“Family lawyers have attacked the government’s plans to deny legal aid to domestic violence victims who accept ‘undertakings’ from an allegedly abusive partner.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The new media age has created a generation of law students well versed in digital communication and technologies. A host of social media tools and free-to-use communication platforms have become second nature to the lawyers of tomorrow. As legal practice becomes increasingly globalised and law firms explore the cost-effective and collaborative benefits of virtual technologies, how should legal education keep pace?”
Legal Week, 21st July 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“How much does it cost a newspaper to commit an ‘accidental’ contempt of court on its website? The answer from the high court on Tuesday – a good day to bury bad media news, one might think – is £15,000, plus nearly the same again in prosecution legal fees.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Tory peer jailed after being found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
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The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“At a time when many lawyers are grappling with the implications of the new Bribery Act, the Localism Bill’s passage through parliament has received relatively little attention. This despite the array of legislative changes that are contained within its three slim volumes.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A girl who spent her childhood imprisoned in a brothel before being trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation should not be treated as an adult, her lawyer argued on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A leading defamation lawyer has called for conditional fee agreements to be preserved to help victims of press abuse.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Three senior judges have ruled that the undercover police officer Mark Kennedy unlawfully spied on environmentalists and arguably acted as an ‘agent provocateur’.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 26-year-old man has been jailed for six years for shaking a four-month-old boy to death in Oxfordshire.”
BBC News, 20th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The legal firm that Rupert Murdoch accused of making a ‘major mistake’ in the News International internal investigation into phone hacking will be allowed to defend itself against allegations that it helped cover up the scandal.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Trainer Howard Johnson is appearing before a British Horseracing Authority inquiry on Wednesday to face horse welfare and doping charges.”
BBC News, 20th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner says the Welsh Government should review the way it handles freedom of information requests.”
BBC News, 20th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police were ordered by a High Court judge today to disclose information which could indicate that telephone messages sent and received by celebrities Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan were intercepted by a private investigator working for a newspaper.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two disabled women are mounting a legal challenge over Lancashire County Council’s decision to cut care services.”
BBC News, 20th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The failure of police and prosecutors to enforce a law that criminalises men who pay for sex with trafficked women is jeopardising the attempt to tackle human trafficking into Britain.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK High Court is to ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) if streaming live TV programmes over the internet is an act subject to copyright laws after provisionally ruling that it is.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the Solicitors Regulation Authority will miss its 6 October deadline for an ABS licence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The security service is to introduce new procedures for anti-terrorist work in the wake of the 7 July London bombings.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A girl who was born with severe brain damage has been awarded £5m damages from a health board for her care.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The British arms and aircraft firm BAE Systems has been severely criticised by a UK parliamentary inquiry into a corruption case surrounding an air-traffic-control deal with Tanzania.”
BBC News, 19th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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