“A man who posted ‘despicable’ comments on his Facebook page about the missing five-year-old April Jones has been jailed for 12 weeks.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sole practitioners have been having a hard time in the wake of the Legal Services Act 2007, which opened the door for alternative business structures (ABSs). These new forms of legal practice have given household names like the Co-op and the AA the opportunity to expand their legal offerings to consumers and have allowed law firms to be managed and owned by non-lawyers.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New justice minister Jeremy Wright today said the government would cancel plans for weekend court hearings if the trial proves to be unsuccessful.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A court has allowed a hospital trust to withhold live-saving treatment from a severely brain-damaged man if his condition deteriorates, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The man who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford is to appeal against the length of his sentence.”
BBC News, 8th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Lancashire detective exposed by the Times as the author of the NightJack police blog has received a £42,500 damages payout from the publisher of the newspaper.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two people have been charged with offences relating to messages posted online that identified the victim in the rape case which led to the conviction of footballer Chedwyn (Ched) Evans.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 8th October 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
“Anna Heenan and Nicola Rowlings, both of Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse September’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, 8th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Mutua & Ors v The Foreign And Commonwealth Office [2012] EWHC 2678 (QB) (05 October 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hellard & Anor v Mitchell [2012] EWHC 2656 (Ch) (21 August 2012)
Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2692 (Ch) (05 October 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The government is studying plans to slash compensation for people injured by criminals, including the children of murder victims, despite mounting opposition from within its own ranks.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There is, it is fair to say, a degree of inconsistency in the approach and practice of LVTs up and down the country. In particular, some LVT members seem to see it as part of their role to act as quasi-audit bodies, looking into all aspects of the landlord’s practice and procedure to see if they can uncover any wrongdoing. It’s very frustrating, both for landlords and tenants and is one of the reasons for the increasingly ‘lawyerly’ approach of landlords (e.g. instructing solicitors and counsel).”
NearlyLegal, 6th October 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Although any claims regarding alleged acts of torture on Kenyan detainees during the 1950s state of emergency are technically time barred the High Court has allowed three of the claims to go ahead.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 5th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Refugee groups fear the Met will effectively behave as arm of Border Agency putting some people off reporting crimes.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The CLAF (contingent legal aid fund) is ‘dead’, writes Elizabeth Davidson. That’s according to Roger Smith, director of JUSTICE. A CLAF – a fund which backs claims and re-invests a proportion of any damages won into future cases – was first proposed by JUSTICE in the late 1960s, and has been backed by the Law Society, Bar Council and various consumer bodies at various times, but never found its way into existence.”
LegalVoice, 4th October 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“A woman jailed for her role in a multimillion pound benefits fraud ring has been allowed to stay in Britain because of her ‘human rights’.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The publisher of the Mail on Sunday has lost part of a high court libel case brought by a former Bank of Scotland director over two articles he said falsely implied he was involved in criminal conspiracies.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three people who murdered a man in Norfolk after torturing him in scenes compared to the Resident Evil horror franchise have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 5th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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