Navy commander jailed for six months for allowance fraud – The Guardian
“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
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Airlines’ cheap ticket offers to be investigated – The Guardian
“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
Meg Burgess Prestatyn wall death manslaughter charge – BBC News
“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
Detective jailed for affair with alleged rape victim – BBC News
“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
New Home Office foreign criminals scandal – Daily Telegraph
“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
Evicted gipsies launch human rights claim – Daily Telegraph
“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
Cracking down on youth offenders will mean they commit more crimes to pay the fines, claim probation officers – The Observer
“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/
NoW publisher sued for £100,000 over alleged breach of anonymity agreement – The Guardian
“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
Company director to face manslaughter charge for death of Megan Burgess – Crown Prosecution Service
“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
Ex-footballer jailed for rape – The Independent
“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
Superinjunctions, gagging orders and injunctions: the full list – The Guardian
“Guardian research shows newspapers are quick to drop public interest arguments for stories about celebrities. Get the full list of gagging orders, superinjunctions and injunctions here – and download it for yourself.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid cuts will bring more DIY cases into courts – which will grind to a halt – The Guardian
“Cuts on this scale demand co-ordinated response in law education, guidance and resources, or the system won’t work.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Christopher Jefferies case delivers wake-up call to tabloids – The Guardian
“How bad does press coverage at the time of an individual’s arrest have to get for it to be regarded as a contempt of court? This interesting question was at the heart of the recent case concerning coverage of my client Christopher Jefferies’s arrest by police investigating the murder of the landscape architect Joanna Yeates. The contempt action was brought by the attorney general under section 2(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, which applies to any publication that creates a risk that the course of justice will be seriously impeded or prejudiced, whether or not they intended to do so.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
OPG’s call for evidence on Deputies – Ministry of Justice
“Care charities and other not-for-profit organisations are being asked whether they think they can better meet the needs of people who lack mental capacity.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Man who faked army career guilty of perverting course of justice – The Guardian
“A military historian who faked an illustrious army career has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Holidays 4 UK clients face long wait for compensation – The Guardian
“Thousands of holidaymakers who had their summer getaways ruined by the collapse of tour operator Holidays 4 UK have been told they may have to wait months for compensation.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
30% rise in negligence claims against NHS – Daily Telegraph
“Clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service have increased by almost a third over the past year, with an extra £100million paid out to victims of medical blunders.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Why Reprieve is quitting the torture inquiry – The Guardian
“Reprieve and other charities have found that the investigation set up by the government has serious shortcomings.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Torture inquiry boycotted by human rights groups over lack of openness – The Guardian
“Human rights groups and lawyers boycotting the inquiry into allegations of torture by the security and intelligence agencies are accusing the government of reneging on promises that it would be open and independent.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jonnie Marbles’ in Murdoch foam attack sentence appeal – BBC News
“A man jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is appealing against his sentence.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
