Peers end deadlock over fixed term parliaments – BBC News
“Ministers have narrowly won their parliamentary battle over plans to hold general elections every five years.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: bills
Lord Justice Jackson: legal aid should remain for clinical negligence – UK Human Rights Blog
“Lord Justice Jackson spoke in strong terms last week to the Cambridge Law Faculty on the controversial topic of legal aid and legal costs reforms.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th September 2011
Source: www.http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
Policy Paper – Employment vetting: are we nearly there yet? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Policy paper was written by Timothy Pitt-Payne QC for the legal think tank, Halsbury’s Law Exchange.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Compensation claimants say changes to court costs law will add insult to injury – The Guardian
“Victims and their families voice alarm over the ‘ill-considered’ legal aid bill now before parliament.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Labour’s legal aid bill amendments fail – Law Society’s Gazette
“Opposition amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill have been rejected by a committee of MPs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Lord Justice Jackson calls for Govt rethink on legal aid cuts – Legal Week
“Lord Justice Jackson – the author of the current shake-up of civil litigation costs – has criticised controversial Government cuts to legal aid, warning the reforms are ‘contrary to [my] recommendations’.”
Legal Week, 7th September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
Employment vetting: have we got it right yet? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“In a forthcoming policy paper for Halsbury’s Law Exchange I discuss the employment vetting system, in the light of the changes made by the Protection of Freedoms Bill. Although in some respect the Bill is welcome, I argue that it does not go far enough in reforming this difficult area.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Attorney general at odds with Ken Clarke over magistrates’ powers – The Guardian
“The attorney general has put himself at odds with the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, by suggesting that increasing the sentencing powers of magistrates would make courts more efficient.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Localism Bill continues progress in the House of Lords – OUT-LAW.com
“Laws which could create substantial new powers for local authorities could come one step closer to passing when the House of Lords considers all proposed amendments today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Legal Aid Bill amendments – LAG News Blog
“The committee scrutinising the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill resumes its work today (Tuesday 6 September). A number of amendments have been put forward for consideration by members of the committee which includes the justice minister Jonathan Djanogly MP and his Labour opposition counterpart, Andrew Slaughter MP.”
LAG News Blog, 6th September 2011
Legal Aid and the Costs Review Reforms – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Legal Aid and the Costs Review Reforms
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Judiciary of England and Wales, 5th September 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Police and MI5 ‘ready for new terror powers’ – BBC News
“The government has insisted that MI5 and the police will be ready to monitor terror suspects under a revamped system as soon as new laws are passed.”
BBC News, 5th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Society welcomes amendment to Localism Bill – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government has amended the Localism Bill, following Law Society warnings that a certain provision could have caused uncertainty in the property market.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Cracking down on youth offenders will mean they commit more crimes to pay the fines, claim probation officers – The Observer
“Prison numbers and crime rates will rise as a result of government attempts to curb youth crime, according to Napo, the union representing Britain’s probation workers.Napo claims late amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and the Punishment of Offenders bill, introduced in response to coalition concerns that it was seen to be going ‘soft on crime’, will backfire. The bill proposes a 10-fold increase in the fine for an individual who breaches a youth rehabilitation order, from the current £250 to £2,500.”
The Observer, 7th August 2011
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
The localism bill hasn’t been subject to proper debate – The Guardian
“It is certainly not a truism that legislation which is given the closest possible scrutiny is thereafter free from doubt – consider, for example, the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provsions) Act 1989, which we always used to call the mysterious provisions Act because nobody was quite sure what its ambit was (as has subsequently proved to be the case).”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MoJ concession on immigration domestic violence cases – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lawyers have welcomed the justice minister’s concession to put some immigration domestic violence cases back within the scope of legal aid.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Boris Johnson criticises legal aid proposals on domestic violence – Law Society’s Gazette
“The mayor of London has warned that the majority of women who have suffered domestic violence will find it ‘impossible’ to get legal aid to help divorce their abusive partners, because of the ‘restrictive’ evidence required to prove it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The Localism Bill divides opinion – Law Society’s Gazette
“At a time when many lawyers are grappling with the implications of the new Bribery Act, the Localism Bill’s passage through parliament has received relatively little attention. This despite the array of legislative changes that are contained within its three slim volumes.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Welsh Labour plan legislation on schools and piercings – BBC News
“Two bills on the education system will be published by the Welsh Government, First Minister Carwyn Jones has said. He outlined Labour’s five-year legislative programme to Welsh assembly members on Tuesday.”
BBC News, 12th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plans to allow prisoners to work 40-hour week are ‘impractical’ – The Guardian
“Prison officers warn of insufficient staff numbers to oversee justice secretary’s proposals for improving inmate rehabilitation.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
