“Access to justice in the civil courts is worse than it was a decade ago and is set to decline further, according to the new president of the Association of District Judges.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 2nd April 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A buy-to-let property tycoon who conned investors out of millions of pounds to fund lavish lifestyles for himself and the firm’s directors was jailed today.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This week police used ‘kettling’ – penning marchers in an area and refusing to let them out – to deal with the G20 demonstrations. Is this really the most sensible way to tackle protests?”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A vulnerable couple who were subjected to savage abuse by a gang of youths have been stripped of their £100,000 damages payout by senior judges.”
The Times, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Warnings about substandard levels of hygiene and infection control have been issued to twenty-one NHS trusts, including four flagship foundation hospitals. The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the new ‘super-regulator’ for health and social care that started work on Wednesday, said that the trusts had failed to meet standards on cleanliness.”
The Times, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A paedophile who returned to the scene of a previous sex attack to rape a schoolboy has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The way workplace disputes are handled will change from Monday. The Government’s scrapping of the statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures is just one of the law changes that will come into effect on 6th April.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A pop stars’ pressure group has called for copyright in sound recordings to be extended beyond the current 50-year term but has said that artists should be given control of the copyright after 50 years.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a woman who failed to call for medical help while her half-sister was dying of a heroin overdose.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Governments should create a list of all organisations that track internet use and produce an annual report on internet surveillance, the European Parliament has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A total of 229 adults were handed a police caution for subjecting children aged under 13 to sex offences, figures for 2004 to 2007 have shown.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Law Commission welcomes the introduction of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill in the House of Lords today.”
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Law Commission, 1st April 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“Do we really need yet another poorly drafted statute from a government obsessed with passing new laws?”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“There is a danger that the media will abandon expensive investigations and litigation and move on to other, easier stories.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The mother of the gunman who murdered Rhys Jones was jailed for three years yesterday for lying to detectives who were investigating the schoolboy’s murder.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Simon Davies, Linklaters’ managing partner, says that the good times will return to big City firms – but in a different guise.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“People who fail to pay awards made by employment tribunals will be publicly named and shamed from today, as the government clamps down hard on employers who disregard tribunal rulings.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The voyeur in me has been fascinated with Google’s controversial mapping service Street View. Now we are able to peer over people’s front gardens from the comfort of our computers but the lawyer in me wonders whether the many complaints of breach of privacy that have already been made will lead to legal action against it.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One in three paedophiles who prey on children under 13 are let off with a caution, figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who fatally stabbed his partner after an argument about her heavy use of a Playstation was sentenced today to at least 14 years in prison. ”
The Independent, 1st April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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