“A select committee-style inquiry on Christianity is to be held in order to clarify how the law affects believers, amid increasing claims of religious discrimination and persecution.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mereworth v Ministry of Justice [2011] EWHC 1589 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 217
“The court did not have jurisdiction to decide whether a hereditary peer was entitled to a writ of summons thereby entitling him to sit and vote in the House of Lords. That question fell within the exclusive cognisance of Parliament and was a matter for the Committee for Privileges.”
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Giving politicians a role in selecting judges would deliver a more diverse and representative judiciary, the House of Lords has been told.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has jailed for nine months after being found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lawyers and MPs have expressed outrage at the government’s attempt to fast track the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill through Parliament.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“MPs have agreed to a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses amid claims from the Conservative MP who led the campaign that Downing Street tried to bribe him with the prospect of a government job to get him to change his position.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former cabinet secretary and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats have criticised government contingency plans to detain terror suspects for up to 28 days without charge as unsatisfactory and unreliable.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK government has unveiled plans to give the Scottish Parliament more financial powers. Holyrood will be able to borrow more money, issue bonds to access cash from capital markets and protect itself from sudden changes in spending levels. The powers will be brought forward in an enhanced Scotland Bill, which is already going through Westminster.”
BBC News, 13th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, have asked parliament to examine whether the law and the courts have established an appropriate balance between the rights to privacy and freedom of expression in the wake of the celebrity injunction crisis.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, have asked parliament to examine whether the law and the courts have established an appropriate balance between the rights to privacy and freedom of expression in the wake of the celebrity injunction crisis.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Should parliament scrutinise judicial appointments? That’s one of the questions to be examined by the House of Lords constitution committee as part of an inquiry it launched a couple of weeks ago. Anyone can submit evidence within the next month, so here goes.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has been found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The jury in the case of a Conservative peer accused of expenses fraud is due to retire to consider its verdict on Thursday.”
BBC News, 25th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Elliot Morley became the first former minister to be jailed for cheating his expenses when he was sentenced to 16 months today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nick Clegg has unveiled sweeping plans for elected members to take seats in a reformed House of Lords in the next parliament. The deputy prime minister announced proposals for a cut-down second chamber, with 80% of its 300 members elected by proportional representation.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parliament will be forced to vote on extending the pre-charge detention of terrorism suspects to 28 days without knowing the details of the cases involved, the Home Secretary has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government’s legislative agenda appears to have slipped in the last six months as it publishes business plans showing 87 revised deadlines and targets missed.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serving MP may have taken out a super-injunction preventing details of their activities being exposed, it was disclosed today (5 May).”
The Independent, 5th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The text of the superinjunction obtained by the banker Sir Fred Goodwin has been handed to the Treasury select committee so that MPs can examine whether it raises public interest issues.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lib Dem told discussion about specific injunction could only take place in private due to sub judice rules.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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