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Reforms set out for employment tribunals ? The Independen

Posted on January 27, 2011
“The Government today put forward plans to increase the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims from one to two years and suggested fees for taking employment tribunal cases under plans to reform the system.” Full story The Independent, 27th January 2011 Source: www...

Jackson attacks government?s partial reform plan ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on January 27, 2011
“Lord Justice Jackson criticised the way the government plans to implement his reforms to civil justice costs in a sternly worded letter to the justice secretary last week.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 27th January 2011 Source: www...

Government lays ISP copyright notification plans before Parliament ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on January 27, 2011
“The Government has laid before Parliament its proposal on how the controversial copyright infringement notification system proposed in last year’s Digital Economy Act (DEA) will work.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 26th January 2011 Source: www...

Bill gives heads powers to exclude violent pupils ? The Guardian

Posted on January 27, 2011
“Headteachers will be given greater powers to exclude violent and aggressive pupils in a series of major school reforms published today.” Full story The Guardian, 27th January 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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College of Law launches two-year law degree ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on January 27, 2011
“The College of Law has developed a two-year law degree that will focus on improving students? employment prospects and practical legal skills while covering the curriculum in the same depth as a traditional three-year course, it said this week...

DPP?s power to block war crimes arrests is in the public interest ? The Guardian

Posted on January 27, 2011
“The director of public prosecutions has disclosed how he proposes to use unique new powers enabling him to block the arrest of visiting foreigners accused of war crimes abroad.” Full story The Guardian, 26th January 2011 Source: www.guardian...

CPS opens specialist Appeals Unit ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on January 27, 2011
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has established a specialist Appeals Unit that will take on new cases in the appeal courts, including all work involving the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Unduly Lenient Sentences.” Full story Crown Prosecution Service, 26th January 2011 Source: www...

Joint independent expert advisory group ? Bar Standards Board

Posted on January 27, 2011
“The Joint Advocacy Group (JAG), set up by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and ILEX Professional Standards (IPS) to devise a scheme for the quality assurance of advocates, has established an independent expert advisory group to be chaired by Lord Justice Thomas...

Polytunnels could become widespread after court ruling ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 27, 2011
“Polytunnels could become widespread in the English countryside after the Court of Appeal allowed their use in an area of outstanding natural beauty, conservationists fear.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2011 Source: www.telegraph...

Control orders: home secretary tables watered-down regime ? The Guardian

Posted on January 27, 2011
“The control order regime is to become a watered-down but permanent part of the British justice system later this year under the reform of counter-terrorism laws detailed today (26 January) by the home secretary, Theresa May.” Full story The Guardian, 26th January 2011 Source: www...

?Mercy killing? husband George Webb freed from prison ? The Guardian

Posted on January 27, 2011
“Appeal judges overturn the custodial sentence for the manslaughter of his ill wife in favour of a suspended term.” Full story The Guardian, 26th January 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Council boss cleared of sex charge ? The Independent

Posted on January 27, 2011
“A council chief executive was cleared today of raping a female colleague he met when she was drunk in a bar.” Full story The Independent, 26th January 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ruby Thomas given seven years for homophobic attack on Ian Baynham ? The Guardian

Posted on January 27, 2011
“A former public school pupil who took part in the ‘mindless, drink-fuelled’ and fatal homophobic beating of a civil servant, stamping on him and kicking him as he lay unconscious in Trafalgar Square, today began a seven-year sentence in a young offenders’ institution after being sentenced for manslaughter...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 26, 2011
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Wilson, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 16 (25 January 2011) Earle v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 17 (25 January 2011) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) TW v A City Council & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 17 (20 January 2011) Sibthorpe & Anor v London Borough of Southwark [2011] EWCA Civ [...

Tesler v Government of the United States of America ? WLR Daily

Posted on January 26, 2011
Tesler v Government of the United States of America [2011] EWHC 52 (Admin); [2011] WLR (D) 14 “The requirement in s 137(2)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003 for conduct to have occurred in a category 2 territory in order to constitute an extradition offence in relation to that territory was capable of being satisfied by [...

