“According to Cameron, there is a need to restrict the right to judicial review to ensure the country’s economic competitiveness. As he put it, judicial review should, therefore, cost more, have shorter deadlines, and fewer rights of appeal. This is so that ‘people think twice about time wasting’.”
NearlyLegal, 20th November 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Alison Levitt, QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions, oversees CPS decision making and all potential prosecutions in relation to the ongoing phone hacking investigations and other related matters.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th November 2012
Source: www.blog.cps.gov.uk
“What’s in a name? Well, if it’s the name of a tasty local food, then legal wrangles, multimillion-pound sales and the threat of small local traders going to the wall.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Secretly filmed footage of a circus elephant being kicked and hit with a pitchfork has been shown at the trial of a husband and wife who are accused of causing the animal unnecessary suffering.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is to reform the judicial review process in an attempt to reduce the number of ‘weak or ill-conceived cases’ the Government says are clogging up courts, with the news greeted with a sceptical response from the legal profession.”
Legal Week, 19th November 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The deputy chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) cautioned one of their senior investigators against treating police as possible suspects in investigating a man’s death during an arrest.”
BBC News, 19th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“We ought always to strive to streamline our judicial system, but our right of access to justice should not be lightly interfered with.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Polls suggest the public are incredulous at the idea. And, famously, we all know that it makes David Cameron physically sick.”
BBC News, 19th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As Harvey points out in Division K, there have been inconsistent decisions over the last year on whether equal pay claims can be brought in an ordinary court, the obvious point being that in a tribunal a claimant must claim within six months of leaving the employment whereas in a court action the limitation period would be six years.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th November 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A teenager who was paralysed in a car crash which killed her mother is to receive record compensation worth £23 million.”
The Independent, 19th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prosecutors will announce on Tuesday if they believe they have enough evidence to bring criminal charges following a police investigation into alleged illegal payments by journalists to public officials.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Every prisoner released in England and Wales should have their own mentor to help them get their lives back on track, the justice secretary is to say.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy denied the chance to give evidence to a legal hearing about whether he should stay with his mother or be taken into care has launched a Court of Appeal test case.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government wants to restrict judicial review cases. But how common are they anyway?”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“Lawyers could be disciplined for not disclosing ‘all material facts’ in legal bids to halt removal of asylum seekers, a senior judge has said.”
BBC News, 19th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Users of the social networking site Twitter who wrongly linked Tory peer, Lord McAlpine, with the North Wales care home child abuse scandal, are bracing themselves for a barrage of lawsuits.”
The Independent, 19th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former canon of Carlisle Cathedral, convicted of a series of child sex offences dating back almost 30 years, has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 19th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ken Clarke has defended his proposals to allow judges to hear evidence relating to national security in secret, saying the current law ‘does not work well’ in civil claims.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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