‘Nightingale Courts across England and Wales are being kept open for another year to reduce waiting times and deliver swift justice for victims.’
Ministry of Justice, 17th February 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
‘An organisation that monitors Prevent, the UK government’s controversial programme to stop people getting drawn into terrorism, has warned of a defamation action against the Home Office before a review into the strategy.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The National Archives (TNA), which took over as the immediate online publisher of senior court judgments last year, failed to publish judgments in over a quarter of cases in its first three months of operation, a report has found.’
Legal Futures, 24th January 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Professional experience and the reported cases (considered below) suggest issues of breach, causation and contributory negligence are invariably intertwined. The advisor’s role is to carefully unpick the strands. Whilst there is a factual and legal overlap, the issues need to be considered separately on their individual merits.’
Exchange Chambers, 22nd December 2022
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
‘Broken heating, sewage, mould, asbestos and leaking toilets and roofs are among the problems encountered by solicitors in courts in England and Wales, a survey by the Law Society has found.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found that Oxfordshire County Council failed to provide alternative education for a boy with autism for a year.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The time between issue and trial for fast- and multi-track claims has now exceeded 75 weeks, the longest this century, according to the latest government figures.’
Legal Futures, 6th December 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The online safety bill, the government’s flagship internet regulation, returns to parliament on Monday, after a five-month delay prompted by Conservative party factional warfare threatened to kill it off.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who had been injected with morphine in a nightclub waited five months for test results after reporting the attack to the police.’
BBC News, 5th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has been asked to decide whether a teenager who suffered brain damage after an “apparent suicide attempt” can lawfully be allowed to die.’
The Independent, 1st December 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Immigration practitioners today will be worryingly frustrated, alongside their clients, with the ever-increasing delays for average visa processing times made in-country or out-country by the Home Office.’
EIN Blog, 30th November 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A £364m reduction in yearly local authority spending on planning has led to “major challenges in resourcing, skills and performance” for planning authorities, new research has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘EasyJet’s latest effort to cut out solicitors from flight delay claims has failed, after the Court of Appeal found shortcomings in its automated system.’
Legal Futures, 28th November 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Surrogacy laws in the UK are putting the health of babies at risk due to the length of time it takes parental orders to come through, experts have warned.’
The Independent, 27th November 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A mother-of-two had “extensive amputation surgery” after a hospital trust failed to recognise and treat her sepsis sooner, an investigation found.’
BBC News, 21st November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Tens of thousands of migrants are waiting more than a year for a decision on their asylum claim, with hundreds waiting over five years, figures show.’
The Independent, 14th November 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A disabled woman had to sleep, eat and wash in her downstairs living room because Slough Borough Council took too long to decide whether she can have a stairlift, an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A disabled woman has won damages after her local authority took almost a year to decide on an application for a stairlift in her home.’
BBC News, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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