Government

• 18 Year Olds To Rule, OK?

• If you want 18 year old councillors, now's your chance

• Abolish Juries? - No Way!

• Lawyers Unite - The government proposes to abolish juries in fraud trials - over our dead body!

• Alcohol Problems? - Government To Solve

• Government turns on drinkers again

• Assets Can Be Recovered So Long As Criminal Offence Proved

• Assets Can Be Recovered So Long As Criminal Offence Proved, even if not sure who committed it.

• Attorney General Backs Down

• Saudi Arabia blackmails Government?

• BBC Escapes Info Act

• No automatic access to BBC informationunder Freedom of Information Act

• Bankrupt on Benefits - Tough!

• benfit Claimant's Bankruptcy no defence from government

• Bar Warns of Costs of Legal Complaints

• The Bar Council steps up its campaign against parts of Legal Services Bill

• Barristers Criticise Plans for Reform

• The Government should provide more resources for the legal system, says Bar Chair.

• Barristers Pressurize Government

• Barometers rises as Bar puts pressure on government

• Barristers on Ministry of Justice

• Barristers have strong views about Ministry of Justice

• Benefit Entitlement for Europeans Reduced

• The government will be pleased at this European decision.

• Brown's First Victim A Law Officer?

• Lord Goldsmith has been in post a long time, but is that really why he is leaving?

• Budget Summary 2006

• Budget Summary 23 March 2006 Introduction With his sights fixed firmly on number 10 Downing Street, not number 11, Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget features a number of measures designed to create popular support, whilst preserving his reputation...

• Bulgarian and Romanian Immigration Control

• Government moves to control Romanian and Bulgar immigration

• Business Tenant Suffers Costs

• Tenant Suffers Costs After Changing Mind About New Tanancy

• CML Politics Pages Re-Launched

• CML have some interesting stuff apart from the Handbook

• Chagos Families Can Go Home?

• Islanders' rights upheld

• Charities Lose Out

• Public services and charities are not necessarily a succesful mix.

• Civil Servant Must Attend Court

• Scottish civil servant can be ordered to appear after Ministers are in contempt of court, but with warning

• Constitutional Changes

• Constitutional Changes Effective 3 April 2006 DCA Web Information Constitutional Reform This section explains the greater separation of powers and responsibilities between the executive, the legislature and the judiciary introduced by...

• Constitutional Law from SPR

• Good quality, easy to read basic law from SPR

• Control Order Anonymity Vital?

• Government cover up planned

• Control Orders A Nullity

• Quashing a non-derogating control order made by the Secretary of State feels good

• Coroner Has Limited Duties For Old Death

• House of Lords (Baroness Hale and Lord Mance dissenting in part)pontificate about coroners in two cases on one day

• Council upheld in not providing planned care

• Pensioner loses case about care provision

• Court of Appeal Taxes Pension Benefit

• Nothing helps pensiuoners in this case.

• Cyclists Got To Give Notice of Procession

• Even peaceable cyclists have to give notice of processions

• Data Sharing Unjust?

• Eversheds are good, for local government law, and more . . .

• Defeat For Tax Man On Tax Reclaim

• Revenue fail to press for early limitation period

• Democracy Debate

• Government launches Democracy Debate

• Doing Law Differently - DCA Idea and Bar Response

• DCA Has a plan and the Bar Council gives it's response.

• EU Denounces Government Safety Laws

• Health & Safety laws not strict enough

• Eversheds Local Government Feature

• Eversheds are good, for local government law, and more . . .

• Freedom Of Information Act A Success

• The Lord Chancellor praises FOI

• Freedom of Information Costs Increase

• Government hails FOI and then reduces its effectiveness by charging more

• Freemasons Not Necessarily Biased

• Decision by freemasons upheld because no apparent bias

• Government Cuts Its Injustice Losses

• Government reduces its bill for miscarriages of justice

• Government Interferes In Indian Legal System Too!

• And the UK government has a right to stick its nose into the Indian Legal System because ....?

• Government Loses Benefits Overpayment To Bankrupt

• Government shocked by loss of overpaid benefits after bankruptcy

• Government Sites Feature

• Parliament and the EU (our true government?) update their sites

• Government's Duty To Investigate Death of Person In Its Care

• Need for public enquiry where state officers might be involved in death

• Guantanamo Bay Residents Lose Out

• Government cannot be forced to support foreign nationals trying to get out of Guantanamo Bay

• Gvernment Declares Approximate Location of New Complaints Body

• The big important decision has been made about the new Office for Legal Complaints - it will be in the Midlands.

• HIPs From 10 September 2007

• 3 bedroom Houses To Suffer From HIPs

• HIPs Survey

• Hwlp the Law Society gain amo about HIPs

• HIghway Code Birthday

• Check out the history of the Highway Code and read it on line

• House of Lords Allows Bribery Arbitration

• Bribery considered in the House of Lords

• House of Lords Rules on Misfeasance

• HOuse of Lords disaoppoints in prison warders' misfeasance case

• House of Lords To Debate HIPs

• Will 22 May see the end of HIPs?

• ID Cards Move On

• ID cards proceed with dubious justification

• ID Cards Spun As ID Protection System

• Just as HIPs became environmental issue, ID Cards become a means to protect yourself from fraud

• ILEX Fights Legal Services Changes

• ILEX puts its point of view on legal service changes

• ILEX Survey Makes The News

• MP's polled by ILEX support expansion of legal market

• Identity and Passport Service Rolls Out

• Identity and Passport Service has plans . . renew now to avoid them!

• Increasing Judicial Diversity

• DCA to encourage judicial diversity

• Joe Reevy's Budget Summary 2006

• Budget Summary 23 March 2006 Introduction With his sights fixed firmly on number 10 Downing Street, not number 11, Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget features a number of measures designed to create...

