“Three lawyers are planning the flotation of a £50m fund that will make money by financing legal disputes and sharing in any damages awarded.”
The Times, 19th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The criminal justice system is ‘broken’ and ‘failing’ because decision-making is excessively centralised, according to a thinktank report published today.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Deaths at Broadmoor high security hospital and other institutions will be linked to management failures in a highly critical report this week.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“School pupils are to be taught how the justice system works as part of a national curriculum change unveiled by justice minister Bridget Prentice and Attorney General Baroness Scotland QC.”
The Lawyer, 20th July 2009
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Metropolitan police’s controversial tactic of containing large numbers of protesters against their will, known as ‘kettling’, will be challenged in a case lodged tomorrow with the European Court of Human Rights that claims the practice is a fundamental breach of liberty.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to turn the House of Lords into an elected chamber could be blocked by overwhelming opposition among peers, research for The Independent has revealed.”
The Independent, 20th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Plans to make the role of attorney general independent of government have been ditched by ministers, despite a two-year battle by constitutional reformers. They had wanted the role to be depoliticised, a move aimed at preventing criticism over a number of highly sensitive cases, including the advice given to government over the war in Iraq, and the decision to abandon the inquiry into BAE Systems.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge has condemned the Home Office’s ‘unforgivable’ treatment of a Dutch national falsely imprisoned for 128 days, supposedly in a case of mistaken identity.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Janas Khan, one of two Pakistani students released from prison yesterday months after terrorism charges against them were dropped, has told The Independent on Sunday he was ‘shocked and angry’ at his treatment by the UK Government. Lawyers acting for the remaining seven Pakistani students still held in prison have also announced they will launch a legal challenge against the Government this week.”
The Independent, 19th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“‘Flawed scientific thinking’ in the government’s proposed changes to the DNA database will leave it open to further challenges by the courts, experts have said, in a stark attack on Home Office plans to overhaul the current system.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former hospital plumber who developed an asbestos-related disease has received £175,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Members of the public are to be given the power to report anyone they suspect of posing a danger to children, under a new Government scheme.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A surge in the complexity and the number of investment scams pushed the value of UK fraud prosecutions to a record level in the first half of 2009. Seventeen fraudulent investment schemes, amounting to £321 million in all, were prosecuted in UK courts between January and June.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Academics have set up an online ‘Honesty Lab’ to discover where people draw the line between bending the rules and outright dishonesty. The results will be used to help judges direct juries.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A City lawyer has won the latest round in her legal battle to secure the biggest pay-out on record for sex discrimination.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“On-the-spot fines for shoplifting will now be limited to first-time offenders who are not drug users, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Eight men have been sentenced for a drugs conspiracy that saw millions of pounds of heroin imported into the UK.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Solicitors dubbed the government’s response to the Law on Damages consultation an anti-climax this week, two years after its original deadline.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Proposals to cut £12 million in legal aid spent on families and children have been castigated by MPs, days after a senior family judge warned of their ‘chilling effect’.”
the Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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