‘The UK Pensions Ombudsman has begun publishing adjudicators’ opinions and formal ombudsman determinations on its website and will make the complainants anonymous in most cases.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A Local Government Ombudsman investigation has found that the London Borough of Hackney had a backlog of 1,500 planning enforcement cases, some of them 15 years old.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Sussex police have been strongly criticised by the force watchdog after an 11-year-old disabled girl was hooded, handcuffed and detained in custody for a total of more than 60 hours.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Nineteen people have refused to assist an independent investigation into the role of West Midlands police after the Hillsborough disaster.’
The Guardian, 2nd June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘There is a rare example of a successful challenge to an OFSTED nursery inspection in R ota Old Co-operative Day Nursery Ltd v OFSTED [2016] EWHC 1126, handed down last week, which can be found here.’
Education Blog, 1st June 2016
Source: www.education11kbw.com
‘An ad for the teenage clothing brand Jack Wills has been banned for using sexualised images and text inappropriate for young people.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The advertising watchdog has censured Birds Eye for running a TV campaign that exaggerated the size of its ready meals which the company argued was necessary to “bring life to the ingredients”.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A local authority has agreed to repay nearly £12,000 to a disabled woman for whom it was acting as financial appointee, following an investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘What were Harmondsworth and Colnbrook Detention Centres have been brought under the same management, and are now called Heathrow Immigration Removal Centres. Nonetheless, as the Independent Monitoring Board’s report shows, detention centres by another name still have their same old problems. The Board’s recommendations focus on treatment of vulnerable people, both mentally and physically.’
Free Movement, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Writing a bad review online has always run a small risk of opening yourself up to a defamation claim. But few would expect to be told that they had to delete their review or face a lawsuit over another part of the law: copyright infringement.’
The Guardian, 23rd May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Amongst the political noise of the Brexit campaign, the UK’s legislative plans set out in the Queen’s speech yesterday received less attention than usual. But there were some important points to note for the technology sector.’
Technology Law Update, 19th May 2016
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘The police watchdog is to examine a flawed investigation of an alleged gang-rape at a university ball that collapsed as the trial of four young men accused of the crime was about to start.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A gambling ad featuring a hand nailed to a piece of wood that ran over Easter has been banned for mocking the crucifixion of Jesus and the Christian religion.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The family of a retired solicitor stabbed to death by a man with known mental health problems following a minor car accident has criticised the NHS for failings that left him free to kill.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The new head of the RSPCA has pledged to continue passing information about illegal fox-hunting and farm cruelty to the police but said that in the past the charity had struck the wrong tone when championing animal rights.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Dozens of complaints about how G4S ran three youth offender centres were ignored, a report has concluded.’
BBC News, 12th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation into allegations that South Yorkshire police tried to influence daily media coverage of the Hillsborough inquests and spin what the force considered to be evidence favourable to it.’
The Guardian, 12th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Police have vowed to continue their investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late Sir Edward Heath after several people responded to an appeal for information.’
The Independent, 12th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A cross-party campaign for radical reform of the police and criminal justice system in light of the Hillsborough inquests verdict has been launched by the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham.’
The Guardian, 11th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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