‘During an average shift on the shop floor at Next, Helen Scarsbrook has to remain polite and keep smiling while she makes split-second judgments about which customers need help and which need to be tactfully discouraged from shoplifting and ushered out of the store.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools are being scrapped immediately.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has overturned a decision of the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), which it said had not been entitled to impose conditions which had the effect of compromising an enforcement notice and would “perpetuate the harm to the landscape and heritage assets identified by the inspector”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Care leaders have warned of a serious safety risk as research revealed 60% of homecare providers had not been inspected for at least four years, or ever.’
The Guardian, 30th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An independent review into Wakefield Council’s decision to close a residential care home, moving some residents in less than 48 hours, has found that the council’s decision-making procedures were “not followed properly”, and that there wasn’t enough focus on the needs of residents.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Cleaners at a prestigious London private school have won their battle for improved pay and working conditions, as well as compensation for steep cuts in their hours, scrapping plans for industrial action that was due to have started next week.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who threatened to kill former Labour leader Ed Miliband has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 29th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘“We know your taste for curious quips, For cranks and contradictions queer“…
…. and in the recent judgment Re St. Mary Fawkham [2024] ECC Roc 1 Willink Ch. evinces the solution to the question “When is a petition not a petition?“, in which circumstances “a memorial” (in a churchyard) had to be distinguished from the broader (legal) meaning of “a memorial” . The circumstances of the case itself will be familiar to canon lawyers – the Petitioner wished to install a memorial in the churchyard in memory of his late wife. The proposed memorial was a headstone and kerbs, the proposed stone being polished paradiso granite, described as “a swirling mixture of pink, grey, red and black colours in a strongly-defined tortoiseshell-type pattern.”’
Law & Religion UK, 29th August 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering Holly Newton, 15, who was stabbed to death in January 2023.’
BBC News, 29th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Richmond has lost a case over mooring on the River Thames in which a judge had earlier “excoriated” another judge’s order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The sentencing of seven people involved in a money laundering network via Chinese underground banking is a valuable reminder to solicitors of its risks, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said.’
Legal Futures, 30th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A woman, her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend have admitted taking part in violent far-right disorder earlier this month in Middlesbrough.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A City law firm will be able to fully defend itself from serious allegations in the High Court after a judge held that its former clients cannot claim legal professional privilege (LPP) because of the iniquity exemption.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The financial watchdog is to review the UK’s pure protection insurance market, amid concerns that competition in the sector is “not working well”.’
The Independent, 28th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lucy Letby has become arguably the most notorious serial killer of modern times.’
BBC News, 29th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The NSPCC has called for greater legal protection for children against physical punishment, after recording a substantial increase in reports of children being hit, slapped and shaken.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Dozens of Muslim organisations have called for the government to “take concrete steps” to tackle Islamophobia in the wake of the far-right riots.’
The Independent, 28th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A partner who acted for both sides of a property transaction where there was a conflict of interest has been fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Employment Tribunal has found that ‘XYchromosomeGuy’ who objected to his local authority employer’s pronouns policy was fairly dismissed. Jo Moseley looks at the lessons from the case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘To what extent can employers appoint or promote someone because they have a protected characteristic that is under-represented in their organisation? Jo Moseley analyses a recent Employment Tribunal ruling involving a police force.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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