Newport loan shark, 83, ordered to repay £173,000 – BBC News
‘An 83-year-old loan shark has been ordered to pay more than £173,000.’
BBC News, 29th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: Wales
King Charles exempt from Wales’ farming-law prosecution – BBC News
‘King Charles cannot be prosecuted under a new farming law in an exemption reluctantly agreed by the Welsh government.’
BBC News, 10th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Caldey Island historical child sex abuse review announced – BBC News
‘A Welsh abbey has commissioned an independent review into alleged historical child sex abuse.’
BBC News, 10th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family anger at sentence on fatal crash driver, 19 – BBC News
‘A 19-year-old has been jailed for six years for killing two teens in a crash after speeding at more than twice the limit.’
BBC News, 28th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear appeal by Welsh council next week in Japanese knotweed case – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court will next week hear a council’s appeal of a Court of Appeal judgment which overturned lower court rulings that found diminution in value in Japanese knotweed cases was irrecoverable economic loss and ordered the council to pay damages to a property owner.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Conwy: Man jailed after pet dog bit three-year-old girl – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for a year after his large pet dog bit a three-year-old girl on the forehead, narrowly missing her eye, a court heard.’
BBC News, 5th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hillside in practice – Local Government Lawyer
‘Megan Forbes analyses a recent High Court case that has provided guidance on the practical implications of the Supreme Court’s Hillside decision.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Domestic abuse: Dyfed-Powys Police failed victims, report finds – BBC News
‘Rapes, assaults and threats to kill – including a woman threatened with a blowtorch – were wrongly classed as “standard risk” by Dyfed-Powys Police, a report has found.’
BBC News, 19th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stradey Park: Man made sexist video about police officer – BBC News
‘A man who made sexist and ageist comments about a female police officer has been given a suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 27th September 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Welsh speaker wins English-only parking fine case – BBC News
‘A lawsuit has been thrown out against a Welsh-language campaigner who refused to pay a parking ticket because it was written in English.’
BBC News, 5th August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cardiff: Hailey Park sewage pumping station legal bid starts – BBC News
‘A judicial review of plans to build a sewage pumping station in a popular park has begun.’
BBC News, 29th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wales: The Good, the Bad and the Converted – part 1 – Nearly Legal
‘Followers of the updates under Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”) will be well aware of many of the changes implemented in the Welsh housing law “big bang” on the 1st December 2022 (“the appointed day”), most recently written about on Nearly Legal here. My primary focus in this post focuses particularly on those developments affecting “converted contracts” – those contracts which had moved over from one of the previous tenancy regimes on the appointed day.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd June 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Child safety: Inconsistencies in safeguarding – review – BBC News
‘There are inconsistencies in child safeguarding in Wales, the care inspectorate has said. There were 32 reviews in progress in May about children who died or were seriously hurt due to abuse or neglect.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parking fine invalid over refusal to issue Welsh-language version – The Independent
‘A parking firm has lost a court case against a woman it tried to fine after only sending her a letter in English.’
The Independent, 12th June 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sex education: Protesters lose bid to appeal High Court judgment – BBC News
‘Campaigners against the Welsh government’s sex education curriculum have lost their bid to appeal against a High Court judgment.’
BBC News, 7th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Horrendous’ practice of handcuffing children in care must be banned, MPs warn – The Independent
‘A coalition of MPs and peers is calling for the “horrendous” practice of handcuffing children in care during transport to be banned.’
The Independent, 4th June 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Logan Mwangi and Lola James among neglect and abuse deaths – BBC News
‘There are 32 reviews in progress about children in Wales who have died or been severely hurt due to abuse or neglect.’
BBC News, 4th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lola James: NSPCC demands systemic change after girl’s murder – BBC News
‘The murder of a two-year-old who was killed by her mum’s boyfriend shows child protection must be a national priority, NSPCC Cymru has said.’
BBC News, 26th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Welsh teen forced to take virginity test before marriage – BBC News
‘It wasn’t just being forced to marry that Farah was against, she also didn’t want the test to show she was a virgin.’
BBC News, 25th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Betsi Cadwaladr: Critical report issued following patient death – BBC News
‘A critical report has been issued to a health board amid concerns it did not address failings after a patient died.’
BBC News, 25th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
