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Border agency breaking rules over detention of children in Yarl?s Wood

Posted on May 20, 2010
“Children in Yarl’s Wood detention centre will still suffer until the UK Border Agency abides by the law.” Full story The Guardian, 20th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MPs to challenge new expenses watchdog over strict rules ? The Guardian

Posted on May 20, 2010
“MPs are to challenge the new expenses watchdog, claiming its strict rules are forcing them to lay off staff and compromising their service to constituents.” Full story The Guardian, 20th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Justice ministers? responsibilities announced ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on May 20, 2010
“Roles and responsibilities for new ministers at the Ministry of Justice have today been confirmed.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 20th May 2010 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Home information packs suspended ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on May 20, 2010
“After a week in office, the new coalition government today announced that the requirement for home sellers to provide home information packs will be suspended pending primary legislation to abolish them entirely.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 20th May 2010 Source: www...

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 19, 2010
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) British Airways Plc v Unite the Union [2010] EWHC B4 (QB) (17 May 2010) Hays Plc v Hartley [2010] EWHC 1068 (QB) (17 May 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Bilta (UK) Ltd (In Liquidation) v Nazir & Ors [2010] EWHC 1086 (Ch) (17 May 2010) Red River UK Ltd & [...

BSB publishes Preliminary Strategy 2010-2012 and Business Plan 2010 ? Bar Standards Board

Posted on May 19, 2010
“The BSB has today published its Preliminary Strategy 2010-2012 and Business Plan 2010. The document is the culmination of a significant amount of thinking and planning. It also shows the huge amount of work completed and about to be undertaken...

Neuberger calls for curb on legislation ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on May 19, 2010
“The master of the rolls has called for fewer and more carefully drafted laws to avoid handing too much power to the judiciary.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 18th May 2010 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Press watchdog ?not toothless? over Stephen Gately case ? BBC News

Posted on May 19, 2010
“The press watchdog has said it is not ‘toothless’ following its handling of a case surrounding the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately.” Full story BBC News, 19th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coalition sidesteps damaging split over British bill of rights ?

Posted on May 19, 2010
“A battle between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over whether to introduce a British bill of rights, supplanting the European convention on human rights, is to be passed to an independent commission after a disagreement within the new coalition...

Sex discrimination victory for man ? The Independent

Posted on May 19, 2010
“A male lawyer was wrongfully sacked because bosses were worried they would be sued if they fired his female counterpart while she was on maternity leave, it emerged yesterday.” Full story The Independent, 19th May 2010 Source: www.independent...

Police to regain power to charge suspects ? The Guardian

Posted on May 19, 2010
“The power to decide whether a suspect is charged in hundreds of thousands of cases a year is to be restored to the police, the new home secretary, Theresa May, will announce tomorrow.” Full story The Guardian, 19th May 2010 Source: www.guardian...

TV remote killer Paul Harvey wins sentence cut ? The Independent

Posted on May 19, 2010
“A man whose wife died by a ‘fluke’ chance when a TV remote he threw towards her hit her head today had his jail sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.” Full story The Independent, 19th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Unite to appeal against air strike injunction ? The Times

Posted on May 18, 2010
“The British Airways cabin crew union plans to go to the Court of Appeal today asking for the right to go ahead with 20 days of strike action that had been due to start today.” Full story The Times, 18th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Pakistani students arrested in terror raids win deportation battle ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 18, 2010
“Two men who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids but never charged today won their appeals against deportation.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

New coalition government must address human rights ? The Guardian

Posted on May 18, 2010
“Those hoping for a major change of direction on human rights by the new government will have answers soon. As we discovered with Labour, the strongest measures a government takes on the protection of human rights are likely to be those it takes in its first few weeks, so what is in the first Queen’s [...

Claims against the police still difficult, and no help from human rights law ? The Guardian

Posted on May 18, 2010
“Analysis of the court of appeal judgment on malicious prosecution and the right to liberty.” Full story The Guardian, 17th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Manchester and Liverpool ?terror? students decision day ? BBC News

Posted on May 18, 2010
“Five Pakistani students who were accused of planning a bomb attack will hear if they have won appeals against deportation from the UK.” Full story BBC News, 18th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hospital fined �100,000 after wrong drug killed new mother ? The Guardian

Posted on May 18, 2010
“A hospital trust has been ordered to pay �100,000 after a new mother ‘needlessly’ died when an epidural anaesthetic was mistakenly fed into her veins.” Full story The Guardian, 17th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Libel court ?is not the right place for faith disputes? ? The Independent

Posted on May 18, 2010
“One of Britain’s most senior judges said yesterday that libel courts must not become places where religious and doctrinal differences are hammered out.” Full story The Independent, 18th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Magistrate defends ?scum? description of teenage vandals ? The Guardian

Posted on May 18, 2010
“A magistrate who is facing disciplinary action after describing two teenage vandals as ‘absolute scum’ insisted today he had used ‘appropriate’ language.” Full story The Guardian, 18th May 2010 Source: www.guardian...

British Airways strikes banned by High Court ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 18, 2010
“Air passengers have received a double dose of good news as the British Airways strike was averted and regulators changed the rules on flying through volcanic ash.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 18, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Banaszek v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1076 (18 May 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Investec Bank (UK) Ltd v Zulman & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 536 (18 May 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Cadogan Petroleum Plc & Ors v Tolley & Ors [2010] EWHC 1107 (Ch) (18 May 2010) [...

Teenagers jailed for ?random? bus attack ? The Independent

Posted on May 18, 2010
“Two teenagers have been jailed after leaving an innocent man with a fractured skull during a random attack on a bus.” Full story The Independent, 18th May 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Judge told off for migrant remarks ? BBC News

Posted on May 18, 2010
“A judge who described UK immigration policy as ‘completely lax’ has been disciplined for making inappropriate remarks during a court sentencing.” Full story BBC News, 18th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Death by a thousand cuts for legal aid ? The Guardian

Posted on May 18, 2010
“As justice secretary Ken Clarke sharpens his axe, the future looks bleak for a founding pillar of the welfare state.” Full story The Guardian, 18th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Widow to lose home over legal battle with neighbour ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 18, 2010
“An 79-year-old widow is losing her home after a bitter 11 year legal wrangle over a 3 inch strip of land.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 17, 2010
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Adris & Ors v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2010] EWHC 941 (QB) (29 April 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council & Ors [2010] EWHC 1022 (Ch) (13 May 2010) Future Investments SA v Federation Internationale De Football Association [2010] EWHC 1019 [...

ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer ? Times Law Reports

Posted on May 17, 2010
ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer Supreme Court “Family members who applied to enter the United Kingdom to join a sponsor who had been granted asylum did not have to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirements imposed by the ordinary rules relating to applications by family members, even if the sponsor had, by [...

Podcast Inside Track: Nicholas Green QC ? Chairman of the Bar on the future of the legal profession ? Charon QC

Posted on May 17, 2010
“Nicholas Green QC outlines his vision for the future of the Bar, his optimism that it will continue to develop and grow and his belief in the need for it to become more commercial, while holding on to the highest professional standards. He discusses the impact of the Legal Services Act, including the ability of [...

Guidance to Advocates ? Advocates Graduated Fees Reduction of 4.5% ? The Bar Council

Posted on May 17, 2010
“The first tranche of 4.5% cuts to the Criminal legal aid took effect from the 27th April 2010. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have today informed the Bar Council that the Courts computer software will not be updated and accordingly, there will be a different claims process...

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