“The culture of using meritless judicial review applications to delay immigration decisions and hold up development will be attacked by new controls announced today by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“A protester arrested at the Dale Farm traveller eviction will receive undisclosed damages after she complained she was left in a police van for too long.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK Government is challenging a proposed financial transaction tax (FTT) between 11 EU member states, saying that the plans do not respect the rights of countries not participating in the regime.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A teacher who filmed girls and women, using a hidden camera in the bathroom at his home, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Speech by Helen Grant MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Originally given at Capita Conference, London. This is a transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered.”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Two private care home operators are attempting to sue the leader of the council at the centre of the Rochdale child grooming scandal for libel after he suggested vulnerable children would not be safe in the area.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parties to civil litigation must be able to properly justify the need to make any changes to an approved costs budget, a High Court judge has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Peers have called for a speedy conclusion to the Iraq Inquiry amid growing dissatisfaction with the length of time it is taking to report.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The PE teacher has not worked for more than two years because the allegation remained on his record even though police investigated and took no action.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The EU bans the patenting of human embryos for commercial purposes. This ban is implemented in national law via the 1977 Patents Act. But what precisely is a ‘human embryo’ for the purposes of the Biotech Directive? Or, put another way, must the process involving embryonic stem cells be capable of developing into a human being, before the ban can bite?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.co.uk
“The court’s decision turned on the judges’ assessment of what restrictions are necessary in a democratic society.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are to unveil controls aimed at tackling judicial reviews in English courts that hold up building projects and delay immigration decisions.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A three-year campaign to reform Britain’s ‘chilling’ libel laws is days away from victory after the government did a U-turn on a key proposal which would prevent companies using defamation laws to silence their critics.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Conviction rates for rape and domestic violence cases have risen to an all time high, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) has revealed, amid criticism that too few cases are being brought to court.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford today launched an urgent new legal challenge over a UK Government refusal to fund her appeal against a death sentence imposed by an Indonesian court after she was found guilty of drug smuggling.”
The Independent, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A police force unlawfully infringed a physical education teacher’s human rights by refusing to remove detail of an 18-year-old woman’s harassment allegation from a ‘criminal record certificate’ available to potential employers, a High Court judge has ruled.”
The Independent, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“‘We will amend at trial’ was one of the most common phrases in legal parlance. No more. It is evident on several fronts that the days of belated change, even well before trial, are over. I would go so far as to say that a practitioner failing to act at the earliest possible opportunity is now looking at a potential negligence claim. The robust new attitude demonstrated by Lord Justice Jackson and his cohorts has been applied to pleadings, experts and joinder.”
New Law Journal, 18th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
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