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IT student loses compensation bid after getting a 2:2 degree ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 16, 2011
“An IT student who says he can’t get a job because he got a second class degree has had his bid for Ł5m damages from the university he claims let him down thrown out by a High Court judge.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2011 Source: www...

Rethinking the legal profession in the 21st century ? future models for delivering legal services ? justice for users ? new structures on old foundations ? Speech by Lord Justice Carnwath

Posted on February 16, 2011
Rethinking the legal profession in the 21st century – future models for delivering legal services – justice for users ? new structures on old foundations (PDF) Speech by Lord Justice Carnwath, Senior President of Tribunals Commonwealth Law Conference, 2011 Source: www...

Vicoplus SC PUH v v Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid; BAM Vermeer Contracting sp. zoo v Same; Olbek Industrial Services sp. zoo v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 16, 2011
Vicoplus SC PUH v v Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid; BAM Vermeer Contracting sp. zoo v Same; Olbek Industrial Services sp. zoo v Same (Case C-307/09 to C-309/09); [2011] WLR (D) 46 “Articles 56FEU and 57FEU of the FEU Treaty did not preclude a member state from making the hiring out on its territory [...

Q&A: Building Schools for the Future court case ? The Guardian

Posted on February 16, 2011
“Details of the judicial review into the government’s scrapping of the school building programme.” Full story The Guardian, 11th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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NHS could be sued for neglecting elderly under new law ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 16, 2011
“Elderly patients who believe they have been treated badly because of their age could sue the National Health Service under new rights to be unveiled by ministers next month.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011 Source: www.telegraph...

Offenders on sex register for life to get appeal right ? BBC News

Posted on February 16, 2011
“Thousands of sex offenders in England and Wales are set to be given the right to appeal against having their names on the sex offenders register for life.” Full story BBC News, 16th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Report on election ?fraud? dismissed as a whitewash ? The Independent

Posted on February 16, 2011
“The Electoral Commission has concluded that there was no widespread evidence of voting fraud at last year’s local and general elections, despite allegations at the time that the postal ballot system was being exploited.” Full story The Independent, 16th February 2011 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 15, 2011
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Traversa v Freddi [2011] EWCA Civ 81 (14 February 2011) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Lightfoot v Go-Ahead Group Plc [2011] EWHC 89 (QB) (01 February 2011) XYZ v Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 243 (QB) (14 February 2011) British Pregnancy Advisory Service v Secretary of State for Health [...

Sterilisation ruling: what is the Court of Protection? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 15, 2011
“Here is a potted guide to the Court of Protection, which is expected to rule today on whether a woman with a learning disability should be sterilised to prevent her from becoming pregnant again.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011 Source: www...

Legal Aid Cuts Will Cost More Than They Save: Barristers? Body Warns That Increase in ?DIY Justice? Will Gridlock Courts ? The Bar Council

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A forensic examination of the Government?s Green Paper on legal aid, carried out by the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has found that proposals by the Ministry of Justice to cut legal aid could end up costing rather than saving taxpayers? money, with a devastating effect on access to justice...

Bar Council on Jackson Reforms: Cost Reduction Welcome but Must Be Targeted to Safeguard Access to Justice ? The Bar Council

Posted on February 15, 2011
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will today respond to the Government?s proposals for the reform of the costs of civil litigation. It will say that cost reduction is in the public interest but will warn that whilst cost reduction is welcome significant threats to access to justice must be addressed [...

We defend the public interest in our response to MOJ proposals for Legal Aid Reform ? Bar Standards Board

Posted on February 15, 2011
“Our response to the MOJ?s proposals for Legal Aid Reform states that the cuts to Legal Aid will have no discernible positive regulatory impact and do little to protect and promote the public interest.” Full story Bar Standards Board, 14th February 2011 Source: www...

Law Society v McPhail ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 15, 2011
Law Society v McPhail [2011] WLR (D) 45 “In the interests of fairness, a person charged with contempt of court whose liberty was therefore at stake should be able to appear at a hearing to answer points raised by his accusers.” WLR Daily, 14th February 2011 Source: www...

