“The European court of human rights is considering a challenge by the UK supreme court to its ban on hearsay evidence.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two pairs of brothers have been jailed for life for the murder of a Birmingham shopkeeper during a robbery.”
BBC News, 12th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers say Joel Mattsson, who was wrongly stopped by police from taking photographs at a public event in a town centre, has been compensated.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Education Act 2011 heralds significant changes in respect of school governance and beyond, all of which will impact directly upon parents, pupils, schools, local authorities and of course, the public law practitioner.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 7th December 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“David Lawson and Amelia Walker recently spoke at the Education Lawyers Association Annual Conference on ‘Education in the Big Society’. You can find Amelia’s A-Z Update on the Coalition Government’s Education Policies and Law by clicking here.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 8th December 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Trevor Phillips, the head of Britain’s equality watchdog, has attacked the ‘thoroughly bonkers’ misuse of the Human Rights Act – and warned that it must not become the ‘exclusive property of minorities’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pearson, owner of the Financial Times newspaper, has been examining an acquisition of legal training company, The College of Law.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK’s financial regulator will be highly critical of its own role in its report into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 11th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Women drivers in the UK will pay over £900 million more a year for motor insurance than they currently do as a result of ‘broadly negative’ changes to EU gender laws, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A report into the death of a prisoner has suggested he was moved from a jail – where he felt safe – because an inspection was due to take place.”
BBC News, 10th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers for a prisoner who has been detained for more than seven years without trial have made a plea in the High Court for BBC television to be allowed to show the world his ‘prematurely aged’ face.”
The Independent, 10th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Watering down British laws ‘would send a dangerous signal to undemocratic states’, says Thomas Hammarberg.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two parents have been cleared at the Old Bailey of killing their four-month-old son, who was suffering from rickets.”
BBC News, 9th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Moors murderer Ian Brady will face a public hearing on whether he should be returned to prison.”
BBC News, 9th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Solicitors outperformed barristers in two selection exercises for the judiciary completed earlier this year, the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has revealed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th December 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service’s ambitious plan to go paperless by April could be in peril following a refusal by defence firms to engage with it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th December 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Welsh council has been issued with the highest ever fine levied by the UK’s data protection watchdog after mistakenly sending child protection documents to the wrong person.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th December 2011
Soruce: www.out-law.com
“A new oversight body will be set up under a new EU data protection regime to help regulators investigate and enforce compliance with EU laws, the EU’s Justice Commissioner has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK Border Agency says ‘tighter controls’ will be introduced to stop some Eurostar passengers being able to enter the UK without passport checks.”
BBC News, 8th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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