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42-day concession to be offered - BBC News

Posted on June 11, 2008
“The government is expected to offer a last-minute compensation deal to help push the 42-day detention plan through.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Social care law change in prospect - The Guardian

Posted on June 11, 2008
“The Law Commission today holds out the prospect of the first comprehensive reform of social care law for more than half a century. Announcing a formal review of what it calls ‘a confusing patchwork of conflicting statutes’, the commission says it aims to recommend a more coherent structure - preferably in the form of a [...

Counter Terrorism Bill Debate (Video)

Posted on June 11, 2008
Watch the Commons debate the Counter-Terrorism Bill from 12.30pm today. Link to video Source: www.parliament.uk

Product placement: UK to oppose European Union directive - The Guardian

Posted on June 11, 2008
“The culture secretary, Andy Burnham, said today that the British government would not accept the European Union directive allowing product placement on UK television.” Full story The Guardian, 11th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Detention comparisons spark row - BBC News

Posted on June 11, 2008
“A row has broken out between ministers and civil liberties groups over how Britain compares with other countries on pre-charge detention times.” Full story BBC News, 11th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Secret anti-terror documents ?left on train? - The Independent

Posted on June 11, 2008
“A police investigation has been launched after secret Government documents were left on a train, it was confirmed today.” Full story The Independent, 11th June 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Battle against extending pre-charge detention moves to House of Lords - Liberty

Posted on June 11, 2008
“Human rights group Liberty said the battle against the Government?s Counter-Terror Bill proposals to detain suspects for 42 days without charge will now be taken up in the House of Lords. Narrowly passed in the House of Commons today (315-306), the controversial proposals have generated widespread concern about the negative impact on civil liberties and [...

Brown wins crunch vote on 42 days - BBC News

Posted on June 11, 2008
“Prime Minister Gordon Brown has narrowly won a House of Commons vote on extending the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days.” Full story BBC News, 11th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bar regulator ushers in new disciplinary code - Legal Week

Posted on June 11, 2008
“Barristers found guilty of professional misconduct could see fines of up to £15,000 and be ordered to take a professional ethics test under new sentencing options set to be made available to disciplinary tribunals.” Full story Legal Week, 11th June 2008 Source: www...

Life Sentence Review Commissioners v Doherty (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on June 11, 2008
Life Sentence Review Commissioners v Doherty (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland intervening) [2008] UKHL 33; [2008] WLR (D) 187 “The standard of proof to be established when the Life Sentence Review Commissioners were considering whether a prisoner who had served the tariff on his life sentence should be released, was the civil standard of [...

In re B (Minors) (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) - WLR Daily

Posted on June 11, 2008
In re B (Minors) (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) [2008] UKHL 35; [2008] WLR (D) 186 “The standard of proof to be applied when establishing the threshold for making a care order under s 31(2) or the welfare considerations under s 1 of the Children Act 1989 was the simple balance of probabilities and neither the [...

R (Smith) v Crown Court at Snaresbrook - WLR Daily

Posted on June 11, 2008
R (Smith) v Crown Court at Snaresbrook [2008] EWHC 1282 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 185 “The only criterion for the making of an order under s 5(4) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 extending the period of a closure order was whether the extension was necessary to prevent the occurrence of disorder or serious nuisance...

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Co SAL and another (No 3) - WLR Daily

Posted on June 11, 2008
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Co SAL and another (No 3) [2008] EWCA Civ 625; [2008] WLR (D) 184 “The English court had power over persons properly subject to its in personam jurisdiction to make ancillary orders in protection of its jurisdiction and its processes, including the integrity of its judgments...

Virgin Media Communications Ltd and others v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and another - WLR Daily

Posted on June 11, 2008
Virgin Media Communications Ltd and others v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and another [2008] EWCA Civ 612; [2008] WLR (D) 183 “It was desirable that a litigant should be free to instruct the lawyer of his choice, particularly if that lawyer were already acting for him and he wished the lawyer to continue to act [...

Explaining attitudes towards the justice system in the UK and Europe - Ministry of Justice

Posted on June 11, 2008
“The aim of this study was to analyse what determines citizens’ confidence in the justice system, by framing levels of confidence in the wider European contact.  It asks whether levels of confidence reflect simply the performance of the justice system, or are shaped by other factors, such as personal characteristics or attitudes towards public institutions...

