“The Department for Education has confirmed that it is seeking an appeal at the supreme court against the court of appeal ruling that Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the death of Baby P.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prime Minister David Cameron today (24 June) said he had seen off attempts to change European laws on migration which could have stopped the UK from sending asylum seekers back to other EU countries.”
The Independent, 24th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Leading charities are warning that proposals to make squatting a criminal offence risk dragging some of the country’s most vulnerable people through the justice system.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A court has ordered an online trader to refund consumers that he failed to deliver goods or pay refunds to, the UK’s consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Lawyers and MPs have expressed outrage at the government’s attempt to fast track the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill through Parliament.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Police have been ordered not to arrest people who subject them to abuse, it has been revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, is considering whether to put newspaper and broadcast editors in the dock for contempt of court after a judge dismissed the jury in the Levi Bellfield trial at the Old Bailey, blaming media coverage.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Murder of couple and complaints from ‘abandoned’ informants prompt review that aims to restore trust. Paul Cahalan reports.”
The Independent, 27th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s courts will see sweeping changes in favour of the victims of serious crime in the light of the Milly Dowler murder trial, the victims’ commissioner has vowed.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prisoners have won more than £10 million in compensation over the last five years, figures show.”
The Independent, 26th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two sixth formers have been granted permission to challenge the lawfulness of the government’s decision to let universities triple tuition fees.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Intelligence officers could be prosecuted for aiding and abetting torture overseas because new guidelines are not clear enough, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Levi Bellfield refused to leave his prison cell to hear Mr Justice Wilkie sentence him to life without parole and condemn him as a ‘cruel and pitiless killer’.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Defendants must be able to put their case – ‘however appalling’ – fairly before a court, ex-director of Public Prosecutions Lord Macdonald has said.”
BBC News, 26th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions said he would examine how victims are treated in court after admitting the Milly Dowler murder case raised ‘fundamental questions’.”
The Independent, 25th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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“A ‘cornerstone’ of the legal system, the universal right to a solicitor upon arrest, could be jettisoned in favour of means-testing under controversial plans drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new mood of egalitarianism is sweeping the profession just as higher tuition fees are likely to reduce social mobility.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Consumers have benefited from the first four years of the Legal Services Act, but there remains an ‘imbalance of power’ which acts to their detriment in dealing with lawyers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Police will share local records about people through a new national database, the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has said. A new database for England and Wales will be linked to an existing one covering Scotland, an NPIA spokesman said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“An Essex man with epilepsy has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for causing the death of a young woman by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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