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Police officer begins appeal against conviction for assaulting woman ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“A police officer found guilty of hurling a woman head-first on to a concrete cell floor, leaving her with blood pouring from a head wound, began an appeal today (15 November) against his conviction and sentence.” Full story The Guardian, 15th November 2010 Source: www...

Stop and search plans are ?discriminatory?, watchdog warns ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“Government plans allowing police to stop people on the grounds of skin colour are discriminatory and amount to racial profiling, the official equalities body has warned ministers.” Full story The Guardian, 15th November 2010 Source: www.guardian...

Proportion of lawyers educated at public school far outstrips national average ? The Lawyer

Posted on November 16, 2010
“The legal profession has become increasingly elitist over the past 20 years, with 15 per cent of lawyers being public school educated while just 2 per cent of the population is.” Full story The Lawyer, 15th November 2010 Source: www.thelawyer...

Legal aid cuts: surprise exceptions take out the sting ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, worked hard today to try to remove some of the political sting from his much-anticipated unveiling of swingeing legal aid cuts. The scale of the reductions ? £350m a year to be taken out of a £914m-a-year civil and family legal aid budget by 2014 ? had been widely anticipated...

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Man jailed for posting racist video clips on YouTube ? BBC News

Posted on November 16, 2010
“A man has been jailed for 15 months for uploading racist video clips on to YouTube.” Full story BBC News, 15th November 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Guantánamo Bay detainees to be paid compensation by UK government ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“The government will announce today that it will pay millions of pounds in compensation to former Guantánamo Bay detainees following weeks of negotiations between lawyers for the government and the former prisoners.” Full story The Guardian, 16th November 2010 Source: www...

Voting reform referendum will go ahead in May 2011 ? The Independent

Posted on November 16, 2010
“A referendum on whether to ditch the first-past-the-post voting system will go ahead next May after Labour peers failed narrowly in an attempt to derail the Government’s timetable.” Full story The Independent, 16th November 2010 Source: www...

Landlords free to ignore deposit protection deadlines ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“Appeal court says a strict interpretation of Housing Act allows landlords to disregard deadlines for tenant deposit schemes.” Full story The Guardian, 15th November 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Phil Woolas challenging ban from politics ? BBC News

Posted on November 16, 2010
“Former Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas will begin a legal bid to overturn a ruling that he should be banned from politics for three years.” Full story BBC News, 16th November 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Partner of Rachel Nickell to take Met to European court ? The Independent

Posted on November 16, 2010
“The partner of murdered Rachel Nickell today said he would take his compensation claim against the Metropolitan Police to the European Court of Human Rights.” Full story The Independent, 16th November 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Legal aid cuts are a brutal shrinkage of justice ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“The scope of Kenneth Clarke’s mooted reforms is breathtaking, and the legal aid cuts introduced as part of this process are brutal. A raft of reforms, from criminal justice right the way through to the funding of clinical negligence claims, are now up in the air...

Legal aid cuts would remove free advice for thousands of people ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“Hundreds of thousands of people with family and housing law problems will no longer have access to free legal advice under government proposals announced today (15 November).” Full story The Guardian, 15th November 2010 Source: www.guardian...

Court lifts Howard Donald superinjunction ? The Guardian

Posted on November 16, 2010
“A superinjunction preventing the naming of Take That’s Howard Donald has been lifted by the court of appeal in a case involving a former girlfriend.” Full story Read the judgment lifting the superinjunction (PDF) The Guardian, 16th November 2010 Source: www...

Magna Carta 800th anniversary celebrations begin ? BBC News

Posted on November 15, 2010
“Five years of celebrations leading up to the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta have been publicly launched.” Full story BBC News, 12th November 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? legislation.gov.uk

Posted on November 15, 2010
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2010 The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Oman) Order 2010 The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Mexico) Order 2010 The International Tax Enforcement (Bahamas) Order 2010 The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2010 The International Tax Enforcement (Gibraltar) Order 2010 The International Tax Enforcement (Turks [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 15, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Tamiz (Aka Miah) & Ors v R [2010] EWCA Crim 2638 (12 November 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) RH v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1273 (12 November 2010) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) BJM v Nathan Eyre & Ors [2010] EWHC [...

