Paul Gascoigne becomes hacking test case – BBC News
“Paul Gascoigne will be one of the four test cases for alleged victims of News of the World phone-hacking.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
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“Paul Gascoigne will be one of the four test cases for alleged victims of News of the World phone-hacking.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
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“The furore over the cross-examination of Milly Dowler’s parents has placed advocacy in the courts under a fierce spotlight. Putting the rights and wrongs of the Dowler case to one side, the public debate has probably come at a good time for the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG), which will shortly introduce a controversial quality assurance scheme for advocates (QASA) working in criminal law.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2011
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“A woman who left the corpse of her mother at their Wirral home unburied for up to six months has been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
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“The Supreme Court will consider on Monday suspending a judgement that has thrown police bail into chaos.”
BBC News, 1st July, 2001
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“A mother who strangled her autistic son because she could no longer cope with looking after him has walked free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
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“A woman who was filmed skydiving while claiming sickness benefits has been handed a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
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“A senior nurse convicted of assaulting an 88-year-old patient in hospital has been cleared on appeal.”
BBC News, 30th June 2011
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“A disability charity has mounted a High Court challenge to oppose government plans to reform ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th June 2011
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“An independent director will have to sit in on Sky News board meetings when editorial decisions are being made if News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB is successful and the news provider is spun off into a separate company, the Government said today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
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“Film industry representatives have asked a UK court to force BT to block its customers’ access to a UK-operated website it says violates copyright rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
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“Plan to scrap automatic access to legal aid solicitors is a full-blown assault on the universal right to representation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
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“The care and treatment given to a man with a history of schizophrenia who killed a pensioner because voices in his head ordered him to attack a stranger have been severely criticised in a review.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
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“Doctors have demanded a government investigation into why London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital kept information from the original Baby Peter inquiry.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
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“Legislation aimed at making it easier to prosecute companies who make corrupt payments abroad has come into force. The Bribery Act overhauls existing laws dating back to 1889 and creates offences that carry prison terms of up to 10 years and unlimited fines.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
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“Exam boards face being stripped of their role over blunders that affected GCSEs and A-levels sat by thousands of schoolchildren, it emerged today.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
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“A female heir to the Duke of Cambridge will have new financial rights under plans to modernise the monarchy.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st Juy 2011
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“A high court judge has blocked attempts by families of soldiers killed in Iraq to seek compensation from the government under human rights legislation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
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“A hair fetishist has been given a ‘whole life’ jail sentence for the ‘depraved’ and ‘callous’ murder and mutilation of a mother of two.”
The Independent,
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“Emergency legislation is to be introduced to overturn a court ruling that has severely restricted police powers to detain suspects for questioning and plunged police bail laws into chaos.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
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