“Lord Woolf has blamed lawyers, the judiciary and government for blunting the impact of his 10-year-old reforms to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“American commercial law firms are beating their City counterparts in the race for the best international talent because of anachronistic legal profession rules, say leading UK academics.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Plans to introduce secret inquiries into controversial deaths from which the public and bereaved families could be banned are to be pushed through the House of Commons by the Government.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced it was opening a criminal investigation into Nicholas Levene, the bankrupt City trader.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Detections using the national DNA database have fallen over the past two years despite the number of profiles increasing by 1m and its running costs doubling to £4.2m a year.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An energy company has been criticised for taking legal action against a protester under the Terrorism Act.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Radical changes to the civil justice system were made just over ten years ago and it is less than a decade since the last big reform to funding, when legal aid was withdrawn for personal injury claims. Now a radical review of costs is being carried out by Lord Justice Jackson.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A fraudster who staged almost 100 car accidents and used the insurance payouts to fund a glamorous lifestyle was jailed yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Last week The Times won an important preliminary issue in a long-running libel action with a police officer by establishing that an article it published in 2006 was covered by Reynolds qualified privilege.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s pub industry was given the all-clear by competition watchdogs today following a ‘super complaint’ about so-called beer ties.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“As Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, defends the Human Rights Act, here are five of the most controversial cases in which it has been invoked.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is concerned that double gagging orders – ‘super-injunctions’ – are being used too readily by libel law firms, and will involve the judiciary in a consultation hoping to bring down their use.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Judge wants to restore public confidence in the criminal justice system. Every single person was affected by it, ‘as victims, as witnesses, as defendants’. And, he adds, ‘if I read my newspapers correctly, public confidence has been damaged or reduced’.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, a former Human Rights Lawyer of the Year, was a surprise appointment for Director of Public Prosecutions in July 2008.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Human Rights Act is not a ‘criminals’ charter’, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Forcelux Ltd v Binnie [2009] EWCA Civ 1077 (21 October 2009)
Forcelux Ltd v Binnie [2009] EWCA Civ 854 (21 October 2009)
Muscat v Health Professions Council [2009] EWCA Civ 1090 (21 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Perrins v Holland & Ors [2009] EWHC 2558 (Ch) (21 October 2009)
Lomas & Ors v RAB Market Cycles (Master) Fund Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2545 (Ch) (21 October 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AS [2009] EWHC 2564 (Admin) (21 October 2009)
Hussein v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2492 (Admin) (21 October 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Ministry of Justice and the Legal Services Commission have today published new fee structures for family legal aid.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A teenager who violently beat a hairdresser to death with a heavy duty barbell lost an appeal against his murder conviction today.”
The Independent, 21st October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Civil liberties campaigners today accused the Government of quietly reviving plans to hold investigations into controversial deaths in secret.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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