“Michael Bright, the founder and former chief executive of Independent Insurance, was sentenced to seven years in jail yesterday for committing fraud that helped to cause the company’s downfall.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
A UK Perspective on EU Civil Justice – Impact on Domestic Dispute Resolution (pdf)
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls.
EU Civil Justice Day Conference, 25th October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Companies that fail to make sure that their employees drive safely face prosecution under a new campaign by police to reduce the 1,000 fatal crashes a year involving work vehicles.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Dimmock v. Secretary of State for Children, Schools & Families
United Utilities Water Plc v. Environment Agency for England & Wales
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Do people in the legal profession influence the juries on which they sit — and does having a police officer or lawyer make that jury less impartial?”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The most extensive liberalisation of abortion laws for 40 years is being planned by MPs, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior judge has called for judges and the legal system to place more trust in the common sense of juries.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The chief executive of the SRA says it is determined to understand why certain groups figure more highly in some areas of regulation.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Some of the most sweeping changes to the powers of Parliament are to be announced today, including a guarantee that MPs will have a vote before British troops can go to war.”
The Independent, 25th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Access to justice is a luxury for many victims of discrimination, the head of the new equalities watchdog warned last night.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A widow who does not want to be buried with her parents-in-law has failed in her attempt to have her husband’s ashes dug up.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“British police have closed down what they claim is one of the world’s largest music piracy websites after a two-year pan-European operation. A series of raids in Middlesbrough and Amsterdam resulted in the arrest of a 24-year-old man and the closure of Oink, a private website that allowed users to locate and download music, movies and other files.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two prisons are exclusively holding foreign nationals serving less than four years with the expectation that they will then face deportation, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pleural plaques provide no cause of action
House of Lords
“A person who developed pleural plaques as a result of having been negligently exposed to asbestos in the course of his employment could not sue his employers for negligence.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Trusting the Jury (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
The Criminal Bar Association Kalisher Lecture, 23rd October 2007.
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Two jails in England and Wales are occupied fully by foreign inmates as the Prison Service tries to cope with a large number of criminals from abroad.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An exemption for paper records from the Data Protection Act runs out at midnight. The transitional relief exemption only lasted until 23rd October, imposing less stringent conditions on the holding of paper records than electronic ones.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The lover of a wealthy businessman who committed suicide before fulfilling his promise to marry her on the Queen Mary 2 cruiseliner yesterday won a High Court battle with his family over his £3 million fortune.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Too many people with mental health problems are ending up in prison when what they need is specialist care, a Prisons Inspectorate report suggests.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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