“Councils in England and Wales have used controversial spying laws 10,000 times in the past five years, figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show.”
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BBC News, 26th March 2009
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“Concerns have been raised about whether Lord Justice Rupert Jackson’s review into the high cost of civil litigation should apply to large-scale commercial disputes.”
Legal Week, 26th March 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Happily most people will never meet a family law barrister professionally. Those who do, however, will almost certainly be at a time of great crisis in their life. From an acrimonious breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership to the State intervening to remove children who medical or social work professionals believe (rightly or wrongly) to have been abused, any family from any background may find themselves litigating before the family courts. I remember one week when I represented both a prostitute and a peer of the realm (not, on this occasion, in the same case).”
The Times, 25th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a review of regulatory independence in the profession as the oversight body moves to flesh out the framework governing the business of law.”
Legal Week, 25th March 2009
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“Companies may begin to use complex commercial services contracts when engaging law firms after a case underlined the rights of workers whose jobs are transferred to another firm.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th March 2009
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“The body which represents 652 judges in England and Wales has attacked government proposals to introduce compulsory guidelines on sentences.”
BBC News, 25th March 2009
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“Thirteen peers today added their voices to the calls for an independent inquiry into allegations about Britain’s role in torture and extraordinary rendition.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2009
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“Offering bribes to foreign public officials will be made illegal under long-awaited reforms to the UK’s bribery laws published today.”
The Times, 25th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An attempt to insert a defence of ‘free speech’ into a bill designed to criminalise incitement to hatred over sexual orientation has failed.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
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“A standoff between the communities secretary, Hazel Blears, and the Muslim Council of Britain was said last night to ‘cut to the heart’ of the government’s revised counter-terror strategy to challenge those who defend terrorism and violent extremism.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers’ plans to open the family courts to the media have been hailed as a signifiant reform. But is all as it seems? The proposals are coming under fire — and not just from disgruntled members of the public who will still be denied access to the hearings. ”
The Times, 24th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Social networking sites like Facebook could be monitored by the UK government under proposals to make them keep details of users’ contacts.”
BBC News, 25th March 2009
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“MPs have backed government plans to hold inquests in private and without a jury in some sensitive cases, such as those involving national security.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
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“A man who admitted the manslaughter of a girl who died years after he had shaken her as a baby failed to convince top judges his sentence was too harsh.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
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“When a contract is poorly drafted and its effect unclear courts should interpret it in order to give it force rather than to render it void, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A driver who admitted killing a grandmother who had been taking her grandson for a Christmas Eve stroll has been jailed for four and a-half-years.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
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“A barman from Cornwall who claimed he awoke to find his landlady having sex with him has been given a life sentence for her murder.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
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“Businessman Nat Fraser who murdered his estranged wife Arlene nearly 11 years ago has lost his latest bid to overturn his conviction.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Paranoid schizophrenic Tennyson Obih who was sectioned twice before being released into care in the community went ‘off the radar’ of the health services and murdered a policeman in broad daylight.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has rounded on a number of London media law firms, saying that they see the press watchdog as their ‘sworn enemy’.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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