‘The mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, is back behind bars two years after being freed from jail.’
The Independent, 3rd September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Manufacturers and distributors of non-investment insurance products may need to re-consider the efficacy of their product value assessments and ensure they are fully aware of their responsibilities to consumers following the findings of a UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) thematic review.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 has now been in force for 50 years, but it continues to provide a globally-recognised framework for managing health and safety risk – even as that risk evolves with the operation of new technologies and ways of working.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The recent Court of Appeal decision in D and A (Fact Finding: Research Literature) [2024] EWCA Civ 663 considered issues about the use of medical research literature as evidence in care proceedings under Part IV of the Children Act 1989. This case is an important decision, reminding practitioners of the importance of oral evidence and the evidence provided by expert witnesses in a time when the Government is running a pilot programme which might limit both of those things.’
St Ives Chambers, 8th August 2024
Source: www.stiveschambers.co.uk
‘In Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Marilyn Mailley [2023] EWCA Civ 1246, the Court of Appeal considered whether the statutory provisions governing succession to secure tenancies under the Housing Act 1985 were discriminatory in circumstances where a family member was not able to succeed to a tenancy, as the tenant had ceased to occupy the property due to ill-health and did not have capacity to assign the tenancy to them.’
St Philips Barristers, 19th August 2024
Source: st-philips.com
‘Iqbal Mohammed explores the unusual facts in the case of Pervaiz v Akhtar, decided by Her Honour Judge Truman in July 2024.’
St Philips Barristers, 1st August 2024
Source: st-philips.com
‘On 18th July 2024, attentions were drawn to the sentences received by five Just Stop Oil activists, including its co-founder, Roger Hallam, for the offence of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance, namely by disrupting traffic on the M25.[1] Mr Hallam received a sentence of five years and the others received sentences of four years. Many viewed the sentences as excessive and repressive considering that the protests were peaceful,[2] despite causing large-scale disruption with significant economic consequences.’
Six Pump Court, 9th August 2024
Source: 6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘Family Law Newsletter – August 2024; Articles, news, legislation updates and case updates from Care Proceedings, Private Law and Financial Remedy matters.’
Spire Barristers, 19th August 2024
Source: www.spirebarristers.co.uk
‘At first blush the decision of Freedman J in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB) appears counterintuitive. Section 33(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (“AEA”) states that:
“On the death of a person intestate as to any real or personal estate, that estate shall be held in trust by his personal representatives with the power to sell it”.’
Wilberforce Chambers, 30th July 2024
Source: www.wilberforce.co.uk
‘As the Grenfell inquiry prepares to publish its final report into the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72, Nadine White speaks to those still grappling with its tragic legacy.’
The Independent, 1st September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘During an average shift on the shop floor at Next, Helen Scarsbrook has to remain polite and keep smiling while she makes split-second judgments about which customers need help and which need to be tactfully discouraged from shoplifting and ushered out of the store.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools are being scrapped immediately.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has overturned a decision of the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), which it said had not been entitled to impose conditions which had the effect of compromising an enforcement notice and would “perpetuate the harm to the landscape and heritage assets identified by the inspector”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Care leaders have warned of a serious safety risk as research revealed 60% of homecare providers had not been inspected for at least four years, or ever.’
The Guardian, 30th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An independent review into Wakefield Council’s decision to close a residential care home, moving some residents in less than 48 hours, has found that the council’s decision-making procedures were “not followed properly”, and that there wasn’t enough focus on the needs of residents.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Cleaners at a prestigious London private school have won their battle for improved pay and working conditions, as well as compensation for steep cuts in their hours, scrapping plans for industrial action that was due to have started next week.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who threatened to kill former Labour leader Ed Miliband has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 29th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘“We know your taste for curious quips, For cranks and contradictions queer“…
…. and in the recent judgment Re St. Mary Fawkham [2024] ECC Roc 1 Willink Ch. evinces the solution to the question “When is a petition not a petition?“, in which circumstances “a memorial” (in a churchyard) had to be distinguished from the broader (legal) meaning of “a memorial” . The circumstances of the case itself will be familiar to canon lawyers – the Petitioner wished to install a memorial in the churchyard in memory of his late wife. The proposed memorial was a headstone and kerbs, the proposed stone being polished paradiso granite, described as “a swirling mixture of pink, grey, red and black colours in a strongly-defined tortoiseshell-type pattern.”’
Law & Religion UK, 29th August 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering Holly Newton, 15, who was stabbed to death in January 2023.’
BBC News, 29th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Richmond has lost a case over mooring on the River Thames in which a judge had earlier “excoriated” another judge’s order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th August 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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