by tracey

Lord Reed – Asset Recovery and the Rule of Law, Caribbean Judicial Civil Recovery Conference, Miami 3 September 2024

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Supreme Court, 3rd September 2024

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Law Commission seeks views on disabled children’s social care law – Law Commission

‘Today the Law Commission publishes a consultation paper on disabled children’s social care law and whether it meets the needs of disabled children and their families.’

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Law Commission, 8th October 2024

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Speech by the Master of the Rolls: AI and the GDPR – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted October 14th, 2024 in artificial intelligence, data protection, judges, news, speeches by tracey

‘Speech by the Master of the Rolls: AI and the GDPR, Irish Law Society Industry Event, Wednesday 09 October 2024.’

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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 11th October 2024

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Firm sanctioned by ICO after hackers steal clients’ personal details – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 14th, 2024 in confidentiality, data protection, law firms, news, sanctions, solicitors by tracey

‘A Hampshire law firm has been reprimanded by the data watchdog after hackers were able to access client details because of insufficient security measures.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 14th October 2024

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SRA criticised for ‘legally misconceived’ case and costs appeal against solicitor – Law Society’s Gazette

‘A KC who represented a solicitor in the High Court after the Solicitors Regulation Authority appealed a costs order following a failed prosecution has criticised the regulator’s “legally misconceived” actions.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 11th October 2024

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Delaying a Divorce Because of Financial Prejudice: The New No-fault Law and Practice – Financial Remedies Journal

‘There can be real loss and prejudice in some divorce cases if the final divorce order, previously the decree absolute, is granted before the final financial settlement and its implementation in circumstances when the paying party then dies. Automatic entitlement to pensions, the primary circumstance, but also insurance policies, beneficial interest in trusts and similar are then not available as the applicant is now divorced, financial remedy claims are no longer available after death and there might have to be a difficult and separate civil claim.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 7th October 2024

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Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations – Financial Remedies Journal

‘Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations.’

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Financial Remedies Journal, 8th October 2024

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Courts crisis laid bare as some new trials not due to start until mid-2027 – The Independent

Posted October 14th, 2024 in barristers, courts, criminal justice, Crown Court, delay, news, statistics, trials by tracey

‘Lawyers have warned of the “implosion” of the criminal justice system, as they revealed that some trials are now being scheduled as far away as September 2027.’

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The Independent, 12th October 2024

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‘Warning shot’ to ministers over legal aid as barristers raise threat of industrial action – The Independent

‘Barristers have issued a “warning shot” to the new government in the long-running dispute over legal aid funding, as the Criminal Bar Association raised the threat of industrial action.’

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The Independent, 13th October 2024

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Man fined for felling of 100-year-old trees – BBC News

Posted October 14th, 2024 in environmental protection, fines, news, trees by tracey

‘A man has been fined after six protected trees were felled in an affluent neighbourhood.’

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BBC News, 14th October 2024

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Under-25s fined for minor mistakes – how rail tickets are confusing passengers – BBC News

Posted October 14th, 2024 in criminal justice, fines, news, transport, young persons by tracey

‘Despite what the name suggests, an Anytime train ticket does not always mean you can travel on the railway at any time – if you’re using a young person’s railcard.’

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BBC News, 12th October 2024

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Novichok inquiry latest: Probe opens into poisoning of Dawn Sturgess via nerve agent in Salisbury – The Independent

‘The public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died in the Salisbury Novichok poisonings, is set to open on Monday.’

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The Independent, 14th October 2024

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Sexual abuse victims claim free court transcript scheme was ‘hidden’ from them for months – The Independent

Posted October 14th, 2024 in delay, judgments, Ministry of Justice, news, sexual offences, victims by tracey

‘Sexual abuse victims believe they could have been saved from months of suffering after they claim a government scheme to allow them access to free court transcripts was “hidden” from them for months.’

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The Independent, 13th October 2024

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Daughter murdered parents ‘in cold blood’ and lived with bodies for years after hiding them in makeshift tombs – The Independent

Posted October 14th, 2024 in families, imprisonment, murder, news, sentencing by tracey

‘An “intelligent manipulator” murdered her parents “in cold blood” then hid them in makeshift tombs and lived alongside their bodies for four years.’

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The Independent, 13th October 2024

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Post Office explores taking branch owner-operators to court again – The Guardian

Posted October 14th, 2024 in civil justice, computer programs, fraud, inquiries, news, postal service by tracey

‘The Post Office has recently explored resuming the practice of taking branch owner-operators to court, as mounting losses from shortfalls in its network of 11,500 outlets hit £12m a year. During the Horizon IT scandal more than 900 operators were wrongly prosecuted over discrepancies caused by the faulty accounting software, many of them brought privately by the Post Office, a practice it stopped in 2015 and has promised not to restart. However, the Post Office continued to use the court system for the civil recovery of losses from branches until 2018.’

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The Guardian, 13th October 2024

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