“Britain has narrowed the scope of a European Union-wide ban on incitement to religious hatred in a proposed anti-racism law, diplomats said on Tuesday.”
Reuters, 18th April 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“Laws that make denying or trivialising the Holocaust a criminal offence punishable by jail sentences will be introduced across the European Union, according to a proposal expecting to win backing from ministers Thursday.”
Financial Times, 18th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“An 81-year-old woman described by a judge as the ‘original neighbour from hell’ has been jailed for six months.”
The Independent, 18th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A new sentencing regime in which judges punish offenders according to cost was called for by the former Lord Chief Justice today.”
The Times, 18th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tax dodgers who kept their money in Britain are to get a similar amnesty to those who hid money offshore.”
Financial Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“The split of the Home Office needs to be planned carefully to avoid repeating old problems in the new department, a former Lord Chief Justice says.”
BBC News, 17th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government should place a cap on prison places to lessen overcrowding and stem the resources poured into building new jails, the former lord chief justice Lord Woolf said today.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Controversial revisions to mental health legislation will strike the right balance between improving patient safeguards and protecting the public, the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Lords are to consider whether the cases of six Iraqi civilians who died at the hands of the British are subject to UK human rights law.”
BBC News, 17th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, Zahida Manzoor CBE, has today declared the Law Society’s complaints handling Plan for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 as adequate.”
Department for Constitutional Affairs press release, 17th April 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“The Competition Commission is struggling to find an expert to advise on planning issues, which form a key part of its inquiry into the grocery market.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Mental health professionals and opposition parties have joined forces to resist wider powers to detain people with a mental disorder deemed to pose a danger to others.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Home Office has pledged to review the management of a privately run prison where an investigation by Guardian Films and the BBC uncovered routine bullying of staff by prisoners at the jail.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The powers of Home Office officials to discipline and order the segregation and restraint of prisoners in Britain’s private jails would be handed over to the prison companies under legislation to be debated today by the House of Lords.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A City banker was told to use her female charms to woo clients over candlelit dinners and was asked by her manager to do the washing-up at a business meal, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Thousands of couples look set to be hit by a new Revenue clampdown which could leave their heirs with a bigger bill for inheritance tax (IHT).”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The welfare of children must be at the heart of the processes involved in considering whether to take a child into care, Family Justice Minister Harriet Harman will say today.”
Department for Constitutional Affairs press release, 17th April 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“A partial amnesty for hundreds of thousands of tax evaders who hide money abroad will be announced this week, in a move expected to bring more than a billion pounds into the Treasury’s coffers.”
Financial Times, 16th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“The wrestlers have beaten the environmentalists in the latest round of the fight over the initials WWF.”
The Lawyer, 16th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The selection and collation of information from several files held on a person does not necessarily count as processing of personal data, according to the Court of Appeal. The activity can escape the remit of the Data Protection Act.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
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