Law Society wins money laundering review – The Lawyer
“The Law Society has won another battle in its war to change the draft money laundering regulations causing headaches among City lawyers.”
The Lawyer, 5th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Category: news
Bar Council urges MPs to put consumers first in Legal Services reform – The Bar Council
“Today, as the Legal Services Bill receives its Second Reading in the House of Commons, the Bar Council is keen to emphasise the need to put consumers first in any changes to the current legal framework.”
The Bar Council press release, 4th June 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
High Court thwarts legal aid judicial review call – Legal Week
“The campaign to force the Government to scale back its controversial legal aid reforms has been dealt a blow after the High Court rejected the first call for a judicial review over the planned changes.”
Legal Week, 4th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
The next big thing in litigation: hedge fund disputes – The Times
“Corporate Britain may have shied away from fighting its battles in court, but the City’s leading litigation law firms are hoping their salvation may lie in disputes involving hedge funds.”
The Times, 5th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Alcohol strategy to tackle binge-drinkers – Reuters
“The government will unveil a new alcohol strategy on Tuesday expected to focus on how to counter binge-drinking by changing young people’s attitudes and behaviour.”
Reuters, 5th June 2007
Source: www.reuters.co.uk
Body exhumed in care home enquiry – BBC news
“The body of an elderly woman is to be the first of three exhumed by police probing seven deaths at a care home.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Britain ‘to drop EU veto over law and order’ – Daily Telegraph
“Tony Blair may be preparing to abandon Britain’s veto over law and order policy in Europe on the eve of his departure from Downing Street this month, MPs fear.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Treasury backs down on money laundering rules – The Times
“The Treasury has agreed to reconsider its draft anti money laundering regulations after the European Commission backed a Law Society campaign calling for rules to be relaxed.”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
CPS to reopen cash for honours investigation – Daily Telegraph
“Detectives have been instructed to reopen their inquiries in the cash for honours investigation which has engulfed Downing Street”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
This would be internment – The Guardian
“We have the longest pre-charge detention period in the free world. Extending it would boost extremism.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judges given option to sack lawyers in high-cost cases – The Lawyer
“The Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer has outlined plans that will see lawyers who cause delays to court cases replaced, following the collapse of BCCI and Equitable.”
The Lawyer, 4th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
SRA delays launch of abridged LPC – The Lawyer
“Alternative routes to qualifying as a solicitor will not be piloted this year as planned, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has revealed.”
The Lawyer, 4th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Does big business need to panic? Only if they’re violating the law – The Times
“The arrival on UK soil of Michael Hausfeld, the doyen of American class-action lawyers, earlier in the year has inspired some fairly excitable headlines anticipating a tidal wave of US-style group litigation. ‘Big business beware,’ cautioned a profile in The Sunday Times. Another report in the insurance press started with the simple declaration: ‘The eagle has landed .'”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Magic circle wades into LSB independence debate – Legal Week
“All five magic circle firms have thrown their weight behind attempts to amend the Legal Services Bill ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue today (4 June).”
Legal Week, 4th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Bar Council calls on MPs to put consumers first – The Times
“The Bar Council, the representative body for UK barristers, has called on MPs to prioritise consumers in any changes to the British legal system ahead of today’s second reading of the wide-ranging Legal Services Bill in the House of Commons.”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘More inquiries’ in honours probe – BBC News
“The Crown Prosecution Service has asked cash-for-honours probe police to ‘undertake further inquiries’.”
BBC News, 4th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Both sides in abortion row get ready for parliamentary battle – The Guardian
“Both sides in the battle over abortion rights are gearing up for a test of strength in parliament to see which of them has the political muscle either to liberalise David Steel’s 40-year-old legislation or to curb what opponents of abortion call ‘two Dunblane massacres a day’.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Seven new laws for every day of Blair as PM – Daily Telegraph
“More than seven new laws have come into force every day since Tony Blair came to power a decade ago, new research has shown.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Criminals convicted by police jurors to appeal to law lords – The Guardian
“Two convicted criminals who claim they were denied a fair trial because the juries which found them guilty included a police officer will take their case to Britain’s highest court next month. Their appeal to the House of Lords will be heard in July, along with a third case in which one of the jurors who delivered a guilty verdict was a lawyer working for the Crown Prosecution Service, which brought the prosecution.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firm to be sued over ‘torture flights’ – The Guardian
“A former British resident being held at Guantánamo is suing a subsidiary of the Boeing corporation which he alleges was involved in arranging for him to be taken to secret American prisons around the world. Once there, he says, he was tortured.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