Andersson v Staten genom Kronofogdemyndigheten i Jönköping, Tillsynsmynidigheten ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 15, 2011
Andersson v Staten genom Kronofogdemyndigheten i Jönköping, Tillsynsmynidigheten C-30/10; [2011] WLR (D) 44 “A provision of national law which excluded an employee from entitlement under the guarantee of payment of employees? outstanding claims in the event of their employer?s insolvency, on the ground that the employee within the six months preceding the application for a [...

Product placement must be signalled by ?P? logo, says Ofcom ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 15, 2011
“Broadcasters must show a ‘P’ logo for three seconds at the start and end of television programmes that contain product placement, regulator Ofcom has said.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 15th February 2011 Source: www.out-law.com

Boss forced to pay Ł13k to compensate stealing employee ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying ‘Thief’ around his neck has paid Ł13,000 after the criminal sued for ‘humiliation’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011 Source: www...

MPs in youth crime warning over funding cut plan ? BBC News

Posted on February 15, 2011
“Crime may rise if funding is cut for youth offending prevention projects in England and Wales, MPs have warned.” Full story BBC News, 15th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Compensation paid over stillbirth ? The Independent

Posted on February 15, 2011
“An NHS Trust has paid out a five-figure compensation settlement to a couple whose son was stillborn following a series of ‘basic errors’ in ante-natal care.” Full story The Independent, 14th February 2011 Source: www.independent...

Case of the flying sausage, dropped ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A bizarre assault case in which a woman was injured by a flying sausage has been thrown out after a judge said such a prosecution could impact on the dignity of the court.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 14th February 2011 Source: www.telegraph...

Edirin Onogeta-Idogun mother jailed over ?missing? son ? BBC News

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A London woman who sent her teenage son to their native Nigeria because she disapproved of his lifestyle has been jailed for eight months.” Full story BBC News, 14th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Court to rule on sterilisation of pregnant woman ? The Independent

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A controversial court that still holds its hearing in private will decide tomorrow whether a pregnant woman with learning difficulties should be forcibly sterilised once she gives birth.” Full story The Independent, 14th February 2011 Source: www...

High court judge criticises police failure to fully investigate phone hacking ? The Guardian

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A high court judge has criticised the Metropolitan police for failing to adequately investigate allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.” Full story The Guardian, 15th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Retracting rape and domestic violence allegations: CPS launches public consultation ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on February 15, 2011
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today...

Ken Clarke faces legal challenge to trace victims of ?brutality? in child jails ? The Guardian

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A high court challenge has been launched over the Ministry of Justice’s refusal to identify hundreds of children who have been unlawfully restrained in privately run child jails using techniques that have since been banned.” Full story The Guardian, 15th February 2011 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 15, 2011
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Romani v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 183 (14 February 2011) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Hertfordshire County Council, R (on the application of) v JM [2011] EWCA Civ 77 (15 February 2011) Iqbal v Dean Manson Solicitors [2011] EWCA Civ 123 (15 February 2011) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Murdock [...

Mother?s legal plea to sterilise her daughter remains unresolved ? The Guardian

Posted on February 15, 2011
“The mother of a young woman with learning difficulties who is pregnant with her second child broke down in tears as she pleaded with a high court judge to allow her daughter to be forcibly sterilised for her own protection.” Full story The Guardian, 15th February 2011 Source: www...

Girl who falsely accused boy of rape narrowly escapes custodial sentence ? The Guardian

Posted on February 15, 2011
“A schoolgirl who was found guilty of falsely accusing a 14-year-old boy of rape when she was 15 was told by a judge she had only narrowly avoided a custodial sentence.” Full story The Guardian, 15th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ł6.4m for kidney op blunder man ? The Independent

Posted on February 14, 2011
“A man who nearly died during an operation to donate a kidney to his father has won Ł6.74 million High Court damages.” Full story The Independent, 14th February 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? legislation.gov.uk

Posted on February 14, 2011
The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No. 13) Order 2011 The Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Amendment Regulations 2011 The Food Additives (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 14, 2011
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL & Anor v Masri [2011] EWCA Civ 64 (03 February 2011) High Court (Chancery Division) MW Trustees Ltd & Ors v Telular Corporation [2011] EWHC 104 (Ch) (31 January 2011) Source: www...

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