legal representation – Page 22

Regina (Humberstone) v Legal Services Commission (Lord Chancellor intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted January 4th, 2011 in inquests, law reports, legal representation by sally

Regina (Humberstone) v Legal Services Commission (Lord Chancellor intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 1479; [2010] WLR (D) 346

“The state’s obligation to conduct an effective investigation into a death (with the associated possible necessity to provide representation) did not arise in all cases where a death occurred while the deceased was in the care of the state but only in a much narrower range of cases where it was arguable that the state had breached its substantive obligations under art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 22nd December 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Legal aid backlog leaves some defendants unrepresented – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted December 16th, 2010 in legal aid, legal representation, news by sally

“Delays in processing legal aid applications are leaving some defendants in London’s Crown and magistrates’ courts unrepresented, criminal solicitors have warned.”

Full story

Law Society’s Gazette, 16th December 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Regina (Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner West London – WLR Daily

Posted December 2nd, 2010 in evidence, inquests, law reports, legal representation, public interest by sally

Regina (Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner West London
[2010] EWHC 3098 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 305

“A coroner did not have power to receive sensitive evidence relating to the security service in a closed hearing in the absence of properly interested persons and their legal representatives.”

WLR Daily, 1st December 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Cadder v HM Advocate (HM Advocate General for Scotland and JUSTICE intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted October 27th, 2010 in human rights, law reports, legal representation, police interviews, Scotland, self-incrimination by sally

Cadder v HM Advocate (HM Advocate General for Scotland and JUSTICE intervening) [2010] UKSC 43 SC; [2010] WLR(D) 268

“An accused’s rights would, in principle, be irretrievably prejudiced if incriminating statements made during police interrogation without access to a lawyer were admitted in evidence at trial. Accordingly, s 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 should be read and given effect so as to preclude the admission of such evidence, unless in the particular circumstances of the case there had been compelling reasons for restricting access to a lawyer.”

WLR Daily, 26th October 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Baby P mother denied inquest representation funding – BBC News

Posted September 22nd, 2010 in inquests, legal aid, legal representation, news by sally

“Baby Peter’s mother and her boyfriend have been denied public funding to be represented at any resumed inquest into the child’s death.”

Full story

BBC News, 21st September 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Quality of legal aid is as important as access to a lawyer – The Guardian

Posted September 20th, 2010 in legal aid, legal representation, news by sally

“Justice for vulnerable clients can be frustrated when lawyers are not up to the job.”

Full story

The Guardian, 17th September 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal aid is in tatters and only long-term thinking can mend it – The Guardian

Posted August 19th, 2010 in asylum, legal aid, legal representation, news by sally

“The legal aid budget for asylum seekers is bloated because poor and rushed decisions are made early on – only radical reform, not cuts, can trim the bill.”

Full story

The Guardian, 19th August 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal aid cuts put access to justice at risk, say lawyers – The Guardian

Posted August 17th, 2010 in law firms, legal aid, legal representation, legal services, news, tenders by sally

“Thousands of the most vulnerable people risk being denied emergency access to free advice from lawyers following major changes to the way legal aid is delivered, family law experts warn today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 17th august 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal aid clients left in limbo after payment changes – BBC News

Posted August 5th, 2010 in asylum, immigration, legal aid, legal representation, legal services, news by sally

“Hundreds of lawyers no longer advise vulnerable clients as changes in legal aid payments have forced many to abandon the work, the BBC has learned.”

Full story

BBC News, 5th August 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Solicitor General: speech to the ALBA summer conference – Attorney General’s Office

Posted July 23rd, 2010 in attorney general, government departments, human rights, legal representation, legislative drafting, speeches by sally

“New Solicitor General Edward Garnier QC MP addresses the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association about the role of the Law Officers.”

Full speech

Attorney General’s Office, 17th July 2010

Soruce: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

Refugee and Migrant Justice clients lose High Court bid – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 8th, 2010 in charities, immigration, judicial review, legal aid, legal representation, legal services, news by sally

“The High Court has rejected a bid to allow collapsed immigration advice charity Refugee and Migrant Justice to carry on representing its clients until their cases are transferred to other firms.”

Full story

Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Funding crisis over legal aid threatens UK asylum chaos, ministers are warned – The Guardian

Posted June 1st, 2010 in asylum, children, legal aid, legal representation, news by sally

“The government has been warned of impending chaos in the asylum system if a body representing the rights of people fleeing persecution and violence is forced to close due to changes in the way legal aid is paid.”

Full story

The Guardian, 30th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Garry Mann loses extradition court fight – BBC News

Posted January 19th, 2010 in extradition, legal representation, news, trials by sally

“An England fan has lost his latest fight to avoid being extradited to Portugal to serve a jail term for his involvement in a riot during Euro 2004.”

Full story

BBC News, 19th January 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police accused of preventing suspects accessing lawyers – The Independent

Posted November 27th, 2009 in legal representation, news, police by sally

“Defendants are being denied a fair trial because police pressure deters them from being represented by a lawyer after their arrest, a survey reveals today.”

Full story

The Independent, 27th November 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Times Law Reports

Posted August 6th, 2009 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, law reports, legal representation by sally

Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Court of Appeal

“A hospital doctor who was subject to disciplinary proceedings brought by his employer was entitled under the contract of employment to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer instructed or employed by his medical defence organisation.”

The Times, 6th August 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

High Court revokes control order – BBC News

Posted July 31st, 2009 in control orders, disclosure, legal representation, news, terrorism by sally

“The government’s anti-terror strategy has suffered a blow after the High Court revoked the control order of a suspect accused of links to al-Qaeda.”

Full story

BBC News, 31st July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2009 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, law reports, legal representation by sally

Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and another [2009] EWCA Civ 789; [2009] WLR (D) 257

“A medical practitioner, pursuant to his contract of employment, was entitled to be represented by a lawyer instructed or employed by the Medical Protection Society, or other defence organisation, in disciplinary proceedings brought by his employer.”

WLR Daily, 24th July 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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In re M (Restraint order: Reasonable living expenses) – Times Law Reports

Posted June 16th, 2009 in expenses, law reports, legal representation, restraint orders by sally

In re M (Restraint order: Reasonable living expenses)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“Where reasonable living expenses were made available as an exception to a restraining order, those expenses could not be used to pay contributions to the Legal Services Commission for publicly funded representation in related proceedings.”

The Times, 16th June 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 3); Same v AN; Same v AE – WLR Daily

Posted June 15th, 2009 in closed material, control orders, human rights, law reports, legal representation, terrorism by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 3); Same v AN; Same v AE [2009] UKHL 28; [2009] WLR (D) 180

“Where, in the interests of national security, the Secretary of State relied on closed material in a hearing under s 3(10) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 to justify his decision to make a control order, art 6(1) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, would not be satisfied unless the controlee were given sufficient information on the case against him to enable him to give effective instructions to the special advocate appointed to represent him.”

WLR Daily, 11th June 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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