“A national debate is launched today to explore whether a clearer common understanding of our rights and responsibilities might be built by articulating them in a single text – a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The state is allowed to bug communication between lawyers and their clients, the House of Lords has said. The UK’s highest court ruled that spy law the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) allows lawyers’ conversations to be bugged.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A woman has won a multi-million pound compensation settlement after a blunder at a Wearside hospital left her with serious brain damage.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A waste company in Sunderland has been fined £15,000 after one of its workers was killed when he was hit by a 20-tonne dumper truck.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 200 people responsible for war crimes and other human rights abuses overseas could be living in Britain, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In a test case on religious burials, Davender Ghai, aged 70, is challenging a refusal by Newcastle City Council to permit him to be cremated according to his Hindu faith.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Privacy International has lodged the complaint with the Information Commissioner over claims that a number of people are identifiable through the Street View service.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Big Question: Are there illegal government databases and what can we do about it?.”
The Independent, 24th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“”Lord Laming’s review of child protection procedures ignores the needs of those in the criminal justice system.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Director of Public Prosecutions delivered a strong warning last night that handing back the job of charging suspects to the police would be a ‘grave mistake’.”
The Times, 24th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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