Keir Starmer: Profile – Daily Telegraph
“Keir Starmer QC, a former Human Rights Lawyer of the Year, was a surprise appointment for Director of Public Prosecutions in July 2008.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Human Rights Act defended by DPP – BBC News
“The Human Rights Act is not a ‘criminals’ charter’, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family legal aid reforms put vulnerable families and children first – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice and the Legal Services Commission have today published new fee structures for family legal aid.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Murderer’s appeal ‘unarguable from the start’ – The Independent
“A teenager who violently beat a hairdresser to death with a heavy duty barbell lost an appeal against his murder conviction today.”
The Independent, 21st October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Outrage as ‘secret inquests’ plan revived – The Times
“Civil liberties campaigners today accused the Government of quietly reviving plans to hold investigations into controversial deaths in secret.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice’s statement on “Super-Injunctions” – Judiciary of England and Wales
“In response to a question from a reporter at his media briefing this morning the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, outlined his view on ‘super-injunctions’.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th October 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill second reading – Ministry of Justice
“Government proposals to end the hereditary principle in the House of Lords will be debated today as the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill has its second reading.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Freedom of Information – BBC News
“The Freedom of Information Act 2000 finally came into force on 1st January 2005.
Soon to celebrate its fifth birthday the Act is regarded by many as a crucial tool in bringing transparency and accountability to government.”
BBC News, 20th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The jury’s still out on whether internet use affects the brain – The Times
“Advances in technology have revealed that our brains are far more altered by experience or training than was thought possible. The memory-storing hippocampus region of the brain in London taxi drivers is bigger, and the auditory areas of musicians more developed, than average. Even learning to juggle can result in a certain amount of rewiring of the brain.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Judge calls for jury system that caters for computer generation – The Times
“The jury system is threatened by the internet generation, who no longer get their information from listening to people speaking, the Lord Chief Justice warned yesterday.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyer guilty of conning bank out of millions – The Independent
“A powerful City lawyer was facing jail yesterday after being found guilty of conning one the world’s richest banks out of millions of pounds.”
The Independent, 21st October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Free speech in parliament is precious, says lord chief justice – The Guardian
“Britain’s most senior judge has warned his fellow judges that he cannot envisage any circumstances in which it would be “constitutionally possible or proper” for a court to make an order that gagged debate in parliament. His warning follows the Guardian’s free speech victory last week when lawyers for the oil trading company Trafigura gave up their attempt to gag parliament over its dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Intern ‘had no access to inside information’ – The Times
“An intern at Hoare Govett accused of leaking secret information about takeovers was given menial tasks, a court heard.”
The Times, 20th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Government measures against illegal file-sharing to be watered down – The Guardian
“Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw revealed today that controversial measures to tackle illegal file-sharing will be watered down following fierce opposition.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Service related pay schemes at work could be unlawful – Daily Telegraph
“Companies that pay staff more for long service could be forced to scrap schemes after a landmark ruling that they might discriminate against women.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Top judge ‘to restore confidence’ – BBC News
“The Lord Chief Justice has said public confidence in the justice system will be ‘undermined’ if prosecutions are abandoned because they cost too much.”
BBC News, 20th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tribunal quashes point of sale PPI ban – OUT-LAW.com
“The Competition Commission must reconsider its ban on the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI) at the same time as a loan or credit, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled. But the decision is not necessarily the end of the point of sale prohibition.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
How our senior libel judge stamps on free speech – all over the world – The Guardian
“Mr Justice Eady’s rulings amplify the democratic world’s most illiberal laws – enabled by 12 years of utterly feeble leadership.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