• Judges to Jail Data Traders

• DCA tightens rules about data protection

• Judicial Review Allowed of Islanders' Right of Abode Decision

• Islanders win Indian Ocean Islands case

• LSC Contract Published - What Now?

• The Law Society offers adbice to wait and see before signing LSC Civil contract

• Law Society Attacks Budget on Trusts

• The latest about the Budget and Trusts - including Law Society survey

• Law Society Bullish On Legal Aid

• The Law Society continues its legal aid campaign backed by the latest report

• Law Society Fined £250,000

• Zahida Manzoor Slaps Enormous Fine on Law Society

• Law Society Legal Aid Campaign - Latest

• Law Society v Legal Services Commission - which is the strongest dinosaur?

• Law Society Parliamentary Newsletter

• The Law Society's Parliamentary Newsletter

• Lawyers Diversity Pushed By Government

• Minister wants lawyers to stop pigeon-holing lawyers by gender or race

• Legal Aid Battle Hots Up

• Law Society Special Meeting on the cards as part of the ongoing battle . . .

• Legal Aid Reform Feature

• No apologies for having more about the legal aid "reforms" after the Lord Chancellor's announcements

• Local Councillors to be Encouraged

• Why are peole so reluctant to be councillors - New Commission will find out

• Lords Allow Early Release Of Some Long Term Prisoners

• Prisoners with offences committed before 30 September 1998, who were released on licence and recalled to prison after 4 April 2005 should be released earlier

• Lords on Lords

• Part 4 of a Consilio article about the power of the House of Lords

• Mental Capacity Act Guidelines Issued at Enormous Length

• The Government issues lengthy guidelines aabout the Mental Capacity Act

• Ministry of Justice Welcomed

• Home Office decisin to split is a good idea, advises the Bar

• MoJu Website Up

• Ministry Of Justice gets a nickname

• NHS Irrational Over Drug Use

• Court supports patient over NHS refusal to administer drug, with Lawindexpro version too

• National Identity Scheme Changes Its Spots

• Government opens ID scheme to tender deciding to use NI database instead of a fresh one.

• National Identity Scheme on track

• Government crows as Identity Card Act receives Royal Assent

• National Police database On Course

• Police database Gets Going

• New All-Powerful Watchdog

• All powerful watchdog - is it too big?

• New DCA Ministers

• DCA's new line-up

• New Prisons on the Block

• Home Office decides to build more prisons

• New Supreme Court Building

• Rubbish building to be converted to Supreme Court

• New Voting Rules To Be Abused?

• Will the new voting procedures help to reduce voting fraud?

• No Discrimination Against Pakistan Citizen in UK War Scheme

• Compensation for Japanese POW's can be restricted without discriminating

• Parliament Square Demo

• Government wins Demo case

• Passport Rules Change and Then Change Back

• Passport rules changed temporarily to prevent ID card avoidance

• Pension Appeal Procedure To Be Strictly Followed

• Pension Appeal Procedure To Be Strictly Followed - Even if you don't know it

• Police Concerts!

• Police lose out

• Police Forced to Restructure

• The Home Office puts the arm on the POlice

• Police in NI Allowed Anonymity Because of Death Threats

• A Government inquiry should allow anonymity of police witnesses if real death threats have been made even when the Police already knew their lives were in danger

• Princess Di's Death Makes More Waves

• Butler-Sloss decision appealled successfully

• Public Guardianship Fees Announced

• Fees under Mental Capacity Act announced

• Public Guardianship Fees and Mental Capacity Update

• Fees under Mental Capacity Act announced and so are guidelines for carers etc

• Queens Speech 2006 and Reaction Feature

• The Queen announces the governmental plans for the future AND SEE THE REACTION. Follow the links for much more info.

• Radical Plans for Family Court Changes?

• Harriet Harman sets out her vision of the future of family courts

• Reevy's Budget Special

• Joe Reevy s Budget Summary 23 March 2006 Introduction With his sights fixed firmly on number 10 Downing Street, not number 11, Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget features a number of measures designed to create popular support, whilst preserving...

• Reusing Oil Is Not Using Waste

• Common sense prevails as to whether something with two uses is waste after first use.

• Revenue Can't Be Sued For Negligence?

• HMRC wins negligence case

• Russian Death Prosecution Decision

• We are going to prosecute a Russian! The Attorney-General says so!

• Scotland and English Asylum Courts

• Does SCotland have any control over English Asylum procedures?

• Secrets Trial Finds Human Rights Fault

• Human Rights incompatibility finding in Official secrets Act

• Solicitor Loses Privilege Case to Revenue Commissioners

• Revenue Commissioners have bigger powers than Revenue to demand papers from solicitors

• Stamp Taxes Online Upgrade Downtime

• Tax Office warns of downtime

• Statute Database a Reality At Last?

• Up-to-date UK Statutes access moves a step closer

• Temporary Homelessness - LA Powers

• What should the LA consider when faced with intentional temporary homelessness?

• Terror Powers Too Many

• Government plans to extend terror powers are criticised by Law Society

• Trade Description Prosecution About Odometers Winds Down

• Court of Appeal gives no mileage to DJ and local authority's arguments in odometer case

• Tribunals Service Feature

• The place to go for information about government tribunals.

• WWF Bites Euro Government

• If you've got a duty to disclose information you have a duty to record it too.

• Want to Know About Taxes on Depreciation?

• Long tax battle success for big name companies is blow to government. Only recently reported.

• What Can You Do If Your Government Breaches EU Law?

• Indivisual loses claim for enforcement of EU Law by damages

• Zahida Manzoor Satisfied At Last

• Have you noticed how presss releases from the legal Complaints Commissioner are all about Zahida Manzoor,CBE?