Three imprisoned in first OFT criminal prosecution for bid rigging - Office of Fair Trading

Posted on June 11, 2008
“Three UK businessmen were today sentenced to imprisonment for between two and a half to three years for cartel offences. All three were also disqualified from acting as company directors for periods of between five and seven years. These are the first ever convictions for a cartel offence since criminal prosecution powers were given to [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on June 11, 2008
The Compensation (Claims Management Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The European Parliament (Number of MEPs and Distribution between Electoral Regions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2008 The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No...

MS sufferer wins assisted suicide challenge - The Independent

Posted on June 11, 2008
“A multiple sclerosis sufferer won permission today to bring a High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide.” Full story The Independent, 11th June 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 11, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Heather Moor & Edgecomb Ltd, R (on the application of) v Financial Ombudsman Service & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 642 (11 June 2008) Financial Ombudsman Service v Heather Moor & Edgecomb Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 643 (11 June 2008) Haine v Secretary of State for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform & Anor [2008] [...

Law Soc backs Pakistani lawyers? street protest - The Lawyer

Posted on June 11, 2008
“The Law Society has repeated its call for the rule of law to be upheld in Pakistan to protect the country?s lawyers and judges.” Full story The Lawyer, 11th June 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Injured soldier wins pay review - BBC News

Posted on June 11, 2008
“The compensation paid to a soldier badly injured in Afghanistan will be reviewed, the government has said.” Full story BBC News, 11th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Wife of July 21 terror plotter found guilty - The Guardian

Posted on June 11, 2008
“The wife of the attempted suicide bomber Hussain Osman has been found guilty of failing to tell the police about his plan to cause “carnage and mass murder” on London’s underground.” Full story The Guardian,  11th June 2008 Source: www...

Man deported by mistake wins Home Office payout - The Guardian

Posted on June 10, 2008
“The Home Office yesterday agreed to pay an undisclosed sum in an out-of-court settlement with a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin who was deported to Pakistan in error.” Full story The Guardian, 10th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co...

The Lawyer Awards 2008 Preview - The Lawyer

Posted on June 10, 2008
“The Lawyer Awards 2008 is the premier event in the legal calendar. Every June around 1,500 of the industry’s leading lawyers gather in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel to celebrate their achievements of the previous year.” Full story The Lawyer, 2nd June 2008 Source: www...

Golden Fleece Maritime Inc and Another v ST Shipping and Transport Inc - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 10, 2008
Golden Fleece Maritime Inc and Another v ST Shipping and Transport Inc Court of Appeal “Owners of vessels which failed to comply with the Marine Pollution Convention, as warranted in the charterparty and were unable to carry to all specified ports the full range of petroleum products set out therein, were in breach of time charters...

RP v Nottingham City Council - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 10, 2008
RP v Nottingham City Council Court of Appeal “There was no breach of a mother?s right to a fair hearing under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights when she was represented by the Official Solicitor who conceded that overwhelming evidence justified making a care order...

Police pay High Court ruling due - BBC News

Posted on June 10, 2008
“The High Court is set to rule on a claim by police that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully when she refused to pay their 2.5% pay award in full.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New rights for temporary workers - BBC News

Posted on June 10, 2008
“New measures giving Britain’s temporary workers equal rights to permanent members of staff have been agreed by European Union employment ministers.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hard core of rebels holds key to vote on 42-day detention - The Independent

Posted on June 10, 2008
“Gordon Brown’s fate in a crunch Commons vote tomorrow on the power to detain suspected terrorists for 42 days lies in the hands of a small group of wavering Labour MPs.” Full story The Independent, 10th June 2008 Source: www.independent...

Rights body threatens to bring legal challenge on 42-day detention - The Guardian

Posted on June 10, 2008
“The government’s human rights watchdog last night served notice that it will immediately launch a legal challenge to the government’s plan to extend the pre-charge detention limit to 42 days if it reaches the statute book. The Equality and Human Rights Commission, chaired by Trevor Phillips, backed its claim by publishing legal advice from Matrix [...

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