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Welcome to the first Insite Law Newswire
The plan is to provide a short summary of links to the key legal news, blog posts of interest from the UK and overseas and podcasts done during the previous week. Hopefully, this will allow you to keep abreast of news and developments and update yourself if you see an item of interest to you. Many of the items set out below appeared on the Charon QC blog or were covered by Insite Law - but, time being what it is, you may not have seen the coverage during the week. The newswire is, inevitably, UK centric, but I hope to broaden coverage in the blawgs section by referring to blogs from the US, Canada, Australia, Scotland, Ireland and other jurisdictions. This summary gives you a quick snapshot of what was covered in the last 7-10 days.
CHARON PODCASTS
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LAW NEWS
The Insite Law blog acts as archive for everything posted during each day to Insite Law magazine and full news coverage is available there. In the newswire I draw out the most important legal news stories
1. News from the Profession
(b) News from The Bar Council
Bar Conference 2009
The latest news on the 24th Annual Bar Conference: Saturday 7th November 2009, Royal Lancaster Hotel
- Online Questionnaire
(28 January 2009) Starting this week, members of the Bar will be contacted on behalf of the Bar Council by mruk research, with a link to an online questionnaire. The questionnaire has been based on feedback obtained from representative groups of barristers last autumn.
- Legal Services Commission sets out VAT policy
(27 January 2009)The Legal Services Commission has written to the Bar Council to confirm the way in which VAT will be applied to Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme claimes and Solicitor Standard Fee Claims.
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(c) The Ministry of Justice
- Sentencing and probation quarterly statistics postponed
The quarterly sentencing and probation statistics due to be published at the end of January have been postponed.
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Responding to human rights judgments
A paper setting out the government's position on the implementation of human rights judgments, in response to a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
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POLITICO-LEGAL AND CREDIT CRUNCH NEWS
Britain faces worst year since 1930s, warns IMF | Guardian
Lords of the realm – above the law? | Times
Six arrested in Langbar International fraud inquiry | Times
Tory peer accused of misusing Lords to boost her own firm | Guardian
Pressure on Jack Straw over ’secret’ inquests and mercy killing | Times
Treasury committee to grill chiefs who led banks to disaster | Times Business
Revealed: 139 peers act as paid consultants | Independent
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Darling plans new rescue package for ailing economy | Guardian
Clarke accuses ministers of panicking over recession | Independent
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Britain is facing return of three-day week | Independent
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GENERAL LEGAL NEWS
Written tests are no guide to your ability to be a judge’ | Times
The right to die: why Debbie Purdy deserves an answer | Times
Jack Straw asks MPs to review law of privacy | Times
Darling kept in dark as FSA lifted ban on short-selling | Guardian:
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LAW REPORTS FROM ICLR
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FROM THE BLAWGS...
The Insite Law Blog archive has all the blog posts featured in the previous week. Here are a few noteworthy blog posts...
(a) United Kingdom
Charon QC: Blawg Review #193 - a fairly thorough survey of UK and overseas blogs.
Charon QC: Charon reports from The House of Lords: Lord a leaping
Geeklawyer: Sleazy MPs: Freedom of Information & expenses
LawandMore: Geeklawyer reviews a restaurant and his guest Ms R puts the boot into... Geeklawyer. Amusing.
(b) United States and Canada
Michael Geist: Privacy Commissioner Releases Guidelines for Processing Data Across Borders
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(c) Australia, Scotland, Ireland and other jurisdictions
This is the first Insite Newswire. It will give you an idea of the broad shape of the weekly review. I plan toincrease coverage of overseas jurisdictions with references to interesting blog posts. Each day, on Insite, the news and posts from law blogs is covered pretty comprehensively and I also plan to bring the average number of podcasts up to five each week. Charon continues his merry way, releived of the obligation to discuss much in the way of law because of the coverage by his alter ego on Insite Law Magazine.
I'd be grateful for feedback - particularly in terms of what you would like to see covered in the newswire. If the newswire is not to your taste you can unsubscribe at any time.
The Plan is to issue the weekly review at the weekend. As this is the first and I am testing the software I thought I would issue early.
Have a good weekend
Mike SP
mikesplaw@mac.com
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