“After nearly 200 years the stigmatising legal term “common prostitute” which dates back to the 1824 Vagrancy Act is to be removed from the statute book, under a package of criminal justice reforms unveiled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Attorney-General yesterday demanded an inquiry into the use of torture by British soldiers in Iraq in 2003 which led to the death in custody of Baha Musa, an Iraqi civilian arrested during an arms search. Lord Goldsmith, QC, said it was “inexplicable” that banned techniques were being used when soldiers and officers must have realised they breached the Geneva Conventions.”
The Times, 27th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Old Square Chambers is heading to the Court of Appeal in a case that could see a two-tier approach to the enforcement of claims in respect of the Race Relations Act 1976.”
The Lawyer, 25th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The College of Law’s plan to dominate legal education has moved up a gear after it struck a major deal with 30 law firms to provide a pioneering training programme for its junior corporate lawyers.”
The Lawyer, 25th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The government’s medicines watchdog was accused today of “irrationally and unlawfully” withholding drugs which could help thousands of people suffering from early-stage dementia.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The code is the most fundamental change introduced so far by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which has regulated the profession in England and Wales since January this year. The code replaces the Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors (1999) and the Guide Online together with 10 other codes and rules (including the Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990 and the Law Society’s Code for Advocacy) and introduces various changes. Although welcomed by larger firms, its requirements are onerous for smaller firms.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lawyer was jailed yesterday for refusing to pay child support to his former wife, despite her pleas that he should not be given a custodial sentence.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Families of people who are murdered or killed by dangerous driving will be able to have a statement about their loss read out in court, it was announced today.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, is considering an appeal against a sentence given to a man for raping a 10-year-old girl.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A red-headed waitress who was taunted about the colour of her hair was awarded £17,618 compensation by an employment tribunal yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A fresh row over the government’s crime statistics broke out last night after two criminologists said the authoritative British Crime Survey excludes 3 million offences a year.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who claims he was turned into a killer by the trauma that he suffered in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash began an unprecedented claim for £300,000 in compensation yesterday.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“They look down on council-estate dwellers as welfare-fiddling, light-fingered hoodies and chavs but it is the middle classes who are exposed today as Britain’s real habitual criminals.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers must scrap controversial plans aimed at preventing the public obtaining damaging or embarrassing information about the Government and other public bodies, a parliamentary committee says.”
The Independent, 25th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Crown Court judge has died after falling from the window of his flat in an exclusive London square.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of prisoners will be released without any checks on whether they pose a threat to the public.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pressure is growing for a full public inquiry into the Lockerbie disaster, in response to new evidence that suggests a miscarriage of justice took place in the trial of the Libyan convicted of the bombing.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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