“There is ‘not the faintest chance’ of the government withdrawing from the European convention on human rights, Ken Clarke told the Commons on Tuesday. But that does not mean the justice secretary is happy about the court in Strasbourg that has ultimate responsibility for enforcing the convention.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs have rejected an amendment to legislation that would exempt claims brought by foreigners against UK multinationals from civil litigation reforms. The Public Bill Committee debated the amendment to the Legal Aid, Punishment of Offenders and Sentencing Bill, tabled by Labour MP Kate Green, yesterday.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Stamp duty on property transactions is ‘inefficient and damaging’ and should be abolished, while VAT should be levied on financial services business and income tax merged with national insurance, an independent report on taxation in the UK has claimed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Welsh football club has claimed that three national newspapers’ coverage on the death of a fan at a recent international match breached reporting rules.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The parents of Madeleine McCann, actor Hugh Grant and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling were named today as core participants in the first stage of the inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has delivered a hard-hitting speech, calling on net firms, advertisers and credit card companies to cut ties with websites that link to unlawful content.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have narrowly won their parliamentary battle over plans to hold general elections every five years.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother and her partner are starting custodial sentences for a catalogue of abuse that left a 14-month-old girl covered in injuries, with every fingernail blackened and bruised.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An expert panel has upheld the right of the UK supreme court to overrule Scottish judges despite heated and vigorous attacks on its powers by Alex Salmond and his justice minister Kenny MacAskill.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist after downloading an edited copy of The al-Qa’ida Training Manual for his PhD course, has been paid £20,000 in compensation by police.”
The Independent, 15th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A nurse who was accused of tampering with saline at a hospital can return to work despite admitting stealing opiate-based drugs, a regulatory body ruled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A banned Islamic preacher who was allowed in to the UK because of a Home Office blunder is now suing the taxpayer for wrongful imprisonment.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The equivalent of around 100 primary school pupils a day were reported to local authorities after using offensive language in lessons and the playground, it is claimed. In some cases, pupils were reprimanded for relatively trivial squabbles and employing insults such as ‘gaylord’ and ‘broccoli head’. Researchers said many children – some as young as four – are being reported despite being ‘unlikely to understand the meaning of these words’. Schools are obliged to report all ‘hate speech’ incidents to local authorities as part of the 2000 Race Relations Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson spoke in strong terms last week to the Cambridge Law Faculty on the controversial topic of legal aid and legal costs reforms.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th September 2011
Source: www.http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A case that will decide the legality of the police containment tactic of kettling is to be heard at the European court of human rights in Strasbourg later.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A UN representative has accused a council of ‘violating international law’ over the clearance of the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site.”
The Independent, 14th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A huge cache of previously undiscovered documents and emails which could reveal the true scale of phone hacking at the News of the World have been found by the newspaper’s publisher, the High court heard today.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenage girl caught with £800 of crack cocaine and heroin in her bra has been freed from prison 15 months early so she can go to university in time for freshers’ week.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Patients were put at risk by an unacceptable fall in the number of inspections of hospitals and care homes, MPs say.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have ruled out creating a forced marriage crime, despite pressure from MPs to do so. In an interview for the BBC’s Asian Network, Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone said that it was not on the government’s agenda. The Home Affairs committee has called for an offence to complement court orders to protect potential victims.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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