“Should a young woman be sterilised? Should a sex ban be imposed on a man in his 40s? Hearings involving vulnerable people need close monitoring.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An IT student who says he can’t get a job because he got a second class degree has had his bid for £5m damages from the university he claims let him down thrown out by a High Court judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Speech by Lord Justice Carnwath, Senior President of Tribunals
Commonwealth Law Conference, 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Details of the judicial review into the government’s scrapping of the school building programme.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Elderly patients who believe they have been treated badly because of their age could sue the National Health Service under new rights to be unveiled by ministers next month.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of sex offenders in England and Wales are set to be given the right to appeal against having their names on the sex offenders register for life.”
BBC News, 16th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Electoral Commission has concluded that there was no widespread evidence of voting fraud at last year’s local and general elections, despite allegations at the time that the postal ballot system was being exploited.”
The Independent, 16th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A high court judge has criticised the Metropolitan police for failing to adequately investigate allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today. But individuals who make malicious false allegations should know they risk prosecution, he said.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th February 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A high court challenge has been launched over the Ministry of Justice’s refusal to identify hundreds of children who have been unlawfully restrained in privately run child jails using techniques that have since been banned.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mother of a young woman with learning difficulties who is pregnant with her second child broke down in tears as she pleaded with a high court judge to allow her daughter to be forcibly sterilised for her own protection.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related: Test case over sterilisation puts court of protection under public scrutiny
“A schoolgirl who was found guilty of falsely accusing a 14-year-old boy of rape when she was 15 was told by a judge she had only narrowly avoided a custodial sentence.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Here is a potted guide to the Court of Protection, which is expected to rule today on whether a woman with a learning disability should be sterilised to prevent her from becoming pregnant again.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will today respond to the Government’s proposals for the reform of the costs of civil litigation. It will say that cost reduction is in the public interest but will warn that whilst cost reduction is welcome significant threats to access to justice must be addressed and that one size cannot fit all in litigation.”
The Bar Council, 14th February 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Our response to the MOJ’s proposals for Legal Aid Reform states that the cuts to Legal Aid will have no discernible positive regulatory impact and do little to protect and promote the public interest.”
Bar Standards Board, 14th February 2011
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“Broadcasters must show a ‘P’ logo for three seconds at the start and end of television programmes that contain product placement, regulator Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying ‘Thief’ around his neck has paid £13,000 after the criminal sued for ‘humiliation’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Crime may rise if funding is cut for youth offending prevention projects in England and Wales, MPs have warned.”
BBC News, 15th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An NHS Trust has paid out a five-figure compensation settlement to a couple whose son was stillborn following a series of ‘basic errors’ in ante-natal care.”
The Independent, 14th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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