“Britain’s biggest police force has agreed to limit its use of controversial stop-and-search powers after critics claimed it was discriminating against minority groups.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An honour established by the Queen has been declared unlawful after Muslims and Hindus complained that its Christian name and cross insignia were offensive.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A huntsman has been given a police caution for illegally hunting a hare – the first case of its kind dealt with under the controversial Hunting Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gurkha rights campaigners today accused Gordon Brown of betrayal after learning that all five test cases of applications to stay in Britain have been rejected by the Home Office.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teacher has won a High Court battle to have his DNA destroyed after he was unlawfully arrested by police when accused of assault by a pupil.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An inquest ruling that a man unlawfully killed his six-year-old son by throwing him off a hotel balcony when a holiday trip to Crete to salvage his marriage went disastrously wrong was quashed by the High Court today.”
The Independent, 7th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most successful City traders, who was fooled into thinking he was making millions when he was really suffering huge losses, has been awarded £20 million after a judge ruled that his broker defrauded him.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“All we know for sure is that it is a mammoth 1,000 pages long. But the contents of Lord Justice Jackson’s initial report on reforming civil litigation costs have been a well-guarded secret before publication tomorrow.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Romany gipsy has won a High Court battle allowing him to stay on an illegal travellers’ site, after a judge ruled it would help him beat his heroin addiction.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of trials are being cancelled or adjourned because witnesses fail to attend court to give evidence, despite reforms to improve their treatment.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for young twins ‘stopped and searched’ at an environmental protest were granted permission to challenge police powers in the high court today after judges ruled the proper policing of large demonstrations was in the public interest.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The scaffolding is down and the stonework cleaned up. Passers-by can now get their first glimpse of the supreme court. And the verdict on the building from the man who will lead the judges through its doors this October is positive.”
The Times, 6th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Anti-social behaviour fines have been criticised for being inherently ‘flawed’ after figures showed half are never paid.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The DNA profiles of people released without charge or found not guilty by a court could be stored for up to 12 years on a national police database.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Executive Committees of Inner Temple and Middle Temple have agreed to commission a feasibility study to investigate the potential benefits of merging their Libraries and creating a Joint Education and Advocacy Centre.
The study will be overseen by a working group chaired jointly by Master Jonathan Hirst for Inner Temple and Master Stanley Burnton, Deputy Treasurer, for Middle Temple.
The results of the study are likely to be available in the late summer and no decisions are anticipated until much later in the year, after full consultation with staff and consideration by the relevant Inn Committees, Bench Table and Parliament.
In particular, no assumption has been made as to which Inn would house the Library and which the Education Centre, should the project proceed.
Vivian Robinson QC
Treasurer
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement about the deaths of servicemen and women overseas.”
Ministry of Justice, 5th May 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Roman Catholic Church in Britain could face a surge of US-style compensation claims over child abuse after a former City lawyer yesterday won the right to claim £5 million in damages.”
The Times, 6th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Editors including the Guardian’s Alan Rusbridger warned MPs yesterday that the ‘chilling’ costs of legal action were increasingly deterring investigative journalism.”
The Guardian, 5th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of directors of insolvent companies disqualified for financial crime is soaring as the recession takes hold, according to government figures.”
The Times, 4th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A convicted teenager who refused to wear a high visibility jacket labelled ‘Community Payback’ was today told by a court that he had a ‘reasonable excuse’.”
The Times, 5th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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