Mabey & Johnson to be sentenced in bribery case – The Times

Posted September 25th, 2009 in news by sally

“A British company that bribed foreign officials to win business contracts and breached United Nations (UN) sanctions in Iraq is due to be sentenced tomorrow in the first prosecution of its kind in the UK.”

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The Times, 24th September 2009

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‘I just want the truth’ – BBC News

Posted September 25th, 2009 in complaints, inquests, news, police by sally

“In April 2005 an unarmed man was shot dead by police as he sat in the back of a car in north London. Four years later Azelle Rodney’s mother is still waiting for an inquest to be held.”

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BBC News, 25th September 2009

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Law chief: too many people are locked up – The Independent

Posted September 25th, 2009 in imprisonment, news by sally

“Controversial public protection sentences and inadequate penal funding have combined to drive up the record numbers of people being kept in prisons, the president of the new Supreme Court has warned.”

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The Independent, 25th September 2009

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Revealed: the hidden army in UK prisons – The Guardian

Posted September 25th, 2009 in armed forces, imprisonment, news by sally

“The number of former servicemen in prison or on probation or parole is now more than double the total British deployment in Afghanistan, according to a new survey. An estimated 20,000 veterans are in the criminal justice system, with 8,500 behind bars, almost one in 10 of the prison population.”

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The Guardian, 24th September 2009

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Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted September 24th, 2009 in legislation by sally

The Equine Identification (Wales) Regulations 2009

The Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2009

The Alternative Finance Arrangements (Amendment) Order 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

New blow to terror control orders as second suspect released – The Times

Posted September 24th, 2009 in control orders, news, terrorism by sally

“Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has allowed a second terror suspect to be released from virtual house arrest rather than disclose ‘secret’ evidence against him.”

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The Times, 24th September 2009

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£400,000 damages for family of woman who died in childbirth – The Independent

Posted September 24th, 2009 in birth, damages, hospitals, negligence, news, personal injuries by sally

“The family of a woman who died in labour and never saw the son she had conceived after IVF treatment was awarded £410,000 damages today.”

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The Independent, 24th September 2009

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Police fined £40,000 for shooting ‘disaster’

Posted September 24th, 2009 in firearms, health & safety, news, police by sally

“Thames Valley police force has been fined £40,000 after a firearms instructor, Pc David Micklethwaite, accidentally shot and nearly killed a former rifle marksman.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009

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Three sent for trial in insider-dealing case – The Times

Posted September 24th, 2009 in news by sally

“An accountant and two lawyers accused of insider dealing by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) have been committed to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court.”

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The Times, 23rd September 2009

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Punch death sentence ‘too short’ – BBC News

Posted September 24th, 2009 in homicide, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“The sister of a man who died after being punched by a 15-year-old boy in South Yorkshire has attacked the two-year sentence given to the teenager.”

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BBC News, 23rd September 2009

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Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted September 24th, 2009 in legislation by sally

The Business Rate Supplements (Rateable Value Condition) (England) Regulations 2009

The Business Rate Supplements (Transfers to Revenue Accounts) (England) Regulations 2009

The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009

The Ecodesign for Energy-Using Products (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

File sharing: how can the music industry get the public to pay up? – The Times

Posted September 24th, 2009 in news by sally

“Rock god versus pop diva — the music rights debate is producing some unexpected spectacles. Is file sharing creating a generation of people who expect never to pay for music or is it opening up a whole new audience who will save the industry?”

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The Times, 24th September 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Food firm boss sold Tesco pies to Fortnum & Mason as organic – The Times

Posted September 24th, 2009 in news by sally

“The director of a food company that provided pies to Fortnum & Mason has been jailed for re-packaging cheap supermarket goods and claiming that they were organic.”

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The Times, 24th September 2009

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Coroner condemns Rye Hill jail where prisoner on suicide watch bled to death – The Guardian

Posted September 24th, 2009 in inquests, news, prisons, suicide by sally

“A coroner today (23 September) condemned ‘appalling and unacceptable conditions’ at a privately-run prison where an inmate on suicide watch was allowed to bleed to death. Aleksey Baranovsky, 33, a Ukrainian national, died in a blood-covered cell at HMP Rye Hill, Warwickshire, in June 2006.”

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The Guardian, 23rd September 2009

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Since my son died we aren’t allowed to see our grandchildren – The Times

Posted September 24th, 2009 in news by sally

“A retired judge went to court over contact with his family. The hearing descended into a shouting match. He explains why the system is flawed.”

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The Times, 24th September 2009

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Barristers and the Legal Services Act: will the bar modernise in time? Does it even need to? – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted September 24th, 2009 in barristers, legal services, news by sally

“It is almost five years since Sir David Clementi rocked the legal establishment with his report on the regulatory framework for legal services. Since then, debate on the product of that report – the Legal Services Act 2007 – and the impact on the profession of new legal disciplinary partnerships and alternative business structures has been extensive.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 24th September 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Without prejudice: what does it actually mean? – The Times

Posted September 24th, 2009 in news by sally

“Despite being in use in British courts for more than a 100 years, the ‘without prejudice’ rule is well known but not necessarily well understood.”

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The Times, 24th September 2009

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Suicide advice websites face prosecution – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 24th, 2009 in assisted suicide, internet, news by sally

“Internet campaigners whose advice on how to take your own life is used in an assisted suicide face possible prosecution, according to the new guidance published yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009

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Assisted suicide guide is a blend of protection and compassion – The Times

Posted September 24th, 2009 in assisted suicide, news by sally

“Keir Starmer has made the best of a difficult job. First, as widely trailed, he has decided that his assisted suicide guidelines must apply to England and Wales as well as to behaviour abroad. This is surely right: there is no moral difference between an act committed in Geneva and its replica in Hull.”

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The Times, 24th September 2009

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Broadband tax ‘to be made law’ – BBC News

Posted September 23rd, 2009 in internet, news, taxation by sally

“A controversial broadband tax ‘will be law before the next election’, according to Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms.”

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BBC News, 23rd September 2009

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