“People who feel threatened in their own homes will no longer have to flee and can stay to defend both themselves and their property under Government plans.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced tough measures to better protect people from intruders, dangerous criminals and excessive no-win no-fee legal costs.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th October 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Web hosts and ISPs should be allowed to keep allegedly defamatory comments online as long as the author of the comment is identified and a notice of complaint is published alongside the comment, a Parliamentary committee has recommended.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Art 6 ‘Right to a fair trial’, ‘equality of arms’ is implicitly granted in respect of both criminal charges and civil rights and obligations. By ensuring the entitlement of a ‘fair and public hearing’, it is presumed that legal aid funding will be afforded to those individuals who would suffer injustice otherwise.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th October 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Read MPs and peers’ verdict on the government’s plans to reform libel law.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Libel trials by jury should be abolished for all but exceptional cases involving public figures, a parliamentary committee has recommended.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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11 KBW, 12th October 2011
Source: www.11kbw.com
“The Law Society today called on the government to delay passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, after Jonathan Djanogly was stripped of responsibility for regulating claims management companies.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Jonathan Djanogly, the justice minister, has admitted for the first time to MPs that inquiries had been launched by his own department and the Cabinet Office following an investigation by the Guardian that revealed he could personally profit from changes he was piloting in the Commons.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parts of a proposed civil rights law threaten the UK’s compliance with human rights obligations and infringe on individuals’ rights, Parliament’s Human Rights Joint Committee has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Police could take DNA samples from up to 13,000 people convicted of serious offences like murder, manslaughter and rape, whose profiles are not on record.”
BBC News, 11th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has been forced to publicly declare in the parliamentary register that his controversial stakes in the insurance industry have been placed in a ‘blind trust’, after a Guardian investigation revealed that he could personally profit from legislation he is piloting in the Commons.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government’s plans to remove legal aid in private law family cases will place the UK in breach of its obligations under a United Nations convention to prevent discrimination against women, the Gazette has been told.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Government has proposed centralising all existing UK consumer protection laws and regulations under a new Consumer Bill of Rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs have rejected an amendment to legislation that would exempt claims brought by foreigners against UK multinationals from civil litigation reforms. The Public Bill Committee debated the amendment to the Legal Aid, Punishment of Offenders and Sentencing Bill, tabled by Labour MP Kate Green, yesterday.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Ministers have narrowly won their parliamentary battle over plans to hold general elections every five years.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson spoke in strong terms last week to the Cambridge Law Faculty on the controversial topic of legal aid and legal costs reforms.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th September 2011
Source: www.http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Policy paper was written by Timothy Pitt-Payne QC for the legal think tank, Halsbury’s Law Exchange.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Victims and their families voice alarm over the ‘ill-considered’ legal aid bill now before parliament.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Opposition amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill have been rejected by a committee of MPs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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