Nurses and midwives set to face three-yearly checks – BBC News
“Nurses and midwives in the UK look set to face three-yearly checks from the end of 2015 under proposals being put forward.”
BBC News, 6th September 2013
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“Nurses and midwives in the UK look set to face three-yearly checks from the end of 2015 under proposals being put forward.”
BBC News, 6th September 2013
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“The likelihood of the first prosecution in the UK for female genital mutilation is higher than ever before, the director of public prosecutions says.”
BBC News, 6th September 2013
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“A Conservative MP has called for voting crimes to be punished retrospectively after it emerged that Nigel Kennedy, the violinist, will not face prosecution for alleged electoral fraud.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2013
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“Many practitioners are concerned about the implications of recent delays in granting legal aid whilst the LAA is making detailed investigations about whether CFAs are available – even in cases where they clearly are not.”
Legal Aid Handbook, 4th September 2013
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“Yesterday Sir Nicolas Bratza spoke candidly about the responsibility of certain UK politicians and media outlets in tarnishing this countries human rights legacy. He called on lawyers and NGOs to help rekindle the fire for human rights at home.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th September 2013
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“Thames Valley Police have apologised to two men wrongly convicted over the murder of a 19-year-old woman from Milton Keynes in 2000.”
BBC News, 5th September 2013
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“The financial industry regulator is to conduct a review of the way in which customer complaints to banks and building societies are handled, one of its directors has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th September 2013
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“Cross-government coordination on an issue that affects trade, international development, foreign affairs, business activity and human rights is remarkable, especially at such a difficult economic time. So the UK’s Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, which is the government’s long-awaited strategy for implementing the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, is to be applauded for this achievement. Yet, while the Plan establishes clear expectations that UK companies should respect human rights, there are no effective legal requirements placed on them to do so.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th September 2013
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“Proposed new guidance recommends that decisions of the family courts should always be published, unless there are compelling reasons against publication. Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High Court, has issued the proposed judiciary guidance to facilitate the ‘need for greater transparency’ in the family courts.”
RPC Privacy Law, 4th September 2013
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“A law firm has been closed down after one of the country’s most senior judges asked regulators to investigate its last-minute bids to block the deportation of failed asylum seekers.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2013
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“The impact of the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ on the human rights of low-income households is being examined by a senior United Nations official.”
The Independent, 4th September 2013
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“Drug prohibition began in the UK during World War I, when the possession, distribution and sale of cocaine and opium was outlawed. Cannabis was added to the list in 1920, in line with international treaties.”
BBC News, 5th September 2013
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“Justice secretary signals that Dartmoor does not have long-term future as immediate closure of four other jails is announcedFull story
The Guardian, 4th September 2013
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“A man has been given a life sentence for killing a 19-year-old woman, 11 years after her former boyfriend was wrongly jailed for the murder.”
The Independent, 4th September 2013
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“The CPS’s decision not to prosecute two doctors who have been accused of offering to arrange abortions based on gender is ‘concerning’, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.”
BBC News, 5th Sepetember 2013
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“More than 500 court cases are being thrown out or delayed each week due to failings by prosecutors or in the court system, it has been claimed.”
The Independent, 5th September 2013
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“Plans to award legal aid contracts to the lowest bidders following criticisms it would reduce justice to a ‘factory mentality’ have been scrapped.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2013
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“Law is everywhere providing answers to almost everything. Ever larger numbers of students want to be part of the legal mechanisms that control us, regulate us and take over from politicians when politicians sense their own incapability. It is almost a new religion. In this lecture – and in the discussion to follow – some of the issues dealt with in earlier years by Professor Bogdanor (such as in his lectures, Judges or Legislators: Who Should Rule?, The Judges and the Constitution and The Human Rights Act: Cornerstone of a New Constitution) will be reviewed as will the effect of Europe on our law.”
Date: 4th December 2013, 6.00pm
Location: Barnard’s Inn Hall
Charge: Free
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“70% of the Earth’s surface is not subject to sovereign administration and remains an anarchic space. New technologies pose serious challenges to the notion of High Seas Freedom. Is regulation inevitable and, if so, who will impose it and how?”
Date: 28th November 2013, 6.00pm
Location: Mercer’s Hall
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.