“Nottinghamshire Police Authority will not pay out for damage incurred during summer riots because of a definition in a piece of Victorian legislation.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The media regulator has set down rules on psychic TV services that ban the casting of spells and other ‘occult-related practices’ including satanism, and offer guidance on the correct use of chicken bones and crystal balls.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police should be given clear rules about when they can use water cannon and plastic bullets against rioters, a watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
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“Two male judges have been appointed as justices of the UK’s supreme court, dashing campaigners’ hopes for an increase in the number of women on the country’s most senior bench.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It was not unlawful for the Government to introduce new laws that gave greater development rights for houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without consulting councils for a second time, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Information Commissioner has formally requested new powers to conduct compulsory data protection audits of local Government and public health organisations.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“New laws splitting banks’ customer facing activities from their commercial and investment activities will go through ‘in the lifetime of this Parliament’, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ofcom has ruled that Channel 5 broke the broadcasting code for repeatedly airing clips of Big Brother housemates using the word ‘fuck’ immediately after 9pm – in once case the expletive was used just 11 seconds after the watershed.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Libyan military commander and rebel leader has launched legal proceedings against the British government over his rendition and alleged ‘barbaric’ treatment meted out to him and his pregnant wife.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, has been placed under investigation by the television watchdog over his comments calling for public sector strikers to be executed.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple have won a rare victory over a health authority’s strict rules on infertility treatment, in a decision that could give hope to other would-be parents.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A bid to bring a High Court challenge over the attorney general’s refusal to give his consent for a new inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly has failed.”
BBC News, 19th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Protesters occupying an empty office complex in the City of London owned by the bank UBS can stay until at least January, after a legal victory.”
BBC News, 19th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain is set to lose a world-renowned museum following a high court ruling which could force it to sell its collection to pay off a £134m pension deficit. The Wedgwood Museum in Stoke-on-Trent faces being forced to sell its historic collection of china, masterpieces by Stubbs, Romney and Reynolds, and an archive linked to the nation’s social and industrial history. Judges in Birmingham ruled that the pottery collection owned by the museum was an asset of Waterford Wedgwood Potteries, which went bust in 2009. The collection can now be sold to pay off creditors, the largest of which is the Pension Protection Fund.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“My legal aid reforms – debated in the Lords tomorrow – pose a threat to a failing system and outdated practices, not the needy.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Thatcherite minister Lord Tebbit is among a group of peers trying to save legal aid for children’s medical negligence cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Damian Green, the immigration minister, blamed judges after new figures revealed that nine in 10 overseas criminals who should have been sent home but are currently free in the UK. Separate figures showed the number of foreign offenders successfully removed from the UK fell by nearly a fifth last this year.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An insurer has been fined £2.8m by the City watchdog for a ‘high-risk’ system of pay for its sales agents, among other faults.”
BBC News, 19th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Campaigners have failed in a legal bid to thwart the closure of several libraries in north-west London.”
BBC News, 19th December 2011
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“A serving prisoner has lost a high court challenge to the continued practice of slopping out that could have forced the government to spend millions on upgrading old jails in England and Wales. Roger Gleaves, 77, claimed that having to use a bucket as a toilet in his cell at HMP Albany, on the Isle of Wight, was so degrading it amounted to a breach of his human rights.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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