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Science writer Simon Singh wins bitter libel battle ? The Times

Posted on April 15, 2010
“Simon Singh, the science writer, today won his legal case against chiropractors who sued him for libel over his criticism of their medical claims.” Full story The Times, 15th April 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Unexpectedly, changes to DNA rules did get through the wash up ? The Times

Posted on April 15, 2010
“DNA samples of people arrested for a recordable offence, even of juveniles, may be kept indefinitely even if they are not convicted. But in December 2008 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that indefinite and blanket retention of DNA samples of persons who have not been convicted was disproportionate and contrary to Article 8 [...

The Equality Act 2010 ? what does it mean for employees? ? The Times

Posted on April 15, 2010
“The Equality Act – the single biggest piece of discrimination legislation created in this country – draws together all the important anti-discrimination laws introduced in piecemeal fashion since the Seventies. Its overarching ambition is to simplify and standardise the law to make it easier for people to understand, and so, hopefully, to follow...

First British executive jailed for corrupting foreign officials ? The Guardian

Posted on April 15, 2010
“The first British executive convicted of corrupting foreign officials to land contracts was today jailed for a year.” Full story The Guardian, 14th April 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Will the proposed corporate governance laws improve a company?s ethics? ? The Times

Posted on April 15, 2010
“A raft of corporate governance rules and regulations are on their way. The Walker Review, the resultant changes to the Combined Code and the Financial Reporting Council?s (FRC) stewardship code for institutional investors, the consultation on which closes tomorrow, all highlight systemic failings of ethics and corporate governance as an important cause of the financial [...

Media reporting bill ?threat? to vulnerable children ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on April 15, 2010
“Measures rushed through parliament at the ?eleventh hour? to allow greater media reporting of the family courts will put vulnerable children at risk, lawyers have warned.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 15th April 2010 Source: www...

Charity launches legal bid to name terror suspect ? The Independent

Posted on April 15, 2010
“The charity Reprieve is today launching a legal battle to force the British Government to name a suspected terrorist who is being held in Afghanistan.” Full story The Independent, 15th April 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Should the Human Rights Act be replaced with a Bill of Rights? ? The Times

Posted on April 15, 2010
“Should the Human Rights Act 1998 be scrapped and replaced by a British Bill of Rights? This is the topic of a pre-election debate to be held next week by The Times with Matrix Chambers, with speakers including Cherie Booth, QC; David Davis, the former Shadow Home Secretary; Andy Hayman, the Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations [...

MoD is failing its war veterans, leaving many to face jail terms, peer says ? The Guardian

Posted on April 15, 2010
“Britain should appoint a cabinet minister responsible for the welfare of ex-service personnel amid concern over the rising number who end up in custody after returning home from a war zone, a former prisons inspector says.” Full story The Guardian, 14th April 2010 Source: www...

Will the Equality Act make everyone equal before the law? Wait for May 6 . . . ? The Times

Posted on April 15, 2010
“The passage of the Equality Act last week, which comes into effect in October, marks the culmination of 40-odd years of progressive legislation to create fairness between groups.” Full story The Times, 15th April 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

How many libel cases are there? ? The Guardian

Posted on April 15, 2010
“As science writer Simon Singh wins his libel case, we look at how the numbers of proceedings have changed.” Full story The Guardian, 15th April 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Deportation of rapist halted by appeal judges ? The Independent

Posted on April 15, 2010
“Appeal judges today halted the deportation of a convicted rapist and ordered a new hearing which must take into account his rights to family life.” Full story The Independent, 15th April 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

?Civil unrest? warning over ?un-Christian? rulings ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 15, 2010
“A top judge was warned that court rulings against Christian workers risk causing ‘civil unrest’ as he heard the case of a relationship counsellor who was sacked after refusing to give sex advice to homosexual couples.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 14, 2010
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Conan v Williams [2010] EWHC 758 (QB) (13 April 2010) High Court (Administrative Court) Humberstone, R (on the application of) v Legal Services Commission [2010] EWHC 760 (Admin) (13 April 2010) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Shepherd Construction Ltd v Berners (BVI) Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 763 (TCC) (25 March 2010) Clancy Consulting [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on April 14, 2010
The Charities (Disclosure of Revenue and Customs Information to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010 The Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2010 The Southampton Port Health Authority Order 2010 The Portsmouth Port Health Authority Order 2010 The Bristol Port Health Authority Order 2010 The Cowes Port Health Authority Order 2010 The Cornwall Port Health Authority Order 2010 Source: www...

