“Long hours and barriers to flexible working could cause a drain on the legal profession with young mothers and fathers struggling to find a balance between family and career, new research has found.”
Legal Week, 14th October 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The rejection of Labour’s proposal for detention without charge was a victory for human rights and common sense in parliament.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A multimillion-pound lawsuit brought by advertising company WPP against its former Italian director Marco Benatti was settled on undisclosed terms in the High Court today.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers have dropped plans which would have allowed them to order inquests to be held in private.”
BBC News, 14th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nationalised lender Northern Rock said today that no legal action would be taken against former directors at the centre of the group’s collapse last year.”
The Independent, 14th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The threat from terrorism is now ‘at the severe end of severe’ Jacqui Smith said today as she urged opposition parties to back a fresh bill to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The head of Europe’s biggest training institution for lawyers has stepped into the row over whether there should be separate regulation of the UK’s major corporate law firms as distinct from the High Street firms that make up the bulk of the profession.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“On 13 October 2008, the Law Commissions published a summary of responses on business insurance reform.”
Law Commission, 13th October 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“The Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service have announced their commitment to further improve partnership work with the voluntary and community sector.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A Home Office official has baffled ISPs by telling them new laws will on paper require them all to retain data, but in practice some probably won’t be forced to because it could cost the government too much money.”
The Register, 13th October 2008
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
“Plans to overhaul Britain’s fertility laws have been held up by political squabbling over abortion rights, the head of the country’s fertility watchdog said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It may have been heralded with a champagne reception at Coutts attended by the legal great and the good but the launch last week of the Access to Justice Foundation had little to do with the world of high finance.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge allowed a mother who had sex with a 14-year-old boy to walk free, saying that the boy seduced her.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former Tory prospective parliamentary candidate today escaped a jail sentence after mounting a vicious hate campaign against political rivals in his constituency.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“About 1,500 people who win tribunal claims each year over their treatment in the workplace do not receive their awards because of a flaw in the system, a report concludes.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A loophole in animal welfare laws that allows primates to be kept as household pets should be closed, an MP has urged.”
BBC News, 13th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Commons Speaker Michael Martin is to investigate reports that former prime minister Tony Blair ‘deliberately misled’ parliament, he said today.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tony Blair’s former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, yesterday dismissed as ‘fanciful’ the government’s argument that the fight against terrorism would be assisted by extending to 42 days the maximum period a suspect can be detained without charge. Leading a cross-party assault on the plan in the House of Lords, which last night overwhelmingly rejected the measure by 309 votes to 118, Falconer said he had decided to vote against his government with a ‘heavy heart’.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to give police up to 42 days to question terrorism suspects were crushed by the House of Lords last night, halting a three-year, high-wire political battle begun in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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