‘Police chiefs have won a court battle against a 90-year-old peace activist fighting to have his personal details removed from an extremism database.’
BBC News, 4th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Jamshed Javeed is awaiting sentencing after admitting two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Laura Ashley boss, Dr Khoo Kay Peng, 76, is locked in a £400 million divorce battle with his former-Miss Malaysia wife of 43 years, Pauline Siew Phin Chai. A judge found in Miss Chai’s favour last October that the divorce proceedings should be heard in UK, as the couple fight a “parallel” case in their native-Malaysia. While the “expensive gallop” between the two countries continues, the husband has failed to pay more than £400,000 in legal and maintenance costs to his wife.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government has written to the authorities in more than 70 countries and foreign jurisdictions in an attempt to clarify the rights of gay people who are working or travelling abroad. The equalities minister, Jo Swinson, has asked national and regional governments including Australia, Chile, Israel, South Africa and all 50 US states to confirm whether they recognise British civil partnerships and marriages between same-sex couples, and what rights gay people can expect when they travel.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A database of civilian drones being flown in the UK should be created to enforce their safe operation, a House of Lords report has recommended.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A driver who took cocaine and cannabis before crashing his car into a tree and killing two of his friends has been jailed for four years.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new mandatory gateway for civil legal advice may have been a barrier to access to justice, according to charity Public Law Project, which has published research showing the service has been used far less widely than expected.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘As an independent investigation finds that mothers and babies might have lived, if not for appalling blunders by staff, and efforts to hide the failings, we look at the history of the Morecambe Bay NHS scandal.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Migrants and asylum seekers can be locked up at the high-security detention centre indefinitely. Reports of abuse, self-harm and suicide are rife. Now MPs are calling for an end to the ‘expensive, ineffective and unjust’ system. In a rare report, inmates describe their misery.’
The Guardian, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Government is to consult on extending the new criminal offence of ‘wilful neglect’ of patients to children’s social care, education and elected members in a bid to eradicate “the culture of denial”, the Prime Minister has announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man has been handed a prison sentence after he stabbed his mother 11 times and sliced off his penis in a naked, drug-fuelled attack.’
The Independent, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Parents of newborn babies who died due to shocking failings by maternity staff at Furness General Hospital have spoken of how they are “saddened” but “vindicated” by the publication of the damning Morecambe Bay report.’
The Independent, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Regulations that would have limited access to judicial review are unlawful, the High Court ruled today.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Complaints have been sent to the Solicitors Regulation Authority by Twitter users who have received £6,000 libel demands from solicitors working for the MP George Galloway.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman acted as a surrogate mother for a baby whose biological father is her adult son, a family court judge has been told.’
The Guardian, 4th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The former treasurer and head of tax at Morrisons supermarkets has been jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to two counts of insider trading.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2015
Source:www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Met Police’s handling of a child’s disappearance on the way home from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding in 1981 is to be investigated.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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