“Activists who were rounded up before last year’s royal wedding are challenging the Metropolitan police in the high court on Monday in a case that could have implications for the way the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations and the Olympics are policed.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2012
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“A lonely and debt-ridden police constable stole money seized in police raids and used the force computer to contact women after a relationship ended, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 25th May 2012
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“The family of a nine-year-old girl has won a multi-million pound compensation package for devastating injuries suffered at birth.”
BBC News, 25th May 2012
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“The body that regulates both NHS and private health and social care services in England is the Care Quality Commission.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2012
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“There has been some discussion on the UK Human Rights Blog about the judgments in the Hirst v UK/Scoppula v Italy cases, the latest of which was given this week. Simply put, the judgments held (taken together) that the UK’s blanket ban on prisoner voting infringed a prisoner’s voting rights; to comply with the Convention, a ban on prisoner voting would have to involve an exercise of discretion. The growing legal discussion has been learned and has dissected the reasons expressed by the ECtHR. However, from the perspective of a non-specialist human rights lawyer, the discussion seems curiously inverted. It is suggested that the non-lawyer would naturally start an analysis of the competing views not by analysing the caselaw of the ECtHR and asking what room to manoeuvre the latest judgment gives the UK government, but by asking what the court had to say about the recent expression of the will of the people, expressed in the vote in Parliament, which supported the continuation of the ban. It is important for lawyers to address these more general issues for the public to maintain confidence in the system of European human rights law.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th May 2012
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“A millionaire’s daughter was jailed for two years yesterday after she acted as the driver for a group of armed looters who pillaged shops and robbed people at knifepoint during last summer’s riots.”
The Independent, 26th May 2012
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“Neglect by immigration detention centre staff contributed to the death of a Pakistani asylum seeker after he suffered a heart attack, an inquest jury has found.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2012
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“Employers are entitled to offer pay increases on the condition that all or part of that increase does not count towards an employee’s future pension entitlement, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2012
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“Fruit pickers, shellfish gatherers and farm labourers could be at greater risk of exploitation under plans to reduce regulation of gangmasters, unions say.”
BBC News, 25th May 2012
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“Champerty used to be a crime. Now it is known as third-party litigation funding and has developed into an investment industry backed by up to £500m of investor cash looking for lucrative courtroom opportunities.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2012
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“Two of the government’s flagship academy schools are facing legal challenges for refusing to admit children with statements of special needs.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2012
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” A former soldier who carried out a string of sex attacks has been jailed indefinitely.”
The Independent, 25th May 2012
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“Two of Baby Peter’s social workers have lost their appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.”
BBC News, 25th May 2012
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“Former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf has called for the length and cost of public inquiries to be limited.”
The Lawyer, 25th May 2012
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“Three things in particular tend to surprise new visitors to the three-year-old Supreme Court. The first is that there are no secret tunnels to Parliament, which comes as a great disappointment to many school groups. The second is that the Justices sit on the same level as the rest of the court, rather than on a raised platform. And the third is that the best rooms in the house are reserved for the lawyers’ meeting spaces. The latter two point to a very conscious effort by the Law Lords to ensure that the building reflected the new institution’s overall approach, enshrined in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, of being ‘accessible, fair and efficient’.”
Legal Week, 24th May 2012
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“Last Tuesday saw the latest episode in the prisoner voting legal saga with the European Court of Human Rights’ Grand Chamber’s judgment reversing the Chamber judgment which found Italy’s automatic ban on voting for prisoners serving over 3 years in prison (and a lifetime ban with the possibility of future relief for those sentenced to more than 5 years) in breach of Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A draft Bill designed to reform certain aspects of employment law and encourage ‘strong, sustainable’ economic growth contains a provision which would allow the Government to radically reduce compensation awards for unfair dismissal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Up to 50 court cases a day were delayed or postponed because of failures by a translation contractor to provide an adequate service,.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The police watchdog has revealed how more than 8,500 allegations about corruption have been recorded by forces in England and Wales in three years – but only 13 police officers have been prosecuted and found guilty.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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