‘Andrew Malkinson is to be given a payout by the Ministry of Justice, more than a year and a half after the court of appeal declared his innocence.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The prime minister has told the families of those killed in the Nottingham attacks that a judge-led public inquiry will take place in “a matter of weeks”.’
The Independent, 13th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Section 179 of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 places the Secretary of State under a duty to ensure that a Report is “la[id] before Parliament” on both the “use” and “effectiveness” of “relevant alternative dispute resolution procedures” in cases involving actual or alleged failures by media organisations, other than broadcasters, “to comply with the data protection legislation”. Such a duty applies at the end of a repeating three-year period. The procedures to be reported on are those provided by “persons who produce or enforce codes of practice” for such media organisations and are “alternative” in the sense of being extra-judicial. This duty was proposed after the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) – the principal self-regulator of the Press – stated (following Government pressure) that it would introduce a ‘compulsory’ arbitration procedure covering data protection.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 12th February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘An NHS trust has been fined £1.6m for “avoidable failings” connected to the deaths of three babies in 2021.’
BBC News, 12th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five years on, and with a potential new pandemic on the horizon (if not already here), researchers from all disciplines have been very busy evaluating how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was managed by different governments around the world. In legal and political studies, for example, there is a growing body of literature which considers the encroachment on civil liberties effected by so-called “lockdown” policies and their overall impact on the rule of law.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 12th February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Ministry of Justice has apologised to a black woman who suffered racist abuse in a prison’s mother and baby unit where her son was referred to as a “monkey”.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment after calling a police officer “fucking stupid and white” after he doubted her claims of being “held hostage” in a taxi.
The Guardian, 11th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Unpaid carer Andrea Tucker has won a legal victory against the Department for Work and Pensions, overturning its demand she repay £4,600 for alleged breaches in benefit rules.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is actively exploring whether disability could be added to the ‘equal merit’ approach to the selection of judges, its vice-chair said this week.’
Legal Futures, 12th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This Bill, which was originally introduced by the previous government as the Renters’ Reform Bill, seeks to level-up the perceived current imbalance between residential landlords and tenants by bestowing on tenants greater rights and security. But critics argue that the proposed reforms go too far in favour of tenants. So, what are the current key reforms affecting private residential tenancies?’
Kingsley Napley Real Estate Law Blog, 11th February 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Provisions that would see unaccompanied asylum seekers treated as adults if they refused a scientific age assessment without “reasonable grounds” are set to be scrapped by Government.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘It is now some fifteen years since the UK Supreme Court gave its landmark decision in the case of Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42 on the use and effectiveness of prenuptial agreements. In doing so it moved the emphasis on to holding the parties to their bargain when setting out the principle that “the court should give effect to a nuptial agreement that is freely entered into by each party with a full appreciation of its implications unless in the circumstances prevailing it would not be fair to hold the parties to their agreement.”‘
Kingsley Napley Family Law Blog, 5th February 2025
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘A sperm donor who claims to have fathered more than 180 children has been used by a judge to warn of the dangers of unregulated sperm donation.’
BBC News, 11th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of quietly blocking thousands of refugees from applying for citizenship if they arrived in the UK by small boats or hidden in vehicles.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) not only has “the right to act” to improve diversity in the legal profession, but is under “a duty to act”, its new chief executive has said.’
Legal Futures, 11th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Private parking rules are set to change to ensure motorists are not unfairly penalised if they do not pay within five minutes.’
BBC News, 12th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK advertising watchdog has banned an advert from high street retailer Next for featuring an “unhealthily thin” model in digitally altered clothing.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Church of England risks further crisis if it fails to adopt a sweeping new independent system to keep people safe, the former head of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse has said.’
BBC News, 11th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Another in the Lieven J-inspired line of challenges to Cheshire West can be found in Re V (Profound Disabilities) [2025] EWHC 200 (Fam), concerning a 15 year old boy with “profound enduring disabilities”.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 10th February 2025
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