“The disgraced choirmaster Michael Brewer is to attempt to appeal against the length of his six-year prison sentence for indecently assaulting a former pupil.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four gang members were given life terms today for killing a 15-year-old boy who was chased by a ‘hunting posse of boys on bicycles’ and stabbed.”
The Independent, 28th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“William Tautz, barrister of Tooks Chambers, examines the fundamental challenge to psychiatric diagnosis recently announced by the British Psychological Association and explores its implications for the instruction and cross-examination of expert witnesses in a post-streamlined PLO world.”
Family Law Week, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Serious criminals will face justice as soon as possible with the abolition of committal hearings Justice Minister Damian Green said today.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th May 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“In Digital Opportunity, A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth Professor Ian Hargreaves made 10 recommendations for IP policy which I discussed at length in “IP Policy: Does Hargreaves say Anything New?” 24 June 2011. Some of those recommendations required primary legislation. Others did not. As I said in my article, Hargreaves was not the first review of IP policy in recent years and most of the previous ones had been left to gather dust. I suspected the same would happen to Hargreaves.”
NIPC Law, 28th May 2013
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
“The High Court has issued a fresh warning that it will take a ‘very much stricter view’ of the failure to comply with directions in the post-Jackson world.”
Litigation Futures, 29th May 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Pressure groups have warned British retailers they could face legal action if they display magazines showing naked and near-naked images on their covers.”
BBC News, 27th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office has been accused of going back on a promise to tackle the ‘excessive duration’ of police bail, after new figures showed that more than 3,000 people have waited six months for a decision on charges.”
The Independent, 28th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Controversial plans for a major extension to an airport which sits next to one of Britain’s most important nature reserves – as well as a nuclear power station – are to be challenged in court, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 28th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A coroner told the press ‘shame on all of you’ as he ruled that a primary school teacher had killed herself after her gender reassignment became national news.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former employees of companies that use trade secrets to develop products cannot automatically be found to have acted in breach of confidence if they are involved in rival operations that exploit the protected information, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three British Christians who claimed their religious rights were violated by employers were told by European judges today that they could take their rejected cases no further.”
The Independent, 28th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A student is to be detained indefinitely in Broadmoor secure hospital for killing an arts expert who blogged as Professor Whitestick.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The policy of the Foreign Secretary to refuse to provide funding for legal representation to United Kingdom nationals who were facing the death penalty abroad was lawful.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Alexander Chandler of 1 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London revisits and updates an article originally published in February 2010 in light of changes brought about by the Family Procedure Rules 2010.”
Family Law Week, 24th May 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
A consultation was launched today on whether powers to seize substances used by criminals to mix with illegal drugs and maximise their profits should be strengthened.
Home Office, 28th May 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“Companies that are required to undertake equal pay audits would not be required to make the results of those audits public, the Government has proposed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The courts may be privatised in a justice shake-up that could save the Ministry of Justice £1 billion a year.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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