Gwynedd nurse Alan Roberts cleared of assault on appeal – BBC News
“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”
BBC News, 30th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disability charity mounts court challenge to Jackson reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“A disability charity has mounted a High Court challenge to oppose government plans to reform ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Government imposes more demands on News Corporation in its takeover bid for BSkyB – OUT-LAW.com
“An independent director will have to sit in on Sky News board meetings when editorial decisions are being made if News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB is successful and the news provider is spun off into a separate company, the Government said today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Film industry asks court to force BT to cut off access to alleged copyright-infringing website – OUT-LAW.com
“Film industry representatives have asked a UK court to force BT to block its customers’ access to a UK-operated website it says violates copyright rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Challenge and opportunity – DPP speech to the Whitehall and Industry Group Lawyers Network – Crown Prosecution Service
“Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. I would like to tell you something about the challenges the Crown Prosecution Service is currently facing and what we are doing about them.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th June 2011
Source; www.cps.gov.uk
Vital safeguard of right to lawyer in police stations ‘under attack’ – The Guardian
“Plan to scrap automatic access to legal aid solicitors is a full-blown assault on the universal right to representation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Report attacks care of mental health patient who killed Wales pensioner – The Guardian
“The care and treatment given to a man with a history of schizophrenia who killed a pensioner because voices in his head ordered him to attack a stranger have been severely criticised in a review.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Great Ormond Street Hospital doctors want Baby Peter inquiry – BBC News
“Doctors have demanded a government investigation into why London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital kept information from the original Baby Peter inquiry.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bribery Act targets corrupt firms – BBC News
“Legislation aimed at making it easier to prosecute companies who make corrupt payments abroad has come into force. The Bribery Act overhauls existing laws dating back to 1889 and creates offences that carry prison terms of up to 10 years and unlimited fines.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofqual launches official inquiry into exam blunders – Daily Telegraph
“Exam boards face being stripped of their role over blunders that affected GCSEs and A-levels sat by thousands of schoolchildren, it emerged today.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Female heirs given new financial rights in overhaul of Royal laws – Daily Telegraph
“A female heir to the Duke of Cambridge will have new financial rights under plans to modernise the monarchy.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st Juy 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2011
The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (Section 684(3A)) Order 2011
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2011
The Finance Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Judge blocks families’ Iraq compensation bid – The Guardian
“A high court judge has blocked attempts by families of soldiers killed in Iraq to seek compensation from the government under human rights legislation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Whole life’ term for hair fetish killer – The Independent
“A hair fetishist has been given a ‘whole life’ jail sentence for the ‘depraved’ and ‘callous’ murder and mutilation of a mother of two.”
The Independent,
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Emergency law to overturn court ruling on police bail – The Guardian
“Emergency legislation is to be introduced to overturn a court ruling that has severely restricted police powers to detain suspects for questioning and plunged police bail laws into chaos.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) – WLR Daily
“A teaching assistant accused of acts of abuse of trust with a pupil was not entitled to legal representation in school disciplinary proceedings which might lead to a referral to the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which could bar him from working with children.”
WLR Daily, 29th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
New independent assessor of compensation appointed – Ministry of Justice
“Right Honourable Dame Janet Smith DBE has been appointed to succeed Lord Brennan of Bibury QC as the independent Assessor for miscarriages of justice compensation for England and Wales.The Assessor is appointed under schedule 12 of the Criminal Justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
