‘Cosmetic procedure patients should be given a cooling-off period before going under the knife, according to the latest guidance by the General Medical Council (GMC).’
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The Independent, 8th June 2015
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11 Gray’s Inn Square Chambers invites applications for tenancy from Immigration and Employment practitioners.
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‘Speaker: Charles Mynors, Barrister (Francis Taylor Building)
There are now around 60 statutes in force dealing with town planning and related matters. It might seem to be obviously attractive to undertake a massive consolidation exercise. But how far should it go? What should be included? Should the new statutes codify principles developed by the courts clarifying the meaning of the statutory text? And what about actual changes? How much should be delegated to secondary legislation? What about definitions? Could there be a new on-line version? And why is the Government so reluctant to undertake consolidation? What are the lessons to be learnt from the tax law rewrite programme? ‘
Date: 8th June 2015, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘This symposium will provide a forum for presentations and discussion on the relationships between law and compassion, focusing on the conceptual and theoretical approaches to compassion, and the relationship of compassion to litigation, judging and regulation, with particular concern to learn from critical interdisciplinary and socio-legal approaches.’
Date: 1st July 2015, 9.15am-4.45pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DR
Charge: SLSA Full Members: £59.00; SLSA Student Members: £30.00; Non-members: £79.00.
More information can be found here.
‘Are new laws needed to cover surrogacy arrangements and modern family set-ups? Mai-Ling Savage, a barrister and specialist in surrogacy, same-sex parenting and fertility law at Fourteen, a specialist family chambers, analyses a recent case which highlights the lack of a clear legal framework to enforce agreements made before the birth of a child.’
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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th June 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The Education and Adoption Bill was presented to Parliament on 3 June 2015. The proposed legislation would make the following changes to education law in England and Wales.No date has been announced yet for the second reading.’
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Education Law Blog, 4th June 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
‘Downing Street’s decision to publish the second batch of letters that Prince Charles had sent to ministers was unexpected. The government had been preparing to resist the publication of the latest batch, covering the years 2006 to 2009, even though a previous batch, covering 2004 and 2005, was released after a ten-year legal battle with the Guardian.’
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The Guardian, 4th June 2015
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‘Senior judges at the European Court of Human Rights are to examine the case of three men jailed over the 21/7 plot to bomb the London transport network.’
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BBC News, 3rd June 2015
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‘She sent an email from the pupil’s school account to her own account saying there was a bomb at the school.’
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Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Confectionery giant Nestle is attempting to turn the shape of the KitKat bar into a trademark. But is this possible, asks Justin Parkinson.’
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BBC News, 5th June 2015
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‘A father hanged himself after receiving letters from the Child Support Agency demanding £11,000 in backdated maintenance payments for his son, an inquest has heard.’
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The Guardian, 4th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The landscape of public law is changing, with cuts to legal aid and new funding models restricting traditional access to judicial review remedies. But the need to challenge state decisions is undiminished. 1COR’s Public Law Team and JUSTICE bring you the latest on how to achieve access to justice for your client in the changing world of public law and judicial review.’
Date: 4th June 2015, 5.00-7.30pm
Location: Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘Legal aid cuts in immigration cases have created a climate of confusion and mistrust in detention centres, according to a pressure group’s research.’
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Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court is to hear a legal challenge to the government’s emergency surveillance law brought by two MPs.’
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BBC News, 4th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Letters from the 1980s have been released, in which MP Geoffrey Dickens called for then-Home Secretary Leon Brittan to ban a pro-paedophilia group.’
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BBC News, 4th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who beat a teenager with a pole in an alcohol and drug-fuelled rage after he mistook him for someone else has been jailed for life.’
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BBC News, 3rd June 2015
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‘The Queen’s speech, which announces the Government’s agenda for the next five years, would not be the same without some proposals on immigration reform. We were not let down and the plan of attack will be a new Immigration Bill which will focus on illegal workers, overstayers and rogue employers.’
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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The worst data breach incidents are costing UK businesses between £1.5 million and £3m on average through business disruption, lost sales and assets and damage to reputation, new research by the UK government and consultancy PwC has found.’
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OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The decision not to charge any police officers with the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes on a London tube is to be challenged in the European court of human rights.’
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The Guardian, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Groups posing as under-age girls online to expose suspected paedophiles – commonly referred to as ‘paedophile hunters’ – say they gain quicker results than police. But is their work undermining official investigations?’
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BBC News, 4th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk