Government orders review of child protection in England – BBC News
“An independent review of child protection and social work in England has been ordered by the government.”
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council of Europe welcomes UK inquiry into torture and rendition – The Guardian
“The coalition government’s decision to hold an inquiry into the UK’s involvement in torture and rendition was today hailed by the Council of Europe as ‘a proper response’ which could offer an example to other nations.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Barristers turn brokers as credit crunch hits divorce – The Times
“The wife of the celebrity chef Marco Pierre White was due to enter the divorce courts on her own next week, without lawyers, to battle for a share of her husband’s estimated £50 million wealth. But publicity in The Times about her case has prompted a potential rescuer — in the unlikely shape of a criminal set of barristers’ chambers.”
The Times, 10th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
What alternative business structures mean for the legal profession – The Guardian
“Soon, perhaps as early as October next year, provision of legal services in England and Wales is set to change radically with the introduction of alternative business structures (ABS). Ownership of legal services providers – currently restricted to lawyers – will be open to anyone deemed ‘fit or proper’. This could be an insurance company or a supermarket – hence the sobriquet ‘Tesco law’.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sarah Payne murderer has 10 years taken off minimum jail term – The Guardian
“The man who murdered Sarah Payne has had his 50-year jail term reduced by the high court in London today.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
HH Sant Baba Jeet Singh Ji Maharaj v Eastern Media Group & Anor [2010] EWHC 1294 (QB) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
English rules tightened for immigrant partners – BBC News
“Ministers are bringing forward to the autumn measures requiring many immigrants marrying UK citizens to prove they have a command of English.”
BBC News, 9th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoners must get vote by next year, warns Europe – Daily Telegraph
“Prisoners in Britain must be given the vote in time for elections next year, the Council of Europe said yesterday as it stepped up pressure on the new coalition Government to abide by a five-year-old court ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Easyjet founder takes airline to court in row over branding rights – The Independent
“A simmering row between flamboyant entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the company he founded, easyJet, is to be taken to court in a battle which could limit the operation of the no-frills airline, and even lead to it losing its name.”
The Independent, 9th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Owning your image – BBC Law in Action
“Joshua Rozenberg investigates how the police, the courts and those responsible for protecting personal data strike a balance between the need to safeguard civil liberties and the police’s responsibility to prevent crime. Are there enough safeguards to protect the public from being unfairly linked with criminals? Is maintaining public order being used as an excuse to engineer a surveillance society? Or are the authorities simply taking the minimum steps to ensure a determined and well-organised minority of protesters bent on disruption do not wreck the lives of the law-abiding majority?”
BBC Law in Action, 8th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Neuberger to lead appeal panel over Channel Four libel jury case – The Lawyer
“The Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger will examine Mr Justice Tugendhat’s decision to disallow a jury in a major libel trial against Channel Four.”
The Lawyer, 8th June 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Hospital fined £50,000 over death of disabled man – The Guardian
“A hospital where a severely disabled man died when he caught his head in the rails around his bed was today fined £50,000.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child abuse reports to be published – The Independent
“Full reports of official investigations into the most notorious cases of child abuse are to be published, ministers confirmed.”
The Independent, 8th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Royal College of Nursing takes legal action against Government’s anti-paedophile database – Daily Telegraph
“Nursing leaders are taking legal action against the Government’s controversial anti-paedophile database in another blow to the troubled scheme.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former head of prisons: short sentences don’t stop reoffending – The Independent
“Prison has no effect in stopping thousands of criminals reoffending and politicians should look again at whether it is a suitable punishment for minor crimes, the outgoing head of the prison service has said.”
The Independent, 9th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Don’t delay deportation flight, government warns judges – The Guardian
“Government lawyers have warned high court judges that last-minute legal challenges should not be allowed to ‘disrupt or delay’ a deportation flight to Baghdad due to leave Britain early tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
President of the Supreme Court defends terror rulings – The Times
“The judge who heads Britain’s top court last night defended the Human Rights Act and recent rulings by courts that terrorist suspects cannot be sent home to their own countries.”
The Times, 9th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Academies Bill – a simple idea, complex problems – The Times
“Academies are a hybrid: independent schools funded by central government. Those that exist – about 200 – were created because of population growth, parental demand or closure of a failing school.”
The Times, 8th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
