“A father has gone to court claiming he deserves a greater share of his son’s £5 million inheritance left to him by his mother.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Can judges be feminists? Should judges be feminists? On one view the answer is easy: no. We don’t want our judges to be activists. We don’t want them to promote their own political agendas. We want them to do their job. We want them to apply the law.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Feminist Judgments Project
“A review of the judicial appointments process and related arms-length bodies has made initial recommendations.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th November 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A decision by the communities secretary, Eric Pickles, to scrap regional housing targets in pursuit of the government’s ‘big society’ initiative was ruled unlawful by the high court today.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A no win, no fee website set up to farm former coal miners’ undersettlement claims is being investigated by the government claims regulator, the Gazette has learned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Electoral Commission is set on a collision course with the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, after he dismissed calls for a law change to ensure last-minute voters are not turned away at the polls.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two cousins who murdered a relative because her family disapproved of her boyfriend have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 10th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The debate over whether control orders will survive the anti-terrorism review has been rumbling on for the past weeks, with a surprising amount of internal discussions being aired in public.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has ruled that three former Labour MPs must face a criminal trial over their expenses claims.”
The Lawyer, 10th November 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Criminal proceedings are to start against Network Rail and the maintenance firm Jarvis Rail over alleged safety failures behind the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash, in which seven people died.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prominent British plastic surgeon has been threatened with a libel action by the manufacturer of a cosmetic cream because she publicly questioned, in a newspaper article, whether it worked as the company claimed.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three Metropolitan Police officers may face criminal charges over claims they altered an alleged rape victim’s statement so proceedings were dropped.”
BBC News, 10th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith has launched an appeal against the high court ruling earlier this year which rejected her claim that she was unfairly sacked as director of Haringey children’s services after the death of baby Peter Connelly, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lap dancer who attempted to bring an unfair dismissal case against Stringfellows has lost her case, a lawyer for the club said today.”
The Independent, 10th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The master of the rolls has given judicial backing to the proposed quality assurance for advocates (QAA) scheme, saying judges are the ‘ultimate consumers’ of advocacy services and are well placed to assess quality.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“An Indian solar panels manufacturer cannot continue legal action in India because to do so would undermine an earlier English court ruling, the High Court in London has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“BT and TalkTalk today (10 November) won the right to a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act, throwing controversial government proposals to tackle illegal filesharing into uncertainty.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of men who say they were wrongly accused of child pornography offences could have their names cleared after a case to be heard in the court of appeal tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The organisation which provides legal help for children in care cases is ‘not fit for purpose’, a group of MPs says.”
BBC News, 11th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paedophile who bludgeoned his wife to death with a hammer to spare her the shame of discovering his child sex offending was jailed for a minimum of 19 years today (10 November).”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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