‘Children’s rights charity Article 39 has threatened the Department for Education with legal action if it does not withdraw regulations aimed at assisting the children’s care sector during the COVID-19 crisis.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th May 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has launched a “rapid consultation” on how the spread of Covid-19 has changed the civil justice system, particularly with the swift expansion of remote hearings.’
Litigation Futures, 4th May 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The rate of change in the legal market makes it “increasingly difficult” for the regulatory framework laid down by the Legal Services Act to remain relevant, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned.’
Legal Futures, 20th April 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Judges will be able to impose tougher punishments on anyone convicted of assaulting emergency workers or threatening to transmit diseases under sentencing guidelines proposals published on Thursday.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has launched a two-week rapid consultation on the use of remote hearings in the family justice system.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 24 March 2020, the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill 2020 was introduced into the House of Commons, for its first reading, by Caroline Lucas MP. The Bill had been introduced into the House of Lords on 21 October 2019, by Baroness Jenny Jones, on behalf of Lord John Bird (who is best known as the founder of Big Issue). Whilst the Bill is not supported by the Government, it has garnered cross party support, and the Bill’s co-sponsors are drawn from all of the major UK political parties.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 7th April 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is consulting on whether to extend indefinitely the suspension of immigration work from its removal of restrictions on solicitors providing non-regulated services.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A requirement on councils to consult on service improvements is not so wide as to mean consultations must be held on every decision, the Court Of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The owners and operators of businesses and public spaces such as concert halls, shopping centres and parks will be legally bound to protect such venues from terrorism under a new statutory duty proposed by the government.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is set to ban the placement of children in care under the age of 16 in unregulated homes in England, following a BBC investigation.’
BBC News, 12th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It was last May, not long after he had dealt with journalist and TP member Louise Tickle’s successful appeal against a wrongly imposed reporting restriction order, that the President of the Family Division announced he would be holding a ‘Transparency Review’.’
Transparency Project, 11th February 2020
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A campaigner has threatened a fresh legal challenge after a consultation on proposed changes at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton did not include the option to maintain its accident and emergency department.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government is to hold a consultation on the use of e-scooters, currently banned on public roads, pavements and cycle lanes. Campaigners have called for tighter regulations, but would people welcome a law change?’
BBC News, 6th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New consultation aims to put the needs of victims first and ensure police are supported to investigate crimes.’
Home Office, 5th February 2020
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Parents in Wales will soon lose the right to withdraw their children from lessons on sex and relationships or religion, provoking concern among both church groups and secular campaigners.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Law Commission has set out a range of proposals which it said will make it cheaper for Britain’s 4 million leaseholders to buy their freehold or extend their lease. However, the reforms were immediately branded by campaigners as “nothing more than tinkering”.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Ministry of Justice consultation on proposed changes to the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) fails to address the fundamental issues of sustainability, the Law Society has claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th January 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Witness statements are “over-lawyered” and too long and argumentative, a Commercial Court working group has found, but it has shied away from recommending radical reform.’
Litigation Futures, 9th December 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Information Commissioner has launched a consultation on new draft guidance for organisations on how to handle Subject Access Requests (SARs) under the GDPR.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A contract between a landlord and a managing agent was found to have come into existence when the performance of management services commenced and not on the date of the landlord’s payment for the services provided. In the circumstances, the particular contract was a qualifying long term agreement and the statutory consultation requirements under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 were applicable.’
Tanfield Chambers, 29th November 2019
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
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