“Some makers of mobile phone apps are secretly charging phone users for services they never asked for, premium rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus (PPP) has said. It has proposed guidance that it hopes would prevent consumers being harmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Prison Service is fighting a legal case that could force the government to spend millions of pounds upgrading old jails.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Guardian published an editorial today (26 September) arguing that court judgments should be opened up to the public. The editorial challenges the fact that BAILII, the charity which currently publishes most judgments online, is not searchable on Google.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th September 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Case of Tony Stock highlights why processes to address miscarriages of justice are failing.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teacher acquitted of sex assaults on pupils has spoken of his distress at living apart from his wife and baby for eight months because of the case.”
BBC News, 26th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, is to raise concerns about cuts in legal aid with the Cabinet.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A university graduate who stole £36,000 of manuscripts by famous figures including Sir Winston Churchill, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and TS Eliot has been jailed for 30 months.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will add £10m to the UK’s publicly funded mediation budget next year as part of an effort to promote the use of mediation over litigation.”
Legal Week, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Up to £1million a year is to be seized from prisoners’ pay packets and used to fund victim support services, the Ministry of Justice announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th September 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Is a Tottenham solicitor alone in having clients charged as part of riots, despite them having no connection other than being in the same borough?”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A worker who was sacked after criticising her workplace on Facebook was unfairly dismissed, an Employment Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The European Court of Human Rights has held in AA v United Kingdom (no. 8000/08) that a young Nigerian man cannot be deported back to his country of birth after serving almost half of a four year sentence for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. The applicant was 15 at the time of the offence, and had shown exemplary conduct during his time in custody and beyond, studying for his A levels and completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. However the government had argued that the applicant had been involved in luring the victim, showing a degree of planning and sophistication, and pointed out that his original plea of not guilty had forced the victim to relive the ordeal at trial. Some may feel that the seriousness of the crime warranted automatic deportation after the completion of sentence, and provision is made for this in the UK Borders Act 2007.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A teenager has been jailed for two months for taking a photograph of a court room from the public gallery during proceedings.”
BBC News, 26th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former News of the World editor and Downing Street aide Andy Coulson is suing a division of News International after it stopped paying his legal fees over the phone-hacking scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A protester who was held in police cells for six hours during a crackdown on street protests during the royal wedding has received £5,000 compensation and an official apology from the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teacher caught by a caretaker in an embrace with an underage schoolgirl in a darkened classroom after hours avoided a prison sentence today.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Victims of stalking are being failed by the law, according to the first study of its kind, which has resulted in calls for new ways to tackle the crime.”
The Guardian, 24th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Letter from 160 leading legal figures says law change is not needed and accuses ministers of fostering ‘ill-informed debate’.”
The Guardian, 25th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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