Police to be sued for riot damage – BBC News
“Police can be sued for the estimated £42m damage caused during a riot at a Bedfordshire immigration detention centre, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Justice in the raw: everyday tales of human failure laid bare – The Times
“The entrance hall of the new Supreme Court is adorned with lofty declarations of the integrity of British justice. ‘To no one will we deny or delay right or justice’ reads the legend engraved on one floor-to-ceiling glass panel of the building in Parliament Square, in Central London. But just a mile or two south, where the Inner London Crown Court stands hard by the grind and grime of Elephant and Castle, such fine sentiments seem ill-fitting.”
The Times, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hammer attack review is quashed – BBC News
“A review into a hammer attack on a Wiltshire schoolboy was so flawed that it must be quashed, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Acquitted man barred from suing rape accuser – The Guardian
“A former magistrate who spent two years in jail before being cleared of rape has lost his legal battle to sue his accuser for £300,000 damages.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Meat firm fined over beck spill – BBC News
“A meat processing company in Lincolnshire has been fined £10,000 after ammonia escaped into a stream and killed 100 fish.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Criticism over meningitis death – BBC News
“A hospital has been criticised by a coroner for failing to spot that a 10-year-old boy, who later died from meningitis, was gravely ill.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoner’s High Court battle for the right to vote – The Independent
“A prisoner has launched a High Court battle for the right to vote in parliamentary and EU elections.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Equality bill takes aim at ‘institutional ageism’ in NHS – The Guardian
“Ageism within the NHS and social care is set to be made illegal after a review of the treatment of older people found discrimination was ‘rooted’ in the attitudes of staff and organisations.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Children allegedly hurt by police CS spray during arrest – The Guardian
“A senior police officer tonight said his force was concerned by complaints that children were injured by CS spray during an arrest.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law of confidence can trump libel law, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The High Court has upheld a famous person’s rights under the law of confidence over someone else’s right to reveal his activity with a prostitute under defamation law. The Court has granted an interim injunction which will keep the man’s identity a secret.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Reduced legal aid rates will cause ‘mass exodus’ of law firms – The Times
“Vulnerable children and families will bear the brunt of swingeing new cuts that will cause a ‘mass exodus’ of law firms from legal aid, lawyers warned yesterday.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Violent crimes ‘wrongly classed’ – BBC News
“More than a third of violent incidents classed as ‘no crime’ have been wrongly recorded, according to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Freelancer’s copyright infringed by sales of digital back issues, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“A Daily Mirror service which sold digital copies of back issues infringed the copyright of a freelance photographer whose pictures appeared on their pages, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Lord Woolf raps solicitors for CPR failings – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lord Woolf has blamed lawyers, the judiciary and government for blunting the impact of his 10-year-old reforms to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Legal training: is it taking too long? – The Times
“American commercial law firms are beating their City counterparts in the race for the best international talent because of anachronistic legal profession rules, say leading UK academics.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Outrage at government plan for secret inquests – The Independent
“Plans to introduce secret inquiries into controversial deaths from which the public and bereaved families could be banned are to be pushed through the House of Commons by the Government.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
SFO opens criminal inquiry into ‘Beano’ Levene – The Times
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced it was opening a criminal investigation into Nicholas Levene, the bankrupt City trader.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Detections using DNA database fall despite huge rise in profiles – The Guardian
“Detections using the national DNA database have fallen over the past two years despite the number of profiles increasing by 1m and its running costs doubling to £4.2m a year.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Protester injunction bid rejected – BBC News
“An energy company has been criticised for taking legal action against a protester under the Terrorism Act.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The David v Goliath battle on costs – The Times
“Radical changes to the civil justice system were made just over ten years ago and it is less than a decade since the last big reform to funding, when legal aid was withdrawn for personal injury claims. Now a radical review of costs is being carried out by Lord Justice Jackson.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
