Imposition consultation – Sentencing Council
‘The Sentencing Council is proposing to issue a new definitive guideline for imposition of community and custodial sentences.’
Sentencing Council, 14th January 2016
Source: https://consult.justice.gov.uk
Category: consultations
Interim review of civil courts proposes online court for claims up to £25,000 – Local Government Lawyer
‘There is a clear and pressing need to create an online court for claims up to £25,000, a senior judge has said in his interim review of the civil courts structure in England and Wales.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Set up online courtrooms to cut lawyers out of legal process, says official report – Daily Telegraph
‘Senior judge says civil cases up to £25,000 should be carried out in ‘paperless’ courts with most work done by admin staff rather than judges or lawyers.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Landlords in England get ready for right to rent – Home Office
‘Landlords in England are being reminded that there is less than a month to go before “right to rent” rules go live.’
Home Office, 8th January 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Family judge criticised for not naming council that breached father’s rights – The Guardian
‘A family court judge has come under fire after refusing to name a council that violated a man’s parental rights by taking his four-year-old daughter into care without a proper investigation.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government decides against doubling court fee cap but gives green light to general increase – Litigation Futures
‘The government has decided against doubling the maximum court fee cap to £20,000, but is to press ahead with its planned 10% increase in court fees across the range of civil proceedings.’
Litigation Futures, 17th December 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
More cases to be heard by magistrates – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Criminal cases should be sent to the Crown court only if they are “clearly unsuitable” for trial in the magistrates’ court, the Sentencing Council says in fresh guidance to ensure cases are tried and sentenced in the appropriate court.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Jail warning for backstreet school organisers – BBC News
‘Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says anyone found running an illegal backstreet school in England will face fines or a prison sentence.’
BBC News, 13th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Finance & Divorce Update December 2015 – Family Law Week
‘Edward Heaton, Principal Associate and Jane Booth, Associate, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during November 2015.’
Family Law Week, 6th December 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Stalkers to be banned from contacting victims online under plans to protect people targeted on the internet – Daily Telegraph
‘The Home Office is drawing up proposals to hit stalkers with protection orders to prevent them from contacting strangers on the internet and in person.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in UK schools – The Guardian
‘Schools should no longer face a legal requirement to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character, under radical reforms being proposed by a top-level inquiry into the place of faith in multicultural Britain.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
LSB joins solicitors in questioning government’s criminal advocacy plans – Legal Futures
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has joined solicitors in questioning government plans to introduce additional regulation of criminal advocacy.’
Legal Futures, 1st December 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Regina (Bokrosova) v Lambeth London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Bokrosova) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 3386 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 478
‘Whilst section 105 of the Housing Act 1985 did not refer to “consultation”, it created an obligation on landlord authorities to consult on matters of housing management and its purpose was, in part, to ensure the participation of tenants in decisions which would substantially affect their homes.’
WLR Daily, 24th November 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Challenges to ‘austerity’ cuts – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Lincolnshire County Council has recently undergone two legal challenges to its proposals for redesigning its library service in the light of ‘increasing budgetary constraints’.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd November 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Removal of consultation options over housing estate “unlawful”: High Court – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has ruled that a London borough’s decision to stop consulting on refurbishment options for a housing estate and focus on regeneration alone was unlawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th November 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Government delays clinical negligence fixed costs consultation – Litigation Futures
‘The government has delayed launch of its consultation on introducing fixed recoverable costs in low-value clinical negligence claims.’
Litigation Futures, 19th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
