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9 Nov 2009, 1:36 am
I do not know who took this photograph - but props to whoever did…. [read post]
14 Jun 2007, 1:45 am
“A move to exempt parliament from the Freedom of Information Act appeared to have collapsed last night, when no peer came forward to sponsor the private member’s bill lodged by the former Tory chief whip, David Maclean, in the Lords. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 1:56 am
“The chair of an influential committee of parliamentarians has questioned the independence of the official counter-terrorism watchdog, Lord Carlile, and suggested his term of office should come to an end. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 1:46 am
“The former Labour minister Elliot Morley faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty to dishonestly claiming more than £30,000 in parliamentary expenses relating to false mortgage claims. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 2:07 am
“The prime minister has waded into the debate on the use of superinjunctions by the rich and famous to avoid allegations of scandal, declaring that parliament and not the courts should decide where the right to privacy begins. [read post]
18 Jun 2010, 7:24 am
#STJ Informativo nº 389 O Ministério Público estadual ajuizou ação civil pública contra escritório de advogados e prefeita de município, por meio da qual pretende apurar a prática de ato de improbidade administrativa consubstanciado na contratação irregular daquele estabelecimento para acompanhamento de feitos nos tribunais, sem a observância do procedimento licitatório. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 4:56 am
and…. the unsurprising result of the day…. voted in Parliament at 18:02 tonight… And… my last observation on the matter for tonight…. because I quite fancy a glass of vino after all this… responding to a tweet by @garydunion but running out of space on twitter to accredit original tweeter….. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 1:55 am
“The Press Complaints Commission today kicked off an investigation into the Daily Telegraph’s covert recording of Liberal Democrat ministers, following a formal complaint from the party’s president. [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 8:02 am
[JURIST] The UK shadow Home Secretary resigned [statement text; video] his parliamentary seat Thursday in protest at House of Commons passage Wednesday of an anti-terror bill [materials; BBC Q/A] that would allow authorities to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 3:23 am
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed the findings of a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) into the financial management of the Ministry of Justice, which raises serious concerns about a number of areas of saving and expenditure.” Full story The Bar Council, 20th March 2012 Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 4:14 am
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, has said he hopes to save legislation to cut the size of the ‘no win no fee’ deals used by libel lawyers before the impending general election. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 1:32 am
“A Government minister is set for a court battle with a war veteran constituent who claims she has failed in her duty to represent him properly in a fight for compensation. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 1:33 am
"Too many children being held at detention centres for too long, says home affairs select committee. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 4:50 pm
Anonymity should be a blogger's right [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 6:05 am
[JURIST] A military court in Jordan [JURIST news archive] Tuesday sentenced Dr. [read post]
20 May 2021, 11:05 am
The bill was supported by 293 MPs, primarily from the United Party, of which Putin is the de facto leader. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 9:19 am
Straw: "large array of safeguards" against "petty" FOI requestsResponding to a recent question in the Commons from Norman Baker MP, Jack Straw confirmed the Government believes the FOI Act should be extended to the private sector. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 9:08 am
On 10 October 2019, HM Treasury published a letter (dated 9 October 2019) from John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury, to the Earl of Kinnoull, House of Lords EU Committee Chair, in respect of the proposed Regulation amending the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) on low carbon benchmarks and positive carbon impact benchmarks. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 8:28 am
There are two main groups of critics of the family courts: they are Father’s rights groups (such as Fathers4Justice but of course there are many others) who concern themselves primarily with private law disputes, and a quite separate group concerned primarily with care proceedings and “forced” adoptions (John Hemming MP and journalist Christopher Booker to give two examples). [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 3:31 pm
I see F4J have launched yet another campaign (they seem to launch PR campaigns like rabbits breed) – this time to name and shame “contact deniers - parents, solicitors, judges, Cafcass officers, MP’s and any other parties involved in contact denial and the forcible separation of children from their fathers“. [read post]
