Inns’ ups and downs – The Lawyer
“The Chancery bar has shown its value and resilience during the recession and is in good shape to meet the challenges of the future.”
The Lawyer, 20th September 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Children ‘used as ammunition’ in separations – The Guardian
“Parents who split up are damaging their children’s welfare by using them as ‘ammunition’ in the separation process, according to England’s most senior family court judge.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Baby P clinic doctor Kim Holt to sue NHS – BBC News
“A doctor who raised concerns about the clinic where Baby P was seen days before his death is suing the NHS, claiming she was forced out of her job.”
BBC News, 20th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Live Q&A: How to get a pupillage – The Guardian
“Is the pupillage hunt causing you to get your briefs in a twist? Let our live Q&A experts bring some order, order to your trials. Monday from 1pm.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Courts should be a last resort says minister – Ministry of Justice
“Minister Jonathan Djanogly has said that more use should be made of mediation as an alternative to using courts in civil and family justice disputes.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Health & Safety Executive v Wolverhampton County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1025 (30 July 2010)
Gourisaria v Gourisaria [2010] EWCA Civ 1019 (13 August 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Town halls could be used for court cases – The Independent
“Town Halls could be hired out as courts to raise money for councils and increase the speed of justice, local authorities have suggested.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Quality of legal aid is as important as access to a lawyer – The Guardian
“Justice for vulnerable clients can be frustrated when lawyers are not up to the job.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former soldiers could make community service tougher for offenders – The Guardian
“A ‘dads’ army’ of former soldiers would run community service programmes for offenders under a radical cost-cutting privatisation plan that has shocked unions.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two men convicted over illegal sperm donor firm – The Independent
“Two men are facing jail after they were convicted yesterday of running an illegal fertility company that gave women access to sperm donors. Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the operation from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage. A jury at Southwark Crown Court, in south London, convicted both men of three counts each of providing sperm without a licence or third-party agreement.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CPS pays compensation over sex assault case – The Independent
“The Crown Prosecution Service has agreed to pay £16,000 compensation to a woman over the handling of a serious sexual assault allegation, it was reported today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ex-altar boy cleared of murdering vicar, 81 – The Independent
“A former altar boy was found not guilty at his re-trial today of murdering an elderly vicar he accused of sexually abusing him.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Driver jailed after Oxfordshire man dies in crash – BBC News
“A man who caused a crash that killed an Oxfordshire man, then drove from the scene and later lied to police, has begun a five-year jail term.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Essex Police ‘dismissed sex attack victim’ – BBC News
“Essex Police failed to investigate sexual assaults because the victim was not believed due to her history of mental illness, a watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Flesh-eating Hastings killer jailed for 21 years – BBC news
“A Broadmoor patient who confessed to killing two women in East Sussex in 1998 and eating flesh from one of them has been jailed for at least 21 years.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for raping sleeping woman – The Independent
“A man was jailed today for raping a legal worker after they had been drinking and she fell asleep.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for 20 years for blaze murders – The Independent
“A violent thug who murdered a woman and her teenage daughter after starting a devastating fire at their seaside home was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man who filmed colleagues on toilet in Yeovil sentenced – BBC News
“A trainee quantity surveyor who used a hidden camera phone to film female colleagues using the toilet where he worked has been spared a jail sentence.”
BBC News, 16th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Dyer, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2096 (20 August 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
