“The government is making it more difficult for the public to challenge decisions made by the state, the official watchdog for complaints has warned.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Journalists will be able to anonymously submit evidence under oath as part of proposals set to be introduced by Lord Justice Leveson’s inquiry into phone hacking and press ethics.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Recent pronouncements by Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, have been momentous, particularly his statements about the Human Rights Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers have ruled out a change in the law that would have allowed hereditary peerages to pass to women.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Nottingham student who was given £54,000 damages after he injured his knee during training at a rugby club has been ordered to pay the money back.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
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“Judicial selection panels are ‘bending over backwards’ to appoint women and members of ethnic minorities to the bench but selections must ultimately be on merit, Lord Phillips, president of the supreme court, said on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, said that Richard Desmond and other newspaper owners should not be allowed to duck out of regulation by a reformed Press Complaints Commission (PCC).”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man convicted of murder when his victim died nine years after he was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver has been jailed for at least six years.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority has been urged to review its operating procedures after it was found to have acted unlawfully in its use of legally privileged material during an enforcement investigation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Guarantees and warranties given by the directors of a company did not take effect despite the signing, witnessing and handing over of documents, the High Court has ruled. The documents in question were deeds and the Court said that they had not been ‘delivered.’ ”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A power cut during the night killed a man with muscular dystrophy as nursing home staff were unable to connect a back-up power supply, an inquest heard.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Kent police officer who was accused of falsely claiming she was attacked while on duty has been cleared of wasting police time.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
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“Cutting-edge research into new medical treatments in Britain was thrown into disarray on Tuesday as the highest European court ruled that stem cells from human embryos cannot be patented.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the most significant police anti-corruption cases in modern times collapsed on Wednesday, after two former detectives, who had both served lengthy jail sentences, were cleared at a retrial.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Downing Street has brought forward a sensitive House of Commons vote on Europe next week amid fears that Tory MPs were planning to use David Cameron’s absence on an overseas visit to stage a large rebellion.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Liam Fox’s contacts with his self-styled adviser Adam Werritty constituted a clear breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell said today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Secret justice looks set to be a regular feature of British courts and tribunals when the intelligence services want to protect their sources of information. Civil courts, immigration panels and even coroner’s inquests would go into secret session if the Government rules that hearing evidence in public could be a threat to national security. The proposals, which run counter to a centuries-old British tradition of open justice, were introduced to a sparsely attended House of Commons yesterday by the Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke – and met almost no opposition. The planned changes to the British justice system follow lobbying of the Government by the CIA.”
The Independent, 20th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Senior police chiefs authorised undercover police officers to give false evidence in court to protect their cover as environmental protesters, it was claimed last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, said the UK need only ‘take account’ of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights but not necessarily follow it.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th october 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Electric sports carmaker Tesla Motors has lost a major part of its high court libel claim against the BBC’s Top Gear programme, but is still suing the corporation for malicious falsehood over an episode that showed the company’s Roadster model running out of battery in a race.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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