Law - new material (29)
01 January 1999
The Narey pilots: implications for defence lawyers, Lee Bridges. Legal Action January 1999, pp6-7. Looks at the various changes for defence lawyers proposed in the "Review of Delay in the Criminal Justice system" (the Narey Report) - originally commissioned under the last Conservative government - and enacted in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Current Home Secretary Jack Straw has endorsed most of the 33 recommendations prompting Bridges to note the "remarkable continuity between the present Labour administration and its predecessor".
Section 60 of the Criminal Justice & Public Order Act - an update, Leonard Jason-Lloyd. Police Journal Vol. LXXI, no. 4 (October-December) 1998, pp313-316. This article examines changes to Section 60 of the Act which targeted "alternative lifestyles" such as those of travellers. The author concludes that the measures "will collectively enhance police powers of stop and search" but notes that the changes will make the provisions "very complex".
Defining human rights, Jonathan Cooper. Runnymede Bulletin No. 316 (November/December) 1998, pp6-7. This piece considers the usefulness of Human Rights Act 1998 to challenge racism. It regrets the fact that government "have not opted to include a Human Rights Commissioner to oversee [the Act's] incorporation".
Changes in civil litigation: starting proceedings, Charles Blake. Legal Action December 1998, pp12-14. Second part of an article that looks at "the main features of the reforms relating to commencement of proceedings, written `statements of case', case management and some aspects of evidence" relating to the Woolf reforms.
Does the Blair government care about human rights? Louise Christian Socialist Lawyer No. 30 (Winter) 1999, pp14-17. Examines the Labour government's record on domestic human rights and specifically the Human Rights Act. It asks if the Act will "make any difference or is it going to turn out to be a massive diversion" and concludes that: "The best thing about the new Human Rights Act could...be the creation of a new expectation and demand for rights rather than the nitty gritty of what it will deliver."
Parliamentary debates
Access to Justice Bill Lords 14.12.98. cols. 1107-1127
Access to Justice Bill Lords 14.12.98. cols. 1140-1201
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill Lords 15.12.98. 1236-1250 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill Lords 15.12.98. 1266-1307 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill Lords 18.1.99. cols. 367-391 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill Lords 18.1.99. cols. 404-440 Access to Justice Bill Lords 19.1.99 cols. 472-572
Access to Justice Bill Lords 21.1.99 cols. 701-752
Access to Justice Bill Lords 21.1.99 cols. 771-792
Access to Justice Bill Lords 26.1.99 cols. 878-935
Access to Justice Bill Lords 26.1.99 cols. 951-1008
Access to Justice Bill Lords 28.1.99 cols. 1137-1193
Access to Justice Bill Lords 28.1.99 cols. 1210-1278
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill Lords 1.2.99. cols. 1309-1410 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill Lords 8.2.99. cols. 11-27 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill Lords 8.2.99. cols. 39-82 Access to Justice Bill Lords 11.2.99 329-382
Access to Justice Bill Lords 11.2.99 390-456