“The Crown Prosecution Service has defended a decision to prosecute a Neath teacher after a boy accused her of hitting him with a glue stick.”
BBC News, 20th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“If you want to become a barrister you have to secure pupillage — a training place in chambers.
Each year there are an average of 500 pupillage places but an estimated 4,000 would-be barristers vying for them. That’s because the 1,400 applications a year are boosted by 2,600 applicants from previous years having another go.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Is the Human Rights Act going to be replaced by a bill of rights, and how do the coalition partners’ stances differ?”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The pictures say it all. Ken Clarke, the new Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, and Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, beamed like old pals as the former was sworn into his new office. As well they might: the two are contemporaries, almost the same age and both cut their teeth as barristers on the Midland Circuit, even appearing opposite each other in a divorce case, Judge recalled at the ceremony last week.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Doctors could be struck off if they fail to respect the wishes of terminally ill patients who want to die by refusing treatment, the General Medical Council is to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Time is starting to run out on the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT). This well-established system enabling foreign (which in this case means non-England and Wales) lawyers to qualify as English solicitors will be phased out from the autumn to be replaced by a Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers are to mount legal challenges on behalf of people who were barred from voting on election night because of inadequate staffing and long lines outside polling stations.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peter Crisp has described it as a blip. The over-recruitment by BBP law school last autumn of 54 Bar Vocational Course (BVC) applicants led to student dismay, an inquiry by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and accusations that profit motives were put before student interests.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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