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Rapists going free through errors by inexperienced doctors, says BMA ? The Guardian

Posted on June 23, 2010
“Rapists are not being convicted because doctors are making errors when examining victims, according to medical experts specialising in sexual assaults.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tube strike on after court refuses injunction ? The Independent

Posted on June 23, 2010
“A 48-hour strike by London Underground maintenance workers will go ahead tonight after the High Court refused to grant an injunction preventing the stoppage.” Full story The Independent, 23rd June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Boy rapist?s life sentence reduced on appeal ? BBC News

Posted on June 23, 2010
“A 12-year-old County Durham schoolboy who raped his teacher has had his life sentence reduced on appeal.” Full story BBC News, 23rd June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Fundamental look at legal aid system begins ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on June 23, 2010
“The government today announced a fundamental look at the legal aid system, designed to create a stable and sustainable system providing access to justice for those who need it most.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2010 Source: www...

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Stamford restaurant faces �50,000 fine ? UK Border Agency

Posted on June 23, 2010
“Five illegal workers have been caught in Stamford by our officers.” Full press release UK Border Agency, 21st June 2010 Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Government reinstates Equality Act timetable ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 23, 2010
“Last week we reported that the Government Equality Office had withdrawn the published timetable for implementing the Equality Act. Now the GEO has reinstated the original timetable, saying that ‘the Government Equalities Office continues to work on the basis of the previously announced timetable, which envisaged commencement of the Act’s core provisions in October 2010′...

Workers may find discrimination claims for depression easier after EAT ruling ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 23, 2010
“Workers who claim disability discrimination on account of depression should have their cases assessed by the effect of their condition rather than on the basis of strict medical diagnosis, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Consultations on local courts published ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on June 23, 2010
“Ministers announced today proposals to modernise and improve the use of courts in England and Wales.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2010 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2010
FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 696; [2010] WLR (D) 152 “Where a person who had been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for a year or more appealed against the refusal of his claim for asylum under s 83 of the Nationality, Immigration [...

Rabone and another v Pennine Care NHS Trust ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2010
Rabone and another v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 698; [2010] WLR (D) 152 “Health trusts did not have an obligation to take special preventive measures to protect voluntary mental patients from the risk of suicide, even where that risk was ‘real and immediate’...

Bulger killer child pornography case: Judge lifts ban ? The Guardian

Posted on June 22, 2010
“A judge today ruled that the public can be told that Jon Venables, one of the killers of two-year-old James Bulger, has been charged with downloading and distributing child pornography.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2010 Source: www...

Teenager jailed for murder over Facebook insult ? The Guardian

Posted on June 22, 2010
“A 16-year-old boy who fatally stabbed a former friend over a ‘loss of face’ after they traded insults on Facebook was jailed for at least 14 years today.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

2010 Budget ? HM Treasury

Posted on June 22, 2010
“The Chancellor, George Osborne, today presented the first Budget of the Coalition Government.” Full story HM Treasury, 22nd June 2010 Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk

Firearms policewoman wins record damages in sexism case ? The Guardian

Posted on June 21, 2010
“A police force ordered to pay record damages for sexually discriminating against a woman firearms officer acted in a ‘high-handed, insulting and malicious way’, according to an employment tribunal judgment obtained by the Guardian.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2010 Source: www...

Neuberger report: more solicitor judges wanted ? The Lawyer

Posted on June 21, 2010
“The Law Society has long stated its belief that the judiciary should better reflect the diversity of the society it serves rather than being the preserve of the white, heterosexual, Oxbridge-�educated, male barrister.” Full story The Lawyer, 21st June 2010 Source: www...

Results of Cherie Blair inquiry ?were covered up? ? The Independent

Posted on June 21, 2010
“The body which investigates complaints against judges has been accused of covering up the full extent of an investigation into Cherie Blair over her decision to hand down a lenient sentence to a convicted man because he was ‘a religious person’...

Police press home secretary to call time on late-night drinking laws ? The Guardian

Posted on June 21, 2010
“There was a high-pitched shriek; then the fight started. For several moments, the group of girls tore into each other before bouncers pulled them apart. Outside the 24-hour off-licence across the road, a crowd of lads cheered above a sound track of breaking bottles, swearing and heavy bass lines...

Prison governors: short sentences do not work ? The Independent

Posted on June 21, 2010
“The backlash against short-term prison sentences intensified today after the representative bodies of both prison governors and probation officers condemned them as expensive and ineffective.” Full story The Independent, 21st June 2010 Source: www...

Teenager-repellent ?mosquito? must be banned, says Europe ? The Guardian

Posted on June 21, 2010
“A device that uses high-frequency sound to disperse teenage gangs is illegal under human rights law and is ‘degrading and discriminatory’ to youngsters, a report this week claims.” Full story The Guardian, 20th June 2010 Source: www...

Man sectioned over Stapleford grandfather?s killing ? BBC News

Posted on June 21, 2010
“A judge has said mental health doctors in Nottinghamshire should “examine their consciences” after a paranoid schizophrenic stabbed his grandfather.” Full story BBC News, 18th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Three firms guilty over Buncefield explosion ? The Independent

Posted on June 21, 2010
“Three companies were facing potentially unlimited fines today after they were found guilty of health and safety breaches in connection with the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot.” Full story The Independent, 18th June 2010 Source: www...

CBI calls for shake-up of UK?s labour laws ? The Guardian

Posted on June 21, 2010
“The TUC has condemned new proposals from the powerful business lobby group CBI to make it harder for workers to strike as ‘a charter for exploitation at work’.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 21, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Macquarie Internationale Investments Ltd v Glencore UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 697 (21 June 2010) Rabone & Anor v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 698 (21 June 2010) FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 696 (18 June 2010) High Court (Chancery [...

High Court blocks Exeter and Norwich super-council move ? BBC News

Posted on June 21, 2010
“A Labour government decision to give Exeter and Norwich wider powers has been blocked by the High Court.” Full story BBC News, 21st June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 21, 2010
The Fishing Boats (Electronic Transmission of Fishing Activities Data) (England) Scheme 2010 The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.3) Order 2010 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Government shuns call to change strike laws ? BBC News

Posted on June 21, 2010
“The government has slapped down calls by business leaders for changes to rules regarding strike ballots.” Full story BBC News, 21st June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Libel case over ?faked? Channel 4 Jackson family documentary dropped ? The Guardian

Posted on June 21, 2010
“Channel 4 has spent �1.7m defending a ‘vainglorious’ libel action over allegations it faked a documentary about Michael Jackson’s family moving to Devon.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

EAT upholds victimisation claim ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on June 18, 2010
“A firm that ?gratuitously? mentioned a solicitor?s previous discrimination claim against it when providing an employment reference to another firm has lost an appeal in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2010 Source: www...

Lawyer wins tribunal appeal over withdrawal of job offer ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on June 18, 2010
“A woman lawyer has won her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that disability discrimination did not lie behind a major law firm?s decision to withdraw a job offer.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 18, 2010

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