“Prosecutors are under fire for not challenging the bail of a man who admitted witness intimidation only for him to go on the run for a second time.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two journalists have won an out-of-court settlement after the Metropolitan police admitted failing to respect the freedom of the press when officers prevented them covering a protest.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three senior Scotland Yard officers could face dismissal after ‘sustained failure’ by police allowed a serial sex attacker to continue stalking lone women in south-west London four years after he was identified as a suspect. In a damning report, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) today described the police investigation into the series of attacks as a ‘shameful chapter’ in the history of the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A carer was today sentenced to a total of seven years in prison for her part in a ‘prolonged and vicious’ revenge attack on her husband’s former lover.”
The Independent, 28th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sacked police officer Ali Dizaei is to make a last ditch bid to have his conviction for corruption overturned, his solicitor said today.”
The Independent, 28th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police is expected to be criticised over its investigation of a sex attacker who targeted women in south-west London.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The body that looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings in England is lurching from ‘crisis to crisis’, a union says.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A male teacher at a girls’ school was sacked after making sexually inappropriate comments to teenage pupils about their breasts and prostitutes.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Baroness Hale of Richmond has spoken to the Salford Human Rights Conference on the development of human rights law, and has lamented the time spent on constitutional wrangling rather than applying the essence of the Act.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior judge’s remarks that human rights could be hit if act repealed threatens to inflame row over power of Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A major civil liberties row is threatening to erupt over the ‘unprecedented’ parole conditions imposed on members of Islamist groups now being released from prison having completed their sentences for terrorist offences.”
The Observer, 27th June 2010
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“The European Commission will pursue a case against the UK Government through the European Court of Justice (ECJ) if it does not strengthen privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s powers within two months.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The BBC does not have to publish a report into its Middle East coverage, the Court of Appeal has ruled. A Freedom of Information (FOI) Act exemption for journalism applies to material even if it is held for other purposes, said the Court.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A sex attacker caught after a cold case review has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 25th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man serving a life sentence for the ‘Essex Boys’ gangland murders has won £44,500 damages from the Home Office for negligent dental care.”
BBC News, 25th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Eighty football fans have shared nearly £200,000 in compensation and won an apology from police who trapped them in a pub before a Manchester United game.”
BBC News, 25th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former GP and right-to-die campaigner who took a man to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland will not be prosecuted.”
BBC News, 25th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An anti-war activist today won ‘a partial victory’ in her High Court challenge over Britain’s policy of transferring captured Taliban suspects to the Afghan authorities.”
The Independent, 25th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Road rage killer Kenneth Noye failed today in his bid to have the minimum life term he must serve for murder reduced.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Candy Brothers have won their High Court bid to prove Qatari architects were wrong to withdraw plans for the redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks following an intervention by the Prince of Wales.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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