“Schools are to be banned from fingerprinting children without their parent’s consent as part of a raft of measures to restore civil liberties, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“MPs are set to debate on a motion calling for Britain to defy the European court of human rights over giving prisoners the right to vote on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Last week’s adjournment debate on legal aid cuts in the House of Commons marked a change in tone among MPs who, before Christmas, had not made much of the Ministry of Justice’s proposed £350m annual cut to the legal aid budget. What became evident in the debate, secured by Labour MP Yvonne Fovargue, is that MPs are starting to feel the pressure on this issue at a constituency level – from solicitors, citizens advice bureaux, barristers and groups who work with, and represent, vulnerable people.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Identity cards will be consigned to history today as the database recording the biometric details of thousands of people goes up in flames. Hard disk drives from the national identity register, which underpinned the ID card scheme, will be shredded and incinerated in a symbolic demonstration of efforts to rein back the ‘database state’ and restore civil liberties.”
The Independent, 10th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Is there a legitimate demand for the use of live, text-based communications from the courtroom? That’s one of the questions that the Judicial Office for England and Wales is asking in a new consultation paper.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tougher measures to prevent women being unfairly prosecuted after making and retracting rape claims are to be announced under new guidelines from the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society has called on criminal law firms to embrace electronic working, as the Crown Prosecution Services seeks to become completely digital by April 2012.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“With non-lawyers set to own law firms and alternative business structures on the way, sceptics fear ethics could be sacrificed.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There’s just 23 days left to respond to the Government’s Green Paper on sentencing and rehabilitation of offenders and to give your views on how justice should be delivered.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th February 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Windsor & Ors v Crown Prosecution Service [2011] EWCA Crim 143 (08 February 2011)
Creed, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 144 (08 February 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Richardson v Richardson [2011] EWCA Civ 79 (08 February 2011)
High Court (Patents Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Investment Bank (Amendment of Definition) Order 2011
The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Food (Jelly Mini-Cups) (Emergency Control) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2011
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Protecting Human Rights In An Age Of Insecurity (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Commonwealth Law Conference, 7th February 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A stated intention by the Government to abolish regional strategies and to promote legislation for that purpose was capable in law of constituting, for the purposes of section 70(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, a ‘material consideration’ to which planning authorities could have taken regard in making determinations of applications for planning permission. The Secretary of State’s announced intention to abolish regional strategies did not compromise the duty of local planning authorities under section 19 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) to have regard to regional strategies when preparing a development plan or any other local development document.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Hydropool Hot Tubs Ltd v Roberjot and another [2011] EWHC 121 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 38
“CPR r 32.14 had no application to an allegation of contempt by knowingly swearing a false affidavit.”
WLR Daily, 7th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Two teenage sisters described by a judge as ‘Judas-like and wicked’ have been given lengthy jail sentences for the brutal murder of their father.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is resigned to being told by parliament not to give prisoners the right to vote nor to pay compensation to British prisoners denied that right.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This gripping, feature-length documentary charts the first year in the life of Britain’s new Supreme Court – the highest court in the land. With unprecedented access the film meets the judges, lawyers and ordinary people whose cases will have a far-reaching effect on the everyday lives of others across the UK.”
More 4, 8th February 2011
Source: www.channel4.com
“Minister Crispin Blunt said spotting and acting on signs of criminality in a child’s early years is crucial to bringing down youth offending.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th February 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The most draconian aspects of the current control order regime – the lengthy curfews and forced relocation of terror suspects – should be axed now and not extended for a further nine months, the government’s official overseer of its counter-terrorism review has said.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The president of the UK’s Supreme Court has warned that its independence cannot be properly guaranteed because of the way it is funded by the government.”
BBC News, 9th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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