“Lawyers have agreed an innovative collaboration process to handle a class action against a Liverpool hospital that is designed to save the NHS millions of pounds.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The government is committed to ending the detention of children for immigration purposes. We can announce that Immigration Minister Damian Green will be leading a wide-ranging review to achieve this, setting out plans in the coming months.”
UK Border Agency, 15th May 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Advertisers and broadcasters must make sure that viewing of their adverts is as controlled on video-on-demand (VOD) services as it is when traditionally broadcast, advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Plans to ban identification of men accused of rape suggests victims of sexual violence do not matter, say campaigners.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An ‘incompetent’ forger who photocopied Scottish £10 notes and used them in Wrexham shops has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 20th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A sex attacker who was struck off the nursing register 14 years ago was today found guilty of rape and sexual assaults on patients in London.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge will investigate claims that British intelligence agencies were complicit in the torture of terror suspects, William Hague, the foreign secretary, said tonight.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The widower of a Lincolnshire woman who died after doctors missed a six-inch piece of plastic embedded in her buttock has begun legal action.”
BBC News, 19th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two boys on trial for raping an eight-year-old girl will not be giving evidence, it has been confirmed.”
BBC News, 19th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former stockbroker fined a record £2.8 million for market abuse yesterday described the penalty as ‘absurd’ and said that the Financial Services Authority was using him so that it could look tough on economic crime.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers face flight cancellations over the Whitsun Bank Holiday and school half-term after the Court of Appeal overturned an injunction that was blocking a strike yesterday.”
The Times, 21st May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Read the full speech that Lord Justice Levenson gave at the Criminal Bar Association conference on 8 May 2010.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A labourer was found guilty today of killing two young jockeys by setting light to a block of flats in a drunken revenge attack.”
The Independent, 20th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Children in Yarl’s Wood detention centre will still suffer until the UK Border Agency abides by the law.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs are to challenge the new expenses watchdog, claiming its strict rules are forcing them to lay off staff and compromising their service to constituents.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Roles and responsibilities for new ministers at the Ministry of Justice have today been confirmed.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th May 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“After a week in office, the new coalition government today announced that the requirement for home sellers to provide home information packs will be suspended pending primary legislation to abolish them entirely.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) v Nazir and others [2010] EWHC 1086 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 129
“An application for a stay of legal proceedings made under s 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 was not subject to the procedural rules contained in CPR Pt 11 for challenging the jurisdiction of the court. An application for an extension of time to serve the defence was not a step in the proceedings to answer the substantive claim and the defendant was not debarred from seeking a stay by s 9(3) of the Act.”
WLR Daily, 19th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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