“Lawyers fear the Law Commission’s drive to step outside the courts in housing disputes will undermine the justice system, reports Grania Langdon-Down.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th June 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Report on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act in central government in 2007, bringing together quarterly statistics and analysing longer term trends.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th June 2008
Source; www.justice.gov.uk
“The new teams will work with police and border control agents to help ensure illegal working operations are stopped.”
Home Office, 19th June 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“An attempt to block Britain’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty has been rejected by the High Court.”
BBC News, 19th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Conservatives are threatening two separate legal actions against the Lib Dems over the Henley by-election.”
BBC News, 20th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New figures reveal that the chances of getting an answer under the new right-to-know law depend on which government department deals with the request, reports Robert Verkaik, Law Editor.”
The Independent, 20th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co,uk
“A pregnant woman whose unborn baby was killed in a car crash has called for a change in the law after the driver responsible escaped with a £200 fine.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Millions of families face fines of £50 for failing to recycle their rubbish under a new pay-as-you-throw bin charge scheme, a minister has disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Celebrity psychiatrist Raj Persaud was dishonest and brought his profession into disrepute by cutting and pasting experts’ papers into his articles and a book, the General Medical Council found yesterday.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2008
Sourcre: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government plans to insist that spouses should have to learn English before they are allowed into Britain to join their husbands or wives have run into a barrage of opposition and warnings that the idea could breach human rights laws.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two trials at which anonymous witnesses were about to be called to give evidence were suspended for legal argument yesterday following a House of Lords judgment on Wednesday questioning the growing practice of granting anonymity to frightened witnesses.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Media regulator Ofcom is looking into a Capital Radio competition that had to be reopened after the £155,000 winner was found to be ineligible.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Homeowners face having to pay a specialist to inspect their trees under a safety regime drawn up by one of Britain’s most respected watchdogs.”
The Times, 20th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An ill-disciplined junior soldier was ‘beasted’ to death by three of his colleagues, a jury was told yesterday.”
The Times, 20th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Cabinet Minister could face legal action by Britain’s leading human rights campaigner over allegations that he smeared her by making suggestive remarks about her relationship with David Davis.”
The Times, 20th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
House of Lords
“Protective measures, which ensured the anonymity of three witnesses without whose evidence the defendant could not have been convicted of murder, rendered the trial unfair and were, accordingly, unlawful.”
The Times, 19th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Greater Manchester police were justified in demanding that freelance journalist Shiv Malik hand over source material for a book on terrorism, but the terms of the production order were too wide, a judicial review of the case ruled today.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“The four men convicted of murdering two teenage girls outside a New Year party may go to the Court of Appeal following a ruling over anonymous witnesses.”
BBC News, 19th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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