Day: 3 December 2024

‘Runnymede Borough Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord who converted a three-bedroom bungalow into a 15-room unlicensed house of multiple occupation (HMO).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The High Court has refused permission to challenge by way of judicial review an age assessment carried out by social workers employed by a Welsh council, which concluded that the claimant was an adult.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘The festive season in the UK throughout December into early January is traditionally a period when family, friends and colleagues get together in restaurants, bars, cafes and other hospitality settings to socialise – perhaps more so than at any other time of the year.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

‘The distinction between solicitors and barristers is becoming increasingly “blurred” in civil legal aid cases as solicitors do their own advocacy, research for the government’s review of civil legal aid has found.’

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Legal Futures, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Stalking victims will be better protected under a raft of new measures unveiled by the Home Office.’

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Home Office, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.gov.uk

‘A magistrate who remarked on the “relentless rise in the acceptability of” absent fathers has been issued with formal advice.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

‘A man named on the UK’s most wanted list after supplying £4.5m worth of cocaine across the West and South West has been jailed for 18 years.’

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BBC News, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘The new Covid corruption commissioner has started an investigation into personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud. Tom Hayhoe’s first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of PPE bought during the pandemic that then had to be written off the government’s books.’

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BBC News, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Stalking victims will be able to learn their perpetrator’s identity more quickly under new measures unveiled by the government. Perpetrators will be subject to a tougher restraining order system as new policies make it easier for victims to obtain Stalking Protection Orders to stop offenders from pursuing and harassing them.’

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The Independent, 3rd December 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

‘A “dangerous” teenager who shot a woman in the head through the front door of her home in east London has been handed a life sentence.’

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com