Airport to ditch ‘naked’ scanners – The Independent
“Controversial ‘naked’ security scanners are to be ditched by airport bosses.”
The Independent, 17th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
DPP launches final guidelines for prosecutors on cases affecting the media following public consultation – Crown Prosecution Service
“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
Hillsborough disaster: West Yorkshire police chief referred to IPCC – The Guardian
“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
Former Met commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson visits British court – Daily Telegraph
“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
Related link: Our creaking courts: a day inside Westminister Magistrate’s
Serious Fraud Office denies dropping its inquiry into Robert Tchenguiz – The Guardian
“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 raises privacy concerns with UK communication surveillance proposals – OUT-LAW.com
“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
Hillsborough families demand new inquests be held – The Guardian
“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
Complaints data naming law firms goes live today – Law Society’s Gazette
“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
Might Royal Mail’s plans to leave post with a neighbour breach human rights? – The Guardian
“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
Special Independent investigation: Babies behind bars – The Independent
“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
Rochdale grooming case: Review to be launched – BBC News
“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
New proposals to streamline employment law – Department for Buiness,Innovation and Skills
“Vince Cable announces measures to give firms more flexibility and confidence in managing their workforce and to reduce employment law red tape.”
Department for Buiness,Innovation and Skills, 14th September 2012
Sorce: www.bis.gov.uk
Tamils to be deported despite clear torture evidence – The Guardian
“The UK is to go ahead with a mass removal of Tamils to Sri Lanka next week despite mounting evidence from human rights group that many of them could be tortured on their return.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Czop and another – WLR Daily
“Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community conferred on the person who was the primary carer of a migrant worker’s or former migrant worker’s child who was attending educational courses in the host member state a right of residence in that state, although the provision could not be interpreted as conferring such a right on the person who was the primary carer of the child of a self-employed person. Article 16(1) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the member states meant that a European Union citizen who was a national of a member state which had recently acceded to the European Union could, pursuant to that provision, rely on a right of permanent residence where he or she had resided in the host member state for a continuous period of more than five years, part of which had been completed before the accession of the former state to the European Union, provided that the residence was in accordance with the conditions laid down in article 7(1) of Directive 2004/38.”
WLR Daily, 6th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Insurance fraud register launched to aid crackdown on fake claims – OUT-LAW.com
“Individuals that make false insurance claims will have their details added and stored on a new ‘Insurance Fraud Register’ (IFR) for five years in a bid by the insurance industry to crackdown on fraudsters.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Sir Bill Callaghan: ‘Rumours of legal aid’s death much exaggerated’ –
” ‘There is still a lot of money going into legal aid,’ insisted Sir Bill Callaghan, the chair of the Legal Services Commission yesterday at the international research conference held by the Legal Services Research Centre.”
LegalVoice, 13th September 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
Forced Marriage and the Criminal Law – Family Law Week
“Charlotte Rachael Proudman, barrister, provides an overview of the Government’s proposed changes to the law intended to combat forced marriage.”
Family Law Week, 13th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
