‘The pre-action protocol (PAP) for judicial review should be amended to make sure the parties make clear their position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) at an early stage, a report produced for the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has recommended.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A female inmate remained handcuffed to a male prison officer while she had a mammogram, in an example of prisoners being denied their dignity while receiving NHS care, a watchdog has revealed.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Online service providers have been given a “valuable reminder” that content generated by AI will fall in scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act’s requirements in the same way content created by human users does, an expert in technology regulation has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court has taken the almost unprecedented step of withdrawing a notice of intervention into a law firm issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 28th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Fewer than half of domestic abuse cases in England and Wales end up as police-recorded crimes, and most of these do not lead to a prosecution, government figures suggest.’
BBC News, 27th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former president of the supreme court who ruled on the most high-profile assisted dying cases has declared his support for the law change, as MPs backing the bill say they believe they have the numbers for Friday’s historic vote to pass.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Justice Committee has launched its first new inquiry of the Parliament, into reoffending in England and Wales. MPs on the newly appointed cross-party Committee, chaired by Labour MP Andy Slaughter, will examine the levels of reoffending in England and Wales.’
Each Other, 26th November 2024
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘With the second reading of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill fast approaching, debate persists as to whether limiting eligibility to terminally ill adults could be successfully challenged as discriminatory under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) before the domestic courts and/or the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This blog post does not seek to rehash well-trodden ground in this respect (see here, here and here for posts that discuss it in detail). Rather, it seeks only to contribute a comparative lens which indicates a potential basis upon which the UK Government could justify limiting assisted dying to the terminally ill.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th November 204
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The proposed Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which seeks to permit assisted dying under specific conditions, could have significant implications for medical practitioners.’
Kingsley Napley Regulatory Blog, 26th November 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘MPs have backed plans to make it illegal for anyone currently aged 15 or younger to ever buy cigarettes in the UK.’
BBC News, 26th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Lady Chief Justice yesterday complained to MPs about the government’s decisions to reduce the digitisation of civil justice and limit sitting days in the criminal courts.’
Legal Futures, 27th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A mother who kept her baby daughter hidden in a drawer for the first three years of her life has been jailed for seven years and six months for “extreme neglect”.’
BBC News, 26th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ordered a re-hearing of claims by an ex-employee against a local authority, after finding that most of the Employment Tribunal’s written reasons were copied from the council’s witness evidence or written submissions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘HMRC v The Taxpayer (Appellant) and Times Media Limtied and News Group Newspapers Limited and PA Media Tax Policy Associates Limited (Third Parties) [2024] UKUT 00364 (TCC). This case concerns an application for taxpayer anonymity in the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber). The taxpayer, who had initially appealed against HMRC’s denial of certain tax deductions, sought to keep their identity confidential during the proceedings and in the final decision. This request was opposed by HMRC and several media organizations, including Times Media Limited and News Group Newspapers Limited.’
33 Bedford Row, 22nd November 2024
Source: www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
‘Alex Whatley has written an analysis of Advanced Multi-Technology for Medical Industry & Ors v Uniserve Limited & Ors [2024] EWHC 1725 (Ch).’
3PB, 21st November 2024
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A Company (Number Cr-2024-Bhm-000012), Re [2024] EWCA Civ 1436 (25 November 2024)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Director of Public Prosecutions v Bijou [2024] EWHC 2997 (Admin) (25 November 2024)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Melia & Anor v Tamlyn And Son ltd [2024] EWHC 3002 (Ch) (25 November 2024)
The University of London v Harvie-Clark & Ors [2024] EWHC 2895 (Ch) (25 November 2024)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The recent EAT Judgment in Gallagher v McKinnon’s Auto and Tyres Limited is a useful decision for employers, having upheld the employer’s position regarding the inadmissibility of evidence relating to what was said in some pre-termination negotiations.’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 20th November 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is likely to take a tougher approach to policing non-financial misconduct and ensure that firms reduce employee remuneration, or even apply clawback, where non-financial misconduct is identified, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
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