Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to cut the "success fees" lawyers can charge in no-win, no-fee defamation cases.
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BBCPolitics on 3rd Mar 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
I note from this morning's Guardian that the Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw is to act against the 'No win no fee' industry at long last. However, Mr. Straw has only tackled part of the problem. The Justice Secretary told the Labour Conference that he is considering capping the level of success fees charged by solicitors in such cases. At the same time he has no plans to ...
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PeterBlack on 22nd Sep 2008 (via peterblack.blogspot.com)
Jack Straw, the justice secretary, today signalled a more punitive approach to prisons by attacking the "criminal justice lobby" for putting the needs of offenders before those of victims. In a speech on prison policy to the Royal Society of Arts, Straw said it was time to reclaim the "unfashionable" language of punishment and reform and make clear that the justice system is there to serve victims...
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Guardian on 27th Oct 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
The former Justice Secretary Jack Straw is calling for reform of the motor insurance industry, to prevent insurers referring their clients to personal injury lawyers without permission.
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BBCPolitics on 26th Jun 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Jack Straw's got a lot of explaining to do. The Justice Secretary is increasingly being bitten himself by the legislation on party funding which, in 2000, he pushed through Parliament as Home Secretary. In his new role as Justice Secretary Mr Straw is again responsible for overseeing party finance. Indeed MPs are next expected to debate his new funding bill on 9 February. Yet Mr Straw himself...
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MichaelCrick on 3rd Feb 2009 (via bbc.co.uk)
Justice secretary Jack Straw is under pressure over a £3,000 payment made by an energy company to an event in his honour.
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PoliticsCoUk on 9th Nov 2008 (via politics.co.uk)
The election watchdog has been asked to investigate Jack Straw the justice secretary over a donation from an energy firm which was seeking to invest in his constituency.
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Telegraph on 9th Nov 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Ever since Gordon Brown brought back the spin-meisters behind the Blair years we have started to see the same tortured doublespeak from Government. Yesterday, Jack Straw - our "Justice" Secretary - said he was sick of the criminal justice lobby putting the rights of criminals ahead of their victims. This was unusual to say the least seeing as how Jack Straw has been to the fore in promoting ...
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ATangledWeb on 28th Oct 2008 (via atangledweb.squarespace.com)
Is Jack Straw having a laugh? The justice minister has ordered the cancellation of a comedy workshop for prisoners at a top security jail. The course, which started on Monday at Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire, was supposed to run for eight days. Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Justice, described the course as “totally unacceptable”. This is all rather
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CurlysCornerShop on 22nd Nov 2008 (via curly15.wordpress.com)
In today’s Telegraph, Simon Heffer reminds Jack Straw of a few home truths. Here is an extract. Since Labour has an election to win, and since if it doesn't win it Jack Straw will probably be a candidate to pick up the poisoned chalice of leading the party, it is little wonder the Justice Secretary has jumped on the police-bashing bandwagon. He knows most people only encounter the...
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AndrewAllison on 2nd Jan 2010 (via andrew-allison.blogspot.com)
JACK Straw, the Justice Secretary, has been targeted by Nigerian internet fraudsters.
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Scotsman on 25th Feb 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
