“From today, all taxi licensing authorities can request enhanced criminal record checks before issuing licences to taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.”
Home Office, 26th March 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Plans setting out how custody for children and young people will be developed over the next three years have today [26 March] been published by the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. (YJB)”
Youth Justice Board, 26th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“In this paper we propose to deal with a miscellany of current conundrums associated with important changes in the law in relation to planning and environmental legislation. The issues to be addressed are, firstly, the vexed question of the proper approach to the duty to co-operate in the context of local development documents that are already progressing through the system. The paper also addresses recent developments and current initiatives in relation to the funding of environmental litigation so as to address the question of compliance with the Aarhus Convention and the legislative follow-up to Jackson LJ’s proposals in respect of costs. Finally, there is discussion in relation to the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 and the approach taken in the Court of Appeal recently.”
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No. 5 Chambers, 19th March 2012
Source: www.no5.com
“A public debate on the future of the legal system in Wales has been started by the Welsh government.”
BBC News, 27th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned employers in the UK that it would have ‘very serious concerns’ if they were to ask for Facebook login and password details from existing or would-be employees, following reports of such demands in the US.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s leading family law judge, Sir Nicholas Wall, has renewed calls for ‘no fault divorce’, which could see couples granted quick legal separation without one party accepting the blame.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In 2005 a group of schoolgirls were taken on a school trip to Belize. While working on a resort, three girls, aged between 15 and 17, were violently raped by the manager of the site.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Recent cases have highlighted disturbing instances of racial abuse on Twitter, and some footballers and celebrities are leaving the site after becoming targets.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is set to make important concessions to opponents of its planning reforms, including specific protections for national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parliament should not introduce a new privacy law, even in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, a report says.”
BBC News, 27th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The RMT union is threatening Boris Johnson with legal action over a poster it claims portrays leader Bob Crow as ‘corrupt, venal and scandalous’.”
BBC News, 26th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Diversity is not an optional extra, it is a basic component of the court’s ability to do its job in modern society.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The new system for restricting terror suspects could prove less effective than control orders, the independent reviewer of terror laws has said.”
BBC News, 26th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A student who mocked footballer Fabrice Muamba on Twitter after he collapsed during a match could be jailed for inciting racial hatred.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three men were jailed for life today for the ‘calculated and cold-blooded’ murder of a nightclub doorman.”
The Independent, 26th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Victims of human rights abuses and environmental crimes in developing countries must have access to justice.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pre-inquest hearing into the death of Mark Duggan has been told that there may not be an inquest at all.”
BBC News, 26th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British Airways stewardess who has been unable to return to work since a metal canister fell on her head while on duty is to receive £280,000 damages.”
The Independent, 26th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three members of a south London street gang have been convicted of carrying out an attack that left a five-year-old girl paralysed.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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