Operation Elveden: Ex-prison officers jailed for tabloid leaks – BBC News
‘Two former prison officers have been jailed for leaking information about inmates to newspapers.’
BBC News, 20th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 20 November 2015
Telegraph misled readers over NHS x-ray service, press watchdog finds – The Guardian
‘The Daily Telegraph misled readers by suggesting NHS radiology departments were closed on Sundays in an article about Justice Secretary Michael Gove breaking his foot, according to a ruling from the Independent Press Standards Organisation.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tracey Woodford murder: Christopher May jailed for life – BBC News
‘A “cruel” ex-butcher who killed and dismembered a woman before carrying her severed head through a town to hide it has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 20th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two sentenced for plotting to bring up to three tonnes of cocaine to the streets of Europe – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Anthony Dennis and Anthony Wilson were sentenced yesterday at the Old Bailey to over 25 years for a major drug smuggling operation.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th November 2015
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal: costs judges have wide discretion over costs of Solicitors Act assessments – Litigation Futures
‘Costs judges have a broad discretion when considering what amount to “special circumstances” that allow them to depart from the “one-fifth” rule on the costs of a Solicitors Act assessment, the Court of Appeal has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 19th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
HBOS collapse: report recommends formal investigation into executives – The Guardian
‘Regulators will conduct a review into whether enforcement action against management team should be taken “as early as possible next year.” ’
The Guardian, 19th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Protection scheme to hold more cases in public – BBC News
‘Journalists and members of the public are to be given greater access to the Court of Protection, where issues affecting sick or vulnerable people are heard – under a new pilot scheme.’
BBC News, 19th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MS sufferer should be allowed to die, says judge in landmark ruling – The Guardian
‘A woman in the end stage of multiple sclerosis has been granted the right to die, in a landmark legal ruling.
The woman’s daughter had told how her mother was “completely incapacitated” and had asked Mr Justice Hayden to allow doctors to stop providing “clinically assisted nutrition and hydration”.’
The Guardian, 19th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Criminal courts charge ‘should be axed’ – justice committee – BBC News
‘The criminal courts charge should be scrapped by ministers, a parliamentary committee has said, as it raised “grave misgivings” about the fee’s benefits.’
BBC News, 20th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tom Watson to issue written apology to Leon Brittan’s widow – The Guardian
‘Tom Watson has said he will write to the widow of Leon Brittan to apologise directly after he was criticised by MPs for repeating a claim that he was “as close to evil as any human could get” in connection with sex abuse allegations against the Conservative peer.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
