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Interesting news stories..
Abortion for harelip Sunday Herald 2nd November 2003 - Curate wins application for Judicial Review Independent of 2nd December 2003
Anger over anti-catholic law Sunday Herald 1st December 2002
Anti-terror laws probed Sky News 31st October 2003
Appeal Court - ECHR Asylum Ruling - The Guardian 19th March 2003
Attempts to nobble 100 juries a year - Daily Telegraph 21st July 2003
Barristers block student levy... Guardian 19th November 2002
Barristers urge MP's to preserve trial by Jury - Telegraph 4th January 2003
'Bee in the cab' theory as boy is killed Evening Standard 8th August 2002
Bloody gun law of the ghetto - The Times 3 January 2003.
Britain in EU clash over legal aid... Evening Standard Sun Aug 4 10:22:00 UTC+0100 2002
British lawyers must report tax evasion - www.washingtontimes.com 9th Oct 2003
Call for probe into Law Lord's Secret Society... Sunday Herald - 18th August 2002.
Cannibal charged with murder BBC News 17th July 2003
Cannabis and arrest 2004 The independent 19th Jan 2004
Child deaths - New law for Angus Northwest Evening Mail 4th Feburary 2003
Children's Legal Rights The Scotsman 6th Sept 2002.
Consumer Law Changes - 31st March 2003
Court rejects breach appeal... BBC Wed Oct 9 15:41:00 UTC+0100 2002
Criminals to win cut in sentence if they say sorry - Daily Telegraph
Double Jeopardy Rule discussed - The Independent - 2nd Sept 2002.
Dropping litter - £50 fine for children - Daily Telegraph 25th October 2003
Embryo Ruling The Herald 2nd October 2003.
Equalities Commission The Guardian 12th May 2004
Ethnic Barristers and QC status Letter to the Times 3rd Nov 2003
Ethnic Minorities in the Criminal Courts Black Britain Sun Mar 9 2003
Euro Call to bar Lord Chancellor - Guardian 3rd March 2002
EU Constitution - Daily Telegraph 31-8-2002
Exposing past crimes - Sunday Times, 31st December 2000.
Falconer takes axe to legal tradition - The Times 16th Sept 2003.
Footballer cleared of burglary despite DNA Link - Esher News & Mail - 7th August 2002
Four-year old boy wins case - Mirror.co.uk 13th March 2004
Gay teachers - TES - TES 21st July 2003
GBH charge for passing on HIV - Evening Standard 9th August 2002
Government announces court internet overhaul Guardian Unlimited Mon Jan 15
Guantanamo and Lord Steyn - The Independent 26th Nov 2003
Homophobic crime data - CPS 10th August 04
Human Rights and Employees Right to privacy.
Human rights could become wrongs - Oliver Letwin - Daily Telegraph 29th October 2002
Human rights - Shouki appeal halted - Belfast Telegraph 16th Sept 2003
Immigrants face 'Britishness test' - 3rd Sept 2003
It could become illegal for a teenager to kiss - Times 7th Sept 2003.
It's Rude to point - but is it illegal? Scotsman 26th August 2003
Juries to be told record of accused - Daily Mail 25th October 2004. - Has Blair misjudged the law? Telegraph 28th Oct 2004
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Judicial appointments too secretive - The Independent Fri 23 Aug 2002
Irvine sacked? He fought against Lord Chancellor Reforms - www.independent.co.uk 15th June 2003.
18 months to abolish the Lord Chancellor - www.independent.co.uk 18th June 2003
Legal Big Wigs and Dress Code - 9th May 2003 The Times
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Law in a mess over internet Libel - Glasgow Herald 6th Jan 2003
Lawyers can wear the veil in court - BBC News 10th November 2006Legal Liability over HIV - The Times (Letters) 20th October 2003
Judicial Review and Asylum Seekers
Labour MP's cash in on 'No win no fee' reforms. - 'So sue them it won't cost a penny' - Medical Legal aid
Mary Bell and anonymity - The Independent 15th April 2003
MPs call for stronger Commons. BBC News - 30th June 2001.
M.P.'s rage at bad character evidence - BBC News 3rd April 2003
Net Firm wins Bulger Case - BBC News - 10 July 2001
New Laws to trap parents who murder - The Independent 23rd February 2003
New powers of arrest (ASBO's in Esher) - Walton & Weybridge Informer - 13th Aug 2004
On the spot fines for yobs! Evening Standard 12th August 2002.
Pay survey shows women solicitors get 15% less The Independent 5th Nov 2003
Pre-Nuptial Deals - The Independent 15th April 2003
Q.C Status - two Q.C's being payed £600,000 a year - Guardian 9th Feb 2004
Racist Crime Increase - CPS March 2003.
Rape - Only 7% of reported rapes result in conviction.
Record jail number insupportable The Guardian 7th January 2003
Revealed - how managers plan to beat the strike The Guardian 1st Nov 2003
Rushed Human Rights Law results in sentencing muddle - The Conservative Party
Soham - prejudicial reporting could have made the case collapse The Independent 18th December 2003
Shizzle my Nizzle - Telegraph 6th June 2003.
Smokers forfeit Legal Rights - The Times 17th December 2005 - A Warning for those who smoke!
Solicitors gear up for the supermarket revolution - The Times 16th Sept 2003
Solicitors abandoning legal aid - Yorkshire Post 23 Sept 2003.
Stolen Choc Bars - Worksop Guardian 10th October 2003.
Student drove his Smart car at Prostitute Newcastle Journal - 28th Oct 2003
Tesco Law - The Times 8th August 2003.
Top lawyers attack legal reform plans... The Observer Sun Jun 23 21:26:00 UTC+0100 2002
Tories Ready for battle on Legal Reform - Guardian 18th October 2003.
Transexuals - Landmark ruling for transsexuals forces Britain to change law...
No Law should let transsexuals have their cake and eat it Online Telegraph 13/7/02
Marriage Victory for Transexuals - Telegraph.co.uk 14th December 2002
TV Darts Match halts rape trial.
UK's Lords to rule if terror detentions legal - Human Rights - Law and Citizenship - 4th August 2003
Viraj Mendis returns to his refuge - Manchester Evening News - Sept 2005.
Woman who killed lover has jail term cut - Yahoo News 10-2-2003
Woman found comatose cleared of drink-driving - David Beckam - The Independent
Women Fight to save frozen embryos - Guardian 12th Sept 2002. IVF Legal Minefield - The Scotsman 19th Sept 2002
Zero Tolerance for Homophobic Crime - CPS 4th December 2002.
Bells could ring out for gays and lesbians www.Independent.co.uk
Blunkett to bring internment back. www.epolitix.com
Blunkett Defends new Citizenship Law - 1-4-02.
Condoms plan for schools - BBC 30th June 2001.
Schools give out the morning after pill: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1106000/1106112.stm
Scotland Yard Warning on date-rape drugs: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3894515,00.html
Criminals to win cut in sentence if they say sorry - Daily Telegraph
Experts to advise on Citizenship Reforms - Home Office 9th Sept 2002.
Judicial Review and Asylum Seekers
Local Government Corruption and Dame Shirley Porter.
Cardinal - human rights laws can halt abortions. Independent Fri Apr 13 23:59:15 UTC+0100 2001
McDonald's fined for under-age jobs
BBC News - 31st July 2001.
Children missing school to work
Nick Cohen: Nick Griffin and the BNP The Guardian 1st July 2001.
People Power rules Surrey set? - Elmbridge Council.
Turning hate into help... An idea from the USA.
US site, but interesting - with games, tests, news etc
The Tories are not just down, they're nearly out The Guardian 21st August 2001.