“‘Access to Justice entails that those with meritorious claims (whether or not ultimately successful) are able to bring those claims before the courts for judicial resolution or post-issue settlement, as the case may be. It also entails that those with meritorious defences (whether or not ultimately successful) are able to put those defences before the courts for judicial resolution or alternatively, settlement based upon the merits of the case.’”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“At least a quarter of MPs’ appeals against demands for repayment of expenses have been upheld fully or in part, it was claimed today.”
The Independent, 1st February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights is to consider later whether an England football fan should be extradited to Portugal to serve a prison sentence.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government has today (1 February) set out the next steps to reforming the coroners’ system, including plans to appoint the first ever Chief Coroner.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st February 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“There is an ‘unacceptable’ variation in the quality of out-of-hours GP services in England, a government report will say this week.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The new body which has taken over the power to rule on appeals from decisions of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued guidance on how to conduct an appeal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Cornish ferry skipper has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to breaching safety regulations.”
BBC News, 1st February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 58-year-old teacher has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing teenage boys at a Hampshire school over more than 30 years.”
BBC News, 1st February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A High Court judge described being ‘humbled’ today by the devoted care given by the family of a girl brain-damaged at birth as she gave her backing to a £5.6 million compensation package.”
The Independent, 1st February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man was jailed for a minimum of 36 years today for murdering a kitchen salesman whose dismembered body parts were scattered across the country in what became known as the ‘Jigsaw Man’ murder.”
The Times, 1st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Conservative leadership is today accused of being ‘evasive and obfuscatory’ over the tax status of Lord Ashcroft, the party’s deputy chairman and biggest donor, in a ruling by the information commissioner that sharply criticises the secrecy over where he is resident for tax purposes.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“What have we learnt so far from the Iraq inquiry with regard to international law? At one level, we have heard views that international law is uncertain, international lawyers dogmatic, and that lawyers who are not international lawyers are not international lawyers and thus cannot, by implication, deal with arguments in that field.”
The Times, 31st January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The public and press are being kept away from an inquest into the deaths of a Lincolnshire couple who were shot at a hideaway, for security reasons.”
BBC News, 1st February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Companies now have more time to file legal objections to the award of public contracts after Europe’s top court overturned UK procurement law. The Government will have to re-draft its regulations and the ruling will take immediate effect.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“An organised ring of ‘cash for crash’ insurance fraudsters has been ordered to pay its victims almost £400,000 after a landmark case in the High Court.”
The Times, 1st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain has temporarily suspended student visa applications in northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh from today following a sudden spike in numbers, throwing thousands of prospective students’ plans into confusion.”
The Times, 1st February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is consulting the media and the judiciary after becoming ‘very concerned’ that super-injunctions, such as the double gagging order which was obtained by the England football captain John Terry but lifted last week, are being used too often.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government’s most senior legal advisers broke the law by refusing to tell The Independent who was given crucial advice about the treatment of prisoners during the war in Iraq, the Freedom of Information watchdog has ruled.”
The Independent, 1st February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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