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BSB chair: ?merge solicitors? and barristers? training courses? ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on June 17, 2010
“The chair of the bar?s regulator has called for a radical overhaul of legal professional education by merging the solicitors? and barristers? courses, to give young people longer to decide which branch of the profession they want to join.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2010 Source: www...

Regina (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 17, 2010
Regina (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor [2010] EWHC 1406; [2010] WLR (D) 151 “When exercising the discretionary power to make provision for scales or rates of payments of any costs payable out of central funds to successful defendants in criminal trials pursuant to ss 16(6) and 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, as [...

MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 17, 2010
MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 25; [2010] WLR (D) 150 “The specifying of a particular country or territory of destination in a notice of a decision to remove an illegal immigrant from the United Kingdom was not an integral part of an immigration decision within the meaning [...

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 17, 2010
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP [2010] UKSC 24; [2010] WLR (D) 149 “Conditions in a control order which were proportionate restrictions upon the right to private and family life could nevertheless be decisive in determining that the overall effect of the order amounted to a deprivation of liberty...

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Fresh legal aid cuts not ruled out by MoJ ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on June 17, 2010
“The new legal aid minister refused to rule out more legal aid cuts in his first press interview last week.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2010 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Baby P: Government lawyer apologises for handling of Sharon Shoesmith court case ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 17, 2010
“The head of the Government?s legal team has apologised for failings in the preparation of a high-profile court case involving Sharon Shoesmith, the council chief blamed for the Baby P scandal.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010 Source: www...

Homosexual men with convictions for consensual gay sex to have record of crime wiped ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 17, 2010
“Men with convictions for homosexual sex with someone over the age of 16 will have any record of the crime expunged, Theresa May has said.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Terror suspect challenges control orders in BBC film ? The Guardian

Posted on June 17, 2010
“The BBC, a terror suspect and two independent film-makers challenged the control order system last night in a broadcast that broke the suspect’s bail conditions.” Full story The Guardian, 17th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Increased legal rights for grandparents under new family reforms ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 17, 2010
“Grandparents are to have increased legal rights to see children when couples split under proposals to be announced by Nick Clegg on Thursday.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Bloody Sunday inquiry: too much, too late ? The Guardian

Posted on June 17, 2010
“Lord Saville could have completed his inquiry into Bloody Sunday more quickly and cheaply if he had stuck to his remit.” Full story The Guardian, 17th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bloody Sunday: Prosecutors say soldiers may face perjury charges ? The Guardian

Posted on June 17, 2010
“State prosecutors in Northern Ireland and England confirmed tonight that they were considering prosecuting British soldiers for perjury in the light of the Saville inquiry’s conclusion that they lied about their role on Bloody Sunday.” Full story The Guardian, 16th June 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 16, 2010
Supreme Court Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP [2010] UKSC 24 (16 June 2010) MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 25 (16 June 2010) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) New Look Retailers Ltd v London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority [2010] EWCA Crim 1268 (16 [...

Terror suspect wins control order appeal ? BBC News

Posted on June 16, 2010
“A terror suspect subject to a control order has won his appeal on the grounds that it breached his human rights.” Full story BBC News, 16th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Report calls for tougher drink driving laws ? The Guardian

Posted on June 16, 2010
“A government-commissioned report has called for Britain’s drink driving laws to be toughened to a level that would mean some people would be over the legal limit after one drink.” Full story The Guardian, 16th June 2010 Source: www...

Firm in Buncefield court case guilty of safety breaches ? BBC News

Posted on June 16, 2010
“A company has been convicted of health and safety breaches in relation to the Buncefield oil depot explosion in Hertfordshire in December 2005.” Full story BBC News, 16th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Why children must be called to the bar ? The Guardian

Posted on June 16, 2010
“The resistance to plans for a nursery at Middle Temple helps to explain why there are still so few female barristers.” Full story The Guardian, 15th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bank Mellat v HM Treasury ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 16, 2010
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2010] EWHC 1332 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 148 “The powers conferred on HM Treasury by Sch 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to give directions by order to persons operating in the United Kingdom financial sector could be lawfully exercised without allowing persons likely to be adversely affected by the [...

�8m: Britain?s compensation bill for dead and injured Iraqis ? The Independent

Posted on June 16, 2010
“The Government has paid off more than 1,000 innocent Iraqis hit by botched British military operations that resulted in deaths, injuries and major damage to property.” Full story The Independent, 16th June 2010 Source: www.independent.co...

People trafficking protection measures slammed ? The Independent

Posted on June 16, 2010
“Measures to protect victims of people smuggling are “not fit for purpose” and may be illegal, a report claimed today.” Full story The Independent, 16th June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

The cost of sentencing ? BBC Law in Action

Posted on June 16, 2010
“As the Lord Chancellor considers ways of cutting the number of people in prison, Joshua Rozenberg asks if the judges should save money by changing the way they sentence offenders.” Podcast BBC Law in Action, 15th June 2010 Source: www.bbc...

Shannon Matthews serious case review clears social workers ? The Guardian

Posted on June 16, 2010
“Social workers could not have foreseen the abduction of Shannon Matthews by her mother, a serious case review has concluded.” Full story The Guardian, 16th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tugendhat J redefines meaning of defamation ? The Lawyer

Posted on June 16, 2010
“Mr Justice Tugendhat today raised the bar for defamation claims in a High Court ruling that found the definition of defamation must include a qualification or threshold of seriousness.” Full story The Lawyer, 16th June 2010 Source: www.thelawyer...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 15, 2010
The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Silage, Slurry and Agriculture Fuel Oil) (Wales) Regulations 2010 The Drinking Milk (Wales) Regulations 2010 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Regina v George and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 15, 2010
Regina v George and others [2010] EWCA Crim 1148; [2010] WLR (D) 147 “Where a statute imposed criminal liability on an individual who dishonestly agreed with one or more other people to do a prohibited act, the intention and purpose was to criminalise that individual, regardless of whether those other persons were also dishonest...

Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 15, 2010
Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 667; [2010] WLR (D) 146 “A defendant was entitled to set off against the claimant?s claim under an installation contract a counterclaim under a separate supply contract, because the claimant had itself linked the two contracts by demanding payment of invoices under the supply contract [...

Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 15, 2010
Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608; [2010] WLR (D) 145 “A planning authority considering a development ostensibly affecting the species or habitat of a European Protected Species covered by the Habitats Directive was to have due regard to the requirements of the Directive, which could involve questions as to indirect, as [...

Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v Asda Stores Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 15, 2010
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v Asda Stores Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 609; [2010] WLR (D) 144 “The single meaning rule in defamation did not apply in claims of malicious falsehood.” WLR Daily, 11th June 2010 Source: www.lawreports.co.uk Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding [...

Regina (Vodafone Ltd and Others) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Office of Communications and Others, interested parties ? Times Law Reports

Posted on June 15, 2010
Regina (Vodafone Ltd and Others) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Office of Communications and Others, interested parties Case C-58/08 Court of Justice of the European Union “No principles of European Union law were infringed in capping charges made by mobile telephone operators to customers for calls made outside their home [...

Freedom of Information Act gives protection to royal secrets ? The Times

Posted on June 15, 2010
“The Royal Family and the Royal Household were exempted from direct requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Royal Household was not included in the Act?s definition of a public authority, so members of the public are unable to access information held in the Royal Archives...

Lawyers for Bloody Sunday families view Saville report ? BBC News

Posted on June 15, 2010
“Lawyers for the families of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday and the soldiers involved are studying Lord Saville’s report on the events.” Full story BBC News, 15th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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