Day: 9 June 2010

What alternative business structures mean for the legal profession – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2010 in alternative business structures, legal services, news by sally

“Soon, perhaps as early as October next year, provision of legal services in England and Wales is set to change radically with the introduction of alternative business structures (ABS). Ownership of legal services providers – currently restricted to lawyers – will be open to anyone deemed ‘fit or proper’. This could be an insurance company or a supermarket – hence the sobriquet ‘Tesco law’.”

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The Guardian, 9th June 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sarah Payne murderer has 10 years taken off minimum jail term – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2010 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“The man who murdered Sarah Payne has had his 50-year jail term reduced by the high court in London today.”

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The Guardian, 9th June 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 9th, 2010 in law reports by sally

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

HH Sant Baba Jeet Singh Ji Maharaj v Eastern Media Group & Anor [2010] EWHC 1294 (QB) (17 May 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Harper & Anor, R (on the application of) v Aldershot Magistrates Court [2010] EWHC 1319 (Admin) (08 June 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Experimental chambers BarFutures set to close – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 9th, 2010 in barristers, internet, legal services, news by sally

“Experimental virtual chambers BarFutures is to close its doors at the end of June after two years because of a ‘lack of appetite for change within the profession’, the Gazette has learned.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 8th June 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

English rules tightened for immigrant partners – BBC News

Posted June 9th, 2010 in immigration, marriage, news, visas by sally

“Ministers are bringing forward to the autumn measures requiring many immigrants marrying UK citizens to prove they have a command of English.”

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BBC News, 9th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prisoners must get vote by next year, warns Europe – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 9th, 2010 in elections, human rights, news, prisons by sally

“Prisoners in Britain must be given the vote in time for elections next year, the Council of Europe said yesterday as it stepped up pressure on the new coalition Government to abide by a five-year-old court ruling.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Easyjet founder takes airline to court in row over branding rights – The Independent

Posted June 9th, 2010 in airlines, brand names, news, shareholders by sally

“A simmering row between flamboyant entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the company he founded, easyJet, is to be taken to court in a battle which could limit the operation of the no-frills airline, and even lead to it losing its name.”

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The Independent, 9th June 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Owning your image – BBC Law in Action

Posted June 9th, 2010 in photography, podcasts, police, privacy by sally

“Joshua Rozenberg investigates how the police, the courts and those responsible for protecting personal data strike a balance between the need to safeguard civil liberties and the police’s responsibility to prevent crime. Are there enough safeguards to protect the public from being unfairly linked with criminals? Is maintaining public order being used as an excuse to engineer a surveillance society? Or are the authorities simply taking the minimum steps to ensure a determined and well-organised minority of protesters bent on disruption do not wreck the lives of the law-abiding majority?”

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BBC Law in Action, 8th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lord Neuberger to lead appeal panel over Channel Four libel jury case – The Lawyer

Posted June 9th, 2010 in appeals, defamation, media, news, trial without jury by sally

“The Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger will examine Mr Justice Tugendhat’s decision to disallow a jury in a major libel trial against Channel Four.”

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The Lawyer, 8th June 2010

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Hospital fined £50,000 over death of disabled man – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2010 in disabled persons, fines, health & safety, hospitals, news by sally

“A hospital where a severely disabled man died when he caught his head in the rails around his bed was today fined £50,000.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Child abuse reports to be published – The Independent

Posted June 9th, 2010 in child abuse, news, reports, social services by sally

“Full reports of official investigations into the most notorious cases of child abuse are to be published, ministers confirmed.”

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The Independent, 8th June 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Royal College of Nursing takes legal action against Government’s anti-paedophile database – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 9th, 2010 in child abuse, judicial review, news, nurses by sally

“Nursing leaders are taking legal action against the Government’s controversial anti-paedophile database in another blow to the troubled scheme.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Former head of prisons: short sentences don’t stop reoffending – The Independent

Posted June 9th, 2010 in community service, news, prisons, recidivists, rehabilitation, sentencing by sally

“Prison has no effect in stopping thousands of criminals reoffending and politicians should look again at whether it is a suitable punishment for minor crimes, the outgoing head of the prison service has said.”

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The Independent, 9th June 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Don’t delay deportation flight, government warns judges – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2010 in deportation, injunctions, Iraq, judicial review, judiciary, news by sally

“Government lawyers have warned high court judges that last-minute legal challenges should not be allowed to ‘disrupt or delay’ a deportation flight to Baghdad due to leave Britain early tomorrow.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

President of the Supreme Court defends terror rulings – The Times

Posted June 9th, 2010 in news by sally

“The judge who heads Britain’s top court last night defended the Human Rights Act and recent rulings by courts that terrorist suspects cannot be sent home to their own countries.”

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The Times, 9th June 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk