“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
“A man whose wife died by a ‘fluke’ chance when a TV remote he threw towards her hit her head today had his jail sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 19th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
British Airways Plc v Unite the Union [2010] EWHC B4 (QB) (17 May 2010)
Hays Plc v Hartley [2010] EWHC 1068 (QB) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bilta (UK) Ltd (In Liquidation) v Nazir & Ors [2010] EWHC 1086 (Ch) (17 May 2010)
Red River UK Ltd & Anor v Sheikh & Anor [2010] EWHC 1100 (Ch) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The master of the rolls has called for fewer and more carefully drafted laws to avoid handing too much power to the judiciary.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The press watchdog has said it is not ‘toothless’ following its handling of a case surrounding the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately.”
BBC News, 19th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A battle between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over whether to introduce a British bill of rights, supplanting the European convention on human rights, is to be passed to an independent commission after a disagreement within the new coalition.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A male lawyer was wrongfully sacked because bosses were worried they would be sued if they fired his female counterpart while she was on maternity leave, it emerged yesterday.”
The Independent, 19th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The power to decide whether a suspect is charged in hundreds of thousands of cases a year is to be restored to the police, the new home secretary, Theresa May, will announce tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Banaszek v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1076 (18 May 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Investec Bank (UK) Ltd v Zulman & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 536 (18 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cadogan Petroleum Plc & Ors v Tolley & Ors [2010] EWHC 1107 (Ch) (18 May 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Two teenagers have been jailed after leaving an innocent man with a fractured skull during a random attack on a bus.”
The Independent, 18th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge who described UK immigration policy as ‘completely lax’ has been disciplined for making inappropriate remarks during a court sentencing.”
BBC News, 18th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As justice secretary Ken Clarke sharpens his axe, the future looks bleak for a founding pillar of the welfare state.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 79-year-old widow is losing her home after a bitter 11 year legal wrangle over a 3 inch strip of land.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The British Airways cabin crew union plans to go to the Court of Appeal today asking for the right to go ahead with 20 days of strike action that had been due to start today.”
The Times, 18th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two men who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids but never charged today won their appeals against deportation.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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