“So far the government has made two concessions on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (‘the Legal Aid Bill’), currently in the committee stage of the House of Lords. It seems more concessions might be on the way before the bill is approved.”
LAG News Blog, 3rd February 2012
“This statement is made by the Crown Prosecution Service in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in the cases of Mr Christopher Huhne and Ms Vasiliki Pryce and to explain the time taken in arriving at these decisions.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd February 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
“A simple mix-up when a husband and wife signed mirror wills 13 years ago means they have no value in law, the Court of Appeal ruled today. The ruling disinherits the couple’s intended heir and has left lawyers calling for a more flexible approach to probate law.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A benefits cheat has been jailed after claiming more than £33,000 in state handouts despite owning a £1.1 million property portfolio.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Mental Health Foundation, in partnership with the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol and the Centre for Applied Social Research at the University of Bradford, have published a report calling for the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Code of Practice to be revised to enable health and social care staff to make more effective best interests decisions.”
Family Law Week, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“New plans to support the rehabilitation of offenders and the reduction of reoffending were outlined today by Justice Minister Lord McNally.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A drug dealer has been jailed for life for murdering a father whose severed arms were found in a lake in Essex.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The supreme court is about to hear another case that cuts to the heart of human dignity in care services.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Further concessions may be made by the government on controversial areas of the legal aid bill, the minister steering the legislation through parliament signalled on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Our guests tonight are resident panelist Carl Gardner, Professor Gary Slapper Director of New York University in London and former ‘left wing’ Tory MP Jerry Hayes, a practising barrister specialising in the more serious criminal cases.”
Charon QC, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“An analysis by the Times (‘Legislation gap makes light work for MPs’, 27 January) has revealed that MPs have spent a mere 24% of their time in the last four months considering government legislation. During the same period in the previous year, the figure was 62%.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk/
“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, is to ‘wipe the slate clean’ for hundreds of thousands of offenders by dramatically shortening the period during which they are obliged to tell potential employers about their criminal past.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A watchdog has announced a review of the way it deals with deaths in police custody following a BBC investigation.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fathers will get improved contact with their children following divorce, amid plans to rewrite the law governing custody disputes.”
The Guardian,3rd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke risked the ire of some of his own party’s backbenchers today by claiming that sending more people to prison for longer sentences in order to cut re-offending ‘does not work’.”
The Independent, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Law centres will close, leaving ‘many thousands’ of the poor and marginalised without access to justice if the government’s legal aid cuts are implemented, peers have warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The government’s attempt to move forward the date for a reduction in subsidies for households with solar panel installations is concerning, both in legal terms and for the future of renewable energy. The Court of Appeal’s judgment on 25 January 2012 reassuringly blocked the government’s endeavours, but with the intention of the government to appeal to the Supreme Court, the legal battle continues.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A teenager from north London has become the first in England or Wales to be jailed for breaching a new gang injunction.”
BBC News, 1st February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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