Timothy Bradley jailed for drunken rant on BA flight – BBC News
“A US businessman who drunkenly abused staff on a British Airways flight to London has been jailed for three months.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fresh ruling due on Dale Farm traveller eviction – The Independent
“Travellers fighting to stay on the UK’s biggest illegal site should today discover whether they have won the latest round of a legal battle.”
The Independent, 26th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
NHS hospital managers may seek court orders to halt strikes – The Guardian
“Hospitals are being advised to consider blocking tactics to thwart as many as 700,000 staff taking industrial action on 30 November as part of the public sector day of action over pensions.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawcast 197: John Cooper QC on legal aid and the pernicious effect of Clause 12 LASPO – Charon QC
“Today, I am talking to John Cooper QC about legal aid and, in particular, Clause 12.”
Charon QC, 21st September 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Charity in legal aid challenge on clinical negligence – Law Society’s Gazette
“Action Against Medical Accidents has launched a legal challenge against the government’s controversial plans to scrap legal aid for clinical negligence cases.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Police forces cease recording race of people they stop – The Guardian
“Police forces with some of the worst records of targeting black people have decided to stop recording the ethnicity of the people their officers stop and ask to account for their movements, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife-killing Yorkie advert man walks free from court – BBC News
“A man who appeared in the original Yorkie chocolate bar adverts has walked free from court after he admitted killing his terminally-ill wife.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Why the world sees London as the leading light in legal services – The Guardian
“Kenneth Clarke is right, the City is as much a legal centre as a financial one – but there are still jurisdictions to conquer.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Telephone gateway plan could face judicial review – Law Society’s Gazette
“Government plans to introduce a mandatory telephone gateway to the civil legal aid scheme are facing a legal challenge which is supported by The Law Society. The Public Law Project, acting on behalf of ten specialist legal aid firms, has issued an application for permission to apply for a judicial review of the plan.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
New rules set pension protection levy at reduced level for next three years – OUT-LAW.com
“The levy paid into a special fund by pension schemes to pay compensation to their members should the scheme go insolvent has been reduced for the next three years, the fund organisers have announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Dale Farm residents prepare for latest court ruling – The Guardian
“The residents of Dale Farm are once again facing the prospect of imminent removal from their home as a judge prepares to rule on Friday morning whether the bailiffs can move in and mount one of the largest evictions in British history.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Ex-soldier jailed for another rape – The Independent
“An ex-soldier who raped a woman while on licence after serving a prison term for another rape was jailed for seven years today.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Milly Dowler’s family urges Cameron to rethink legal reforms – The Guardian
“The family of Milly Dowler, the murdered teenager whose mobile phone was hacked by the News of the World, has written to the prime minister urging him to abandon legal reforms that will prevent victims suing for compensation.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Dowler family letter to David Cameron
Advocacy accreditation will be implemented ‘circuit by circuit’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The controversial Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) will be implemented in stages, but there will be no pilot, it has emerged.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Minister promises amendments to radical planning framework – The Guardian
“The planning minister, Greg Clark, has pledged to make changes to the government’s proposals to radically overhaul England’s planning system after running into opposition from campaigners.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Broadmoor patient fighting for right to tell his story – The Independent
“After two decades at the psychiatric hospital, Albert Haines is making legal history in his bid to be free. Jerome Taylor met him.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Let’s free the Official Secrets Act from its cold war freeze – The Guardian
“The aborted attempt by the Metropolitan police to force the Guardian to disclose confidential sources and other journalistic material raises important issues about press freedom and the way Operation Weeting is being conducted.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lessons urged over worker death at Connah’s Quay – BBC News
“Lessons should be learned after a maintenance worker drowned at a Flintshire power station, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says.”
BBC News, 21st September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Frimley Park Hospital apology for Berkshire woman’s death – BBC News
“The family of a Berkshire woman who died after a serious asthma attack has received a six-figure compensation settlement after a hospital trust admitted it was negligent.”
BBC News, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reforming the ECHR: hostility surrounding deportation ruling – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“In the news this week: the publication of interim advice to government by the independent Commission on a Bill of Rights, on the reform of the European Court of Human Rights. Also in the news this week: the ruling by that same court that the UK cannot deport a young Nigerian who was convicted of rape in 2002. Moves for his deportation began in 2003; the long fight against it has now ended.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
