Legal aid and sentencing bill – live blog – The Guardian
“Live coverage as controversial justice bill is accidentally published early.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Day: 21 June 2011
Government set to press ahead with legal aid cuts and Jackson reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government has today confirmed its intention to press ahead with controversial reforms to legal aid with the publication of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. It also plans wholesale implementation of the Jackson reforms of civil litigation costs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Sunday Times loses libel disclosure battle with police – The Guardian
“The Sunday Times has lost a court battle to force the commissioner of the Metropolitan police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency to disclose confidential documents which the newspaper could use as evidence in a libel trial next month.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
LSB publishes aptitude testing research – Legal Services Board
“The LSB is today publishing research into aptitude testing and the legal profession. The report, commissioned from Dr Chris Dewberry, Department of Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London reviews the academic evidence for the effectiveness of aptitude testing. The review captures and summarises evidence from a wide range of studies charting the history of their development, their reliability and criteria for assessing effectiveness. The report concludes by setting out twelve recommendations any organisation seeking to use aptitude testing in legal services should consider.”
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Legal Services Board, 21st June 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Legal profession needs more than an aptitude test to cut graduate surplus – The Guardian
“With not enough training contracts for all its students, the legal practice course needs to find ways of reducing its intake.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
HM Attorney General v Joanne Fraill and Jamie Sewart [2011] EWCA Crim B2 (16 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SW v CW [2011] EWCA Civ 703 (17 June 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Derfshaw Ltd. & Ors, Re [2011] EWHC 1565 (Ch) (02 June 2011)
Sunwing Vacation Inc & Ors v E-Clear (UK) Plc & Ors [2011] EWHC 1544 (Ch) (03 June 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Caplin v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWHC 1567 (QB) (20 June 2011)
BB & Ors v The Home Office [2011] EWHC 1446 (QB) (08 June 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Yukos Capital SARL v OJSC Rosneft Oil Company [2011] EWHC 1461 (Comm) (14 June 2011)
Astrazeneca UK Ltd v Albemarle International Corp & Anor [2011] EWHC 1574 (Comm) (21 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Lawyers ‘not trusted’ by majority, says consumer watchdog – Law Society’s Gazette
“Under half of the general public trust lawyers, according to the results of a survey commissioned by consumer watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina (Gaunt) v Office of Communications (Liberty intervening) – WLR Daily
“The provisions of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code had to be interpreted, as well as being applied in a particular case, so as to comply with the requirements of the right to freedom of expression in article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The question whether the publication of a finding by the statutory regulator constituted a permissible interference with a claimed right to freedom of expression under the article demanded rigorous scrutiny.”
WLR Daily, 17th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Domain names can be registered with almost any suffix from next year, ICANN says – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses will be able to register website domain names with almost any ending and in any language from next year under plans approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court dismisses challenges to magistrates’ court closures – Law Society’s Gazette
“The High Court has rejected legal challenges to the closures of Sittingbourne and Barry magistrates’ courts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Former Langbar chief jailed for fraud – The Guardian
“The former chief executive of the £357m shell company Langbar International, which collapsed six years ago leaving shareholders with big losses, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail and banned from being a company director for five years. The Serious Fraud Office said he was guilty of ‘fraud on a grand scale’.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victims of crime failed by criminal justice system – Law Society’s Gazette
“Members of the public have little confidence in the criminal justice system and feel the rights of the accused outweigh their own, a new survey suggests.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Air passenger data plans in US-EU agreement are illegal, say lawyers – The Guardian
“The European commission’s own lawyers have warned that a joint US-European agreement to store the personal data, including credit card details, of millions of transatlantic air passengers for 15 years is unlawful.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
One in six young offenders are back in jail in a month – BBC News
“One in six young offenders are back behind bars within a month, according to the chief inspector of prisons.”
BBC News, 21st June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ASA says Cadbury was not racist when it compared Campbell to chocolate bar – The Independent
“A Cadbury’s advertising campaign which compared Naomi Campbell to a bar of chocolate was not racist, the industry’s watchdog has ruled.”
The Independent, 21st June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ken Clarke forced to abandon 50% sentence cuts for guilty pleas – The Guardian
“David Cameron has forced Kenneth Clarke to abandon all plans for 50% sentence discounts for early guilty pleas, after an outcry on the Tory right and in the tabloids.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gurkhas take pension battle to ECHR – The Independent
“British Gurkhas are taking their battle for equal pension rights to the European Court of Human Rights, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 20th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
