“Analysis of the court ruling yesterday on deporting suspected terrorists on the basis of confidential assurances because they would face torture or death.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Solicitors are taking on supermarkets and banks in a High Street war for customers with a ‘superbrand’ network of law firms in England and Wales.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has defended a decision to prosecute a Neath teacher after a boy accused her of hitting him with a glue stick.”
BBC News, 20th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“If you want to become a barrister you have to secure pupillage — a training place in chambers.
Each year there are an average of 500 pupillage places but an estimated 4,000 would-be barristers vying for them. That’s because the 1,400 applications a year are boosted by 2,600 applicants from previous years having another go.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Is the Human Rights Act going to be replaced by a bill of rights, and how do the coalition partners’ stances differ?”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The pictures say it all. Ken Clarke, the new Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, and Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, beamed like old pals as the former was sworn into his new office. As well they might: the two are contemporaries, almost the same age and both cut their teeth as barristers on the Midland Circuit, even appearing opposite each other in a divorce case, Judge recalled at the ceremony last week.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Doctors could be struck off if they fail to respect the wishes of terminally ill patients who want to die by refusing treatment, the General Medical Council is to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Time is starting to run out on the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT). This well-established system enabling foreign (which in this case means non-England and Wales) lawyers to qualify as English solicitors will be phased out from the autumn to be replaced by a Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers are to mount legal challenges on behalf of people who were barred from voting on election night because of inadequate staffing and long lines outside polling stations.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peter Crisp has described it as a blip. The over-recruitment by BBP law school last autumn of 54 Bar Vocational Course (BVC) applicants led to student dismay, an inquiry by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and accusations that profit motives were put before student interests.”
The Times, 20th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man whose wife died by a ‘fluke’ chance when a TV remote he threw towards her hit her head today had his jail sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 19th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
British Airways Plc v Unite the Union [2010] EWHC B4 (QB) (17 May 2010)
Hays Plc v Hartley [2010] EWHC 1068 (QB) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bilta (UK) Ltd (In Liquidation) v Nazir & Ors [2010] EWHC 1086 (Ch) (17 May 2010)
Red River UK Ltd & Anor v Sheikh & Anor [2010] EWHC 1100 (Ch) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The master of the rolls has called for fewer and more carefully drafted laws to avoid handing too much power to the judiciary.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The press watchdog has said it is not ‘toothless’ following its handling of a case surrounding the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately.”
BBC News, 19th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A battle between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over whether to introduce a British bill of rights, supplanting the European convention on human rights, is to be passed to an independent commission after a disagreement within the new coalition.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A male lawyer was wrongfully sacked because bosses were worried they would be sued if they fired his female counterpart while she was on maternity leave, it emerged yesterday.”
The Independent, 19th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The power to decide whether a suspect is charged in hundreds of thousands of cases a year is to be restored to the police, the new home secretary, Theresa May, will announce tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Banaszek v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1076 (18 May 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Investec Bank (UK) Ltd v Zulman & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 536 (18 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cadogan Petroleum Plc & Ors v Tolley & Ors [2010] EWHC 1107 (Ch) (18 May 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
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