‘A recent Technology and Construction Court (TCC) case in the UK highlights several important issues that preoccupy outsourcing and technology lawyers during contract negotiations.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Home Office has recruited 200 staff to clear a backlog of 23,300 modern slavery cases left by the last government, a minister has told the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers will announce plans within days to give magistrates in England and Wales fresh powers to hand down longer custodial sentences to help reduce the backlog in crown courts and prisons, the Guardian understands.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘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.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 7th October 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘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.’
The Independent, 13th October 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Buffer zones will soon be introduced outside abortion clinics to stop women seeking abortions from being harassed by protesters.’
The Independent, 18th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Magistrates in England and Wales could be given powers to hand down longer custodial sentences under proposals to help reduce the backlog in crown courts and prisons.’
BBC News, 16th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Public inquiries should be shortened and the progress of their recommendations tracked, according to a House of Lords committee, which says a major overhaul is required to restore public confidence among victims and survivors.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Dutta is a well-known name in professional discipline. In this more recent Dutta the High Court upheld certain grounds of appeal in relation to facts found by the MPT and remitted the matter back. However, the High Court rejected grounds which related to delay and the admissibility of evidence.’
2 Hare Court, 9th September 2024
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘Proposed new legislation described by government as delivering a “significant increase in enforcement powers” against water companies, could delay rather than speed up industry action to address environmental concerns because of the broad way it has been drafted, water industry experts have warned.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Justice for those responsible for the 72 deaths in the Grenfell Tower fire may not come until the end of this decade, a former chief prosecutor has warned, as survivors voiced growing fury over building firms’ “arrogant” refusal to admit wrongdoing.’
The Guardian, 5th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An attempt to bring a representative action worth £319m for delayed flights over six years has been thrown out by the High Court.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Half of staff on rape investigation teams are not fully qualified and are still training, police inspectors have warned. A progress review of nine forces who have adopted a new model to transform the way police respond to rape and sexual offences – known as Operation Soteria – found major changes are still needed to make it a success on a national scale.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Half of staff on rape investigation teams are not fully qualified and are still training, police inspectors have warned.’
The Independent, 22nd August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ministers have activated emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding as more rioters are sentenced for their role in the recent unrest.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘UK policymakers could consider it “prudent” to defer the implementation of a new fraud compensation scheme to seek to allay the “legitimate concerns” about the scheme that UK payment providers have expressed, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th August 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A woman who says she was raped in 2017 has described the criminal justice system as “absolutely broken” after a series of problems and errors allowed the accused man to allegedly start stalking her.’
BBC News, 2nd August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Solicitors representing clients with claims for mis-sold car finance have expressed frustration at the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) delay in completing its work on the issue.’
Legal Futures, 1st August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A Family Court Judge has criticised the “manifest and wholly unconscionable” delay in a case where a new-born child remained in foster care for over two years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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