‘Thousands of children’ to lose legal aid in shake-up – BBC News
“Thousands of children will lose access to legal aid under government plans to shake up the system, campaigners say.”
BBC News, 17th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Phone hacking: attorney general to meet MPs over report – The Guardian
“The attorney general is to meet MPs on the select committee investigating phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World, in a highly unusual bid to ensure its final report does not prejudice potential court proceedings against any of the 45 individuals so far arrested by police.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former police officer wins £840,000 compensation after ‘stitch-up’ – The Guardian
“An Asian former police officer who was racially abused by colleagues at Cleveland police then set up and jailed for a crime he did not commit has accepted compensation from the force of more than £800,000.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Would-be plane bomber has sentence cut – BBC News
“A British would-be suicide bomber jailed for plotting to blow up an aircraft has had his sentence cut after he assisted prosecutors in the US.”
BBC News, 16th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal aid bill puts thousands at risk, says Citizens Advice – The Guardian
“Removal of specialist support leaves those wrongly assessed vulnerable to poverty and homelessness, campaigners warn.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thinking the unthinkable”? Freedom of information and the NHS Risk Register – UK Human Rights Blog
“In a recent post, Panopticon brought you, hot-off-the-press, the Tribunal’s decision in the much-publicised case involving publication, under Freedom of Information Law, of the NHS Risk Register. Somewhat less hot-off-the-press are my observations. This is a very important decision, both for its engagement with the legislative process and for its analysis of the public interest with respect to section 35(1)(a) of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (formulation or development of government policy) – particularly the ‘chilling effect’ argument. At the outset, it is important to be clear about what was being requested and when.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Overseas terror victims eligible for compensation, says government – The Independent
“Britons who lived in the UK for at least three years before being injured in a terror attack overseas are eligible for compensation from today, the Government said.”
The Independent, 16th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Magistrates to have power for summary justice – Daily Telegraph
“Magistrates will have the power to hand out summary justice in police stations or community centres under a planned overhaul of out of court penalties to be revealed next month.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Researching Relocation Disputes in First Instance Courts – Family Law Week
“Dr Rob George, Fellow in Law at the University of Oxford and Associate Tenant at Harcourt Chambers, discusses relocation disputes and his on-going research into how these cases are dealt with in the first instance courts of England and Wales.”
Family Law Week, 13th April 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Rocket enthusiast Philip Leonard jailed for storing explosives – The Independent
“A ‘reclusive’ rocket enthusiast made and stored the same high explosive used by ‘Shoebomber’ Richard Reid in his garden shed using chemicals he bought on eBay, a court heard today [13 April].”
The Independent, 13th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Employees coming from two different companies cannot receive TUPE protection, rules EAT – OUT-LAW.com
“TUPE law should not apply when employees are moved to a new employer from two different original employers and should only apply to employees working on the specific tasks that are transferred, an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruling has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Divorce could break the bank after legal aid changes next year – The Guardian
“Cash-strapped spouses who want to split from their well-off other halves could find themselves seriously out of pocket because of impending changes to the availability of legal aid.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
A Perception on Deception – Part II – Zenith Chambers
“Part I of this Article considered the approach of the courts and Insurers during the litigation process, but what happens post-litigation? Part II considers that very question.”
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 11th April 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Man can be deported despite living in UK since age of three – UK Human Rights Blog
“It has been a week of victories for the UK government in deportation cases in the European Court of Human Rights. On the same day as the ECtHR found that Abu Hamza and four others could be extradited to the US on terrorism charges, it also rejected a case of a man facing deportation despite having lived in the UK since the age of three.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Abortion site hacker James Jeffery jailed – The Independent
“A computer ‘whiz kid’ who broke into the website of Britain’s biggest abortion provider has been jailed for two years and eight months.”
The Independnet, 13th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
