“London has become the divorce capital of the world, according to the City’s top lawyers following a Court of Appeal ruling to uphold the largest divorce settlement in UK history.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Ministers are to go ahead with a scheme which could force defendants to change their legal team in complex cases.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2007
Source:www.guardian.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary has admitted that the Government will be unable to build its way out of the problem of overcrowded jails.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers could be sacked if they cause delays during expensive terrorism trials under plans to speed up cases announced by the Government yesterday.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“We are living in the surveillance age but 90 per cent of Britain’s 14.2 million closed-circuit television cameras may be failing to comply with the law.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld a House of Lords ruling that the UK Government did not act unlawfully by refusing to pay widows’ benefits to two widowers.”
The Lawyer, 28th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is under growing pressure to disclose his advice to the Army on whether British soldiers in Iraq needed to comply with the Human Rights Act.”
The Independent, 30th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Campaigners have pledged £100,000 for a fighting fund to encourage people to launch legal challenges against what they say are illegal bank charges. The money has been pledged by MoneySavingExpert.com and the Consumer Action Group as well as private individuals.”
The Independent, 30th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The number of prisoners in England and Wales hit an all-time high of 80,846 yesterday, raising fears that the court service could run out of cell space this week if too few remand prisoners succeed in getting bail. The record numbers saw 450 prisoners housed in police and court cells made available for overspill.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Court-awarded damages for people whose spouses die could be up to £300,000 too low, a report claimed today.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Judges should be less ready to rule that control orders imposed on terrorism suspects breach human rights, the independent watchdog on terrorism law said yesterday. Lord Carlile of Berriew QC called on judges to review their approach to restrictions imposed by control orders after a further three terrorist suspects absconded last week, bringing the total to six.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nuisance neighbours could face being shut out of their homes under proposed new powers, the Home Office has said.”
BBC News, 29th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lloyds TSB has won a second county court case against a customer trying to reclaim overdraft charges.”
BBC News, 29th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An internet retailer that broke a legally-binding promise not to sell imported CDs at almost half the price they sold for on the High Street has been ordered to pay the UK record industry £35 million, it emerged today.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior judges have dealt a blow to the ancient legal principle that a person is protected from incriminating himself.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), the UK equivalent of the FBI, has been strongly criticised by Law Lords [sic] in the Court of Appeal for its “unlawful” action in freezing payments to a company that the organisation believed may have been involved in a VAT fraud.”
The Independent, 27th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tough new laws to prevent British consumers being ripped off by aggressive doorstep sellers and bogus prize-draw scams are to be enforced within a year.”
The Times, 28th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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