“Proposals to further open up family courts to the media have been announced as part of new legislation put before Parliament today.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Proposed new powers to track every email, phone call and website visit have been backed by the country’s top prosecutor as ‘vital’ to fighting crime.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lord Mandelson is seeking to amend the laws on copyright to give the government sweeping new powers against people accused of illegal downloading.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior judges say the foreign secretary is stopping them releasing details of CIA interrogation techniques – even though the US has published them.”
BBC News, 19th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“When Dr Christine Gill last month successfully challenged her mother’s will, which had bequeathed the £2 million family farm in North Yorkshire to the RSPCA, it was just the latest in an increasingly long line of disputes over wills to have been picked over by the media.”
The Times, 19th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A hospital trust in Swindon is being prosecuted on health and safety grounds in the case of a Filipino nurse who died when she was given the wrong drug after giving birth.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The opening up of the legal services market brings with it opportunities and threats as new players seek to establish themselves.”
The Times, 19th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government has confirmed that it will pass legislation allowing for the termination of internet connections used by suspected illegal file-sharers but has not yet said whether the action will be subject to independent or court oversight before it takes place.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th November 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Hundreds of years of tradition may be ditched today when the ban on barristers joining in partnership with other professionals is lifted.”
The Times, 19th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Sussex woman who left 15 puppies to die in closed suitcases in a locked cupboard has been jailed for 20 weeks.”
BBC News, 18th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two teenage girls whose violent and prolonged bullying drove a vicar’s daughter to jump to her death from a window were convicted of manslaughter yesterday.”
The Times, 19th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“MI5, MI6 and the police will be able to withhold evidence from defendants and their lawyers in civil cases for the first time, the high court ruled today.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board has published a consultation paper outlining the core principles it expects all licensing authorities (LAs) to use in regulating alternative business structures, as it moves towards the next stage in liberalising the delivery of legal services.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th November 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Hundreds of years of tradition may end tomorrow when the ban on barristers joining with other professionals to set up ‘one stop’ partnerships is lifted.”
The Times, 18th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk“
“The Financial Services Authority is to get new powers that will allow it to seize data from hedge funds.”
The Times, 18th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Queen’s Speech has set out the government’s forthcoming legislative programme.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A woman whose daughter was killed by a drunken driver has won a fight against convicts being allowed to serve their driving bans while in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former MI5 secret agent is suing the London Evening Standard for revealing his name, his lawyers say, in an attempt to extend Britain’s privacy laws to cover the identity of intelligence officers.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The partner of the sex-killing victim Rachel Nickell has complained to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) over police failures which might have prevented her death.”
The Independent, 18th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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