Ken Clarke ditches plan to scrap chief coroner – The Guardian
“Justice secretary abandons plan to abolish post amid heavy opposition from Royal British Legion.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice secretary abandons plan to abolish post amid heavy opposition from Royal British Legion.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There are numerous cases about the duties of care in tort which schools, whether independent or maintained, owe to their pupils. Most of them – though not all, as we will see – concern physical injury in the playground, during sports or on school trips.”
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11 KBW, 16th November 2011
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“Companies employing fewer than 10 staff may be exempted from employment regulations under a consultation to be announced on Wednesday, to promote economic growth.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Achieving A Culture Change In Case Management (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Fifth Lecture in the Implementation Programme, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
The Cambridge City Fringes Joint Committee (Revocation) Order 2011
The Audit and Assessment Reports (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Education Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2011
The Central Rating List (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Policing Protocol Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Two principles fundamental to English law are open justice and freedom of the press. The right of the public to know via the press who has been charged with what is one of the key features that distinguishes a free society from the sort of tyrannies where those deemed not to be on message politically disappear and are never heard from again.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Extraditing a British student to the United States over allegations of copyright infringement would be disproportionate and a breach of his human rights, his lawyer said yesterday.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The campaign group trying to recoup £10m in unpaid tax penalties from Goldman Sachs has accused Revenue & Customs of delaying a judicial review of the controversial settlement it made letting the bank off the money it owed.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Justice Jackson has stressed that lawyers need to embrace his proposed reforms of case management if the necessary ‘culture change’ he envisages is to be realised.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Chaudhary v Yavuz [2011] EWCA Civ 1314 (22 November 2011)
London Tara Hotel Ltd v Kensington Close Hotel Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1356 (22 November 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
AS v London Borough of Croydon [2011] EWHC 2091 (Admin) (25 October 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Crown Prosecution Service is successfully prosecuting more cases than ever of offences of violence against women and girls.”
Crown Prosecution Service,
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Magistrates courts could hold evening sittings to ease the pressure on the justice system, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“It’s far from clear the government’s proposed new panel will succeed in appointing more women and BAME judges.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Counter-terrorism police are not ready for the introduction of new laws to replace controversial control orders on suspects, the BBC understands.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Equality and Human Rights Commission says elderly people face unchecked ‘ageism’ from council-funded home care.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Prada ad campaign featuring 14-year-old actor Hailee Steinfeld, star of the Coen brothers film True Grit, in a potentially life-threatening situation has been banned by the advertising regulator.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society spent roughly £150,000 on shutting down the website Solicitors from Hell but faces a latest setback as it has emerged that similar websites attacking UK firms are appearing online, with some said to be hosted abroad to protect them from the British authorities.”
The Lawyer, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Highlights from the Lords debate on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill, in which 54 peers spoke.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The wealthy wife of one of Britain’s biggest wine merchants has been fined £10,000 after her three giant dogs savagely mauled a woman – leaving her needing plastic surgery.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Adam Wagner examines some of the responses to the consultation on a UK bill of rights.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk