“Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder wanted in Sweden over accusations of sexual assault, will launch a fresh appeal on Tuesday against his extradition at the high court in London.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The ransacking of legal aid means society’s most vulnerable will be left to fend for themselves.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother has been warned she could be jailed after she admitted leaving her three young children in a car in ‘dangerously high heat’ last Monday.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, wrote to Ofcom, the media regulator, and the Office of Fair Trading yesterday morning to ask whether the failure of News International, News Corp’s British newspaper arm, to properly manage the News of the World could mean the takeover should be blocked. Hours later, News Corp withdrew its proposal to spin off Sky News as a financially and editorially independent unit, which would have got the merger cleared by regulators, effectively forcing Mr Hunt to refer the bid to the Competition Commission.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 900 police personnel were disciplined for unlawful data protection practices in the past three years, privacy campaigners have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A terror suspect appealing against a control order was trained in Syria from where he plotted a terror attack on the UK, the High Court has heard.”
BBC News, 11th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An unexpected ruling by a judge six years ago effectively covered up the chance to publicly expose evidence of the illegal targeting of Gordon Brown, which had been unearthed by a startled team of provincial detectives.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Psychologists are finding new ways to improve the quality of discussion by trial juries.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Culture Secretary has asked Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) if the closure of the News of the World (NotW) newspaper has changed their view of whether its owner should be allowed to take over BSkyB, according to media reports.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A report into a whether website blocking measures are viable is to be published shortly, the Culture Minister has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Tens of thousands of people pursuing asylum and immigration cases have been left without support after the Immigration Advisory Service, a charity, went into unannounced administration, blaming government changes to legal aid.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The death of the seventh teenager in custody this year has triggered calls for an independent inquiry into the imprisonment of young people which campaigners say needs a ‘complete overhaul’.”
The Independent, 9th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The high court has agreed that a full legal challenge can be brought against a police stop-and-search power alleged to be used in a racist way against African-Caribbean people.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There is ‘no political will’ to address the record levels of family breakdown that currently cost the country an estimated £40-100bn a year, a leading family lawyer claimed during a Law Society public debate yesterday.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Emotional launch for campaign to restore ex gratia compensation for those wrongly convicted of crimes.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Legal Services Commission has published a plan for the tender process for new interim family contracts to start in February 2012.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A member of a gang believed to have sexually abused more than 100 schoolgirls in a seaside resort has been sentenced to 10 years in custody.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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