Forced legal team change scheme – The Guardian
“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
Month: May 2007
Jailing fewer people ‘is only way to solve overcrowding’ – The Times
“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 who delay expensive terrorism trials face the sack – The Times
“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
Nearly all cameras illegal, says watchdog – The Times
“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
The Law Explored: what to wear in court – The Times
“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
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
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
Regina (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another – Times Law Reports
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.
Regina v. Hendy-Freegard – Times Law Reports
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.
ECHR upholds Lords’ decision to refuse widow’s benefit to widowers – The Lawyer
“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
Lord Goldsmith refuses to publish advice to Army over use of torture – The Independent
“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
£100,000 fund will help bank customers fight unfair charges – The Independent
“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
Pressure on Falconer as prison population hits all-time high – The Guardian
“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
Bereavement damages ‘too low’, study says – The Times
“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 asked to rethink control order rulings after suspects abscond – The Guardian
“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
Rowdy residents ‘to be shut out’ – BBC News
“Nuisance neighbours could face being shut out of their homes under proposed new powers, the Home Office has said.”
BBC News, 29th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lloyds wins second charges case – BBC News
“Lloyds TSB has won a second county court case against a customer trying to reclaim overdraft charges.”
BBC News, 29th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
We get a better class of criminal – The Times
“‘When people come through our door, they’re afraid – petrified of being prosecuted,’ Ian Burton, senior partner of the commercial fraud specialists, Burton Copeland, says. ‘Clients are increasingly concerned about the States – very anxious about potential exposure. If their case has an international dimension involving the US, they imagine themselves being put in chains at Cook County jail with large people who may beat them up.'”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Online music retailer ordered to pay £35m damages – The Times
“An internet retailer that broke a legally-binding promise not to sell imported CDs at almost half the price they sold for on the High Street has been ordered to pay the UK record industry £35 million, it emerged today.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
