“The 30-year rule on government secrets should be changed to 15 years, allowing confidential papers from the Thatcher and Major administrations to be revealed, an official review is expected to recommend.”
The Independent, 11th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government is spending millions of pounds in legal fees fighting the claims of sick miners in a move that lawyers say will recreate the mistakes of the past.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It’s been a long time coming, but the Northern Rock trial, which kicks off this week (13 January), is sure to be well worth the wait – if for no other reason than the sheer spectacle it promises to provide.”
The Lawyer, 12th January 2009
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Lawyers are taking the government to court today over the way two Iraqi men were sent for trial in Baghdad despite last-minute injunctions ordering them to remain in British custody.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government departments have failed to tighten data handling rules despite losing 30 million personal files in two years, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Law Society survey finds that even after being reformed, the system for appointing new silks has its critics.”
The Times, 12th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The man behind a project to build a film studio at St Agnes in Cornwall has been ordered to forfeit £100,000 at a court hearing.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Guardian’s recent libel victory over Elton John opens the way for other publishers to invoke a US-style parody defence, according to a libel law expert. Publishers should not consider the ruling as a licence to insult though, he said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Online music retailer Play.com has been criticised by the UK’s advertising watchdog for the second time in a year for claims about the savings it offers. The company has been told not to repeat the claims.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2009
Surce: www.out-law.com
“The owners of an Oxford care home have been fined £80,000 following the death of an 82-year-old woman with dementia.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Earl of Wessex has been cleared by the RSPCA of animal cruelty over photographs that appeared to show him lashing out at two gundogs with a stick during a pheasant shoot.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary leader, the Meirionnydd and Nant Conwy MP Elfyn Llwyd, has lost his driving licence for a month after admitting speeding.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions has said the law on assisted suicide is ‘workable’ in its current form.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In our recent Law Society survey, solicitors criticised the system for the award of Silk. Our survey sought members’ views about their experience of the process and the Society’s future stance towards Queen’s Counsel Appointments (QCA’s).”
Law Society News, 8th January 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
GG Plc, R v (No.2) [2008] EWCA Crim 3061 (18 December 2008)
Moyle v R [2008] EWCA Crim 3059 (18 December 2008)
Tucker v Crown Prosecution Service [2008] EWCA Crim 3063 (19 December 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ashley & Anor v Sussex Police [2008] EWHC 3151 (QB) (19 December 2008)
Ashley & Anor v Sussex Police [2008] EWHC 3152 (QB) (19 December 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
M-D v D [2008] EWHC 1929 (Fam) (19 December 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Euro Construction Scaffolding Ltd v SLLB Construction Ltd [2008] EWHC 3160 (TCC) (19 December 2008)
Amsalem (t/a MRE Building Contractors) v Raivid & Anor [2008] EWHC 3226 (TCC) (19 December 2008)
A E Yates Trenchless Solutions Ltd v Black & Veatch Ltd [2008] EWHC 3183 (TCC) (19 December 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A 19-year-old man who threw vodka in the face of a teenage girl before setting light to her was jailed indefinitely today.”
The Independent, 8th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A breakthrough in the dispute threatening to disrupt trials of very high cost criminal cases (VHCCs) could be in sight following the publication of new funding proposals.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th January 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A new policy on handling legal challenges to us removing people from the United Kingdom (judicial review challenges) will come into effect on 30 January. This will help us establish a swift end-to-end process for concluding asylum cases and deporting foreign national prisoners.”
UK Border Agency, 9th January 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
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