“A bar manager who murdered his girlfriend and their 10-month-old daughter in a ‘sustained and fearsome’ knife attack will spend at least 26 years in prison, a judge said today.”
The Independent, 1st December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The cost of youth crime in Britain has risen sharply to £1.2bn a year due to more youngsters being imprisoned, according to a report by the Prince’s Trust and RBS.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who was infected with hepatitis C during a blood transfusion more than 20 years ago has lost a High Court bid for compensation.”
BBC News, 1st December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Today’s supreme court judgment has significant ramifications for the law on defamation.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Full judgment from UK supreme court: Spiller v Joseph [2010] UKSC 53
“Legal aid solicitors have been overpaid by almost £77m, according to a report published today by public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“As the legal professions – dominated by ex-private school pupils – seek to open up, getting it right is more important than doing it quickly.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man convicted of serious terrorism offences in the UK has launched an appeal, telling judges the UK was complicit in his torture abroad.”
BBC News, 30th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The RSPCA has lost a court of appeal challenge against a ruling that overturned a will leaving them a £2.35m farmhouse and land in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Supreme Court President Lord Phillips has said parliamentary privilege does not protect MPs from being prosecuted for ‘ordinary crimes’.”
BBC News, 1st December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office has agreed to meet civil liberties groups as part of a consultation it is conducting into UK interception laws.”
BBC News, 30th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An inquiry into assisted dying in the UK will be objective and dispassionate, its chair, the former lord chancellor Lord Falconer, promised as it was launched today.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An inquest into the death of Baby P will not go ahead, a coroner ruled today.”
The Independent, 30th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Almost 40,000 violent offenders a year are being handed soft punishments because they are not taken to court, one of the country’s leading magistrates has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government could face legal action if it continues to ban sex offenders from working with children, according to new research published today.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Proposed rules on what companies have to do to avoid being prosecuted under new bribery laws are not detailed enough, the Law Society has said. More clarification, particularly for smaller companies, is needed, it has told the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, will tomorrow (30 November) challenge a high court ruling that he must spend the rest of his life in jail. His case will be heard at the court of appeal by the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, Mr Justice Calvert-Smith and Mr Justice Griffith Williams. In a decision in July, Mr Justice Mitting said the serial killer must serve a ‘whole life’ tariff. The former lorry driver, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was convicted at the Old Bailey in 1981. Sutcliffe, 64, received 20 life sentences in 1981 after being convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder another seven.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Vulnerable elderly and disabled people will feel pressured to end their lives if the law on assisted dying is relaxed, disability campaigners have claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government will not bring into force a part of the Equality Act making public bodies proactively tackle social and economic disadvantage, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Forty years ago this week, a trial started which exposed heavy-handed police tactics in Notting Hill and changed racial justice in the UK forever.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who was paralysed after diving into a swimming pool during a party at a former friend’s home is suing the girl’s family in a multi-million pound damages suit because there were no warning signs.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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