Cyber-stalking laws: police review urged – BBC News
“A senior police officer is calling on the government to review whether laws governing cyber-stalking in the UK are fit for purpose.”
BBC News, 1st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Ian Tomlinson inquest: Jury can return unlawful killing verdict – The Guardian
“The jury at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been told it can return a verdict of unlawful killing, but only if it is satisfied the police officer who beat him with a baton and shoved him to the ground acted deliberately and illegally.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MoJ could face judicial review challenge over civil cost reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“Charitable group the Public Law Project (PLP) has threatened to launch a legal challenge to the Ministry of Justice’s civil costs and funding reforms.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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Review: Stephen Sedley’s Ashes and Sparks – The Guardian
“Sedley’s model of human rights is problematic, but his essay collection reveals one of the finest justices of his generation.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fred Goodwin’s superinjunction text to be studied by MPs – The Guardian
“The text of the superinjunction obtained by the banker Sir Fred Goodwin has been handed to the Treasury select committee so that MPs can examine whether it raises public interest issues.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Equality Act will pressure authorities to listen – Law Society’s Gazette
“Passed in the final days of the last government, the Equality Act 2010 (EA) is largely a consolidating measure.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
British courts regain power to deport terrorist suspects – Daily Telegraph
“British courts yesterday won back the power to deport terrorist suspects, criminals and failed asylum seekers after European judges were told to stop interfering.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Three Norfolk men jailed for £1m telecoms fraud – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for their part in a £1m telecoms fraud, said to be one of the biggest in Britain.”
BBC News, 27th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stem cell treatments threatened by European patents ruling – The Guardian
“Work on revolutionary medical treatments for incurable diseases is in danger of being wiped out by a European court ruling on embryonic stem cells, according to leading scientists.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone-hacking laws are ‘very uneven and unclear’ – The Guardian
“The information commissioner has told a powerful group of MPs that legislation outlawing phone hacking is ‘very uneven’ and ‘very unclear’ and the law should be clarified.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Catholic adoption charity appeal dismissed – The Independent
“A Catholic adoption agency has been told it cannot discriminate against gay couples in the latest outcome of an ongoing legal battle that has pitted the rights of same sex parents against religious groups who want to opt-out of anti-discrimination legislation.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Women to blame for rise in injunctions, says leading lawyer – Daily Telegraph
“Baroness Deech, one of Britain’s leading lawyers, says she is ashamed of the ‘kiss and tell women’ at the centre of most superinjunctions.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Superinjunctions, injunctions and privacy laws around the world – The Guardian
“The rules on privacy depend not just on whether a claimant is a wealthy footballer with a crack legal team to hand but also on the country where the alleged intrusion has taken place.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Extra terror detention move backed – The Independent
“The need for powers to hold terror suspects for more than 14 days in the future cannot be ruled out, the country’s top prosecutor said today.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New superinjunctions row as MP speaks out – The Guardian
“Lib Dem told discussion about specific injunction could only take place in private due to sub judice rules.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
LSB sets out approach to overseeing regulation – Legal Services Board
“The LSB is today launching a new discussion paper setting out its approach to ensuring standards of regulation in the legal services sector.”
Legal Services Board, 26th April 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Privacy law: what’s the way ahead? – The Guardian
“David Cameron says he is ‘uneasy’ about the development of a privacy law by judges based on the European Convention. How can we balance the right to publication with the right to privacy?”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Justice Secretary warning over ECHR judgments – The Independent
“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has been ‘rather too ready to substitute its own judgment for that of national courts’, the Justice Secretary said today.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
