“Enrolments on the LPC have plummeted across the market, with the University of Huddersfield seeing a 68 per cent drop in student numbers for the 2010-11 academic year.”
The Lawyer, 4th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A leading solicitor says cuts to the legal aid budget being debated in Parliament could ‘clog up’ the court system in Wales.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Suspected paedophiles, rapists and violent offenders will have their bail conditions dropped as early as this week, unless the police are successful in suspending a high court ruling.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society has written to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke urging him to act immediately to ban referral fees, after he revealed last week that he is ‘considering’ the issue.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Many vital police services – from witness protection to fingerprint databasing – could collapse as a result a shake-up of crime-fighting, the president of the Association of Police Chief Officers (Acpo) will warn today.”
The Independent, 4th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Flexible working and sabbaticals among initiatives being introduced to bolster lawyer retention rates.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain will play its full part in the international clampdown on corruption as the Bribery Act comes into force today.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Women and children who it is suspected have been trafficked into the UK should no longer be treated as criminals, according to new guidance to prosecutors issued by the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims of crime and their families should be protected from aggressive and disrespectful cross-examination during trial under a charter of rights for witnesses, the Government’s ‘victims’ tsar’, will recommend this week.”
The Independent, 4th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Home Office is to review a central plank of human rights law in an admission that it is causing serious damage to Britain’s border controls.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government faces a legal challenge from charities over its plans to cut benefits for disabled people by more than £2bn.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The contentious police tactic of ‘kettling’ demonstrators is to face a series of legal challenges that could result in it being outlawed – starting with a case tomorrow brought by three teenagers.”
The Independent, 4th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British website owners could face extradition to the US on piracy charges even if their operation has no connection to America and does something which is most probably legal in the UK, the official leading US web anti-piracy efforts has told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Financial regulators must make sure that consumer complaints are dealt with more quickly according to the body that oversees them. They should intervene earlier in potential disputes, the chief ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2011
The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (Section 684(3A)) Order 2011
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2011
The Finance Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A high court judge has blocked attempts by families of soldiers killed in Iraq to seek compensation from the government under human rights legislation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A hair fetishist has been given a ‘whole life’ jail sentence for the ‘depraved’ and ‘callous’ murder and mutilation of a mother of two.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Emergency legislation is to be introduced to overturn a court ruling that has severely restricted police powers to detain suspects for questioning and plunged police bail laws into chaos.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teaching assistant accused of acts of abuse of trust with a pupil was not entitled to legal representation in school disciplinary proceedings which might lead to a referral to the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which could bar him from working with children.”
WLR Daily, 29th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Right Honourable Dame Janet Smith DBE has been appointed to succeed Lord Brennan of Bibury QC as the independent Assessor for miscarriages of justice compensation for England and Wales.The Assessor is appointed under schedule 12 of the Criminal Justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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