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New war of words over family legal aid cuts - The Times

Posted on February 17, 2009
“With widespread job cuts and a recession in full swing, the news is hardly front page ? but fresh hostilities have broken out over cuts to legal aid.” Full story The Times, 16th February 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Whitehall devised torture policy for terror detainees - The Guardian

Posted on February 17, 2009
“A policy governing the interrogation of terrorism suspects in Pakistan that led to British citizens and residents being tortured was devised by MI5 lawyers and figures in government, according to evidence heard in court.” Full story The Guardian, 16th February 2009 Source: www...

Inquiry into tabloid payments to family of schoolboy father Alfie Patten - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 17, 2009
“The media bidding war over the 13-year-old boy who fathered a child is to be investigated by the newspaper watchdog.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 17, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Crown Prosecution Service Swansea v Gilleeney & Anor [2009] EWCA Crim 193 (17 February 2009) Meenan, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 140 (21 January 2009) Berr, R (on the prosecution of) v Lowe [2009] EWCA Crim 194 (17 February 2009) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Financial Services Authority v Hayes [2009] EWCA Civ 76 [...

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Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on February 17, 2009
The Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Further Transitional and Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 The Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No...

Law firm Fox Hayes fined almost £1m for role in share scams - The Times

Posted on February 17, 2009
“A defunct British law firm has been fined nearly £1 million for ‘recklessly’ assisting Spanish boiler rooms to defraud British investors out of millions of pounds.” Full story The Times, 17th February 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Miners? solicitors breached code - BBC News

Posted on February 17, 2009
“Solicitors in South Yorkshire deliberately breached a code of conduct to collect £32m in fees from miners’ compensation claims, a tribunal ruled.” Full story BBC News, 17th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The ethics of keeping a child from its parents - BBC News

Posted on February 16, 2009
“A child is removed after its parents are accused of abuse. The child is adopted and settles with a new family. If the parents are then cleared, should the child be returned, ask ethicists Rebecca Roache and Barbro Bjorkman.” Full story BBC News, 16th February 2009 Source: www...

Is it a crime to take pictures? - BBC News

Posted on February 16, 2009
“From today, anyone taking a photograph of a police officer could be deemed to have committed a criminal offence.” Full story BBC News, 16th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bar Council Welcomes IFSL Report: London Strengthens its Position as Centre of Legal Expertise Despite Downturn - The Bar Council

Posted on February 16, 2009
“The Bar Council has today welcomed the publication of the International Financial Services London?s (IFSL) Legal Services 2009 report. The report highlights the strength of London as an international centre of legal expertise which saw the legal sector grow in the 2007/8 financial year, despite the start of the economic downturn...

Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia ? Linee Aeree Italiane SpA - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 16, 2009
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia ? Linee Aeree Italiane SpA Case C-549/07 Court of Justice of the European Communities “A technical problem in an aircraft which led to the cancellation of a flight did not constitute a sufficiently extraordinary circumstance to justify the carrier refusing to pay compensation to passengers unless the problem stemmed from events which, by their [...

Former Belgo executive faces insider-dealing trial as wave of prosecutions reaches court - The Times

Posted on February 16, 2009
“A former senior executive of Belgo Group, the restaurant operator, is to go on trial for insider dealing today in the first of an unprecedented series of criminal prosecutions.” Full story The Times, 16th February 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Recession-hit firms ?use dodges to shed staff without redundancy pay? - The Guardian

Posted on February 16, 2009
“Struggling companies seeking to cut staff are avoiding the cost of redundancy payments by sacking workers for spurious reasons or falsely claiming they face only a temporary layoff, figures from advice groups and tribunals show.” Full story The Guardian, 16th February 2009 Source: www...

Banking Act 2008

Posted on February 16, 2009
Banking Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Suspended magistrate is reinstated as review finds dismissal was ?disproportionate? - The Guardian

Posted on February 16, 2009
“A magistrate who was suspended for criticising the police is to be reinstated after an independent review decided a recommendation to dismiss her was ‘disproportionate’ and the hearing that led to it was flawed and unfair, the Guardian has learned...

