“The code is the most fundamental change introduced so far by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which has regulated the profession in England and Wales since January this year. The code replaces the Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors (1999) and the Guide Online together with 10 other codes and rules (including the Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990 and the Law Society’s Code for Advocacy) and introduces various changes. Although welcomed by larger firms, its requirements are onerous for smaller firms.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lawyer was jailed yesterday for refusing to pay child support to his former wife, despite her pleas that he should not be given a custodial sentence.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Families of people who are murdered or killed by dangerous driving will be able to have a statement about their loss read out in court, it was announced today.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, is considering an appeal against a sentence given to a man for raping a 10-year-old girl.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A red-headed waitress who was taunted about the colour of her hair was awarded £17,618 compensation by an employment tribunal yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A fresh row over the government’s crime statistics broke out last night after two criminologists said the authoritative British Crime Survey excludes 3 million offences a year.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who claims he was turned into a killer by the trauma that he suffered in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash began an unprecedented claim for £300,000 in compensation yesterday.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judge Geoffrey Kamil is leading the push by judges to forge links with their local communities – and encourage them to join the justice system.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“This week Tony Blair hands over the keys of No 10 to Gordon Brown. What does the profession want from him.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
In re Eurocruit Europe Ltd. [2007] EWHC 1433 (Ch)
“A claim under s 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986 did not have a limitation period distinct from the limitation period applicable to the underlying claim.”
WLR Daily, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
‘Practicable’ health and safety duty is sufficient for EU Law
“The fact that the duty on United Kingdom employers to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees was imposed only “so far as is reasonably practicable”, did not entail an infringement of European Community law.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“They look down on council-estate dwellers as welfare-fiddling, light-fingered hoodies and chavs but it is the middle classes who are exposed today as Britain’s real habitual criminals.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers must scrap controversial plans aimed at preventing the public obtaining damaging or embarrassing information about the Government and other public bodies, a parliamentary committee says.”
The Independent, 25th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Crown Court judge has died after falling from the window of his flat in an exclusive London square.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of prisoners will be released without any checks on whether they pose a threat to the public.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pressure is growing for a full public inquiry into the Lockerbie disaster, in response to new evidence that suggests a miscarriage of justice took place in the trial of the Libyan convicted of the bombing.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A senior police officer has delivered a damning attack on Asbos. Chief Superintendent Neil Wain is believed to be the most senior serving police officer to break ranks and criticise the Government’s flagship crime-fighting policy.”
The Independent, 25th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“People with Alzheimer’s disease and their carers will today protest outside the high court at the start of a major legal challenge to the body that decides which drugs people may be given on the NHS.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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