Operation Elveden: Sun reporter Tom Wells will not face retrial – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2015 in bribery, conspiracy, corruption, misfeasance in public office, news, retrials by sally

‘Sun journalist Tom Wells will not face a retrial over a charge of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, the Old Bailey has heard.’

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BBC News, 24th April 2015

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Confusion reigns over new social care laws – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted April 27th, 2015 in community care, local government, news, social services, statutory duty by sally

‘A statute modernising adult social care law that came into force this month could expose local authorities to greater litigation risks.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 27th April 2015

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Man jailed for life over Eni Mevish murder in Stoke – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2015 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

‘A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a student found stabbed at her flat in Stoke-on-Trent.’

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BBC News, 24th April 2015

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Single-person ‘firms’ dominate first tranche of barrister entities – Legal Futures

Posted April 27th, 2015 in alternative business structures, barristers, indemnities, insurance, news by sally

‘All but one of the entities authorised by the Bar Standards Board since the beginning of this month consist of a single barrister, with the other made up of two barristers, it has emerged.’

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Legal Futures, 27th April 2015

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Operation Elveden: 13th Century Justice – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

‘Operation Elveden was prompted by the Leveson Inquiry – evidence heard at the Inquiry suggested there was a culture of tabloid newspapers paying public officials for stories. At a time when the tabloid press was being vilified for intruding in people’s private lives through phone hacking, this was seen as further evidence of out-of- control journalists, ignoring the law for their own gain.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 24th April 2015

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Derby man who got daughter pregnant is jailed for life – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2015 in incest, news, rape, sentencing by sally

‘A father who repeatedly raped his daughter over a four-year period resulting in her having a baby has been jailed for life.’

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BBC News, 24th April 2015

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Scott Sheard death: Bouncer Stuart Humphreys guilty – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2015 in assault, homicide, news by sally

‘A nightclub bouncer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a man who died more than two years after he felled him with a single punch.’

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BBC News, 24th April 2015

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Disbarred barrister jailed for defrauding parents of SEN children – Legal Futures

Posted April 27th, 2015 in barristers, disciplinary procedures, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

‘A disbarred barrister was jailed for fraud last week after taking money from the parents of children with special educational needs but failing to appear at court.’

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Legal Futures, 27th April 2015

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Man, 70, jailed for skippering £200m cocaine plot yacht – BBC News

Posted April 27th, 2015 in drug trafficking, news, sentencing by sally

‘A 70-year-old man who skippered a yacht across the Atlantic in a calamity-riddled £200m cocaine smuggling operation has been jailed for 10 years.’

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BBC News, 24th April 2015

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Sofyen Belamouadden murder: The inside story of a crime that horrified Britain – The Independent

Posted April 27th, 2015 in gangs, murder, news, sentencing, violent disorder, young offenders by sally

‘It is five years since the schoolboy was murdered in Victoria Station. His mother Naima talks to Joshi Herrmann about that terrible day.’

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The Independent, 25th April 2015

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Attempt to ban toxic ‘diet drug’ DNP fails – The Guardian

Posted April 27th, 2015 in drug abuse, food, news by sally

‘An attempt to ban the possession of the toxic “diet drug” DNP has failed, it has emerged just days after student Eloise Parry became the fifth person in three years to die after taking the pill bought over the internet.’

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The Guardian, 24th April 2015

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Shaun McKerry jailed for failed County Durham post office axe raid – The Guardian

Posted April 27th, 2015 in news, robbery, sentencing by sally

‘A serial criminal who was brought to the ground by the owner of a shop during a failed axe raid has been jailed for six years.’

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The Guardian, 24th April 2015

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Buckingham Palace guard who attacked passers-by in ‘most most violent piece of CCTV footage’ police officer had seen walks free – The Independent

Posted April 27th, 2015 in armed forces, assault, news, sentencing by sally

‘Two soldiers, including one who is now a guard at Buckingham Palace, have been spared jail after they brutally assaulted two men in an unprovoked attack after a night out in Darlington, County Durham.’

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The Independent, 24th April 2015

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Judge who disqualified Tower Hamlets mayor leads drive to reform election law – The Guardian

Posted April 27th, 2015 in complaints, elections, fraud, judges, local government, news by sally

‘The judge who disqualified Lutfur Rahman is one of the country’s leading electoral law practitioners and has handed down previous, scathing judgments resulting in councillors being removed from office.’

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The Guardian, 24th April 2015

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