“A Black Country solicitor faces jail after stealing £90,000 from a blind widow and spending the money on luxury items including a pedigree ‘teacup’ chihuahua.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Major changes are being made to the way that courts may sentence young offenders. On 27 April, provisions were brought into force to increase the use of referral orders. These are mandatory if the offence is imprisonable and a first-time offender admits the offence and all connected offences, and the court does not deal with the matter by way of an absolute discharge, hospital order or custodial sentence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“International arbitration has ‘lost its way’, the former lord chief justice Lord Woolf (pictured) told the Gazette this week, as he launched a set of guidelines which will build mediation into the arbitration process.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A document setting out the high-level strategic priorities that the Ministry of Justice requires the NOMS Agency to deliver in 2010-11.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Justice Minister Jack Straw has today given a speech about the administration of Justice in Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Supreme Court: is the House of Lords ‘losing part of itself’? – the Young Legal Group of the British Friends of the Hebrew University lecture, 2nd December.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A ‘dispicable’ conman must pay nearly £7,000 after conning an elderly couple into buying fake leather jackets.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A cruise company has started an appeal to reduce £22,000 in damages awarded to a North Yorkshire couple who claim their dream holiday was ruined.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Companies that negotiate contracts without specifying which country’s law should govern any contractual disputes between them will face a new legal regime in two weeks’ time. From 17th December, a new EU law, Rome I, will decide which law should apply.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Like quite a few other lawyers, recently I was called to do jury service. Apart from the inevitable waiting around (note: bring a thick book and a sense of humour), my two weeks were spent trying one serious case (alleged rape and false imprisonment). This is not an article bashing the jury system. Nor am I going to talk about the decision in our case, because I can’t (even if I wanted to). But for a commercial practitioner, the experience certainly had some surprises.”
The Times, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One of London’s most prestigious law schools is under investigation amid allegations that it exploited student demand, packing in extra numbers to boost income by almost £1 million.”
The Times, 4th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Khalid Abdel-Rahim, a paramedic with the London Ambulance Service, faces being struck off by a conduct and competence committee at the Health Professions Council in London.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The safety record of Britain’s nuclear industry will be tarnished tomorrow when managers at the Sellafield complex in Cumbria are fined for exposing staff to radioactive contamination.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 1,200 illegal internet shopping websites that have made millions of pounds for criminals have been shut down by Scotland Yard in the biggest operation of its kind in Britain.”
The Times, 4th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers are moving to crack down on abuse of the student and graduate visa systems in an attempt to get to grips with illegal immigration.”
The Times, 4th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A serial bank robber who stole money by passing threatening notes to cashiers has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 66-year-old church elder convicted of indecently assaulting a child will not be sent to jail because his obesity means his health is ‘precarious.’ ”
BBC News, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A heartbroken student broke into a mortuary with an axe and examined corpses under the mistaken belief that a woman he fancied had died, police said today. Benjamin Barton, of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, pleaded guilty at Southampton Crown Court to a charge of criminal damage but was acquitted of an offence of burglary.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The drink-drive limit could be lowered to a small glass of wine or a single pint of beer after the government ordered a review of drink and drug driving laws.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British computer programmer Gary McKinnon has been granted another seven days to challenge Alan Johnson’s decision to extradite him to America to answer computer hacking charges.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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