Watkins v Woolas ? WLR Daily

Posted on November 15, 2010
Watkins v Woolas [2010] EWHC 2702 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 288 “S 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, which imposed the penalties for an election candidate found guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice, was compatible with the right to freedom of expression contained in art 10 of the Convention for the [...

Lords committee criticises government plans for constitutional reform ? The Guardian

Posted on November 15, 2010
“A collection of peers has criticised the government’s proposed constitutional changes, concluding that the reforms will strengthen the executive’s grip on parliament.” Full story The Guardian, 12th November 2010 Source: www.guardian...

Legal help for vulnerable ?at risk? ? BBC News

Posted on November 15, 2010
“The support people with autism get from the police and criminal justice system could be hit by Home Office cuts, a senior legal figure has warned.” Full story BBC News, 15th November 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mother who suffocated baby son to remain in psychiatric unit ? The Guardian

Posted on November 15, 2010
“A teacher with severe post-natal depression smothered her 10-day-old son after her medication was taken away, it emerged today.” Full story The Guardian, 12th November 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Surveillance society soon a reality, report suggests ? The Guardian

Posted on November 15, 2010
“Information commissioner Christopher Graham is pressing ministers for new privacy safeguards in the wake of a report that suggests moves towards a surveillance society are expanding and intensifying.” Full story The Guardian, 11th November 2010 Source: www...

Doctor asks Europe to rule on gay adoptions ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 15, 2010
“A paediatrician who claims she was driven out of her job because of her Christian views will today start a legal battle over what rights doctors have to intervene in homosexual adoptions.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2010 Source: www...

Pro bono ? what does the future hold? ? The Guardian

Posted on November 15, 2010
“Lawyers must consider whether their voluntary work should be about securing access to justice for those failed by a shrinking legal aid system.” Full story The Guardian, 12th November 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Peers threaten voting reform bill ? BBC News

Posted on November 15, 2010
“Government plans for a referendum in May on changing the voting system could be at risk if peers vote later to refer them to a Lords committee.” Full story BBC News, 15th November 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Chilcot inquiry?s credibility ?is on edge of an abyss? ? The Guardian

Posted on November 15, 2010
“The credibility of the Chilcot inquiry into the invasion of Iraq is ‘on the edge of an abyss’ because of its lack of transparency, a leading international lawyer warned today.” Full story The Guardian, 14th November 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 12, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) MH v Lancashire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1257 (12 November 2010) BCL Old Co Ltd & v BASF SE & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1258 (12 November 2010) Tiensia v Vision Enterprises Ltd (t/a Universal Estates) [2010] EWCA Civ 1224 (11 November 2010) Cadogan & Anor v Panagopoulos & [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? legislation.gov.uk

Posted on November 12, 2010
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010 The Central Rating List (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

R (Cala Homes (South) Ltd) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ? WLR daily

Posted on November 12, 2010
R (Cala Homes (South) Ltd) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2010] EWHC 2866 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 287 “The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government was not entitled to use the discretionary power to revoke regional strategies contained in s 79(6) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction [...

Pre-nups ? now worth the paper they?re written on ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on November 12, 2010
“The long-awaited decision of the Supreme Court in Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42 is a significant step in the recognition of pre- and post-nuptial agreements. The starting point is that parties should be held to properly drawn up agreements unless certain circumstances arise...

The Gordon Slynn Memorial Lecture 2010: Has mediation had its day? ? Speech by Lord Neuberger

Posted on November 12, 2010
“The Gordon Slynn Memorial Lecture 2010: Has mediation had its day? Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls, 11th November 2010.” Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th November 2010 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

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