Anglesey child policies ‘serious shortcomings’ – report – BBC News

Posted August 8th, 2011 in children, news, social services, Wales by tracey

“A report has highlighted ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way Anglesey council deals with the needs of vulnerable children.”

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BBC News, 8th August 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 8th, 2011 in law reports by tracey

High Court (Chancery Division)

Cherney & Ors v Neuman & Ors [2011] EWHC 2156 (Ch) (05 August 2011)

JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko & Ors [2011] EWHC 2163 (Ch) (05 August 2011)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Steadman v London United Busways Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 2136 (QB) (05 August 2011)

Whiten v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2066 (QB) (05 August 2011)

Bodey v Hall [2011] EWHC 2162 (QB) (05 August 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted August 8th, 2011 in legislation, news by tracey

The Terrorism Act 2000 (Designated Ports) Order 2011

The Afghanistan (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

16 hours a day on curfew – Ministry of Justice

Posted August 8th, 2011 in community service, electronic monitoring, press releases by tracey

“Tougher community sentences will see offenders forced to spend longer in their homes – up to 16 hours each day for a whole year, Minister for Prisons and Probation Crispin Blunt confirmed today.”

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Ministry of Justice, 8th August 2011

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Company director to face manslaughter charge for death of Meg Burgess – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted August 8th, 2011 in health & safety, negligence, press releases, prosecutions by tracey

“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Meg Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 5th August 2011

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

NHS hospitals face DNA patent law suits – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in DNA, hospitals, news, patents by tracey

“NHS hospitals risk being taken to court and sued for millions of pounds in the future for carrying out genetic tests based on techniques patented by private companies, it was warned yesterday (Friday).”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Planning law review: questions and answers – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in news, planning by tracey

“The Coalition is proposing radical changes to the planning laws that critics fear will make it easier for large scale developments to be pushed through.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Navy commander jailed for six months for allowance fraud – The Guardian

Posted August 8th, 2011 in courts martial, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“Anthony Gray also ordered to pay back £53,000 he claimed to send children to boarding school after spilt from wife.”

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The Guardian, 5th August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Airlines’ cheap ticket offers to be investigated – The Guardian

Posted August 8th, 2011 in advertising, airlines, consumer protection, EC law, news by tracey

“The European commission has launched an inquiry into airlines’ controversial ‘add-on’ charges that allow them to offer low prices bearing little resemblance to what ticket buyers end up having to pay.”

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The Guardian, 8th August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Meg Burgess Prestatyn wall death manslaughter charge – BBC News

Posted August 8th, 2011 in health & safety, homicide, negligence, news by tracey

“A company director faces a manslaughter charge after a three-year-old girl died when a wall collapsed on a footpath in Denbighshire.”

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BBC News, 5th August 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Detective jailed for affair with alleged rape victim – BBC News

Posted August 8th, 2011 in misfeasance in public office, news, police, sexual offences, victims by tracey

“A Lancashire detective who investigated sex crimes has been jailed for having an affair with an alleged rape victim.”

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BBC News, 5th August 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New Home Office foreign criminals scandal – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in dangerous offenders, deportation, news by tracey

“The Home Office was plunged into crisis last night after it wrongly allowed violent foreign prisoners to be freed into the community.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Evicted gipsies launch human rights claim – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 8th, 2011 in families, human rights, legal aid, news, travellers by tracey

“A gipsy family accused of making life a misery is using legal aid to fund a human rights challenge in the European courts for being evicted – from a travellers’ camp.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cracking down on youth offenders will mean they commit more crimes to pay the fines, claim probation officers – The Observer

Posted August 8th, 2011 in bills, criminal justice, fines, news, probation, young offenders by tracey

“Prison numbers and crime rates will rise as a result of government attempts to curb youth crime, according to Napo, the union representing Britain’s probation workers.Napo claims late amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and the Punishment of Offenders bill, introduced in response to coalition concerns that it was seen to be going ‘soft on crime’, will backfire. The bill proposes a 10-fold increase in the fine for an individual who breaches a youth rehabilitation order, from the current £250 to £2,500.”

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The Observer, 7th August 2011

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/