“Reduced legal aid fees for expert witnesses are making it ‘almost impossible’ to find experts and in some cases leaving law firms out of pocket by thousands of pounds, a leading family lawyer has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Police and other authorities can now be prosecuted over deaths in custody in England, Scotland and Wales.”
BBC News, 1st September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary has extended a ban on marches in the capital to include the City of London after concerns over a planned demonstration by the far right English Defence League.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts should pay more attention to a young person’s ‘maturity’ and less to their age when making sentencing decisions, a report by two criminal justice groups has recommended.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The 40-year-old movement to provide legal services to the vulnerable looks likely to bear the brunt of legal aid cuts.”
The Guardian, 1st September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“While some solicitors regard the legal retail outlets springing up in shopping centres as tacky they can only be good for the public.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 11-year-old has been given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for stealing a bin during the recent riots.”
BBC News, 31st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2011
The Wireless Telegraphy (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 2011
The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 2011
The School Performance Information (Wales) Regulations 2011
The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Wales) Regulations 2011
The Cockles and Mussels (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A man who admitted robbing and murdering a man at his home in Greater Manchester has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 30th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As a number of recent cases have made clear, the filming of policing activity in public places is a vital method of holding police to account. But there have been continuing tensions between the police and photographers over filming police activity. In January 2010 there was a protest in Trafalgar Square by photographers against the use of terrorism laws to stop and search photographers. A campaign called ‘I’m a photographer, not a terrorist’ was launched to protect the rights of those taking photographs in public places.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st August 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The speed at which rioters were dealt with in the courts has led a chief constable to question why court cases normally take so long.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A severely ill traveller living on an illegal site in Essex is going to the High Court to try to stop a council evicting her and other residents.”
BBC News, 31st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK’s advertising watchdog has resolved more than 50 cases involving discount voucher adverts since March, the watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The names of several News of the World journalists who ordered a private detective to hack into mobile phones belonging to six public figures will not be publicly disclosed after Scotland Yard intervened to prevent their publication.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother who took indecent photographs of a young girl and distributed them when she was heavily pregnant has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 30th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Conservative party will not face an official inquiry into allegations that it broke electoral law by failing to declare News International’s payments to its former head of communications, Andy Coulson, after the elections watchdog concluded that there was insufficient evidence of a breach.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In a recent decision in the High Court (reported in the press 12.8.11; judgment not yet available) Mr Justice Moylan has given encouragement to spouses who seek to preserve inherited or pre-acquired wealth.”
Zenith Chambers, 30th August 2011
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Iqbal v Mansoor & Ors [2011] EWHC 2261 (QB) (26 August 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Massey v Governor of HM Prison Liverpool & Anor [2011] EWHC 2270 (Admin) (26 August 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Deutsche Bank Ag v Tongkah Harbour Public Company Ltd [2011] EWHC 2251 (Comm) (24 August 2011)
Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2011] EWHC 2204 (Comm) (23 August 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A judge has warned a former police officer that he may be jailed after being found guilty of assaulting a man he was trying to arrest.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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