“The north-west head of the Crown Prosecution Service talks about bringing the Rochdale child sex ring before the courts/”
The Guardian, 21st November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mr Justice Tugendhat has slammed a claimant who attempted to sue London Evening Standard journalist Andrew Gilligan calling the case an ‘attempt at extortion’.”
The Lawyer, 20th November 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A self-professed karate expert who beat up a toddler so badly he broke the boy’s leg has been jailed for 14 years.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Victims of miscarriages of justice await Lorraine Allen judgment with hope.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rogue trader who carried out the UK’s largest ever fraud, losing £1.4 billion in bad deals which nearly brought down a major international bank, was jailed for seven years today.”
The Independent, 20th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An application to quash the Hillsborough inquest verdicts will be made next month, the Attorney General has announced.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prisoners serving less than 12 months will have to agree to undertake a post-release rehabilitation programme as a condition of their release under legislation planned by the justice secretary, Chris Grayling.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“For anyone concerned as to whether a professional appointment imposes a duty guaranteeing or warranting a successful outcome the Court of Appeal decision in Trebor Bassett Holdings Limited -and- The Cadbury UK Partnership v. ADT Fire and Security Plc (2012) EWCA Civ 1158 provides invaluable assistance.”
Zenith Chambers, 14th November 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“Parental leave is to be shared more equally in the future. From 2015 the UK will have a new system of flexible parental leave in place”
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Cloisters, November 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
“Part I of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 was designed to alter the balance between freeholders and their residential tenants, by giving the leaseholders the right to an extended lease or to compulsory acquisition of the freehold.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 16th November 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“More victims of crime will be able to access a high standard of restorative justice across England and Wales with the launch of a new action plan today [19 November].”
Ministry of Justice,
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Restorative Justice Action Plan for the Criminal Justice System (PDF)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Abbey v Gilligan & Ors [2012] EWHC 3217 (QB) (20 November 2012)
Ahmed v The Inns’ Conduct Committee [2012] EWHC 3270 (QB) (19 November 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The payday loan industry has been warned to improve the way it lends money and collects debts, or face sanctions.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“According to Cameron, there is a need to restrict the right to judicial review to ensure the country’s economic competitiveness. As he put it, judicial review should, therefore, cost more, have shorter deadlines, and fewer rights of appeal. This is so that ‘people think twice about time wasting’.”
NearlyLegal, 20th November 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Alison Levitt, QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions, oversees CPS decision making and all potential prosecutions in relation to the ongoing phone hacking investigations and other related matters.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th November 2012
Source: www.blog.cps.gov.uk
“What’s in a name? Well, if it’s the name of a tasty local food, then legal wrangles, multimillion-pound sales and the threat of small local traders going to the wall.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Secretly filmed footage of a circus elephant being kicked and hit with a pitchfork has been shown at the trial of a husband and wife who are accused of causing the animal unnecessary suffering.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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