“Rape victims’ human rights are being infringed by the Crown Prosecution Service handing defence lawyers too much information about their injuries and treatment, a watchdog has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Four men have been found guilty of causing a series of nail bomb explosions at houses in Staffordshire.”
BBC News, 30th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Almost a third of the payday lenders ordered to clean up their practices have opted to withdraw from the industry, the Office of Fair Trading has revealed, as the deadline for firms to respond passed.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal is due to rule on the case of a paralysed man who wants to be helped to die.”
BBC News, 31st July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“I wrote back in March about the way in which, despite efforts to decentralise autonomy to the local level and to inspire and empower citizens to get involved in local politics, Central Government seems reluctant to ‘let go’ and to give local authorities a free rein in relation to the exercise of local powers. New neighbourhood planning measures provided suitable example.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 27th July 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
“From today criminals who deliberately cheat the system and leave taxpayers to foot their legal aid bill, despite being able to pay, face having their cars seized.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
South Lanarkshire Council v Scottish Information Commissioner [2013] UKSC 55; [2013] WLR (D) 307
“Whether processing personal data was ‘necessary’ within the meaning of condition 6 in Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 1998 was to be determined as part of the proportionality test established in European Union law so that a measure which interfered with a right protected by such law had to be the least restrictive for the achievement of a legitimate aim.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A lack of experience in dealing with people with learning disabilities means lawyers often struggle to provide this vulnerable client group with the specialist support they need, according to new research published today.”
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Legal Services Board, 29th July 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“New measures launched today will see those criminals who deliberately cheat the system and leave taxpayers to foot their legal aid bill, despite being able to pay, face having their cars seized.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Tough new laws designed to protect the public from aggressive bailiffs are being implemented by Government.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Two jurors have both been jailed for two months after being found guilty of contempt of court for misusing the internet during crown court trials.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jurors who use the internet to research court cases cause ‘absolute chaos’, Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 20-year-old man who killed a Royal Marine with one punch has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 29th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“According to reports in yesterday’s Times (£) and Telegraph, the government is planning a further set of reforms to judicial review. (I have written before about why the original proposals, published in December 2012, were objectionable—and about the fact that the government pressed ahead with many, but not all, of them, excoriating criticism notwithstanding.)”
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“There are those who say that service charges are a dry subject. To them I say, welcome to Wallace-Jarvis v (1) Optima (Cambridge) Ltd (2) Khazai [2013] UKUT 328 (LC).”
NearlyLegal, 29th July 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“The government has been accused of deliberately delaying moves to outlaw caste discrimination despite agreeing to extend legal protection to the tens of thousands of people in the UK who are from traditionally lower status Asian backgrounds.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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