“The police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests will be accused of ‘inadvertently causing or contributing’ to his death at a gross misconduct hearing, it was revealed today.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Business Secretary Vince Cable has restricted the export of a drug used to execute prisoners in the United States.”
BBC News, 29th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Families who claim the epilepsy drug was linked to birth defects have few options left after the LSC withdrew funding.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lets hear it for the child; Restoring the Authority of the Family Court, Blue skies and Sacred cows (PDF)
Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge
Association of Lawyers for Children: 21st Annual Conference, 26th November 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The inventor of a medical device is entitled to a ‘fair share’ of the actual benefit earned from that device by his employer, the Court of Appeal has ruled. An inventor cannot complain if his employer did not exploit the invention well or at all, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
The activities of a television streaming website are covered by copyright law despite the fact that it is not itself a broadcaster, the High Court has ruled.
OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“News monitoring agencies will have to pay publishing companies to use their web content, the High Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A major paedophile ring which abused about 30 young girls in Cornwall has been smashed by police.”
BBC News, 26th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Coalition government is preparing to cut the limit for terrorism suspects to be held before charge to 14 days — against the advice of senior lawyers — it can be disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legal executives could be granted independent rights to provide conveyancing services from next September, if a forthcoming application to the Legal Services Board is successful.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A police force which admitted failings over its recruitment of an officer who raped and assaulted vulnerable women is facing damages claims from his victims.”
BBC News, 28th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The legal profession is addicted to impenetrable language, but the fact is that phrases like ‘added value’ rarely … add any value.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A law being brought in to protect children from sex offenders will be undermined because it is too easy for them to change their name without informing the authorities, a children’s charity has warned.”
BBC News, 28th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Justice ministers are looking at proposals to turn community sentences into intensive programmes that run five days a week and are enforceable by the withdrawal of benefits, in an attempt to create alternatives to prison that are perceived as credible by the public.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most common reaction to last week’s Ministry of Justice green paper on legal aid is shock. That shock is manifested among legal aid practitioners, clients and the groups that speak for clients.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The idea that we are faced with the mutually exclusive objectives of protecting victims of rape and the innocent is false.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“Forty years after the first Disability Act was introduced, a new BBC survey has shown that people with disabilities still face discrimination.”
BBC News, 29th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers plan to slash the number of women sent to prison amid complaints that women behind bars are exposed to increased risks of mental illness, self-harm and even suicide.”
The Independent, 28th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lord Falconer, the former lord chancellor, is to chair a commission that will question whether or not relatives should be able to apply to a judge for permission to assist a loved one to commit suicide.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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