Dale Farm residents win further reprieve – The Guardian
“Judge extends injunction to stop evictions at illegal Travellers’ site, saying council enforcement notices lacked clarity.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regulator warns of secret app charges and proposes industry guidance – OUT-LAW.com
“Some makers of mobile phone apps are secretly charging phone users for services they never asked for, premium rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus (PPP) has said. It has proposed guidance that it hopes would prevent consumers being harmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Prison ‘slopping out’ case goes to high court – The Guardian
“The Prison Service is fighting a legal case that could force the government to spend millions of pounds upgrading old jails.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Don’t throw the BAILII out with the bath water – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Guardian published an editorial today (26 September) arguing that court judgments should be opened up to the public. The editorial challenges the fact that BAILII, the charity which currently publishes most judgments online, is not searchable on Google.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th September 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Justice gap can be filled by the new Centre for Criminal Appeals – The Guardian
“Case of Tony Stock highlights why processes to address miscarriages of justice are failing.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lancashire teacher cleared of sex assaults on pupils – BBC News
“A teacher acquitted of sex assaults on pupils has spoken of his distress at living apart from his wife and baby for eight months because of the case.”
BBC News, 26th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Attorney General: cuts to legal aid will force people to represent themselves in court – Daily Telegraph
“Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, is to raise concerns about cuts in legal aid with the Cabinet.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man jailed for theft of manuscripts by Churchill, Joyce, Amis and Eliot – The Guardian
“A university graduate who stole £36,000 of manuscripts by famous figures including Sir Winston Churchill, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and TS Eliot has been jailed for 30 months.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MoJ pushes for increased take-up of mediation with £10m budget injection – Legal Week
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will add £10m to the UK’s publicly funded mediation budget next year as part of an effort to promote the use of mediation over litigation.”
Legal Week, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
Prisoners to pay back victims – Ministry of Justice
“Up to £1million a year is to be seized from prisoners’ pay packets and used to fund victim support services, the Ministry of Justice announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th September 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Courts mistreating cases as riot-related, says defence lawyer – The Guardian
“Is a Tottenham solicitor alone in having clients charged as part of riots, despite them having no connection other than being in the same borough?”
The Guardian, 26th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK firm unfairly dismissed employee for Facebook comments, Tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com
“A worker who was sacked after criticising her workplace on Facebook was unfairly dismissed, an Employment Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Deporting prisoners: efficacy of the prison system – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“The European Court of Human Rights has held in AA v United Kingdom (no. 8000/08) that a young Nigerian man cannot be deported back to his country of birth after serving almost half of a four year sentence for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. The applicant was 15 at the time of the offence, and had shown exemplary conduct during his time in custody and beyond, studying for his A levels and completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. However the government had argued that the applicant had been involved in luring the victim, showing a degree of planning and sophistication, and pointed out that his original plea of not guilty had forced the victim to relive the ordeal at trial. Some may feel that the seriousness of the crime warranted automatic deportation after the completion of sentence, and provision is made for this in the UK Borders Act 2007.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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
