“A husband banned from contacting his estranged wife was jailed after he inadvertently sent her a message on the social networking site Facebook.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two detectives who investigated the stabbing of a young father months before he was murdered are facing a Met Police disciplinary hearing.”
BBC News, 4th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Importance of Civil Justice: Nationally and Internationally (PDF)
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
American Bar Association Conference, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Impact of Terrorism on the Rule of Law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
American Bar Association Conference, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The isolation of life on the bench and the lack of any form of frank feedback — good or bad — is well known. One solution to this state of affairs would be to allow the judiciary to get feedback from other sources than the press. Legal magazines have in the past been criticised for publishing feedback surveys on judges. The reaction of the judges themselves to these surveys has reportedly been mixed, ranging from fury to a genuine interest to learn from the feedback, however harsh.”
Legal Week, 4th October 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Divorce pending appeal valid
“It was perfectly reasonable for an English court to grant a decree absolute of divorce to the wife where the husband was waiting for an appeal to be heard in France by the Cour de Cassation on whether the Cour d’Appel de Paris had been correct in holding that the English court had been seised first.”
The Times, 4th October 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.
Celebrities enjoy no extra right to privacy
Murray v Express Newspapers plc and Another
“Where an individual was engaged in innocuous, routine activity in a public place, such as a street, that activity attracted no right or expectation of privacy and, accordingly, there was no prohibition on the taking or publishing of photographs of famous people engaged in such activity in a public place unless there were special circumstances such as harassment or distress caused to the individual.”
The Times, 4th October 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.
“A vicar who allegedly had an affair with a married parishioner became the first member of the clergy to appear before a secretive new Church of England disciplinary tribunal yesterday.”
The Times, 4th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s top family judges and lawyers began a campaign yesterday to take divorce out of the courts and make couples resolve their issues without bitter and costly legal battles.”
The Times, 4th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Live television competition operators cannot simply offer a free internet entry form in order to escape their competitions being regulated as lotteries, according to new guidance from the Gambling Commission.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“BPP Law School has hit back at claims that it turned down the chance to appear on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and defended itself against criticism that giving degree-awarding powers to private companies could hit academic standards.”
Legal Week, 4th October 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Related link: Peter Crisp, Dean of BPP Law School on BPP’s new power to award degrees (Podcast)
“Two fathers’ rights campaigners who handcuffed former children’s minister Margaret Hodge during a protest were cleared yesterday of false imprisonment. Fathers4Justice activists Jonathan Stanesby, 41, and Jason Hatch, 35, shackled the MP for Barking during a family law conference at the Lowry hotel in Salford in 2004.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high court yesterday ordered the Ministry of Defence to disclose to lawyers key documents about the circumstances surrounding the death of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi who died in British custody in Basra four years ago. The move came after the lawyers for Mr Mousa’s family and the families of 10 other Iraqis detained by British soldiers accused the MoD of ‘obfuscation and delay’ in providing vital information.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Some victims of sex traffickers rescued from prostitution in a new national police crackdown will face deportation, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, said yesterday. Ms Smith described sex trafficking as a ‘modern-day form of slavery’ but said she could not give an across-the-board guarantee that those rescued would not face deportation as illegal migrants.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for the father of an Iraqi man beaten to death while in the custody of the British military have claimed a breakthrough which could help discover ‘what went wrong and who was responsible’.”
The Independent, 4th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior judge defended the Human Rights Act this morning as a key weapon in the fight against terrorism and called for the rights of the UK’s ‘millions of immigrants’ to be protected.”
The Times, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The international legal community, which provided inspiration for Burma’s founders, must voice its strong support to underpin the movement for democracy.”
The Times, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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