Legal aid wrangle risks miscarriage of justice – The Times
“A teenager accused of the murder of Rhys Jones has been left without a QC with only a month to go before trial.”
The Times, 2nd September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: legal representation
Newport City Council v Charles – Times Law Reports
Newport City Council v Charles
Court of Appeal
“A fixture need not be vacated when the Civil Appeals Listing Office had failed to ascertain that leading counsel was prebooked for an appeal due to be heard in Cardiff.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Ban Ministry of Defence from hiring lawyers for inquests, say Tories – Daily Telegraph
“The Ministry of Defence should be banned from hiring barristers to defend it at military inquests, the Conservatives will say on Tuesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Virgin Media Communications Ltd and others v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and another – WLR Daily
“It was desirable that a litigant should be free to instruct the lawyer of his choice, particularly if that lawyer were already acting for him and he wished the lawyer to continue to act in a related matter. It was hard to conceive of circumstances where the fact that documents had been disclosed to lawyers acting for a party in one set of proceedings would preclude those lawyers from acting in other proceedings between the same parties.”
WLR Daily, 9th June 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Virgin Media Communications Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and Another – Times Law Reports
Virgin Media Communications Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and Another
Court of Appeal
“It was desirable that a litigant should be free to instruct the lawyer of his choice, particularly if that lawyer was already acting for the litigant who wished him to act in a related manner. It was hard to conceive of circumstances where the fact that documents had been disclosed to lawyers acting for a party in one set of proceedings would preclude those lawyers from acting in other proceedings between the same parties.”
The Times, 11th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Why murderers deserve a good lawyer – The Times
“In a civilised society everyone has the right to a fair trial, no matter how horrible the offence or how fantastic the defence may be.”
The Times, 7th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
To deliver justice we need time, not a midwife – The Times
“It is nine months since ‘Falconer’s Folly’ began its roll-out to all 360 magistrates’ courts in England and Wales. This scheme is more properly called ‘speedy justice’ – a system designed to hurry cases through the courts. A trial period in Thames, Camberwell, Coventry and West Cumbria proved that it did just that, according to some official statistics.”
The Times, 13th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Dando killer asks for new legal team – The Times
“Barry George, the man serving a life sentence for the murder of television presenter Jill Dando, has demanded a new legal team three weeks before a second appeal against his conviction is due to begin.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Call centre justice’ criticised – BBC Law in Action
“The government has been criticised for cutting the right of arrested suspects to advice from a qualified lawyer.”
BBC Law in Action, 9th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police investigate bogus detention lawyer – The Guardian
“A bogus lawyer who evaded security at two detention centres and took thousands of pounds from desperate asylum seekers is at the centre of a police investigation. The Home Office confirmed that detectives are examining the activities of Alan Kamara-Francis, a self-styled ‘street barrister’ who claims he has been entering Yarl’s Wood and Oakington detention centres for the past four years to act as a legal adviser to migrants facing deportation.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Suspects ‘denied’ lawyer access – BBC News
“Police are flouting rules to protect people in custody by denying suspects legal representation for ‘intelligence interviews’, lawyers have claimed.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: BBC Law in Action: Police ‘intelligence interviews’
