“The Human Fertilisation & Embyology Authority has launched a public consultation on the ethics of new IVF-based techniques designed to avoid serious mitochondrial diseases.”
Family Law Week, 17th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Stuart Hughes, Senior Solicitor at Greene and Greene Solicitors, and Sabuhi Chaudhry, barrister at Coram Chambers, consider recent developments concerning costs in fact finding hearings and the divergence between private law and public law cases.”
Family Law Week, 14th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The LSB today publishes its response to its consultation on approaches to quality in the legal services market.”
Legal Services Board, 17th September 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“In just a few weeks’ time, 41 individuals will become police and crime commissioners after pitching their vision for cleaning up the streets of England and Wales.”
BBC News, 14th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The parents of one of six British troops killed in the most deadly attack in Helmand were among those horrified to read a Facebook message days later that said ‘all soldiers should die and go to hell’, a court heard.”
The Independent, 14th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May’s hopes of deporting an Italian father-of-five who hit his flatmate over the head with a hammer then strangled him with the flex of an iron were yesterday dashed by senior judges.”
The Independent, 15th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The police officer cleared of killing Ian Tomlinson on the fringes of the G20 protests in London will this week face further scrutiny into his conduct through an internal Metropolitan police disciplinary hearing which, unusually, will be held in public. It will be only the second time such an internal police hearing will take place in the open since a 2008 law gave the Independent Police Complaints Commission powers to compel this in instances with particular public interest.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Controversial ‘naked’ security scanners are to be ditched by airport bosses.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Following a public consultation, Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has today published final guidelines on the approach prosecutors should take when assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 13th September 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Police watchdog to investigate Sir Norman Bettison after independent report alleges ‘black propaganda’ campaign by senior officers.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sir Paul Stephenson, Britain’s former top policeman, spends a day at a magistrates’ court, and is shocked by what he finds.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“The Serious Fraud Office has denied that it is poised to abandon its investigation into Robert Tchenguiz, despite releasing the property magnate from his bail conditions late last week.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Twitter has said that Government plans to increase the UK intelligence services’ communications surveillance capabilities could cause it to breach the privacy rights of individuals based elsewhere in the world.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Lawyers acting for families of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster will write to the attorney general on Monday demanding that new inquests be held. The Hillsborough Families Support Group (HFSG) met at Anfield on Sunday to discuss the next step in its campaign for justice for the 96 victims of the 1989 football stadium disaster. High-profile lawyers for the campaign, Michael Mansfield QC and Lord Falconer, appeared via an internet videolink.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Legal Ombudsman has today published an online list of complaints relating to 770 law firms across England and Wales.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Joshua Rozenberg responds to a reader about whether proposals to leave undeliverable items with neighbours infringes privacy rights.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The shocking rate at which Britain jails women damages thousands of innocent children every year and poses mounting risks for society. In a special week-long series, we ask: Isn’t there a better way?”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A serious case review is to be launched into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale following the conviction of nine men for grooming in May.”
BBC News, 14th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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