‘R (on the Application of the Counsel General for Wales) v Secretary of State for business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 118. The Court of Appeal decision handed down on 9th February 2022 is an important case concerning devolved powers.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd March 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A Natural Resources Wales (NRW) prosecution has seen a bakery fined for polluting a stream with its dishwasher.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘There were a few announcements today and a Supreme Court decision.’
Nearly Legal, 12th January 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A 50-year-old mother-of-two diagnosed with a rare form of cancer has “no case” for asking the NHS to pay for her potentially life-saving surgery, lawyers on behalf of a Welsh health board have said.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A cinema owner who defied the law by refusing to ask for Covid passes is facing court action.’
BBC News, 24th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mark Wonnacott QC and Harriet Holmes examine an important Court of Appeal ruling on the law relating to mineral reservations.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd October 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An interviewee who received a reprimand from an education regulator after he responded to a rejection email with an expletive has lost a High Court appeal of the decision.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th October 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A traumatised domestic abuse victim has said her experience of the justice system was so bad it was “like the abuse has continued”.’
BBC News, 10th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Members of the so-called “Cardiff Five” should be “recognised as victims”, a senior police officer has said.’
BBC News, 9th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A force has reported itself to the police watchdog after footage shared on social media appears to show an officer in an altercation with a man.’
BBC News, 15th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Any attempt to charge visitors to go up Snowdon mountain could lead to legal challenges, it has been warned.’
BBC News, 12th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘We are grateful to Mike Norman of Harrow Law Centre for this update on the position on possession notices and proceedings in Wales. In many ways the latest updating Welsh regulations dealing with possession notices, applying from 30th June 2021, are refreshingly straightforward – certainly compared to the rather more circuitous journey taken by its (admittedly increasingly distant) English cousin.’
Nearly Legal, 4th July 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘On 6 May 2021, the people of Wales went to the polls in the sixth Senedd election. More so than in previous Senedd elections, the focus of the debate centred around a catalogue of distinctly Welsh political issues, including the constitutional future of the Welsh devolution settlement. Among the constitutional possibilities offered to voters at the election were proposals for both the abolition of the Senedd and Welsh independence, together with the more muted options of maintaining the constitutional status quo, or seeking the devolution of additional powers in areas such as justice and policing, transport and broadcasting.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 13th May 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Sobriety tags and drinking bans aimed at reducing alcohol-fuelled crimes launch in England today (Wednesday 31 March), following a successful rollout in Wales.’
Ministry of Justice, 31st March 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘People flooded out of their homes after a mine blow-out say it is “disgusting” the Coal Authority is refusing to accept liability for the damage caused.’
BBC News, 25th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Welsh government is failing in its legal duty to protect the rights of home-educated children a decade after a boy who was being taught by his parents slipped under the radar of education and health officials and died of scurvy, an official report has concluded.’
The Guardian, 25th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who killed his wife five days into the first lockdown last year in Wales has been cleared of her murder.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Welsh first minister has described the sudden and unexplained death of a 24-year-old man from Cardiff hours after his release from custody as “deeply concerning”.’
The Guardian, 12th January 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Welsh council has won an appeal to the Divisional Court over a ruling that informations it laid under s.179 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 were defective.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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