“Criminals who damage prison property will have their jail wages docked to pay for the cost of repairs, under new measures announced by Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The marathon battle to introduce a new system of press regulation will come to a head on 9 October when the privy council is due to decide whether to seal a royal charter enshrining the industry’s preferred system of self-regulation.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who was caught in a YouTube clip telling an Asian man to ‘f*** off to your own country’ in a drunken rant on the London tube has been cleared of racially aggravated harassment.”
The Independent, 27th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“At least 1,570 people were cautioned for sex offences across England in the past year, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 30th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Laws used by Britain’s spy agencies to justify mass surveillance and interception techniques must be reviewed to ensure they have kept pace with ‘incredible changes’ in communications, one of the country’s foremost intelligence experts has said.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Serious offenders will no longer receive a mere ‘slap on the wrist’, the justice secretary has said, as he announced an overhaul of the cautions system.”
The Guardian, 29th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Greater Manchester man has been jailed for strangling his friend who was the best man at his wedding.”
BBC News, 27th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The murder of a woman confronted by her husband with evidence of an affair from a private investigator was ‘not preventable’, a report has found.”
BBC News, 27th September 2013
Surce: www.bbc.co.uk
“Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations – guide”
Information Commissioner’s Office, 26th September 2013
Source: www.ico.org.uk
“You would have to be living under a rock to avoid Mr Milliband’s recent announcement that energy costs would, if he were elected in 2015, be capped for 20 months. Unsurprisingly, this has caused uproar on a political level between energy companies warning of blackouts and company failures and the Labour party who maintain it is a viable option. The question which really needs to be asked here is whether or not the government is legally entitled to do this?”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 27th September 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“New EU rules which will cap bankers’ bonuses will lead to an increase in fixed salaries, ‘undermining’ global reforms to promote greater responsibility in the banking sector, the UK Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 203
Source: www.out-law.com
“Legal Services Board clarifies its stance on licensing special bodies as alternative business structures (ABS).”
Legal Services Board, 26th September 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/
“In a consultation launched today, the Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission invite comments on the draft Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Bill as it stands at 26 September 2013.”
Law Commission, 26th September 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
“The Court of Appeal found that the 6 ½ yr sentence given to facebook groomer Husaini Master was unduly lenient and raised it to 9 yrs.”
Attorney General’s Office, 24th September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
“Court of Appeal found the 21 month sentence given to Bernard Collins for conspiracy to defraud unduly lenient and increased it to 3 ½ years.”
Attorney General’s Office, 24th September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
“Compensation payable under section 2 of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886, as amended, was limited to physical damage to the relevant premises or property in it and did not extend to consequential losses such as loss of profit or loss of rent.”
WLR Daily, 12th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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