Courtserve Legal News Mar10
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:16:53 -0000 Photography under threat: The shooting party’s over
The authorities have the power to confiscate your camera — or even arrest you — for daring to take a picture in public, mainly because of wide and misused powers in the Terrorism Act of 2000. ::: Times
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:16:37 -0000 COMMENT: Can Jon Venables have a fair trial?
Baroness Butler-Sloss, the judge who granted life-long anonymity to the killers of the two-year-old James Bulger, has warned that Jon Venables could be murdered if his new identity is revealed ::: Times
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:16:21 -0000 Presumption that children should not give evidence abolished by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has responded to a call from the Court of Appeal for a review of the rules on child witnesses in care proceedings by scrapping the presumption that children should not give oral evidence. ::: Solicitors Journal
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:16:06 -0000 Bid to scrap ancient right of entry laws, many still be in force
An ancient law allowing people on private land without a warrant if they are following a bee might still apply and is one of 1,208 powers of entry in dozens of different Acts of Parliament unearthed by a Tory peer who has launched a bid to curb the wide-ranging powers. ::: BBC
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:15:45 -0000 Law firms prepare to float on the stock market
City law firms are preparing to raise millions of pounds from external investors as the British legal market braces for its own version of Big Bang. ::: Times
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:17:09 -0000 Supreme Court backs residents wanting to turn golf course into 'town green'
A council golf course near the Tees estuary in Redcar must be registered as a ‘town green’ under the Commons Act 2006, the Supreme Court has ruled. ::: Solicitors Journal
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