Teenager condemned over war memorial outrage – The Independent
“A drunken teenager was condemned by a district judge today for apparently urinating on a war memorial.”
The Independent, 7th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Libel law analysis – The Guardian
“With Mr Justice Eady defending the current state of libel law, its reform is likely to be complex, controversial and some way off.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fertility blunder risk due to slow regulator: review – Daily Telegraph
“Couples undergoing fertility treatment are being left at risk of embryo mix-ups and blunders because the industry regulator fails to take action early enough, a review has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge questions Queen’s privacy threat – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge has made comments which call into question whether the Queen and Royal family will be able to stop photographers taking pictures of them going about their private lives.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Assisted suicide: disabled campaigner in 11th hour court challenge – Daily Telegraph
“Alison Davis claims that a legal ruling that forced the change was unsound, alleging the ‘apparent bias’ of one of the judges, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, now the Supreme Court’s president, who later expressed strong personal views on the subject in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Doctors demand formal inquest for Dr David Kelly – BBC News
“Six doctors are taking legal action to demand a formal inquest into the death of government scientist Dr David Kelly.”
BBC News, 5th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rapist of child fails in appeal – BBC News
“A rapist who photographed himself abusing a girl has failed in an attempt to reduce his jail term.”
BBC News, 4th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police U-turn on photographers and anti-terror laws – The Independent
“Police forces across the country have been warned to stop using anti-terror laws to question and search innocent photographers after The Independent forced senior officers to admit that the controversial legislation is being widely misused.”
The Independent, 5th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
MoD ‘did not want to breach privacy of detainee’ – The Independent
“The Government misled MPs over Britain’s role in the rendition of two men arrested by the UK and then imprisoned by the Americans for five years in Afghanistan, it is claimed today.”
The Independent, 7th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Loss of court reporters is a blow to open justice – The Guardian
“Open justice, an essential ingredient of a democracy, is usually understood to mean the absence of secret trials and the right of the individual – subject to very few carefully defined exceptions – to enter any of our courts and watch proceedings, without hindrance. But most people do not find it practical or easy to make such personal visits, so the principle of open justice has been extended to include the presence of representatives of the media, acting as the people’s proxy, reporting on behalf of the population what goes on in our courts.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Super-injunctions do limit freedom of speech, Speaker’s lawyers advise – The Guardian
“Controversial ‘super-injunctions’ highlighted by the Guardian do prevent the media’s reporting of proceedings in parliament, the Commons Speaker’s legal team have advised in a move MPs will regard as a real threat to free speech.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Unmarried couples need new legal rights, says reform judge – The Times
“Two million unmarried couples need new legal rights to protect them from injustice if they separate, the new senior judge in charge of law reform has said.”
The Times, 7th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Cyclists targeted as Westminster Council goes after ‘lycra louts’ – The Times
“The swelling ranks of badly behaved cyclists may soon face more than an angry cabbie honking his horn or a pedestrian giving the V sign. A council determined to make them obey the Highway Code is to deploy enforcers in a hunt for so-called ‘Lycra louts’ as they whizz through red lights or ride listening to iPods.”
The Times, 7th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.k
Bankers’ killers make appeal bid – BBC News
“Two brothers who admitted the manslaughter of a senior banking executive in Norfolk have appealed against their jail terms.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Motorist loses crash death appeal – BBC News
“A motorist who was drunk when she hit and killed a 15-month-old boy in his pushchair has lost her appeal against her seven-year sentence.”
BBC News, 4th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
When ministers take an 18 per cent pay cut, then we will be silent, says chairman-elect of the Bar Council – The Times
“Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, had better watch out. Next year’s Bar chairman has the Crown Prosecution Service in his sights. Nicholas Green, QC, talks of gathering storm clouds threatening the stability of the Bar and of pressures bearing down with ‘potentially devastating effect’. And one of these, he says, is the push by Crown prosecutors to take on Crown Court work that used to be handled by the Bar.”
The Times, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Solicitor to be sentenced after stealing £90,000 from blind widow – Law Society’s Gazette
“A Black Country solicitor faces jail after stealing £90,000 from a blind widow and spending the money on luxury items including a pedigree ‘teacup’ chihuahua.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Criminal law: youth justice and sentencing – Law Society’s Gazette
“Major changes are being made to the way that courts may sentence young offenders. On 27 April, provisions were brought into force to increase the use of referral orders. These are mandatory if the offence is imprisonable and a first-time offender admits the offence and all connected offences, and the court does not deal with the matter by way of an absolute discharge, hospital order or custodial sentence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Woolf calls for arbitration overhaul as he launches new guidance – Law Society’s Gazette
“International arbitration has ‘lost its way’, the former lord chief justice Lord Woolf (pictured) told the Gazette this week, as he launched a set of guidelines which will build mediation into the arbitration process.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
£500 fine for £7k fake jacket con – BBC News
“A ‘dispicable’ conman must pay nearly £7,000 after conning an elderly couple into buying fake leather jackets.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
