“Family lawyers have attacked government plans to extend the media’s right to report family cases, warning that they will clog the courts with preliminary hearings and lead to miscarriages of justice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“MPs are lobbying prime minister Gordon Brown to exclude solicitors from any government-run scheme to compensate workers for asbestos-related pleural plaques.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Office for Legal Complaints has announced further moves to set up a new ombudsman scheme that will investigate and resolve complaints by consumers of legal services.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Regina v Horncastle and Another; Regina v Marquis and Another
Supreme Court
“A defendant’s right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights would not be violated where his conviction was based solely or to a decisive extent on the statement of an absent witness, provided that the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were observed.”
The Times, 10th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former BBC TV presenter who was jailed for two years for hitting a teenager with a pole has been told he cannot appeal against his sentence.”
BBC News, 9th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On 10 December 2009 we published our report on Conspiracy and Attempts. This report makes recommendations to reform the law governing the criminal liability of those who agree, or attempt, to commit offences.”
Law Commission, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“Senior lawyers say the law in England and Wales should be changed to make it easier to prove criminal conspiracy. The Law Commission says criminals can currently escape prosecution for conspiracy by claiming they did not know what they were doing was illegal.”
BBC News, 10th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The use of intercept evidence in criminal trials is not yet ‘legally or practically viable’, the independent reviewer of terror laws has said.”
BBC News, 10th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judges rule battle to publish book must be pursued in secretive investigatory powers tribunal.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A review launched by the government in the wake of high-profile match-fixing allegations is set to recommend the creation of a single unit dedicated to investigating corruption in sports betting.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“England’s draconian libel laws pose a danger to public health because they are interfering with the research published by medical journals, senior editors and scientists said.”
The Times, 10th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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