‘Hundreds of child rape survivors, including those targeted by grooming gangs, are expected to pursue their abusers in the courts after ministers scrapped a three-year time limit on compensation claims.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Women in prison are resorting to self-harm because of “astonishing gaps” in basic services including strict time limits when contacting their children and bans from using washing machines for dirty underwear, according to a watchdog’s report.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A nationwide plan to digitise immigration documents recently came into force. Since January 1, millions of foreign nationals who live in the UK must now use digital-only status documents, as all biometric residence permits expired at the end of 2024.’
EIN Blog, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 30 years for trying to kill a police officer by stabbing him in the head with a pair of scissors.’
BBC News, 4th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers representing 3,500 claimants are preparing to sue the pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over alleged links between talcum powder and cancer, in what is expected to be one of the largest pharmaceutical product group actions in English and Welsh legal history.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mikelic v The County Court in Zagreb, Croatia [2025] EWHC 208 (Admin) (03 February 2025)
Vanhove v Secretary of State for Education & Anor [2025] EWHC 191 (Admin) (31 January 2025)
Marin & Anor v Court of Ilfov, Romania [2025] EWHC 178 (Admin) (31 January 2025)
Social Work England v Evans [2025] EWHC 188 (Admin) (30 January 2025)
Szybowicz v The Regional Court In Krakow [2025] EWHC 152 (Admin) (29 January 2025)
Government of Japan v Chappell & Anor [2025] EWHC 166 (Admin) (29 January 2025)
Peto v Information Commissioner [2025] EWHC 146 (Admin) (29 January 2025)
BLZ, R (On the Application Of) v Leeds City Council [2025] EWHC 154 (Admin) (29 January 2025)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Not so much about “religion” as about charity law and what happens when the Charity Commission refuses to act on serious allegations of mismanagement.’
Law & Religion UK, 4th February 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Hussaini v Islington London Borough Council (2025) EWCA Civ 22. Mr Hussaini was a refugee. He had been accommodated in Barking & Dagenham area. On grant of leave to remain, he applied as homeless to Islington. Islington decided he did not have a local connection to the borough and referred the application to Barking. Mr H sought a review and s.204 appeal but was unsuccessful on both. He appealed to the Court of Appeal.’
Nearly Legal, 2nd February 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘This blog post compares how the government of Ireland and the UK government exercising its responsibility for England used non-statutory guidance during the pandemic to reinforce two severe intrusions upon peoples’ liberty: the orders requiring people to stay home and to refrain from public gatherings.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd February 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A councillor at Torridge District Council has been jailed for 18 weeks for harassment of the local authority’s head of legal and governance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a solicitor and his client’s bid to challenge the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office’s (JCIO) refusal to entertain their complaints about three Court of Appeal judges.’
Legal Futures, 4th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An accountant who helped himself to £27,000 from the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme as part of a bigger Covid loans fraud has been jailed for three years and eight months today.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A recorder has adjourned a family court hearing after finding the parties had come to it “in such a disordered and chaotic state that it is simply impossible to proceed in a fair way.” ’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A private call handling firm operating the NHS 111 non-emergency service has admitted it was at fault for failing to send an ambulance to a baby boy who died shortly after falling ill, an inquest has heard.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A shop in Coventry was fined after inspectors discovered a mice and cockroach infestation, a council said.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A row over plans for a new bridge over the Thames is due to go to judicial review later.’
BBC News, 4th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four men have been jailed after they attacked a rival drugs gang with swords, machetes and knives, before pushing them out of a first floor window and continuing the attack on the ground.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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