“Legal Aid Minister, Willy Bach has strengthened the government’s commitment to ensuring a sustainable future for social welfare law.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“There are few organisations beyond the reach of the Information Commissioner, and Christopher Graham, the fourth holder of the role, faces a daunting set of responsibilities.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“IT companies will not have to conduct a total overhaul of their sales processes in the aftermath of a long-awaited court ruling this week, a technology law expert has said. The ruling focused on the dishonesty of one employee, not a whole company.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Dr Andrew Wakefield, the expert at the centre of the MMR controversy, ‘failed in his duties as a responsible consultant’ and showed a ‘callous disregard’ for the suffering of children involved in his research, the General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“United Nations human rights investigators have concluded that the British government has been complicit in the mistreatment and possible torture of several of its own citizens during the ‘war on terror’.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who branded Francecca Hardwick, the disabled girl found dead with her mother in a burnt-out car, a ‘freak’ who ‘deserved what she got’, walked free from court yesterday.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Government funding for voluntary agencies that provide support to victims of sexual violence will be streamlined with the establishment of a one-year combined fund for 2010/11.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“It was one of the first cases to be heard by the new transparent Supreme Court — and it was shrouded in secrecy. But yesterday the justices struck a blow for openness, in line with its much-vaunted visibility as the UK’s highest court.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The doctor who first suggested the link between MMR vaccinations and autism is to hear whether he is guilty of unethical research practices.”
BBC News, 28th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Court of Appeals has asked Europe’s highest court to rule on whether UK authorities can seize counterfeit goods passing through the UK and allow brand owners to take legal action against the companies behind the fakes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, a former government lawyer in Tony Blair’s administration and author of the Head of Legal blog, about the legality of the War in Iraq.”
Charon QC, 27th January 2010
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Paul Mendelle, QC, is one of those barristers the public loves to hate. He defends the indefensible, those accused of rape, murder, unspeakable acts of cruelty. His last big case was acting for Baby P’s mother, Tracey Connelly.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The radio presenter Jon Gaunt won his battle today to take the media regulator Ofcom to a judicial review over a live interview in which he called a councillor a ‘Nazi’.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All peers will have to relinquish their ‘non-domiciled’ tax status and become UK taxpayers if they want to remain in Parliament, under a new Government law.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two brothers who were jailed for brutally torturing two young boys are to have their sentences reconsidered, it was announced yesterday.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Sunday Times editor John Witherow and a partner from the law firm Carter-Ruck are among those who have been appointed to a government panel considering changes to the law on libel, the lord chancellor, Jack Straw, said today.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A university unit involved in a row over stolen e-mails on climate research breached rules by withholding data, the Information Commissioner’s Office says.”
BBC News, 28th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the men whose financial freedom was restored by the Supreme Court is a UN-designated terrorist suspect with links to the airline bomb plotters.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Chilcot inquiry will question Tony Blair about the Iraq war. So might we see the real truth emerge at last?”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother whose home resembled a ‘murder scene’ after a midwife ‘randomly hacked’ at her with a pair of scissors has called for a change in the law to force independent midwives to take out insurance.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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