The Weekly Update - 15th April 2022
Here is a round-up of some of the top legal stories from the past week:
The prime minister and Rishi Sunak were fined in relation to illegal gatherings during lockdown. Link.
In response to those criminal sanctions, a junior minister in the Justice Department resigned from the government. Link.
An attempt by the Met Police to overturn a ruling in favour of Sarah Everard vigil organisers has been rejected. Link.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is targeting law firms that are assisting Russian oligarchs. Link.
The government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. Link.
There will be a by-election in Wakefield after the Conservative MP for that constituency was convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year old boy. Link.
Former tennis star, Boris Becker, was found guilty of four offences under the Insolvency Act 1986. Link.
The ‘Colston Four’ case will be referred by the Attorney General to the Court of Appeal as she seeks clarification of the law. Link.
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry continued to expose failures at both a local and national level. Link.
The European Court of Human Rights held that a doctor who had been convicted for assisting suicide did not have their Convention rights breached. Link.