‘While it is often assumed that human rights are reserved for human beings, companies are legal persons having rights in law and do enjoy the protections afforded by human rights legislation.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A law firm that failed to conduct proper anti-money laundering checks while acting for a politically exposed person (PEP) has been fined £25,000.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A paralegal has been ordered to pay costs of just over £20,000 for bringing a “hopeless and misconceived” employment tribunal claim against a law firm.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) yesterday took the unusual step of setting out why it cleared the law firm which acted for Yevgeniy Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, of misconduct.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The President of the Family Division and the Chief Coroner are pleased to announce the publication of a new protocol, which takes effect today: the “2025 Protocol and Good Practice Model: Disclosure of information between Coroners and the Family Court in cases involving fatality”.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 24th March 2025
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A firm which submitted a claim to the Legal Aid Agency for 10,000 pages of prosecution evidence (PPE) but was told it could claim only for 882 pages has succeeded in its High Court appeal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A Romanian rapist wanted in his home country will not be extradited after a judge found it would be “oppressive” to send him back to serve another sentence.’
BBC News, 25th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A hotel owner fined £200,000 after a three-year-old girl was seriously injured by a falling roof slate during building works has had an appeal dismissed.’
BBC News, 25th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A supermarket has been fined more than £17,000 for breaching conditions over out-of-hours deliveries.’
BBC News, 25th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man jailed for raping a 10-year-old girl he groomed on social media has had his sentence increased by three years.’
BBC News, 25th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The City watchdog is considering changing rules to allow people to receive clearer information from financial firms to make it easier for them to find and compare products.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A senior police chief has unveiled a plan to charge more domestic abusers with manslaughter after their partners take their own lives. It comes after the death of Kiena Dawes, whose partner Ryan Wellings was cleared of manslaughter but convicted of domestic abuse.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An asylum seeker has been allowed to remain in Britain after a judge confused the country he fled from, Iraq, with Iran.’
The Independent, 21st March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Five members of a county lines drug gang known as the Scouse Dave Line have been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Teachers unable to get divorced because of delays getting their pensions valued are taking legal action against the government. Hundreds of teachers have been frustrated by long delays that left them “in limbo”, unable to move on with their lives or plan for their future.’
BBC news, 24th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who took a viable pressure cooker bomb into a Leeds hospital intending to “kill as many nurses as possible”, has been jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for life and will serve a minimum of 37 years.’
The Independent, 21st March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service is to update its guidance on so-called “revenge porn” crimes to stop perpetrators being allowed to keep explicit photos of their victims.’
The Guardian, 23rd March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Teenagers who are permanently excluded from school are twice as likely to commit serious violence within a year of their expulsion than those who were merely suspended, a large-scale new analysis of police and education records has shown.’
The Guardian, 22nd March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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