Teenager jailed for taking photo at Luton Crown Court – BBC News
“A teenager has been jailed for two months for taking a photograph of a court room from the public gallery during proceedings.”
BBC News, 26th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Phone hacking: Andy Coulson sues newspaper group – Daily Telegraph
“Former News of the World editor and Downing Street aide Andy Coulson is suing a division of News International after it stopped paying his legal fees over the phone-hacking scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Met offer £5,000 compensation to arrested royal wedding protester – The Guardian
“A protester who was held in police cells for six hours during a crackdown on street protests during the royal wedding has received £5,000 compensation and an official apology from the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teacher sentenced for pupil ’embrace’ – The Independent
“A teacher caught by a caretaker in an embrace with an underage schoolgirl in a darkened classroom after hours avoided a prison sentence today.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Stalking victims failed by the law – The Guardian
“Victims of stalking are being failed by the law, according to the first study of its kind, which has resulted in calls for new ways to tackle the crime.”
The Guardian, 24th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Squatting law is being misrepresented to aid ministers’ reforms, claim lawyers – The Guardian
“Letter from 160 leading legal figures says law change is not needed and accuses ministers of fostering ‘ill-informed debate’.”
The Guardian, 25th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man who raped Manchester students jailed indefinitely – BBC News
“A 21-year-old man who raped two students in Manchester and threatened one of his victims with a knitting needle has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BT advert contained claims that were not suitably qualified, advertising watchdog rules – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK’s advertising watchdog has ruled that a BT press advert was misleading and should not appear in its current form again.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Broadmoor patient becomes first to have his appeal heard in public – The Guardian
“A man detained at Broadmoor high-security hospital has spoken of his ‘determination to get heard’ ahead of becoming the first psychiatric patient to have an appeal against detention open to the public.”
The Guardian, 25th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Riots, camera, action: what media footage should police be allowed to see? – The Guardian
“Media should not be an evidence-gathering arm for the police, and the constant demands for it to play that role undermine the independence of journalism.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: English riots: ‘Journalists’ video footage should be protected in law’
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
