“One in three of Britain’s law centres, where solicitors provide legal advice to poorer communities, face closure because of the squeeze on public spending.”
The Independent, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first Briton to have his Twitter identity forcibly revealed by a court is seeking to sue the council that blew his anonymity and force a judicial review of the case.”
The Independent, 8th August 20111
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A bed and breakfast owner who spied on his guests through secret peepholes and made audio recordings of their intimate moments has been jailed for 18 weeks.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A report has highlighted ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way Anglesey council deals with the needs of vulnerable children.”
BBC News, 8th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
“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.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“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.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th August 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“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).”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Anthony Gray also ordered to pay back £53,000 he claimed to send children to boarding school after spilt from wife.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A company director faces a manslaughter charge after a three-year-old girl died when a wall collapsed on a footpath in Denbighshire.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Lancashire detective who investigated sex crimes has been jailed for having an affair with an alleged rape victim.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office was plunged into crisis last night after it wrongly allowed violent foreign prisoners to be freed into the community.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“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.”
The Observer, 7th August 2011
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“News Group Newspapers, former publisher of the defunct News of the World, is being sued for £100,000 by a prison warden’s brother who claims that a senior executive at the newspaper confirmed to police he was the source of leaked stories about the Soham killer Ian Huntley.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Megan Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.”
Crown Prosecution Service,
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The brother of Premier League footballer Titus Bramble has been jailed for four and a half years after being convicted of rape.”
The Independent, 5th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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