‘Police officers could be banned from conferring after fatal shootings in the wake of the death of Mark Duggan.’
The Independent, 17th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The number of suicides at prisons in England in Wales in 2013 was the highest for six years, the Howard League for Penal Reform has said.’
BBC News, 20th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police has admitted it was wrong not to review its use of the “hard stop” tactic employed in the shooting of Mark Duggan in 2011, despite being advised to do so by the complaints watchdog.’
The Guardian, 20th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Local Government Ombudsman and a local authority are at loggerheads over a recommendation that the council pay out more than £60,000 to a man forced to become a full-time carer for his wife.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th January 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Police Federation says it wants a judicial review of the police watchdog’s decision to investigate three officers who met the MP at the centre of the “plebgate” row.’
BBC News, 12th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A bitter row has broken out between one of Britain’s biggest police forces and the Independent Police Complaints Commission over the case of the gunman Raoul Moat.’
The Independent, 5th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A senior High Court judge has been disciplined for misconduct after speaking out over his support for traditional marriage.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Future Regulation – forward or backward? (PDF)
Legal Services Board, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
‘Margaret Hodge has described the Charity Commission as not “fit for purpose” after a highly critical report warned that its failure to investigate fraud and abuse was undermining public faith in good causes.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Government is to develop plans for a single public services ombudsman for England, it has been announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“People who look after young relatives or friends’ children are being treated unfairly by some councils, a local government watchdog says.”
BBC News, 29th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A local authority has agreed to pay out £5,000 and review its practices so that its assessment of disabled children fulfils its statutory duties, following an investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th November 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A British woman who was raped in Egypt has received an apology and £1,000 in compensation from the Foreign Office after it failed to provide proper support to her.’
BBC News, 27th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A city council has agreed to pay a resident £1,500 after a series of errors meant she was forced to suffer anti-social behaviour from a neighbour for more than two years.”
Local Government Lawyer, 19th November 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared Google’s takeover of Israeli-based mapping technology company Waze Mobile after finding it does not raise competition concerns.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th November 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A bitter dispute between Sainsbury’s and Tesco is set to hit the courts after the UK’s second biggest supermarket said it would seek a judicial review into the advertising watchdog’s decision not to uphold a complaint against their bigger rival.”
The Independent, 30th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Royal Charter on press regulation is expected to be approved later. What are the major questions that have defined the debate?”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A sender of unlawful spam text messages has successfully appealed against a watchdog’s decision to fine him £300,000 over the activity after an Information Rights Tribunal ruled that insufficient damage or distress had been caused to recipients to merit the penalty being imposed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Metropolitan police is being sued by a former constable who claims he was racially abused in a three-year campaign by supervising officers.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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