“A landmark court case that will decide whether hundreds of thousands of owner-managed small businesses will face significantly higher tax bills began today in the House of Lords.”
The Times, 5th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police are flouting rules to protect people in custody by denying suspects legal representation for ‘intelligence interviews’, lawyers have claimed.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: BBC Law in Action: Police ‘intelligence interviews’
“Islamic finance is no longer a Middle East form of financing. In the last year the UK Government has made a concerted effort to promote sharia-compliant financial instruments, adapting regulations to facilitate their smooth entry into the market.”
The Lawyer, 4th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Law Society has won another battle in its war to change the draft money laundering regulations causing headaches among City lawyers.”
The Lawyer, 5th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Today, as the Legal Services Bill receives its Second Reading in the House of Commons, the Bar Council is keen to emphasise the need to put consumers first in any changes to the current legal framework.”
The Bar Council press release, 4th June 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The campaign to force the Government to scale back its controversial legal aid reforms has been dealt a blow after the High Court rejected the first call for a judicial review over the planned changes.”
Legal Week, 4th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Corporate Britain may have shied away from fighting its battles in court, but the City’s leading litigation law firms are hoping their salvation may lie in disputes involving hedge funds.”
The Times, 5th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government will unveil a new alcohol strategy on Tuesday expected to focus on how to counter binge-drinking by changing young people’s attitudes and behaviour.”
Reuters, 5th June 2007
Source: www.reuters.co.uk
“The body of an elderly woman is to be the first of three exhumed by police probing seven deaths at a care home.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tony Blair may be preparing to abandon Britain’s veto over law and order policy in Europe on the eve of his departure from Downing Street this month, MPs fear.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Treasury has agreed to reconsider its draft anti money laundering regulations after the European Commission backed a Law Society campaign calling for rules to be relaxed.”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Detectives have been instructed to reopen their inquiries in the cash for honours investigation which has engulfed Downing Street”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“We have the longest pre-charge detention period in the free world. Extending it would boost extremism.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer has outlined plans that will see lawyers who cause delays to court cases replaced, following the collapse of BCCI and Equitable.”
The Lawyer, 4th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Alternative routes to qualifying as a solicitor will not be piloted this year as planned, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has revealed.”
The Lawyer, 4th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The arrival on UK soil of Michael Hausfeld, the doyen of American class-action lawyers, earlier in the year has inspired some fairly excitable headlines anticipating a tidal wave of US-style group litigation. ‘Big business beware,’ cautioned a profile in The Sunday Times. Another report in the insurance press started with the simple declaration: ‘The eagle has landed .'”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“All five magic circle firms have thrown their weight behind attempts to amend the Legal Services Bill ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue today (4 June).”
Legal Week, 4th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Bar Council, the representative body for UK barristers, has called on MPs to prioritise consumers in any changes to the British legal system ahead of today’s second reading of the wide-ranging Legal Services Bill in the House of Commons.”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has asked cash-for-honours probe police to ‘undertake further inquiries’.”
BBC News, 4th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Both sides in the battle over abortion rights are gearing up for a test of strength in parliament to see which of them has the political muscle either to liberalise David Steel’s 40-year-old legislation or to curb what opponents of abortion call ‘two Dunblane massacres a day’.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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