Miliband faces new ?torture cover-up? storm - The Guardian

Posted on February 16, 2009
“David Miliband, the foreign secretary, was last night facing fresh pressure over torture allegations after it was revealed that his officials asked the US for help in suppressing crucial evidence.” Full story The Guardian, 16th February 2009 Source: www...

Rules to curb lapdancing could mean more strip nights in local pubs - The Guardian

Posted on February 16, 2009
“Flaws in proposed legislation aimed at curbing lapdancing venues could lead to more one-off strip nights at pubs and clubs, campaign groups warned yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 14th February 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police chiefs body faces calls for review after cash revelations - The Guardian

Posted on February 16, 2009
“The Association of Chief Police Officers was yesterday facing calls for a ‘fundamental review’ of the way it works, after reports emerged that the independent organisation is raising millions of pounds through commercial activities...

Judge takes 12,000 words to define a tree - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 16, 2009
“A High Court judge, Mr Justice Cranston, has taken 12,000 words to answer the question: What is a tree?” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Shareholders in Northern Rock set to keep fighting - The Times

Posted on February 16, 2009
“The former shareholders of Northern Rock are expected to go to the Court of Appeal after failing yesterday in their challenge to the Government?s compensation scheme, which saw their shares valued at almost nil.” Full story The Times, 14th February 2009 Source: www...

Foreign Office link to torture cover-up - The Guardian

Posted on February 16, 2009
“The Foreign Office (FCO) solicited the letter from the US State Department that forced British judges to block the disclosure of CIA files documenting the torture of a British resident held in Guantánamo Bay, the Observer can reveal.” Full story The Guardian, 15th February 2009 Source: www...

Asylum for lesbian on the run from Iran - The Independent

Posted on February 16, 2009
“A lesbian who fled Iran after her girlfriend was arrested and sentenced to death in Tehran has won her battle to be granted asylum in Britain.” Full story The Independent, 16th February 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Boys and Girls Alone forces review of children?s employment laws - The Times

Posted on February 16, 2009
“Ministers have ordered a review of child employment laws as a public outcry grows over the Channel 4 series, Boys and Girls Alone, which follows a group aged 8-11 who are left without adult supervision in isolated cottages in Cornwall.” Full story The Times, 14th February 2009 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 16, 2009
High Court (Chancery Division) Managa Properties Ltd v Brittain [2009] EWHC 157 (Ch) (06 February 2009) Hammonds (A Firm) v Danilunas & Ors [2009] EWHC 216 (Ch) (13 February 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) Hampshire Police Authority v Smith [2009] EWHC 174 (Admin) (12 February 2009) Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on February 16, 2009
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009 The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2009 The Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009 The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Agreements concluded under Article XXI GATS) Order 2009 The General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) Order 2009 The Armed Forces (Pensions)(Prescribed Modification) Order 2009 Source: www...

Companies told to review rules to avoid ?indirect? religious discrimination - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 16, 2009
“Companies have been urged to review their workplace rules to ensure they are not discriminating against religious employees, after a sharp rise in the number of faith-related employment tribunals.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009 Source: www...

Anti-terror tactics ?weaken law? - BBC News

Posted on February 16, 2009
“Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says.” Full story BBC News, 16th February 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Employment Tribunals should ignore previous harassment rulings, says EAT - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 16, 2009
“Employment Tribunals should ignore precedents set in harassment cases that predate the introduction in 2003 of new definitions from an EU Directive, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has said.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2009 Source: www...

Corby council accused in first birth defects case since thalidomide - The Times

Posted on February 16, 2009
“A council was today accused of causing birth defects to 18 babies after its redevelopment of a gigantic former steelworks was allegedly marred by negligence, greed and nepotism. “ Full story The Times, 16th February 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Lager court cost for wife attack - BBC News

Posted on February 16, 2009
“A ‘drunken bully’ who broke his wife’s wrist has been spared jail, but ordered to pay £1 a day - ‘the cost of a can of Special Brew’ - in court costs.” Full story BBC News, 16th February 2009 Source: www.bbc...

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