“A £200m scheme to treat some of Britain’s most dangerous killers should be abandoned as it is too expensive with no positive results, and in some cases left prisoners more aggressive than before they entered jail, according to a leading academic.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers face paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds to defendants who have been cleared in the courts because of a legislative drafting blunder, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Unmarried couples who buy homes together could be entitled to an equal share of the property if they split up even if only one party has paid the mortgage and maintained the home, the appeal court ruled yesterday.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Home secretary to publish legislation to give the Home Office the power to scrap ID cards within a month of it reaching the statute book and to cancel the national identity register.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fierce legal battle over a £100 million art collection has been reopened by descendants of Lord Beaverbrook, the press baron.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A boy of 15 who fatally stabbed one of his former friends over a ‘loss of face’ after they traded insults on Facebook was convicted of murder yesterday.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“While the coalition appointed excellent legal advisers, reform of the attorney general’s role is overdue and could learn from the setup in Northern Ireland.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A leading judge gave an NHS trust permission yesterday to sedate a cancer patient with a phobia of hospitals and needles and perform a hysterectomy considered necessary to save her life.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A boy who took revenge after being jilted by starting a house fire which killed his ex-girlfriend and her sister has been convicted of their murders.”
BBC News, 26th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The long-awaited state report on the Bloody Sunday killings in Londonderry will be published on June 15, the Government announced today.”
The Independent, 26th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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“On 26 May 2010, we published our report Administrative Redress: Public Bodies and the Citizen. This sets out an overview of the responses to our consultation paper and brings to a close the state liability aspects of the Administrative Redress project. The report is accompanied by a short summary. A press release is also available.”
Law Commission, 26th My 2010
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
The Life of the Law: The Logic of Experience (PDF)
Lecture given by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Lionel Cohen Lecture, 23rd May 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Okuwa, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 832 (30 April 2010)
Burns, R. v Paul [2010] EWCA Crim 1023 (27 April 2010)
Connolly v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1150 (25 May 2010)
Braithwaite v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1082 (25 May 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ifejika v Ifejika & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 563 (25 May 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Yeganeh v Zurich Plc [2010] EWHC 1185 (QB) (24 May 2010)
Tomkins v Knowsley Primary Care Trust [2010] EWHC 1194 (QB) (25 May 2010)
McQuillan & Anor v McCormick & Ors [2010] EWHC 1112 (QB) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
City of Westminster v Urban Wimax Ltd [2010] EWHC 1166 (Ch) (25 May 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
AC v Berkshire West Primary Care Trust [2010] EWHC 1162 (Admin) (25 May 2010)
Herron & Anor v The Parking Adjudicator [2010] EWHC 1161 (Admin) (25 May 2010)
Fraser v HM Coroner for North West Wales [2010] EWHC 1165 (Admin) (25 May 2010)
General Medical Council v Yousufuddin [2010] EWHC B7 (Admin) (temporary reference) (04 May 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Depfa Bank Plc v Provincia Di Pisa [2010] EWHC 1148 (Comm) (25 May 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A nursery worker was today found guilty of assaulting a toddler in his care.”
The Independent, 25th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A high court judge has ordered the Home Office to halt the deportation of foreign nationals with almost no warning after a legal challenge argued the process denies people access to justice before they are removed.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One of the most thankless jobs in the legal world must be championing public legal education (PLE). The embodiment of motherhood and apple pie, nobody can argue with the notion that people should have the know-how to manage the law in their everyday lives, but it is one of the most marginal of issues.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Referral fees — paid by solicitors to estate agents and others to be referred work — look likely to stay with publication of a report today opposing a ban on the practice.”
The Times, 26th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The new parliamentary watchdog is to revise some of its rules after an outcry from MPs over the new expenses regime, with many saying they are being forced to lay off staff and others claiming to be substantially out of pocket.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pledge to safeguard the right to protest as part of the ‘new politics’ promised by the coalition Government will be undermined today as a legal challenge begins to remove peace protesters camping outside Parliament.”
The Independent, 26th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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