LSB publishes literature review of legal needs – Legal Services Board

Posted April 26th, 2011 in disabled persons, elderly, Legal Services Board, mental health, news, refugees, reports, travellers by sally

“The LSB has conducted a review of existing research literature into the needs of different groups of legal services consumers. The review summarises the legal needs of a variety of different groups, their methods of accessing legal services and where their needs are not met. The review helps to identify gaps in existing research and will be used to target our future research programme.”

The Legal Needs of Consumer Groups (PDF)

Legal Services Board, 21st April 2011

Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk

Legal education’s oversupply is unethical – The Lawyer

Posted April 26th, 2011 in legal education, news, solicitors by sally

“Too many people are looking to become solicitors in England and Wales. This is not an opinion, it is a fact based on the most recent annual report from the Law Society.”

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The Lawyer, 25th April 2011

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Public will be ‘barred’ from justice in legal aid reform, warn lawyer group – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 26th, 2011 in education, hospitals, judicial review, legal aid, local government, news by sally

“The public will be effectively barred from fighting incompetent doctors and councils in the courts under plans to cut legal aid, the body representing lawyers warned yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Prisoners sign up for law degrees – The Guardian

Posted April 26th, 2011 in legal education, news, rehabilitation, solicitors by sally

“Legal degrees are proving popular with prisoners and ex-convicts – but can they ever become solicitors?”

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The Guardian, 25th April 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Private prisons illegally restrain children – The Independent

Posted April 26th, 2011 in children, detention, news, prisons, restraint, young offenders by sally

“Juveniles in private prisons are at risk of serious injury or death through the use of illegal restraints, according to research by the penal reform charity the Howard League.”

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The Independent, 25th April 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Calls for Ministry of Justice to reveal number of gagging orders – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 26th, 2011 in injunctions, news, privacy by sally

“A senior MP has demanded the Ministry of Justice reveals how many gagging orders have been granted by the courts amid growing concern that they are becoming too widespread.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

From oversubscribed to undermanned: are we facing a shortage of lawyers? – The Guardian

Posted April 26th, 2011 in legal profession, news, solicitors by sally

“Since the Law Society’s 2009 warning that the profession was oversubscribed student numbers have fallen, possibly too far.”

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The Guardian, 22nd April 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judge raps care ‘failures’ in paedophile case – The Independent

Posted April 26th, 2011 in child abuse, learning difficulties, local government, news, sexual offences, social services by sally

“A High Court judge investigating a mother with learning difficulties whose children became victims of a dangerous paedophile has strongly condemned the way the case was handled by a county’s social services.”

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The Independent, 21st April 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Privacy law should be made by MPs, not judges, says David Cameron – The Guardian

Posted April 26th, 2011 in human rights, injunctions, news, privacy by sally

“The prime minister has waded into the debate on the use of superinjunctions by the rich and famous to avoid allegations of scandal, declaring that parliament and not the courts should decide where the right to privacy begins.”

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The Guardian, 21st April 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Easter Break

Posted April 21st, 2011 in news by sally

There will be no posts over the Easter weekend (Friday 22nd – Monday 25th inclusive) during which time the Library will be closed. We will resume posting on Tuesday 26th April.

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted April 21st, 2011 in legislation by sally

The Motor Vehicles (Insurance Requirements) (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal) Regulations 2011

The Road Safety Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2011

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Beedles v Guinness Northern Counties Ltd (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted April 21st, 2011 in appeals, disability discrimination, housing, law reports by sally

Beedles v Guinness Northern Counties Ltd (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2011] EWCA Civ 442; [2011] WLR (D) 143

“Where a lease provided for quiet enjoyment that meant an ability to use the premises in an ordinary lawful way. Consequently where a disabled tenant requested a service from his landlord such as repair or redecoration the court had to assess whether the provision of that service would enable him to live as would any other typical tenant in the premises.”

WLR Daily, 19th April 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Regina (Parent Governors of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School) v Archbishop of Westminster and another – WLR Daily

Posted April 21st, 2011 in appeals, education, law reports by sally

Regina (Parent Governors of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School) v Archbishop of Westminster and another [2011] EWCA Civ 433; [2011] WLR (D) 142

“The Archbishop of Westminster had an unfettered discretion to appoint who he wished as a foundation governor of a Roman Catholic school in his diocese provided the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007 were complied with, and that included appointing his diocesan director of education as a governor at the school. The requirement in regulation 18 that two of the foundation governors should at the time of their appointment be eligible for election or appointment as parent governors was fulfilled by the presence on the existing governing body of two foundation governors who had been so eligible when they were appointed.”

WLR Daily, 14th April 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

ETK v News Group Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted April 21st, 2011 in appeals, children, human rights, injunctions, law reports, privacy by sally

ETK v News Group Newspapers Ltd[2011] EWCA Civ 439; [2011] WLR (D) 141

“The principles applicable to the grant of an interim injunction restraining publication of private information were well established, but in appropriate cases the court’s approach was to be tempered by a clearer acknowledgment of the importance of the best interests of children.”

WLR Daily, 19th April 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Djanogly v Westminster City Council – WLR Daily

Posted April 21st, 2011 in appeals, law reports, motorcycles, parking, road traffic by sally

Djanogly v Westminster City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 432; [2011] WLR (D) 140

“When making a traffic management order a local authority was entitled to see the fair spreading of costs for suitable and adequate parking facilities between motorcyclists and car drivers as a legitimate consideration.”

WLR Daily, 19th April 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Lawcast 183: Nichola Higgins, Chairman of The Young Barristers Committee on the new CPS panel – Career at the Criminal Bar – Legal aid issues – Charon WC

Posted April 21st, 2011 in barristers, Crown Prosecution Service, legal aid, podcasts by sally

“Today I am talking to Nichola Higgins, Chairman of the Young Barristers Committee. On the 30th March of this year, the CPS announced:

‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is today (30/3/2011) launching a new scheme for the delivery of prosecution services in court. All advocates undertaking prosecution work in the Crown Court (and Higher Courts) from October must be members of new, quality-controlled CPS Advocate Panels. The panels will be open to all barristers and solicitor advocates, and panel members will complement and work alongside CPS in-house advocates. Although the overall number of advocates on the panels will be reduced compared to the current lists, selected advocates will have more opportunity to undertake prosecution work. All current counsel lists will be abandoned when the panels commence on 1 October.’

We also looked at the broader health of the Criminal Bar, the impact of legal aid and the prospects for students contemplating a career at the Criminal Bar.”

Podcast

Charon QC, 21st April 2011

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Birmingham City Council disabled care limits ‘unlawful’ – BBC News

Posted April 21st, 2011 in disability discrimination, disabled persons, local government, news, social services by sally

“Judges have ruled that Birmingham City Council’s plans to limit social care for disabled people are unlawful.”

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BBC News, 20th April 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Shadow justice minister attacks Jackson costs reforms – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted April 21st, 2011 in costs, insurance, news, personal injuries by sally

“Shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter called on personal injury lawyers to get their clients involved in the fight to amend the government’s proposals on civil litigation costs.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 21st April 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Dogs’ owners face prosecution under plans to tighten dangerous dog legislation – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 21st, 2011 in dogs, news by sally

“Dogs’ owners will face prosecution if their animal bites someone on private property under new legislation being drawn up by the Government.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

‘Facebook juror’ in contempt case – BBC News

Posted April 21st, 2011 in contempt of court, internet, juries, news by sally

“Contempt proceedings are to begin against a juror who allegedly contacted a defendant through Facebook during a drugs trial, causing it to collapse.”

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BBC News, 20th April 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk