“The Law Society and the Bar Council have attacked government proposals to allow non-legally qualified Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) staff to conduct trials in magistrates’ courts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th July 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.com
“A senior High Court judge has criticised the Court of Appeal’s thinking on mediation in the key decision of Halsey v Milton Keynes NHS Trust, which he said was ‘clearly wrong and unreasonable’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th July 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.com
“A new era of simple, accessible local crime information for all is at the heart of the Government’s new crime strategy, unveiled today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
Home Office press release, 19th July 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Judges threw out on Thursday an appeal by two gang members against their convictions for the drive-by shooting of 14-year-old Danielle Beccan in Nottingham.”
Reuters, 19th July 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“Police officers will be able to use Taser stun guns on members of the public in a wider range of circumstances from Friday, the Home Office said.”
Reuters, 19th July 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“A supply teacher has been cleared of hitting a 13-year-old boy who teased him about looking like a character from the Chuckle Brothers’ TV show.”
BBC News, 19th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The horrific final hours of a Kurdish woman murdered on the instructions of her father and uncle because she had brought ‘shame’ on her family were revealed to a court yesterday.”
The Times, 20th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Murder should never be ruled out when investigating repeat cot deaths, in spite of claims that most are natural, a study suggests.”
The Times, 20th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, yesterday put Lords reform on ice until after the next general election, saying the best way to make progress was to secure clear manifesto commitments to a mainly elected upper house from all three main parties.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Banks have paid £200m this year to customers reclaiming penalty fees, according to research that suggests the public is winning the revolt on charges.”
The Independent, 20th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Violent attacks increased more than 5 per cent last year, a new statistic that overshadowed a Home Office declaration yesterday that overall levels of crime remained stable.”
The Independent, 20th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has told Scotland Yard that no charges will be brought against the three people arrested in the cash for honours inquiry, bringing to an end a 16-month inquiry that cost £800,000 and rocked the Labour party.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A divorced woman faces being forced from her home of more than 20 years after a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that deals struck by former wives when they split with their husbands are not safe from creditors.”
The Times, 20th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Patient Information Advisory Group (Establishment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Rights of Way (Hearings and Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2007
The Regulatory Reform (Game) Order 2007
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007
The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007
The Railways Act 2005 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2007
The Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The role of the government’s chief legal adviser, the attorney general, is “not sustainable” and needs reform, says an influential committee of MPs.”
BBC News, 19th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Gurkhas will be given a “significant” boost to their pensions, the Ministry of Defence has announced.”
BBC News, 19th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The death knell will be sounded today for a wholly appointed House of Lords, as the government lays out its final plans for reforming the upper chamber.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prisons and police authorities will be liable for prosecution over deaths of people held in custody after a final defeat of the Government over the scope of new corporate manslaughter laws.”
The Times, 19th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Withdrawing mistaken admission
White v. Greensand Homes Ltd. and Another
Court of Appeal
“The court was able to apply the overriding objective of the Civil Procedure Rules to allow a defendant to amend his defence and withdraw his admission made by mistake.”
The Times, 19th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Director of Public Prosecutions v. Lawrence
“The provisions of Code C of the Codes of Practice under s 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 were not directed to what a defendant was alleged to have said as part of the conduct constituting the alleged crime but to what a defendant was alleged to have said on or after arrest.”
WLR Daily, 16th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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