Archive: Legal

Abu Qatada: Judgement shows May never stood a chance

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada escapes deportation to Jordan once again

Theresa May was never going to beat Abu Qatada - but government lawyers have an unparalleled inability to accept defeat.

Commons cheers deportation of radical cleric Abu Qatada

Fresh doubts over Qatada deportation

Disaster for Theresa May as Abu Qatada wins appeal

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NASUWT mounts new legal challenge against government pension changes

The NASUWT, the largest teachers' union, has issued a further legal challenge to the Government in relation to its plans for changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

BSA: CMC customers to have access to Legal Services Ombudsman

Commenting on the announcement from the Ministry of Justice that CMC customers will have access to the Legal Services Ombudsman from next year, Chris Lawrenson, Head of Legal Services at the Building Societies Association said;

NUT: Unions join forces in legal action to protect school staff facing axe

In an unprecedented move UNISON and the NUT have joined forces to take legal action to protect school staff whose continued employment has been refused by the controversial, newly-formed Hawthorne’s Free School.

BHA: First ever legal case against new religious schools has first day in High Court

The first ever legal case against the approval of new schools because of religious discrimination had its first of two days in the High Court yesterday. The case, British Humanist Association and Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign vs London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster and Secretary of State for Education, is considered of national significance because of the precedent it will set on the processes by which schools can be set up in the future, and how much those schools will be able to religiously discriminate in admissions. It is for these reasons that the Government is intervening in the case.

The Political Week Online

Vicky Pryce gets her revenge, but was it worth it? Are the EDL racist? And can Chuka Umunna pull off dancing to a 90s television show theme song? All the big questions answered.

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'Priced out of justice': Lib Dem MP fights court fee increase

John Hemming warns court fee increase could price some people out of justice altogether

Coalition proposals to increase court fees are "pricing people out of justice", a Liberal Democrat backbencher has warned.

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Google clampdown: Contempt of court changes put forward

What a tweet. Many have been in trouble for dodgy tweets of late

Jurors could face tighter restrictions on their behaviour under proposed changes to contempt of court laws published today.

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Comment: Cameron's war rhetoric masks a cynical power grab

Alex Stevenson: Judicial review changes will only help slipshod civil servants

The prime minister is using the rhetoric of war to justify rolling back a fundamental part of Britain's constitution.

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Child abuse compensation 'could be huge'

More victims of historic child abuse cases could seek compensation in the courts

Further child abuse allegations could prompt a "potentially huge" wave of compensation claims, a family law solicitor has warned.

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Gay men can now clear their name

Campaigners believe the move will bring equality closer

Men convicted of having consensual gay sex can now have their offences quashed, under a new law designed to clear up historic injustices

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Protecting justice or undermining freedom of speech?

Out of order? The law protects judges from criticism

An arcane law protecting judges from criticism could be scrapped after legal experts raised concerns it was incompatible with people's right to free speech.

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Comment: Outsourcing interpreters has turned the courts into a freak show

Geoffrey Buckingham is chairman of The Association of Police and Court Interpreters

Professional interpreters will not work under slavery conditions, subsidising the criminal justice system and being forced to sit unaccredited tests well below standard.

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Court interpreter cuts 'leading to miscarriages of justice'

Critics of the outsourcing program are citing numerous examples where the incompetence of an interpreter has led to the strong possibility of a miscarriage of justice.

The lack of qualified legal interpreters is creating miscarriages of justice, according to legal interpreter campaign group Interpreters for Justice (IFJ).

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