“Stressed-out lawyers are the target of a new initiative from mental healthcare body The Priory Group, best known for providing up-market rehab facilities for celebrities.”
Legal Week, 27th April 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Convictions of companies for construction site deaths have fallen by 75 per cent, although the number of building workers being killed has risen, according to a study for Ucatt, the construction union.”
The Times, 27th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Debate on the controversial bill to exempt MPs from freedom of information laws has been delayed until May.”
BBC News, 27th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two Libyan terror suspects have won an appeal against deportation from the UK in a major defeat for the government.”
BBC News, 27th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cable TV operator Virgin Media has accused Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB of trying to weaken and eventually eliminate it with anti-competitive behaviour, according to high court papers filed against the satellite broadcaster.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Falconer stunned lawyers last week by unexpectedly announcing that the small claims limit for personal injury cases would remain unchanged.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th April 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Court staff have rejected plans to introduce a “divisive” pay system that union leaders said would lead to workers earning different amounts of money across England and Wales.”
The Times, 27th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Home inspectors could make up to £250 million a year on producing packs that never get used, causing huge waste for home owners trying to sell their homes, according to the Law Society.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, gave warning that the new ministry of justice could become a ‘backwater’ if its budget were not ring-fenced.”
The Times, 27th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Five witnesses at the Billy Wright murder inquiry have won a legal battle for anonymity.”
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BBC News, 26th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A controversial Directive which criminalises intellectual property violations in Europe was approved yesterday by the European Parliament but does not include its most controversial element, the criminalising of patent infringement.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th April 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A data protection ‘crisis’ predicted by some experts has been overblown, and the law change behind it will affect only a very few organisations, according to a leading data protection expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th April 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The United Kingdom and United States have today ratified a bilateral extradition treaty to ensure more effective arrangements to bring offenders from either state to justice.”
Home Office press release, 26th April 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“Sir Nigel Sheinwald, the prime minister’s top foreign policy adviser, told an Old Bailey jury yesterday that private talks between world leaders must remain secret however illegal or morally abhorrent the nature of their discussions.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Access to Justice Alliance (AJA) is organising a week of action from 14 May 2007 to 18 May 2007 to raise awareness of the vital role that legal aid plays for people seeking to enforce or defend their rights. ‘Justice – access denied’ will involve demonstrations outside local county courts, tribunals and the Royal Courts of Justice.”
Legal Action Group, 26th April 2007
Source: www.lag.org.uk
“Peers have voted in favour of allowing telephone intercept evidence to be used in court in organised crime cases.”
BBC News, 26th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A passionate defence of gay rights written more than two centuries before homosexuality became legal has been discovered.”
The Times, 26th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Controversial proposals to encourage private competition claims by introducing larger success fees have sparked intense debate among the UK’s legal profession.”
Legal Week, 26th April 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
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