“The Law Society is set to launch a judicial review of the government’s move to drastically reduce the legal costs that defendants can reclaim if they are acquitted of a criminal offence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A couple have lost a High Court battle against a government immigration policy aimed at combating forced marriages.”
BBC News, 7th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers for a widow whose husband was killed in a ‘friendly fire’ incident in Iraq have halted a legal challenge against the Ministry of Defence (MoD).”
BBC News, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The legality of a Conservative experiment in ‘no-frills’ local government will be challenged in the high court today by more than 250 sheltered housing residents who are furious at their council’s decision to remove live-in wardens to cut costs.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has ruled in the favour of taxi drivers in Newport, who challenged a council decision to impose age limits on vehicles.”
BBC News, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Somerset solicitor is set to launch a judicial review action against the Children and Family Courts Advice and Support Service (Cafcass) because of its ‘unacceptable delays’ in appointing children’s guardians and family court advisers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th November 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Climate change protesters have won a judicial review of police tactics during a G20 demonstration, their solicitor said today.”
The Independent, 25th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A criminal justice expert has praised an attack victim who fought to have the perpetrator brought to court after he was let off with a conditional caution.”
BBC News, 11th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A charity is seeking a judicial review of a decision to order a cull of badgers in parts of west Wales in an attempt to eradicate bovine TB.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has reserved his decision in a legal action brought by the dismissed head of Haringey children’s services, Sharon Shoesmith.”
BBC News, 12th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith, the former head of children’s services at the centre of the Baby Peter case, was made aware of ‘very significant professional failings’ in her department at Haringey before she was sacked, the high court heard today.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former director of children’s services at the centre of the Baby Peter case goes to the high court today to seek compensation for dismissal.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In any judicial review proceedings relating to a case which involved crucial, ‘hard-edged’ questions of fact in light of which it was necessary for the court to allow cross-examination of makers of witness statements on those ‘hard-edged’ questions of fact, it was vital for full disclosure to occur to enable effective and proper cross-examination to take place. That constituted an important exception to the conventional approach in respect of disclosure in judicial review cases and the approach should be similar to that involved in an ordinary Queen’s Bench action.”
WLR Daily, 5th October 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Sharon Shoesmith, the social services chief who was sacked over the Baby P scandal, compares her treatment to that of the killers of James Bulger in a legal challenge, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“There are several remarkable features about the case of Debbie Purdy. For one, the case started with judicial review proceedings in April 2008, concluding with the House of Lords judgment on 30 July 2009 – less than 15 months later.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th August 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“In a claim by a public landlord for a possession order against its demoted tenant, the jurisdiction of the county court was limited to considering whether the procedure for bringing the possession claim had been complied with and to making or declining to make the possession order; it had no power to review the decision of the review panel of the public landlord as to whether the decision was proportionate or compatible with the tenant’s human rights.”
WLR Daily, 3rd August 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“On an application for judicial review of the Secretary of State’s alleged failure to take steps to implement targets specified in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy, and in particular for eliminating fuel poverty ‘as far as reasonably practicable’, where the legal obligation on the Secretary of State had been defined in terms of effort and endeavour, arguments as to the desirability of the Government’s policy on the use of available money were not apt to found an argument of breach of statutory duty and judicial review, absent a rationality challenge.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The great train robber Ronnie Biggs has been given permission to challenge the decision to refuse him parole, his legal adviser said today.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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