Gurkhas resume settlement battle – BBC News
“The government may be ‘humiliated’ into complying with a timetable to change its immigration policy on Gurkha veterans, a solicitor has said.”
BBC News, 26th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Kirk Reid: Children’s football coach guilty of stalking and sexually assaulting 25 women – Daily Telegraph
“Kirk Reid, a children’s football coach, has been convicted of stalking and sexually assaulting 25 women in London over 12 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regulation of City law firms ‘not fit for purpose’ – The Times
“The regulation of big corporate law firms is not ‘fit for purpose’ and urgently needs reform, a report for the Law Society has concluded.”
The Times, 26th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
UK torture intelligence ‘dilemma’ – BBC News
“Intelligence which could have been derived through torture presents the UK with a ‘very real dilemma’, the UK Foreign Office has said.”
BBC News, 26th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
John Darwin: ‘Back-from-the-dead canoeist’ appeals his sentence – Daily Telegraph
“John Darwin, the ‘back-from-the-dead canoeist’ who was jailed for carrying out a ‘sophisticated’ £250,000 fraud, is challenging his six-year prison sentence in the Court of Appeal on Thursday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Acas view: our new code will have a positive impact – The Times
“New legislation is often welcomed with a whiff of trepidation, especially by businesses. Change – in particular legal change – usually prompts feelings of uncertainty and suspicion.”
The Times, 26th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Dreamspace artist to be sentenced – BBC News
“The creator of an inflatable artwork which blew away in a County Durham park killing two women will be sentenced later for health and safety breaches.”
BBC News, 26th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Seventy is far too early for a supreme court judge to retire . . . – The Times
“The Lord Chancellor will soon be announcing who will fill the vacancies on the new supreme court, which begins work in October when the law lords move across Parliament Square to Middlesex Guildhall. There is a very strong case for increasing the retirement age for supreme court justices from 70 to 75. In 1916 the Earl of Halsbury heard a case on the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords at 92. The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 now provides that judges must retire at 70. There is an exception for those first appointed to a judicial office before March 31, 1995. They can continue working until 75.”
The Times, 26th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New law sought to assist families of missing people – The Guardian
“… a private member’s bill being debated by MPs tomorrow would allow relatives to apply to the high court for a declaration that someone is missing and presumed dead before seven years has expired, making it easier to deal with issues like the dissolution of a marriage and the disposal of property and insurance claims.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Extent of council spying revealed – BBC News
“Councils in England and Wales have used controversial spying laws 10,000 times in the past five years, figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show.”
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BBC News, 26th March 2009
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Jackson review triggers debate over costs in top-end litigation – Legal Week
“Concerns have been raised about whether Lord Justice Rupert Jackson’s review into the high cost of civil litigation should apply to large-scale commercial disputes.”
Legal Week, 26th March 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
Family courts: the poor and most vulnerable are paying dearly – The Times
“Happily most people will never meet a family law barrister professionally. Those who do, however, will almost certainly be at a time of great crisis in their life. From an acrimonious breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership to the State intervening to remove children who medical or social work professionals believe (rightly or wrongly) to have been abused, any family from any background may find themselves litigating before the family courts. I remember one week when I represented both a prostitute and a peer of the realm (not, on this occasion, in the same case).”
The Times, 25th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
LSB reviews independence of law watchdogs – Legal Week
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a review of regulatory independence in the profession as the oversight body moves to flesh out the framework governing the business of law.”
Legal Week, 25th March 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
Businesses are not always free to change lawyers, rules tribunal – OUT-LAW.com
“Companies may begin to use complex commercial services contracts when engaging law firms after a case underlined the rights of workers whose jobs are transferred to another firm.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Judges group attack sentence plan – BBC News
“The body which represents 652 judges in England and Wales has attacked government proposals to introduce compulsory guidelines on sentences.”
BBC News, 25th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Peers call for independent inquiry into allegations of UK role in torture – The Guardian
“Thirteen peers today added their voices to the calls for an independent inquiry into allegations about Britain’s role in torture and extraordinary rendition.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jack Straw unveils tougher corruption laws – The Times
“Offering bribes to foreign public officials will be made illegal under long-awaited reforms to the UK’s bribery laws published today.”
The Times, 25th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ministers win vote on gay hatred – BBC News
“An attempt to insert a defence of ‘free speech’ into a bill designed to criminalise incitement to hatred over sexual orientation has failed.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hazel Blears’ standoff with Muslim Council overshadows new anti-terror launch
“A standoff between the communities secretary, Hazel Blears, and the Muslim Council of Britain was said last night to ‘cut to the heart’ of the government’s revised counter-terror strategy to challenge those who defend terrorism and violent extremism.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
