“The government must suspend the ‘immature and unwise’ eviction of 400 Travellers from Essex green belt and seek a peaceful solution, the UN and a European human rights group said.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 40 people have killed themselves with the help of their friends or family since new guidelines were introduced that effectively decriminalised assisted suicide, official figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph have disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A paedophile who was said to have raped one of his victims up to 400 times has been jailed.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s top prosecutor has said he wants the chief suspect in the WPc Yvonne Fletcher murder case to be tried in the Old Bailey.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson will hold his first preliminary hearing for the judicial inquiry into phone hacking on Tuesday to decide which newspaper groups and other organisations will be eligible to be ‘core participants’.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A TV licensing inspector who raped a pregnant woman on Teesside has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police officers who carried out a raid on the home of Smiley Culture, in which the reggae star died, will not face disciplinary action from the police watchdog.”
The Independent, 3rd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“As if finding a property, saving for a deposit and passing credit and salary checks weren’t enough for would-be homebuyers, lenders have thrown in a new issue: your solicitor. An increasing number of borrowers are finding that their lender will not work with the law firm they have chosen to do their conveyancing – a situation that is reducing consumer choice and can add costs, hassle and delay to the homebuying process. And the problem is likely to grow.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British ‘shaman’ caught administering a potion containing a class-A hallucinogenic drug to 17 followers at a candlelit “healing” ceremony has been jailed for 15 months.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employers will have to be more careful about how they pay their employees for motoring expenses after a tax tribunal ruling that lump-sum allowances could be subject to national insurance contributions (NICs).”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Lawyers for Travellers at Dale Farm have failed in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the eviction of families from the site.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Law Society debate will this month consider how superinjunctions can survive in an era of social media.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The first person to be charged under the new Bribery Act will be a magistrates court clerk who allegedly accepted £500 for fixing a motoring offence, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Reduced legal aid fees for expert witnesses are making it ‘almost impossible’ to find experts and in some cases leaving law firms out of pocket by thousands of pounds, a leading family lawyer has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Police and other authorities can now be prosecuted over deaths in custody in England, Scotland and Wales.”
BBC News, 1st September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary has extended a ban on marches in the capital to include the City of London after concerns over a planned demonstration by the far right English Defence League.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts should pay more attention to a young person’s ‘maturity’ and less to their age when making sentencing decisions, a report by two criminal justice groups has recommended.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The 40-year-old movement to provide legal services to the vulnerable looks likely to bear the brunt of legal aid cuts.”
The Guardian, 1st September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“While some solicitors regard the legal retail outlets springing up in shopping centres as tacky they can only be good for the public.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 11-year-old has been given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for stealing a bin during the recent riots.”
BBC News, 31st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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