Incentives to sue to be banned as UK tackles compensation culture – OUT-LAW.com

Posted January 6th, 2011 in claims management, compensation, news by sally

“Claims management companies will be prevented from offering clients cash incentives to bring damages claims if a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposal to tighten up the rules comes into effect.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 6th January 2011

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Control orders: what are they and why do they matter? – Legal Week

Posted January 6th, 2011 in control orders, news by sally

“The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to make an announcement today on the future of control orders, a controversial anti-terrorism measure which have been repeatedly found by the court to infringe human rights. But what are they? And why have they caused such trouble since they were introduced?”

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Legal Week, 6th January 2011

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted January 6th, 2011 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Favell, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2948 (26 November 2010)

Hill, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2999 (26 November 2010)

Pinnell & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2848 (07 December 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

‘Bully claim’ Essex dinner lady was unfairly sacked – BBC News

Posted January 6th, 2011 in employment tribunals, freedom of expression, news, unfair dismissal by sally

“An Essex dinner lady sacked after telling a couple their child had been bullied was dismissed unfairly, a tribunal has ruled.”

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BBC News, 6th January 2011

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Prominent legal figures give their predictions for 2011 – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted January 6th, 2011 in legal profession, news by sally

“No one from whom the Gazette sought a prediction sees the year ahead as dull – 2011, according to lawyers, people who provide services to the legal profession, a government minister, and the profession’s leaders, will be a year in which the economic context will remain extremely challenging. Firms’ finances will come under close scrutiny, serious new competitors will emerge, and lawyers will be moving firms in ever greater numbers. And there is, of course, huge concern about the future provision of legal aid.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 6th January 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

28,000 prisoners will have right to vote – The Guardian

Posted January 6th, 2011 in elections, human rights, news, prisons by sally

“More than 28,000 prisoners are to win the right to vote, new figures showed yesterday, as David Cameron faces a growing revolt from the Tory right against the lifting of the 140-year-old ban on inmates voting in British elections.”

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The Guardian, 5th January 2011

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Ratcliffe coal protesters spared jail sentences – The Guardian

Posted January 6th, 2011 in demonstrations, environmental protection, news, sentencing, trespass by sally

“Environmental activists who planned to shut down a coal-fired power station near Nottingham were spared jail today after a judge declared they acted with ‘the highest possible motives’.”

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The Guardian, 5th January 2011

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Ex-KGB agent sues MI5 over ‘privacy breach’ – The Independent

Posted January 6th, 2011 in harassment, intelligence services, interception, news, privacy by sally

“A former senior KGB agent is suing MI5 over invasion of his privacy, alleging his family members were victims of a campaign of harassment and unlawful surveillance.”

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The Independent, 6th January 2011

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Chancery Lane warns against publication of complaints – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted January 6th, 2011 in complaints, law firms, minorities, news, solicitors by sally

“Reporting the names of lawyers and law firms who have been the subject of complaints by the public will disproportionately affect sole practitioners and black and minority ethnic (BME) lawyers, according to the Law Society.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 5th January 2011

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Human embryos ‘at risk of losing legal protection’ in research – The Guardian

Posted January 6th, 2011 in embryology, news by sally

“The human embryo may be in danger of losing the special status that guards it against use in anything other than important and necessary research, under proposals due out next week.”

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The Guardian, 5th January 2011

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Freedom of Information could cover hundreds more bodies – BBC News

Posted January 6th, 2011 in freedom of information, news by sally

“Hundreds more organisations could be made subject to Freedom of Information laws, Deputy PM Nick Clegg is to say.”

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BBC News, 6th January 2011

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