“Lawyers who cause costly delays to court cases in England and Wales could be replaced in plans for speedier and more efficient trials, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer said today.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 31st May 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Anyone up before a magistrates’ court can now go online to find out the likely sentence for the alleged offence in advance of the hearing.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“London has become the divorce capital of the world, according to the City’s top lawyers following a Court of Appeal ruling to uphold the largest divorce settlement in UK history.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Ministers are to go ahead with a scheme which could force defendants to change their legal team in complex cases.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2007
Source:www.guardian.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary has admitted that the Government will be unable to build its way out of the problem of overcrowded jails.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers could be sacked if they cause delays during expensive terrorism trials under plans to speed up cases announced by the Government yesterday.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“We are living in the surveillance age but 90 per cent of Britain’s 14.2 million closed-circuit television cameras may be failing to comply with the law.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Imagine you’re in a room filled with people dressed variously in tracksuit bottoms and trainers, white bands with horse-hair wigs, uniforms, lounge suits, long black robes: you’re either at a fancy-dress party or in a law court.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2007
The Control of Cash (Penalties) Regulations 2007
The Goods Infringing the Olympics and Paralympics Association Rights (Customs) Regulations 2007
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2007
The Citizenship Oath and Pledge (Welsh Language) Order 2007
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2007
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2007
The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (Amendment) Order 2007
The Local Authority Adoption Service (Wales) Regulations 2007
The Oil Taxation (Nomination Scheme for Disposals) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Arbitrary delay in parole hearing
Regina (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
Court of Appeal
“The failure by the Parole Board to consider speedily the entitlement of a long-term prisoner to parole made his continued detention after eligibility for parole arbitrary, unjustified and therefore unlawful.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
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.
Elements of kidnapping were not made out
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The offence of kidnapping was not committed by a defendant who fraudulently induced a person to make a journey which did not deprive him of his liberty.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
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.
“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld a House of Lords ruling that the UK Government did not act unlawfully by refusing to pay widows’ benefits to two widowers.”
The Lawyer, 28th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is under growing pressure to disclose his advice to the Army on whether British soldiers in Iraq needed to comply with the Human Rights Act.”
The Independent, 30th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Campaigners have pledged £100,000 for a fighting fund to encourage people to launch legal challenges against what they say are illegal bank charges. The money has been pledged by MoneySavingExpert.com and the Consumer Action Group as well as private individuals.”
The Independent, 30th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The number of prisoners in England and Wales hit an all-time high of 80,846 yesterday, raising fears that the court service could run out of cell space this week if too few remand prisoners succeed in getting bail. The record numbers saw 450 prisoners housed in police and court cells made available for overspill.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Court-awarded damages for people whose spouses die could be up to £300,000 too low, a report claimed today.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Related link: Death and the Calculation of Hedonic Damages (PDF)
“Judges should be less ready to rule that control orders imposed on terrorism suspects breach human rights, the independent watchdog on terrorism law said yesterday. Lord Carlile of Berriew QC called on judges to review their approach to restrictions imposed by control orders after a further three terrorist suspects absconded last week, bringing the total to six.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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