“Three men have been jailed for beating a homeless man to death in a ‘happy slapping’ incident.”
BBC News, 27th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Archive for July 28th, 2007
‘Happy slap’ killing gang jailed – BBC News
Published July 28, 2007 murder , news , sentencing Leave a Comment“A man and a teenage girl have been found guilty of the murder of a man with learning disabilities.”
BBC News, 27th July 2007
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Judiciary shake up sees seven in new roles – The Lawyer
Published July 28, 2007 judiciary , news Leave a Comment“The judiciary is set for an overhaul, with the control of seven posts changing hands.”
The Lawyer, 27th July 2007
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Law Society lands shock legal aid review win – Legal Week
Published July 28, 2007 judicial review , legal aid , legal services , news Leave a Comment“The Law Society has dealt a major blow to the Government’s controversial plans to reform the £2bn legal aid system after a High Court judge upheld the bulk of the body’s objections to the proposals.”
Legal Week, 27th July 2007
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Victory for animal rights group against testing – The Independent
Published July 28, 2007 animals , experiments , news , vivisection Leave a Comment“An anti-vivisection campaign group won a partial victory yesterday in its High Court claim that the Government was failing in its legal duty to ensure animal suffering was kept to a minimum in UK laboratories.”
The Independent, 28th July 2007
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Lords end NHS trust’s legal battle over source – The Guardian
Published July 28, 2007 confidentiality , medical records , news Leave a CommentThe NHS trust that has been fighting a seven-and-a-half-year legal battle to force a freelance journalist to name a source for a story has been refused further leave to appeal by the House of Lords.
The Guardian, 27th July 2007
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Legal giants pour scorn on Labour’s record – The Times
Published July 28, 2007 Ministry of Justice , criminal justice , judiciary , legal aid , news Leave a Comment“A group of the UK’s most influential barristers has severely criticised the Labour Government’s treatment of the UK legal system over the past ten years.”
The Times, 27th July 2007
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A bit of plain speaking can go a long way – The Times
Published July 28, 2007 legal language , special report Leave a Comment“The US and the UK – so the saying goes – are ‘two countries divided by a common language’. The same could be said for lawyers and non-lawyers. Lawyers talk in a language which must seem like gobbledygook to everyone else. Take the word ‘tort’. Any law student knows that it means ‘civil wrong’. But ask a non-lawyer to give you a sentence with the word ‘tort’ in it and they might as well say: ‘I tort I tore a puddy cat!’ for all the sense it will mean to them.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
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Lies, scams and threats – banks are condemned – The Times
Published July 28, 2007 banking , news Leave a Comment“Britain’s banks and building societies have lied to and threatened customers who complain about overdraft charges, the Government’s financial regulator said.”
The Times, 28th July 2007
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