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Whitehall kicks off consultation on UK plea-bargaining

The Government has moved a step closer to introducing formal plea-bargaining in UK fraud trials after the Attorney General launched a consultation into the issue last week (3 April). The consultation runs for the next three months and will seek opinion from across the profession as Whitehall looks to improve its record fighting white-collar crime and reduce the cost of lengthy fraud trials. Responses are expected to be summarised in a report due in October.
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Personal injury: Cause and effect

Mr Corr was a happily married man with two children who worked for the defendant, IBC Vehicles, as an engineer. In 1996 he suffered a near-death accident at work when a machine he was mending unexpectedly turned on, thrusting a sharp metal panel towards him, severing his ear. Mr Corr underwent prolonged and painful ear surgery. He suffered post-traumatic stress disorder and severe depression. Almost six years after the accident, Mr Corr took an overdose of pills and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for electro-convulsive therapy. This appeared to alleviate the symptoms but he then regressed and, in May 2002, he threw himself off a multi-storey car park and died. The claimant, Mr Corr's widow, sued under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 for Mr Corr's damages and under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 for loss of dependency. The defendant admitted liability for the estate's claim but denied liability under the 1976 Act asserting that Mr Corr's suicide (while he was sane under the M'Naghten Rules) was not the same 'kind of harm' as depression, i.e. it fell outside the scope of the duty of care owed to him and/or was not an act which was reasonably foreseeable.
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International Edition

Whitehall to consult on UK plea-bargaining

The Government has moved a step closer to introducing formal plea-bargaining in UK fraud trials after the Attorney General launched a consultation into the issue yesterday (3 April). The consultation runs for the next three months and will seek opinion from across the profession as Whitehall looks to improve its record fighting white-collar crime and reduce the cost of lengthy fraud trials. Responses are expected to be summarised in a report due in October.
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International Edition

Barristers snub MoJ's revised high-cost cases contract

Barristers have snubbed a second opportunity to join the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) very high-cost criminal cases (VHCC) panel, with only 110 barristers out of the 2,300 to be offered contracts signing up to the panel. Legal aid practitioners were offered a revised contract after a consultation between the MoJ and Legal Services Commission (LSC) following the poor take-up of the original deal, which was sent out in January and aimed to reduce fees for major criminal cases.
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Green-House Counsel

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National Wildlife Federation General Counsel talks politics, hybrids

To read the full interview with NWF's GC, Cynthia Lewin, click here.Q: What types of lobbying does the National Wildlife Federal get involved with?A: As ...
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Lead in Dolls Raises Pre-emption Question

Toymaker Ty Inc. averted a court fight and what would have been the first test of Illinois' strict lead-in-toys law when it backed down and ...
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Being Green

Nowadays the word "green" can take on many different meanings. Sure it's a color--but it can also describe something or someone that is fresh and ...
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CARB's Comparison

To read about California's tailpipe emissions standards, click here.In his Dec. 19 letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson outlined his reasons ...
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Judge Protects Organizing Rights of Undocumented Workers

Dozens of highly publicized workplace raids on companies employing undocumented workers have underscored the risk of ignoring federal immigration laws. But if an employer unknowingly ...
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