Afghan wins key asylum case at European Court of Human Rights against Belgium & Greece The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of an Afghan asylum seeker and fined Belgium and Greece over the treatment they gave him, saying his rights were violated. The ruling is a challenge to the Dublin Convention, […]
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New Crackdown on Uninsured drivers The Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has announced that new powers to tackle uninsured driving will come into force within months. Under the new powers it will be an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle. Under the current law it is only an offence to drive an uninsured vehicle. At present every […]
Terror Powers Eased The controversial power to detain terror suspects for 28 days without charge will be allowed to lapse next week, reverting to 14 days, the Government has announced. The Home Office Minister Damian Green stated that the order, which expires at midnight on 25 January 2011, will not be extended. It is […]
Law Commission proposes ‘gold digger’ divorce law change? Tuesday 11th January 2011 The Law Commission has put forward a proposal that could end “gold-digging” divorces. One of Britain’s leading family lawyers, Baroness Deech, says that assets built up before a marriage should be excluded from divorce settlements. Baroness Deech, the chairwoman of the Bar Standards Board, […]
Non-Molestation Orders Domestic Violence & Ex-Parte Non-Molestation Injunction Applications Often emergencies arise in Family Law matters which require urgent and immediate steps being taken to protect our client by way of an emergency ex-parte injunction. Injunction situations can arise 24 hours a day and in most cases we aim to have the matter brought to […]
