One in three law centres will fall victim to public spending cuts – The Independent

Posted August 9th, 2011 in law centres, legal aid, news by sally

“One in three of Britain’s law centres, where solicitors provide legal advice to poorer communities, face closure because of the squeeze on public spending.”

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The Independent, 9th August 2011

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Council sued for unmasking Twitter user – The Independent

Posted August 9th, 2011 in anonymity, defamation, internet, local government, news by sally

“The first Briton to have his Twitter identity forcibly revealed by a court is seeking to sue the council that blew his anonymity and force a judicial review of the case.”

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The Independent, 8th August 20111

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Peeping Tom bed and breakfast owner jailed for 18 weeks – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2011 in news, sentencing, voyeurism by sally

“A bed and breakfast owner who spied on his guests through secret peepholes and made audio recordings of their intimate moments has been jailed for 18 weeks.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2011

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Anglesey child policies ‘serious shortcomings’ – report – BBC News

Posted August 8th, 2011 in children, news, social services, Wales by tracey

“A report has highlighted ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way Anglesey council deals with the needs of vulnerable children.”

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BBC News, 8th August 2011

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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted August 8th, 2011 in legislation, news by tracey

The Terrorism Act 2000 (Designated Ports) Order 2011

The Afghanistan (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011

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NHS hospitals face DNA patent law suits – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in DNA, hospitals, news, patents by tracey

“NHS hospitals risk being taken to court and sued for millions of pounds in the future for carrying out genetic tests based on techniques patented by private companies, it was warned yesterday (Friday).”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011

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Planning law review: questions and answers – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in news, planning by tracey

“The Coalition is proposing radical changes to the planning laws that critics fear will make it easier for large scale developments to be pushed through.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2011

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Navy commander jailed for six months for allowance fraud – The Guardian

Posted August 8th, 2011 in courts martial, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“Anthony Gray also ordered to pay back £53,000 he claimed to send children to boarding school after spilt from wife.”

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The Guardian, 5th August 2011

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Airlines’ cheap ticket offers to be investigated – The Guardian

Posted August 8th, 2011 in advertising, airlines, consumer protection, EC law, news by tracey

“The European commission has launched an inquiry into airlines’ controversial ‘add-on’ charges that allow them to offer low prices bearing little resemblance to what ticket buyers end up having to pay.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2011

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Meg Burgess Prestatyn wall death manslaughter charge – BBC News

Posted August 8th, 2011 in health & safety, homicide, negligence, news by tracey

“A company director faces a manslaughter charge after a three-year-old girl died when a wall collapsed on a footpath in Denbighshire.”

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BBC News, 5th August 2011

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Detective jailed for affair with alleged rape victim – BBC News

Posted August 8th, 2011 in misfeasance in public office, news, police, sexual offences, victims by tracey

“A Lancashire detective who investigated sex crimes has been jailed for having an affair with an alleged rape victim.”

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BBC News, 5th August 2011

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New Home Office foreign criminals scandal – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in dangerous offenders, deportation, news by tracey

“The Home Office was plunged into crisis last night after it wrongly allowed violent foreign prisoners to be freed into the community.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2011

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Evicted gipsies launch human rights claim – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in families, human rights, legal aid, news, travellers by tracey

“A gipsy family accused of making life a misery is using legal aid to fund a human rights challenge in the European courts for being evicted – from a travellers’ camp.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2011

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Cracking down on youth offenders will mean they commit more crimes to pay the fines, claim probation officers – The Observer

Posted August 8th, 2011 in bills, criminal justice, fines, news, probation, young offenders by tracey

“Prison numbers and crime rates will rise as a result of government attempts to curb youth crime, according to Napo, the union representing Britain’s probation workers.Napo claims late amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and the Punishment of Offenders bill, introduced in response to coalition concerns that it was seen to be going ‘soft on crime’, will backfire. The bill proposes a 10-fold increase in the fine for an individual who breaches a youth rehabilitation order, from the current £250 to £2,500.”

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The Observer, 7th August 2011

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NoW publisher sued for £100,000 over alleged breach of anonymity agreement – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2011 in anonymity, confidentiality, freedom of expression, media, news by sally

“News Group Newspapers, former publisher of the defunct News of the World, is being sued for £100,000 by a prison warden’s brother who claims that a senior executive at the newspaper confirmed to police he was the source of leaked stories about the Soham killer Ian Huntley.”

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The Guardian, 5th August 2011

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Company director to face manslaughter charge for death of Megan Burgess – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted August 5th, 2011 in homicide, negligence, news, prosecutions by sally

“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Megan Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.”

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Crown Prosecution Service,

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Ex-footballer jailed for rape – The Independent

Posted August 5th, 2011 in news, rape, sentencing by sally

“The brother of Premier League footballer Titus Bramble has been jailed for four and a half years after being convicted of rape.”

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The Independent, 5th August 2011

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Superinjunctions, gagging orders and injunctions: the full list – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2011 in injunctions, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“Guardian research shows newspapers are quick to drop public interest arguments for stories about celebrities. Get the full list of gagging orders, superinjunctions and injunctions here – and download it for yourself.”

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The Guardian, 5th August 2011

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Legal aid cuts will bring more DIY cases into courts – which will grind to a halt – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2011 in budgets, legal aid, litigants in person, news by sally

“Cuts on this scale demand co-ordinated response in law education, guidance and resources, or the system won’t work.”

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The Guardian, 5th August 2011

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Christopher Jefferies case delivers wake-up call to tabloids – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2011 in contempt of court, media, news by sally

“How bad does press coverage at the time of an individual’s arrest have to get for it to be regarded as a contempt of court? This interesting question was at the heart of the recent case concerning coverage of my client Christopher Jefferies’s arrest by police investigating the murder of the landscape architect Joanna Yeates. The contempt action was brought by the attorney general under section 2(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, which applies to any publication that creates a risk that the course of justice will be seriously impeded or prejudiced, whether or not they intended to do so.”

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The Guardian, 4th August 2011

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