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Current Awareness aims to provide up-to-date information regarding new case law, changes in legislation, and legal news of interest to lawyers in the United Kingdom.

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Quality of legal aid is as important as access to a lawyer ? The Guardian

Posted on September 20, 2010
“Justice for vulnerable clients can be frustrated when lawyers are not up to the job.” Full story The Guardian, 17th September 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Former soldiers could make community service tougher for offenders ? The Guardian

Posted on September 20, 2010
“A ‘dads’ army’ of former soldiers would run community service programmes for offenders under a radical cost-cutting privatisation plan that has shocked unions.” Full story The Guardian, 19th September 2010 Source: www.guardian...

Two men convicted over illegal sperm donor firm ? The Independent

Posted on September 20, 2010
“Two men are facing jail after they were convicted yesterday of running an illegal fertility company that gave women access to sperm donors. Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the operation from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage...

Inquest opens into death of barrister killed in armed siege ? The Guardian

Posted on September 20, 2010
“An inquest will open today into the death of a wealthy barrister shot dead by police during an armed siege in London.” Full story The Guardian, 20th September 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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CPS pays compensation over sex assault case ? The Independent

Posted on September 20, 2010
“The Crown Prosecution Service has agreed to pay �16,000 compensation to a woman over the handling of a serious sexual assault allegation, it was reported today.” Full story The Independent, 20th September 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Driver jailed after Oxfordshire man dies in crash ? BBC News

Posted on September 17, 2010
“A man who caused a crash that killed an Oxfordshire man, then drove from the scene and later lied to police, has begun a five-year jail term.” Full story BBC News, 17th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Essex Police ?dismissed sex attack victim? ? BBC News

Posted on September 17, 2010
“Essex Police failed to investigate sexual assaults because the victim was not believed due to her history of mental illness, a watchdog has said.” Full story BBC News, 17th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Flesh-eating Hastings killer jailed for 21 years ? BBC news

Posted on September 17, 2010
“A Broadmoor patient who confessed to killing two women in East Sussex in 1998 and eating flesh from one of them has been jailed for at least 21 years.” Full story BBC News, 17th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man jailed for raping sleeping woman ? The Independent

Posted on September 17, 2010
“A man was jailed today for raping a legal worker after they had been drinking and she fell asleep.” Full story The Independent, 17th September 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Man jailed for 20 years for blaze murders ? The Independent

Posted on September 17, 2010
“A violent thug who murdered a woman and her teenage daughter after starting a devastating fire at their seaside home was jailed for life today.” Full story The Independent, 17th September 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Man who filmed colleagues on toilet in Yeovil sentenced ? BBC News

Posted on September 17, 2010
“A trainee quantity surveyor who used a hidden camera phone to film female colleagues using the toilet where he worked has been spared a jail sentence.” Full story BBC News, 16th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 17, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Dyer, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2096 (20 August 2010) Source: www.bailii.org

Kenneth Clarke announces plans for unified judiciary ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on September 17, 2010
“The Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke has outlined plans to create a unified judiciary in England and Wales under the overall leadership of the Lord Chief Justice. Work is already well under way to create a new single unified organisation bringing together Her Majesty’s Court Service and the Tribunals Service, after the plan was announced in [...

Former Essex cricketer charged with fraud ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on September 17, 2010
“The Crown Prosecution Service Central Fraud Group has authorised a charge of conspiracy to defraud against former Essex County cricketer Mervyn Westfield.” Full press release Crown Prosecution Service, 16th September 2010 Source: www.cps...

Government outlines plans to comply with new EU telecoms rules ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on September 17, 2010
“The Government has outlined the changes that will need to be made to laws and regulations so that the UK complies with the new EU telecoms rules passed last year.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2010 Source: www.out-law.com

Baroness Brenda Hale: ?I often ask myself ?why am I here?? ? The Guardian

Posted on September 17, 2010
“Supreme court judge, Baroness Brenda Hale, on the highlight of the court’s first year, selling bottled water and becoming known as ‘Ms Diversity.’ “ Full story The Guardian, 16th September 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Man, 76, avoids jail over Castlemorton Asbo breaches ? BBC News

Posted on September 17, 2010
“An elderly man who tormented his neighbours by singing loudly outside their homes and insulting them has been given a 16-week suspended jail term.” Full story BBC News, 16th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cleator Moor drug dealer with dozens of clients jailed ? BBC News

Posted on September 17, 2010
“A cocaine dealer owed thousands of pounds by clients has been sent to prison for four years.” Full story BBC News, 16th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prince Charles?s letters to ministers stay secret as appeal is adjourned ? The Guardian

Posted on September 17, 2010
“Freedom of information hearing delayed until next year for reasons panel cannot ‘go into.’ “ Full story The Guardian, 16th September 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Clare Balding complaint over AA Gill column upheld ? The Guardian

Posted on September 17, 2010
“Press watchdog censures writer over Sunday Times column in which he described TV presenter as a ‘dyke on a bike.’ “ Full story The Guardian, 17th September 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Phone hacking: Lord Prescott seeks judicial review of Met police ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 17, 2010
“Lord Prescott is to launch a claim for a judicial review of the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the News of the World phone-hacking case, he said today.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Ex-altar boy cleared of murdering vicar, 81 ? The Independent

Posted on September 17, 2010
“A former altar boy was found not guilty at his re-trial today of murdering an elderly vicar he accused of sexually abusing him.” Full story The Independent, 17th September 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Publishers protest at reporting restrictions in family court cases ? The Guardian

Posted on September 16, 2010
“The Newspaper Society has complained that the Children, Schools and Families Act has made legal cases covered by the Act less transparent because they are virtually unreportable.” Full story The Guardian, 16th September 2010 Source: www.guardian...

Armed forces to lose one in four lawyers ? The Guardian

Posted on September 16, 2010
“The armed forces are set to lose one quarter of their lawyers, the Guardian has learned, in a series of cuts that will directly impact frontline troops. Sources inside the armed forces say the defence spending and security review will result in a reduction of at least 25% in the number of lawyers in the [...

Two cousins jailed for killing Cardiff neighbour ? BBC News

Posted on September 16, 2010
“A judge has called two cousins ‘wicked’ as he jailed them for killing their neighbour.” Full story BBC News, 15th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The changing relationship between solicitors and barristers ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on September 16, 2010
“In the debate about how the legal regulators should amend practising rules to allow solicitors and barristers to operate in the new structures modelled in the Legal Services Act 2007, some predicted that the reforms could alter forever the identity of lawyers and lead to fusion ? ending the distinction between law firms and chambers...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 16, 2010
High Court (Administrative Court) Craig, R (on the application of) v HM Prison Albany [2010] EWHC 2303 (Admin) (15 September 2010) Source: www.bailii.org

Flintshire couple given 10-year ban from keeping pets ? BBC News

Posted on September 16, 2010
“A Flintshire couple have been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to a pet dog with a cancerous tumour.” Full story BBC News, 15th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Weston claw hammer murderer jailed for life ? BBC News

Posted on September 16, 2010
“A man has been jailed for life after he beat a fellow tenant to death with a claw hammer.” Full story BBC News, 15th September 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MoJ to review media reporting in family courts ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on September 16, 2010
“The Ministry of Justice has told the Gazette that it will not commence legislation that would extend the media?s right to report family cases without ?looking closely? at the changes, amid pressure from family lawyers.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 16th September 2010 Source: www...

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