“Europe is in danger of making the wrong choices on new data protection rules, Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke said.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The family drug and alcohol court is making a difference in breaking the intergenerational cycle of self-destructive behaviour.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman has been cleared of the murder of her severely autistic 11-year-old son.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Sugar was forced to remove a Twitter message during one of the parliamentary expenses trials earlier this year, which speculated that a peer would be cleared because he was a Tory, it was revealed on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has been found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who murdered two couples with a sawn-off shotgun was jailed for life today after evading justice for more than 25 years.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three-year broadband and phone contracts have been banned by the communications regulator Ofcom, with providers now only able to offer maximum contracts of two years. They must also make 12-month contracts available under the new regulations which bring the UK in line with EU telecoms law.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One in seven rapists is sentenced to four years or less in jail, figures showed today.”
The Independent, 26th May 2011
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“An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the death of a ‘vulnerable’ man in a police cell has found “staff failed” to protect him.”
BBC News, 25th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“At least 64 children are sexually abused every day in England and Wales, figures obtained by the NSPCC suggest.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The fate of a Victorian magistrates building serving a deprived part of Kent has emerged as a test case for opposition to government plans to close nearly 150 courts across the country.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A quarter of the 1,600 children held in young offenders’ institutions in England and Wales have been in care, a report by prison inspectors has found.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
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“Twitter will notify its users before handing their personal information to UK authorities seeking to prosecute them over alleged breaches of privacy injunctions, a senior executive at the company said on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The jury in the case of a Conservative peer accused of expenses fraud is due to retire to consider its verdict on Thursday.”
BBC News, 25th May 2011
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“A couple who lived a luxury lifestyle on the back of a £137,000 benefits swindle were both jailed for 16 months today.”
The Independent, 25th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The judge who has allowed a financier to bring a secret libel suit against his own sister-in-law defended his decision to make all the parties anonymous on Wednesday, in the wake of the uproar over superinjunctions and the outing of footballer Ryan Giggs in defiance of court orders.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“That’s why it should be a matter for parliament, not a running battle between the media and the courts.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Website operators have a year to change the way they use cookies to comply with new laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. Those that make no effort to change could still face sanctions, though, the ICO said.”
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OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2011
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