“Secret court hearings could be used when the families of soldiers who die as a result of Ministry of Defence failures pursue compensation claims, the minister responsible for the justice and security bill has admitted.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal process will provide a chance for the courts to consider to what extent councils should consult with constituents.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high court is being asked to quash the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Commission is recommending that the offence of scandalising the court should be abolished and not replaced.”
Law Commission, 19th December 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“The Commission on a Bill of Rights has reported, just in time for its end-of-2012 deadline. The documents are here: News release ; Volume 1 ; Volume 2.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2012
Source:www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Tory attempts to undermine the act threaten an expensive assault on the freedoms of the British public.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The consultation is aimed at anyone who has an interest in immigration, asylum and nationality matters or who would be affected by the removal of legal aid for most non-detention immigration appeals when the relevant provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into force in April 2013.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Squatters who have occupied a north London library for more than three months with the blessing of the local community are to be evicted, a judge has ruled. However, the court recognised their right to protest and the illegal tenants have been given a six-week stay of execution before they will be moved on.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today published interim guidelines setting out the approach prosecutors should take in cases involving communications sent via social media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
“Commissioners Lady Kennedy and Philippe Sands’ concerns are important, but are unlikely to impact the justice minister’s desire to withdraw from the European convention.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police officers have been warned that the ‘very legitimacy’ of the service risks being undermined unless more is done to take issues of integrity more seriously, a watchdog says.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have thanked the women who came forward to help convict a GP who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting patients.”
The Independent, 18th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former British army doctor has been found guilty of serious misconduct by medical watchdogs over the death of Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa and will now face possible sanctions against his working as a medic.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two teenagers have been given life terms for the murder of a schoolboy.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Liz Davies paints a bleak picture of what the government’s spending cuts and benefit caps mean to the least advantaged in society.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 18th December 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“A high court judge has ordered that a seven-year-old boy at the centre of a legal dispute must have an urgent life-saving brain operation despite his mother’s refusal to give her consent.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It was perhaps timely, following so soon as it did in the wake of the Leveson Report, that an Australian radio station telephoned the private hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for acute morning sickness, and pretended to be the Queen. Whilst it was amusing that the presenters, who themselves confessed that they thought their accents would give them away, actually managed to obtain any information, it also raises once again the ugly spectre of press control, and what information should be freely available to the press to broadcast to the world, and what should be left strictly in the private domain.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th December 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A father who admitted biting off part of another man’s finger at a children’s nativity play has been told a jail sentence is almost inevitable.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Commission on a Bill of Rights, established in March 2011 to investigate the creation of a UK Bill of Rights, has today delivered its report – A UK Bill of Rights? – The Choice Before Us – to the Government.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th December 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related links: The Commission on a Bill of Rights’ report– A UK Bill of Rights? – The Choice Before Us – Volume 1 (PDF)
The Commission on a Bill of Rights’ report– A UK Bill of Rights? – The Choice Before Us – Volume 2 (PDF)
“Businesses will be able to obtain patent protection for their inventions within 90 days of applying for it under plans to change the way the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) works.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th December 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
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