Student solicitors step into the breach – The Guardian
“Following dramatic cuts to legal aid, universities are seeing increased demand for their free law clinics.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid cuts: why law students are coming to the rescue – The Guardian
“We get the chance to work with real clients, and they get our help for free, says a volunteer.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The case for QASA – Legal Futures
“David Wolfe QC of Matrix Chambers argues that the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is a necessary step to assure the competence of criminal advocates and answers the main criticisms levelled by its opponents.”
Legal Futures, 9th April 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
ITV rapped over Charlie Brooks’ I’m a Celebrity stunt – BBC News
“ITV has been censured by the media regulator over a stunt on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, involving the seven-year-old daughter of EastEnders actress Charlie Brooks.”
BBC News, 8th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Professional dog walkers hit with £300 licence fee – Daily Telegraph
“Commercial dog walkers will have to pay a £300 licence to walk in the Royal Parks as campaigners complain they are often putting public safety at risk.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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The ICLR Annual Lecture 2013
“Marriage from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first century”
Some reflections on Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee (1866) LR 1 P & D 130
By Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division
On Thursday 25th April 2013, 6pm
The Common Room of The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL
Tickets cost £5, Students free
To book your place visit www.iclr.co.uk/annual-lectures
The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 – 11 KBW
“The Schools Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act (“the Act”) was passed by the Assembly on 15 January 2013 and received its Royal Assent on 4 March 2013. The proposal to legislate was announced by the First Minister on 12 July 2011, when the legislative programme for the Welsh Government was set out, and a White Paper followed in October 2011. The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill was published in April 2012, along with an Explanatory Memorandum.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.11kbw.com
Three disabled claimants launch legal action against new mobility tests – The Guardian
“Three disabled claimants have launched a legal action to challenge the government’s more stringent tests for mobility allowances that came into force on Monday.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Special Educational Needs and School Transport – 11 KBW
“In this paper, I intend to cover the following areas:-
(1) An update on reform to the special educational needs regime
(2) Case law update on recent special educational needs cases
(3) School transport.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.11kbw.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2013
The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2013
The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Wireless Telegraphy (Register) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013
The Armed Forces Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2013
The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
April Fool’s – The Barristers’ Hub
“The 1st of April 2013 marks the implementation of a swathe of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules as part of the implementation of the ‘Jackson Report’ into civil procedure and funding. The aim of the report, in the words of Jackson, L. J. himself, is ‘to promote access to justice at proportionate cost’.”
The Barristers’ Hub, 5th April 2013
Source: www.barristershub.co.uk
New rules for CMCs – Ministry of Justice
“Get a signature on the dotted line or there is no contract, warns the Claims Management Regulator as tough new Conduct Rules for claims management companies (CMCs) are announced.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th April 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Judges lead ‘sheltered lives’, warns Britain’s most senior female judge – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s most senior female judge has warned that her colleagues on the bench may lack common sense because they have lived ‘sheltered lives’.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Moratorium in fee-paid judicial pension cases – Ministry of Justice
“Following the case of O’Brien v Ministry of Justice and the decision of the UK Supreme Court that fee-paid Recorders are entitled to a pension, The Lord Chancellor has written today to the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chief Justice Northern Ireland, the Lord President of the Court of Session, the President of the UK Supreme Court and the Senior President of Tribunals to announce a moratorium in fee-paid judicial pension cases.”
Ministry of Justice, 5th April 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
New £1,300 charge for High Court challenges against Government decisions – Daily Telegraph
“People will have to pay up to £1,300 to bring High Court challenges against Government decisions in a crackdown on spurious legal challenges, under new plans.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Army law: uniform instructions – Law Society’s Gazette
“Some press reports estimate that up to one in four of the army’s lawyers face being cut. And the overall picture for the army is one of drastically reduced headcount – the Ministry of Defence’s Future Force 2020 plans will see the army cut 20,000 regular soldiers by 2020, with the number of regular soldiers set to fall to 82,000. Last year, during the second completed phase of cuts, four Army Legal Services lieutenant colonels applied for voluntary redundancy.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th April 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
We shall fight, on the beaches – UK Human Rights Blog
“This is a tale of common law rights, open water swimming, and individual freedoms. It is about the flip side of codified human rights: the time-honoured principle, that that which is not specifically prohibited, is – or should be – permitted in English law.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
That’s Life magazine censured for paying murderer’s sister for her story – The Guardian
“Women’s weekly That’s Life has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission for paying the sister of a murderer for her story.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sharia courts putting women at risk, CPS warns – Daily Telegraph
“Sharia courts are putting women at risk of violence from abusive husbands, the Crown Prosecution Service has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