Women solicitors work hard, love their jobs yet still don?t make the top. Why? ? The Times

Posted on April 14, 2010
“The march of women seems to be slowing to a halt. Women make up the lion?s share of entrants to the legal profession ? but then what? They don?t stay the course and the top ranks remain as women-light as ever.” Full story The Times, 14th April 2010 Source: www...

Police used Taser on man in epileptic seizure ? The Guardian

Posted on April 14, 2010
“Greater Manchester police is being investigated after its officers fired a Taser gun at a man who became aggressive while having an epileptic seizure.” Full story The Guardian, 13th April 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Analysis: Two months later, and MPs may not have been granted legal aid at all ? The Times

Posted on April 14, 2010
“The disclosure that the MPs facing charges over their expenses would receive legal aid has prompted an outcry and been denounced by David Cameron as a ‘complete outrage.’ But what is not well known is that anyone granted legal aid is likely to be ordered, on conviction, to pay it back according to their financial [...

Gordon Brown and David Cameron?s ignorance about legal aid does not surprise experts ? The Guardian

Posted on April 14, 2010
“Gordon Brown and David Cameron’s apparent lack of understanding about how legal aid works has not surprised experts, who say they have long been battling ignorance about the importance of the service.” Full story The Guardian, 13th April 2010 Source: www...

Judge criticises sex crime sentencing guidelines as offender spared jail ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 14, 2010
“A judge has criticised sentencing guidelines which prevented him from jailing a man who groped a schoolgirl.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The Big Question: What is legal aid and should we be providing so much of it? ? The Independent

Posted on April 14, 2010
“Why are we asking this now? On Monday, it was announced that three former Labour MPs ? David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Elliot Morley ? had won the right to receive legal aid to fight charges of false accounting relating to their parliamentary expenses...

Businessman jailed for Greek bribery conspiracy ? The Times

Posted on April 14, 2010
“A British businessman has been jailed for his part in a three-year cospiracy to bribe Greek health officials.” Full story The Times, 14th April 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Brain-damaged prisoner awarded £4.7m ? The Independent

Posted on April 14, 2010
“A prisoner who suffered catastrophic brain damage after he fell from an upper bunk bed during a seizure at London’s Brixton jail has been awarded a compensation package worth £4.7 million.” Full story The Independent, 14th April 2010 Source: www...

Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010

Posted on April 14, 2010
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source:

Accused MPs ?will have to pay back legal aid? ? The Independent

Posted on April 13, 2010
“Labour MPs awarded legal aid to fund their court battle against charges that they fiddled parliamentary expenses will have to pay the money back, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today.” Full story The Independent, 12th April 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 13, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) EH v London Borough of Greenwich & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 344 (09 April 2010) High Court (Administrative Court) Nursing & Midwifery Council v Gerrard [2010] EWHC 710 (Admin) (15 March 2010) HR, R (on the application of) v Medway Council [2010] EWHC 731 (Admin) (01 April 2010) High Court (Patents Court) Betson [...

British Chiropractic Association v Singh ? WLR Daily

Posted on April 13, 2010
British Chiropractic Association v Singh [2010] EWCA Civ 350; [2010] WLR (D) 96 “A statement, made by a scientific journalist in a newspaper article, that there was ‘not a jot of evidence’ to support a professional body?s claims of certain medical benefits resulting from its members? treatment of patients was not an assertion of fact but [...

Vaughan v Vaughan ? WLR Daily

Posted on April 13, 2010
Vaughan v Vaughan [2010] EWCA Civ 349; [2010] WLR (D) 95 “When a judge was determining (i) a husband?s application to terminate a financial obligation to his former wife and (ii) the former wife?s application to capitalise the obligation, and he was comparing the financial needs of the former wife and a present wife, there remained [...

Independent News & Media Ltd and others v A ? WLR Daily

Posted on April 13, 2010
Independent News & Media Ltd and others v A [2010] EWCA Civ 343; [2010] WLR (D) 94 “Hearings held in the Court of Protection would normally be held in private but in certain circumstances the media could be authorised to attend and report proceedings...

Attorney-General?s Reference (No 96 of 2009) Regina v F (Sentencing reasons) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on April 13, 2010
Attorney-General?s Reference (No 96 of 2009) Regina v F (Sentencing reasons) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “If a judge decided to reduce his sentencing reasons into writing, he should read them out in open court so that all he had to say was available to the defendant, the complainant, the jury and the public at large...

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