Traveller site legal case begins – BBC News
“A council has started legal action against a group of travellers who moved into an Essex village in April.”
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Lawyers claim bidding system for criminal defence work may be illegal – The Guardian
“Government proposals to introduce competitive tendering for criminal defence work will ‘savagely reduce’ the number of firms, lawyers say, and may be unlawful in their disproportionate impact on minority lawyers.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teachers’ body won’t stop BNP working in schools – The Guardian
“The General Teaching Council for England is today accused by members of its governing body of failing to act to prevent British National party members from teaching in schools.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Video shows surveillance protesters bundled to ground by police – The Guardian
“Two female protesters who challenged police officers for not displaying their badge numbers were bundled to the ground, arrested and held in prison for four days, according to an official complaint lodged today.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Young offenders to face justice from neighbours – The Guardian
“Local communities must be given a greater say in determining the punishments meted out to young people if youth reoffending rates are to be reduced, says a leading thinktank.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tycoon Scot Young faces jail in £400m divorce – The Times
“A secretive tycoon at the centre of one of Britain’s biggest divorce cases is facing jail over the whereabouts of his £400m fortune.”
The Times, 21st June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Doctor sacked in Baby P case sues hospital trust – The Independent
“The consultant paediatrician who was blamed for failing to notice that Baby P had a broken back and ribs days before his death is claiming compensation for unfair dismissal.”
The Independent, 20th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Single mother given £1.2m fine for illegal downloads – Daily Telegraph
“A single mother has been ordered to pay nearly £1.2 million in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the internet.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
End ‘cruel’ religious slaughter, say scientists – The Independent
“Religious slaughter techniques practised by Jews and Muslims are cruel and should be ended, says a scientific assessment from the Government’s animal welfare advisers.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Iraq inquiry likely to be public as Gordon Brown prepares for U-turn – The Guardian
“The government has given its strongest indication yet that it may back down over plans to hold the forthcoming Iraq inquiry in secret.”
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The Guardian, 21st June 2009
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History-making divorcee Julia McFarlane is awarded an extra £100,000 a year – The Times
“A divorcing wife who made legal history when the law lords awarded her a £250,000-a-year payout from her husband has won a 40 per cent increase in her maintenance payments.”
The Times, 19th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Khyra mother ‘in privacy threat’ – BBC News
“A woman accused of starving her daughter to death threatened a social worker who looked through her letterbox with legal action, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 19th June 2009
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Judge condemns teenager’s sweet wrapper prosecution – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has condemned a ‘grotesque’ waste of taxpayers’ money spent on prosecuting teenager Larissa Wilkinson for allowing her 18 month-old niece to drop a sweet wrapper.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Falconer backs public Iraq probe – BBC News
“Former cabinet minister Lord Falconer has joined calls for the Iraq inquiry to be held ‘largely’ in public.”
BBC News, 19th June 2009
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Miscarriage of justice: more compensation ordered by judges – Daily Telegraph
“Senior judges have ordered an increase in the amount of compensation paid to Stephen Miller, a victim of a miscarriage of justice, in a test case lawyers said would have a ‘profound effect’ on such awards.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Potters Bar and Grayrigg: public inquiry into train disasters ruled out – Daily Telegraph
“A public inquiry into the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash which claimed seven lives, and the 2007 Grayrigg derailment in which an elderly passenger was killed, has been ruled out by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Families to sue for forces deaths – BBC News
“Four families of servicemen killed in Snatch Land Rovers in Iraq and Afghanistan are to sue the Ministry of Defence, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 19th June 2009
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Neither regulators nor law protect net neutrality in Britain, investigation finds – OUT-LAW.com
“There is no legal barrier in the UK to internet service providers (ISPs) blocking content from website operators who do not pay them. Neither consumer law nor telecoms regulation protects ISP subscribers, technology law podcast OUT-LAW Radio has revealed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Does the Coroners and Justice Bill go far enough – and is there enough money – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Coroners and Justice Bill is the government’s attempt to implement that long-awaited reform. Some practitioners and pressure groups are concerned that the bill doesn’t go far enough, and that there isn’t enough money behind it to make it work. There is a real risk, they say, that this bill will come to be seen as a missed opportunity.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th June 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court fee changes mean taxpayers only shoulder costs for the poorest – Ministry of Justice
“Changes to fees in the civil courts are to be introduced in order to target taxpayers’ money more effectively while helping those in financial difficulty, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice announced today (18 June).”
Ministry of Justice, 18th June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
