“Lawyers will be given financial incentives to encourage clients to plead guilty early under government reforms to legal aid but will lose money if cases go to trial, according to solicitors in London.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rather unusual unlawful eviction case, this, involving as it does breaches of Court of Appeal stays of warrant, and High Court appeals of judgment and damages where both parties were in person.”
NearlyLegal, 31st October 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Seven months into the Jackson reforms and litigators see rising costs and no greater access to justice as the main results so far, according to a new poll.”
Litigation Futures, 31st October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Two women have been sentenced for taking off their clothes in front of shocked passengers at Manchester airport.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“TV cameras are recording Court of Appeal hearings from today. The BBC, ITN, Sky News and the Press Association are cooperating on the project, and have hired an in-court video-journalist who will recommend the most interesting cases.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Ali Naseem Bajwa QC and Terry McGuinness examine port stops carried out under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog,
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“Young criminals are more likely to commit additional crimes than they were 10 years ago, according to figures published by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of proposals in the Ministry of Justice’s paper on Judicial Review: Proposals for Further Reform is the creation of a new specialist planning chamber as part of the Upper Tribunal. While planning tends to be thought of as a niche area of public law (and a technically dense one at that) the way in which the paper frames discussion should give public lawyers pause for thought. This is particularly when planning judicial reviews have often been cited by government representatives as examples of why reform is needed to judicial review. The Further Reforms paper is no exception – the only two ‘case studies’ (albeit no case names) given in the paper are of judicial review of planning decisions (p 5 and 6).”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 1st November 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to conduct a review into the asset management industry in an effort to understand whether payment arrangements between asset managers and brokers give rise to conflicts of interest in the market.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“European human rights laws that prevent the deportation of foreign criminals must be overhauled, a minister has said, after figures showed that only a tiny fraction are ever thrown out of Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mr Gough wishes to walk up and down the UK naked. Others do not approve of this, so his progress has been somewhat stop-start. This appeal concerns a brief and inglorious autumnal outing in Halifax. He was released from the local nick at 11.30 am on 25 October 2012, wearing only walking boots, socks, a hat, a rucksack and a compass on a lanyard around his neck. ‘He was otherwise naked and his genitalia were on plain view.’ He then walked through Halifax town centre for about 15 minutes.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A ‘startling leap’ in the proportion of lawyers from Oxbridge and professional backgrounds threatens the diversity of the profession, Baroness Hale, Britain’s most senior female judge, warns.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman has been jailed for stealing flowers from a Liverpool crematorium to then sell on for profit.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The grandparents and aunt of a five-year-old girl at the centre of a custody battle have been sentenced to 12 days jail for contempt of court.”
BBC News, 30th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two burglars who sparked a six-hour stand-off with police after breaking into a cafe in search of a piece of quiche have been jailed.”
The Independent, 31st October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man known as the ‘naked rambler’ has lost a high court challenge against a conviction for violating public order when he walked through a town centre wearing only walking boots, socks and a hat.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All convicted male prisoners are to be banned from watching violent and sexually explicit films as part of a crackdown on ‘perks’ that comes into effect today.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A disqualified driver who left a father of three unable to walk or talk after using his car as a weapon in a revenge attack has been jailed for 20 years.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2013
Sporce: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former BBC radio presenter has been jailed for 22 years for sex attacks on boys.”
BBC News, 31st October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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