Counter terrorism review set to be published ? BBC News

Posted on January 26, 2011
“The government is set to publish its long-awaited proposed reforms to counter terrorism powers.” Full story BBC News, 26th January 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MI5 and MI6 secrecy move ?threatens press freedoms? ? The Guardian

Posted on January 26, 2011
“Proposals by MI5 and MI6 to extend courtroom secrecy to civil trials would unfairly restrict the right of the media to act as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the public, the supreme court heard today (25 January).” Full story The Guardian, 25th January 2011 Source: www...

IPCC probes Luton park siege shooting case ? BBC News

Posted on January 26, 2011
“An independent watchdog is looking into the fatal shooting of a man during a police stand-off at a park in Luton.” Full story BBC News, 25th January 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New laws may be ?only way forward? to combat hacking of MPs? phones ? The Guardian

Posted on January 26, 2011
“MPs today (25 January) heard calls for new legislation that would give parliament powers to impose sanctions against individuals involved in phone hacking, even if the police decided not to proceed with a case.” Full story The Guardian, 25th January 2011 Source: www...

London bus driver jailed for passenger rape ? BBC News

Posted on January 26, 2011
“A bus driver has been jailed for eight years for raping a female passenger who had taken his night bus in west London.” Full story BBC News, 25th January 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 25, 2011
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Secretary of State for Justice v Slee [2011] EWCA Civ 23 (24 January 2011) High Court (Commercial Court) Golden Ocean Group Ltd. v Salgaocar Mining Industries PVT Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 56 (Comm) (21 January 2011) BMT Marine and Offshore Survey Ltd v Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH [2011] EWHC [...

Ex-Guant�namo inmates take on MI5 and MI6 over courtoom secrecy ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2011
“An attempt by MI5 and MI6 to extend courtroom secrecy has led to a legal battle at the supreme court, with lawyers representing former Guant�namo inmates and the media denouncing the proposal as ‘unconstitutional and excessive’.” Full story The Guardian, 24th January 2011 Source: www...

CLECE SA v Mart�n Valor and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on January 25, 2011
CLECE SA v Mart�n Valor and another (Case C-463/09); [2011] WLR (D) 12 “Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the safeguarding of employees? rights in the event of transfers of undertakings and businesses did not apply to a situation in which a municipal authority which had contracted out the cleaning of its premises [...

Law firm ACS: Law stops ?chasing illegal file-sharers? ? BBC News

Posted on January 25, 2011
“A lawyer has dramatically withdrawn from pursuing alleged illegal file-sharers in the middle of a court case he brought.” Full story BBC News, 25th January 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Phone-hacking scandal: DPP orders ?robust approach? ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2011
“The Crown Prosecution Service is to adopt a ‘robust approach’ in examining ‘recent or new substantive allegations’ of phone hacking.” Full story The Guardian, 25th January 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Banks launch PPI challenge in high court ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2011
“High street banks will launch a high court challenge today against rules controlling their handling of complaints about payment protection insurance (PPI).” Full story The Guardian, 25th January 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Privacy watchdog urges stronger data protection in EU law review ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on January 25, 2011
“Organisations which lose personal data should be forced to disclose the data security breach, the European Union’s privacy watchdog has said. Planned changes to EU privacy law do not go far enough, said the official.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Why lawyers who fall foul of the legal watchdog should be named ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2011
“Complaints are the legal profession’s achilles heel. It was the Law Society’s failure to deal properly with complaints against solicitors in the late 1990s that helped trigger the reform process that led to the Legal Services Act 2007 ? and a key element of the act is the new, independent Legal Ombudsman (LEO) service...

Girl convicted after making false rape allegation ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2011
“A girl who claimed she was raped when she was a 15-year-old virgin was today convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice by making a false allegation.” Full story The Guardian, 25th January 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Net piracy gets its day in court ? BBC News

Posted on January 25, 2011
“Illegal file-sharing is under the spotlight as 26 alleged net pirates appear in court but, in a bizarre twist, it is the law firm that brought the cases that appears to be on trial.” Full story BBC News, 25th January 2011 Source: www.bbc...

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