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Justice streamlined – but 175 new offences in government’s first year
The Ministry of Justice insists it is making progress in streamlining the criminal justice system despite adding 175 new offences during its first year in office. In total the fledgling government department passed 33 new pieces of legislation in England and Wales in the 12 ...
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Window shopping
Bury St Edmunds firm Gross & Co Solicitors is hoping to win the town’s best-dressed Christmas window competition this year with a display based on the Theatre Royal’s production of Dick Whittington and his Cat. ‘Our displays are designed by Stephane Hanri, a well-known retail designer and visual merchandiser in ...
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Sentencing
Sexual offences - Principles of sentencing R v Hall and other appeals: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Judge CJ, Mr Justice Royce, Lady Justice Macur): 24 November 2011 The ...
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Burglary R v Levesconte: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Maddison and Mr Justice Burnett): 24 November 2011 The Court ...
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Public order
Appellant charged for using threatening, abusive or insulting words - Public Order Act 1986 Harvey v Director of Public Prosecutions: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Bean) (judgment delivered extempore): 17 November 2011 ...
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Memory lane
Law Society’s Gazette, 8 December 1981 The Royal Courts of Justice, by Rodney Griffith When today we behold the splendour of the interior of the Great Hall of Justice in the Law Courts in the Strand, it is difficult to conceive the ...
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Trading places with Ken
Justice secretary Ken Clarke will not be on the Christmas card list of many legal aid lawyers this year following some remarks in an interview with the International Bar Association.
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Jurisdiction
Conflict of laws - Challenge to jurisdiction Polymer Vision R & D Ltd and others v Van Dooren: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court: 17 November 2011 The Commercial Court allowed ...
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Jurisdiction
Practice - Service out of the jurisdiction - Alternate forum available Faraday Reinsurance Co Ltd v Howden North America Inc and another company: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Beatson): 1 November 2011 ...
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Immigration
Leave to remain - Claimants seeking indefinite leave to remain - Claimants convicted of serious offences in the UK R (on the application of Mayaya and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice ...
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Human rights
Inhuman or degrading treatment - Claimed mistreatment while being held in detention - European Convention on Human Rights R (on the application of Mousa) v Secretary of State for Defence and another: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Maurice Kay ...
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The law on ‘Gangbos’
Recent changes brought about by section 34 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (PCA) now permit the civil courts to make injunctions aimed specifically at preventing (and protecting respondents from) gang-related violence, shifting consideration of a specific criminal activity into the civil arena.
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Flexible working protocol launched
The Law Society has launched a flexible working protocol for legal firms, after research last year identified resistance to the practice is the ‘single most significant obstacle’ to women reaching senior roles. The protocol presents a clear business case for flexible working, including the retention of ...
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Legal Ombudsman eyes voluntary jurisdiction
The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has launched a consultation on whether to introduce a voluntary complaints-handling scheme for unreserved work. Its latest business plan discusses the establishment of a ‘voluntary jurisdiction’ for areas of the legal market where providers currently outside its remit may want to offer customers access to redress ...
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Employment outcry
At the risk of sounding like a liar - sorry, politician - charging fees for employment tribunals really would have a ‘chilling effect’ on access to justice. As a former Citizens Advice Bureau adviser who had begun to specialise in employment cases, I can report that ...
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Mediation push for workplace disputes
The government is to press ahead with its strategy for resolving workplace disputes early, by diverting parties toward mediation and away from employment tribunals. A response to a consultation on resolving workplace disputes, issued jointly by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and HM Courts ...
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In detention
From what we read in the popular prints, today’s young people are no strangers to the nation’s court rooms. Perhaps that’s why the Ministry of Justice is expecting the government’s free schools to snap up many of its newly vacated court buildings. Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly told the Commons last ...
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OPG defends spending on fruit and hand gel
The body charged with protecting the interests of the mentally incapacitated has defended itself against a blogger’s claim that it spends £26,000 a year on fresh fruit and anti-bacterial hand gel for its 500 staff. Claims of public sector extravagance were published by Susanne Cameron-Blackie, writing ...