Fraud challenge to home secretary – BBC News
“A man has appeared in court to try to start a private prosecution against the home secretary over her expense claims.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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City law firms to suffer in weaker market – The Times
“Businesses are deserting the ‘magic circle’ and other City law firms in favour of cheaper alternatives as the legal market continues to struggle with weaker demand, a study has found.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
David Southall loses appeal over being struck off – The Guardian
“Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall today (22nd May) lost a high court battle to overturn a decision to strike him off the medical register for serious professional misconduct.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council lawyers admit Baby P could have been put into care – The Guardian
“There was probably sufficient evidence to justify taking Baby P into care days before he was brutally killed, council lawyers at the centre of the case have privately admitted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Life term for cellmate sex killer – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life for the sexually motivated murder of a fellow prison inmate in Nottinghamshire.”
BBC News, 21st May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jacqui Smith to ban ‘legal high’ drugs – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to ban two ‘legal highs’ and a range of anabolic steroids in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Call for reform over child witnesses in court – The Independent
“The barrister who cross-examined the four-year-old girl raped by one of Baby P’s killers has called for reform in the way that child witnesses are treated by the courts system.”
The Independent, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Scientific advances brought demise of double jeopardy rule – The Times
“It was David Blunkett who scrapped the 800-year-old legal principle that people could not be tried twice for the same crime.”
The Times, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Police ordered to delete images of peaceful protester Andrew Wood – The Times
“Police surveillance tactics were dealt a blow by appeal judges today with a ruling that photographs taken of peaceful protesters campaigning against the arms trade must be destroyed.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Footballer convicted of killing girlfriend in double jeopardy case – The Times
“A footballer today admitted killing his former girlfriend more than six years after he was cleared of the crime.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Could the Queen really dissolve Parliament now? – The Times
“Thinking the unthinkable is what constitutional lawyers are paid to do. Many are now saying that with the daily revelations about improper expenses claims from beleaguered MPs the Queen should step in and dissolve Parliament — against the Government’s wishes — forcing a general election to compel MPs to stand for immediate re-election after a scandal on the scale of that of the pre 1832 rotten boroughs. Trust has now been destroyed. It can, so the argument runs, be rebuilt only by a neutral third party, the Queen, and not by a self-interested and wholly discredited cabal of politicians.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ingrained arrogance in the police leads to miscarriages of justice – The Times
“Police attitudes have progressed by light years since the bad days of the 1980s and highly publicised miscarriages of justice. So runs the prevailing wisdom. But the recent police operation at the G20 summit and instinctive reaction of some officers to doctor the facts indicates that a deep-seated corruption in policing still prevails.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Expenses: in the spirit of the rules? – The Times
“A police investigation into the MPs expenses scandal will swiftly identify false accounting as the criminal offence most likely to have been committed by the most egregious of the SW1 claimants.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Medical law too often doffs its cap to the doctor’s white coat – The Times
“‘It’s up to you what you do with your own body,’ goes the rhetoric. But when you dive away from abstractions into the real world of suffering and desire, things are not so simple.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Coroners Bill: now the battle begins for legal aid and juries – The Times
“With Jack Straw’s dropping of plans this week for secret inquests, one of the big battles in the Coroners and Justice Bill has been fought and won. But the Justice Secretary’s move does not guarantee the Bill a trouble-free ride.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law ‘will force churches to employ gay staff’ – Daily Telegraph
“Churches will be banned from turning down gay job applicants on the grounds of their sexuality under new anti-discrimination laws, a Government minister said.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Failure to gag Private Eye clears the way to publication of rulings against lawyers – The Times
“Thousands of disciplinary rulings against lawyers accused of misconduct can be publicised after one of Britain’s leading solicitors lost a battle in the Court of Appeal to keep his own case under wraps.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pringles too much like potato crisps to escape VAT, appeal court rules – The Times
“The taxman took a multimillion-pound bite out of Pringles today after winning a VAT legal battle.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gurkhas win final victory to stay in Britain – The Independent
“All Gurkha veterans will today win the right to settle in Britain following an embarrassing climb-down by Gordon Brown.”
The Independent, 21st May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Torture collusion claims silenced for legal reasons – The Guardian
“Fresh claims about British security service collusion in torture were abruptly silenced today by a parliamentary committee, amid claims that if made public they would cut across an ongoing legal case.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
