“A fifth member of staff at a comprehensive school involved in a scandal over sex with pupils has been jailed after he conducted an indecent relationship with a 15-year-old girl.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has pledged to scrap family court fees after an official review found evidence that the high cost was deterring some social service departments from applying to take abused and neglected children into care.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than half a million retired Britons living abroad could be in line for payouts from the UK government if a European court today rules in their favour. After years of courtroom wrangling, 13 expatriates will learn if they have won their test case for the right to index-linked rises routinely paid to UK-based pensioners but denied to those who have settled in certain countries overseas.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Failings in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in London have allowed hundreds of defendants to go free without facing trial, inspectors have found.”
The Times, 16th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The parents of a four-year-old abuse victim accepted money, which they used for a deposit on a new house, from their son’s attacker rather than reporting him to police.”
The Times, 16th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s low conviction rate for rape should continue to be highlighted according to the solicitor general despite the recommendations made in a report by Baroness Stern today.”
The Times, 15th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Pupils are monitored by CCTV cameras as frequently as inmates in prisons and passengers at airports, research shows.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother’s battle to ensure that soldiers in war zones have their human rights protected will be challenged by the Government today as it argues that commanders will fear being sued for decisions made in the heat of battle.”
The Times, 15th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police forces were threatened with legal action today as the Government’s equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches.”
The Independent, 15th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Anthony Pritchard feels furious and forgotten. Like many military relatives who have lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has a lot of unanswered questions about the death of his son in Basra in August 2003.”
The Times, 15th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Campaigners have voiced concerns over a growing number of non-Muslims using Islamic law to resolve legal disputes in Britain despite controversy over the role of sharia law.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A convicted animal rights activist is using freedom of information laws to force universities to reveal details of their animal experiments, raising fears that scientists involved could suffer renewed intimidation.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peers who have claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds for homes they rarely visit will escape prosecution through a House of Lords loophole.”
The Times, 13th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has been ordered to pay £165 for calling his ex-girlfriend an offensive name on Facebook, in one of the first cases of its kind.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Deportation flights should carry human rights monitors to check on the safety of failed asylum seekers who have been forcibly removed, a senior EU commissioner has recommended.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has criticised the justice system for tying his hands with ‘ridiculously short sentences’ after he was forced to free a gang that took a teenager from a children’s home and tortured him.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“For the first time in a UK syllabus, a module on law and the legal system beyond Earth’s atmosphere will be included as an option for students starting at Sunderland University in September.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The News of the World phone-hacking scandal took a fresh twist yesterday as it emerged that Britain’s second most senior law officer is to examine concerns of collusion between the newspaper and police.”
The Independent, 14th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government has rejected calls from their own adviser to raise the age of criminal responsibility from ten to twelve.”
The Times, 13th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former police officer has been jailed for three years for passing secret information to his wife and her drug dealer, in return for drugs and money.”
BBC News, 12th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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