“A murdered three-year-old West Midlands boy was not protected despite his killers being known to child protection agencies, a report has found.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior civil servants who tried to keep their salaries secret will be made to reveal them, the Information Commissioner has ruled. The government has been ordered to name every civil servant on a salary above £150,000 – more than the prime minister – after some resisted, citing the Data Protection Act. The ruling means that the identity of 24 Whitehall mandarins who refused to be named when the coalition published a list of high earners in government a year ago will now be revealed, and that pressure will mount for other high earners below the £150,000 mark to also be named.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hackers could crack the new Police National Database and access sensitive information of millions of innocent people, human rights campaigners have warned.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The courts will rely on their depleted ranks of senior managers to remain open during industrial action, when Ministry of Justice members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) strike on 30 June in protest at proposed changes to public sector pensions and job cuts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A former miner who stabbed his wife during a row after she refused his offer of a cup of tea has been unanimously convicted of murder.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Military veterans are twice as likely to be convicted for sex offences than other people and more likely to commit violent offences, an inquiry has found.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In a secret location in the UK, there is a warehouse the size of a football pitch that climbs five storeys into the sky. Under its gargantuan roof are more than three million boxes and, in these boxes, are thousands and thousands of files and innumerable documents.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A hospital security guard who planted a fake bomb where he worked prompting a six-hour security alert has been jailed for 15 months.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The City of London is showing brazen disregard for rules to stop money laundering and is welcoming with open arms some of the world’s most unsavoury political leaders and their cronies, according to a damning report by the Financial Services Authority.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Kenneth Clarke faced anger last night after threatening to scrap the automatic right of arrested suspects to receive free advice from a solicitor.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“David Cameron has refused to be driven into another policy U-turn on crime after rejecting calls from Ed Miliband for DNA to be routinely retained in rape cases.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former cabinet secretary and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats have criticised government contingency plans to detain terror suspects for up to 28 days without charge as unsatisfactory and unreliable.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“The Legal Services Board (LSB) is today publishing the results of an independent investigation into the operations of smaller legal services regulators.”
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Legal Services Board, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“The Government has outlined proposals to give a prospective new competition authority powers to resolve consumer complaints.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The biggest winding back of access to justice in the legal aid system’s history is not getting the attention it deserves.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice secretary’s plans for improving sentencing offer nothing new.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Widdows, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1500 (21 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
EH v Kent County Council [2011] EWCA Civ 709 (21 June 2011)
AM v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 710 (21 June 2011)
IR (Sri Lanka) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 704 (21 June 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Woodham v Turner (t/a Turners of Great Barton) [2011] EWHC 1588 (QB) (21 June 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Soutzos v Asombang & Ors [2011] EWHC 1582 (Ch) (21 June 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Halligen v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 1584 (Admin) (21 June 2011)
G v St Gregory’s Catholic Science College (Rev 1) [2011] EWHC 1452 (Admin) (17 June 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2011] EWHC 1522 (Comm) (21 June 2011)
High Court (Patents Court)
Atrium Medical Corp & Anor v DSB Invest Holding SA [2011] EWHC 74 (Pat) (21 January 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
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