Dangerous inmates may go free after court ruling on indefinite sentences – The Times

Posted August 1st, 2007 in news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“Hundreds of dangerous prisoners given indeterminate sentences could be freed from jail after a court ruled yesterday that holding them longer than their minimum sentence was unlawful.”

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The Times, 1st August 2007

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Prisons lacking parole facilities ruled unlawful – The Independent

Posted August 1st, 2007 in news, parole, prisons, sentencing by sally

“The Government’s problems in handling the crisis in the prison system were compounded today when the High Court ruled that the detention of prisoners with no facilities to assess their suitability for release was ‘arbitrary, unreasonable and unlawful’.”

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The Independent, 31st July 2007

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Police chief singled out over De Menezes shooting – The Independent

Posted August 1st, 2007 in news, police by sally

“Two years after police shot dead the innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, it finally appeared that some criticism would be levelled at the authorities last night, after the apparent leak of an official report into the incident.”

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The Independent, 1st August 2007

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Inmates left in limbo by failures in new sentences – judges – The Guardian

Posted August 1st, 2007 in news, prisons, rehabilitation, sentencing by sally

“High court judges yesterday dealt a fresh blow to the government’s handling of the prison crisis when they ruled that inmates serving new “open-ended” sentences had unlawfully been left in overcrowded local prisons without access to the compulsory rehabilitation programmes they need to secure their release.”

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Police want mobile jail cells to deal with protesters – The Guardian

Posted August 1st, 2007 in detention, news, police by sally

“The police are pressing to be allowed to use mobile holding cells to deal with major protests at defence bases and to set up short-term jails to deal with football hooligans at sports grounds.”

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The Guardian, 1st August 2007

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BA fined £121.5m for price fixing – The Guardian

Posted August 1st, 2007 in airlines, news, price fixing by sally

“British Airways is to pay a record fine of £121.5m after admitting price fixing on fuel surcharges on its long-haul flights.”

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The Guardian, 1st August 2007

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‘Terrorist’ defamation cases trebled – The Times

Posted August 1st, 2007 in defamation, news, terrorism by sally

“Terrorist suspects are fuelling a surge in defamation actions against newspapers and broadcasting organisations, according to a survey published today. The number of defamation cases brought by alleged terror suspects has almost trebled in a year, making up almost 13 per cent of reported claims in the year to the end of May.

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The Times, 30th July 2007

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End of the road for Charman’s divorce appeal – The Times

Posted August 1st, 2007 in divorce, news by sally

“A multi-millionaire businessman has lost a final appeal to prevent his former wife from keeping her £48 million divorce pay-out, the biggest awarded by a British court.”

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The Times, 31st July 2007

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Pensioner wins £700,000 damages in landmark mis-selling case – The Times

Posted August 1st, 2007 in news, pensions by sally

A retired businessman has been awarded around £700,000 in compensation after successfully suing his pension provider for giving unauthorised advice in what is thought to be the first case of its kind.

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The Times, 31st July 2007

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