“A man who used his mobile phone to film a couple having sex through their bedroom window before showing it to friends in the pub was jailed for 12 months today.”
The Independent, 28th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Young women could face big increases in the cost of car insurance, if insurers are told that they have to stop quoting different prices for men and women.”
BBC News, 1st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mayor of London has returned to the High Court in a fresh bid to evict veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw from Parliament Square Gardens.”
The Independent, 28th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Pentecostal Christian couple have lost their high court claim that they were discriminated against by a local authority because they insisted on their right to tell young foster children that homosexuality is morally wrong.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Daily Mail does not have to identify the people behind two anonymously posted comments on its website because to do so would breach their rights to privacy, the High Court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Judges have slammed government plans to cut legal aid, but also criticised publicly funded lawyers who bring ‘unmeritorious’ public law claims, and proposed limiting legal aid in judicial review cases.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The government is running the risk of making it more difficult to convict rapists by relaxing the rules for retaining the DNA of suspects, the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has warned.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three murderers who were expected to die in jail have launched a campaign for freedom based on their human rights and the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear the cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Scotland Yard is to contest a lawsuit that could establish the true number of victims in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Male pensioners could lose around £340 a year if the European court backs gender equality rules for insurance companies this week, experts are predicting.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Children as young as 13 are being released from custody without a safe place to live, forcing them into a cycle of homelessness and reoffending, research has shown.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Bamber and two other killers are to ask the European Court of Human Rights to rule on whole-life sentences.”
BBC News, 26th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has bowed to pressure from business and relaxed key elements of the Bribery Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman has been jailed for lying that she had been abducted and raped after becoming worried her husband would find out about a one night stand.”
BBC News, 25th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the internet after becoming radicalised has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 25th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A commuter who sued London Underground for £1 million damages after he was grabbed by an employee at a ticket barrier has won just £11,925 in compensation.”
The Independent, 25th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Appeal court rejects Rangzieb Ahmed’s claim that British authorities ‘outsourced’ his torture to Pakistan.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A US businessman who stabbed his wife 23 times and left her under a hedge has been jailed for at least 16 years.”
BBC News, 25th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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