“Gay male couples will be able to use a fast-track route to become the legal parents of surrogate children from next week. On 6 April, changes to the law will permit two men to be named as parents on a child’s birth certificate for the first time in British history.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The cost of no-win, no-fee legal claims against the National Health Service has risen 16-fold in five years. A breakdown of clinical negligence cases settled by the NHS under ‘conditional fee arrangements’ (CFA), in which solicitors get paid only if they win a case, shows that their value – in costs and damages – has risen from £6.5m in 2004-05 to £108m last year.”
The Independent, 28th MArch 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Paedophiles convicted of downloading images of child abuse from the internet are not receiving rehabilitation treatment because the sentences they are given are too short, public protection experts warn today. A dossier collected by the probation union, Napo, reveals that typical sentences given to online paedophiles often fall far short of recommendations made by court-appointed experts who prepare pre-sentencing reports for judges.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminal case barristers delivered a broadside to Jack Straw over their pay, saying that most take home less per hour than a car mechanic.”
The Times, 29th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, has insisted that, despite Lord Mandelson’s opposition, Labour is poised to announce its commitment to an elected second chamber to replace the House of Lords.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Members of the public are to be given a much bigger say in the process which sees criminals having their sentences increased if they are ruled to be too lenient.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Environmental campaigners and local authorities opposed to Heathrow expansion popped champagne corks on the steps of the High Court yesterday to celebrate a ruling that they said left plans to build a third runway at Europe’s busiest airport ‘in tatters’.”
The Times, 27th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Simon Singh lifted his coffee cup off a Ministry of Justice press release. ‘I’m a particle physicist,’ he said. ‘And libel law, I can tell you, is more complicated than particle physics.'”
The Times, 27th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A passenger left paralysed after a crash has been awarded £11million compensation – the highest personal injury payout in British history.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A landmark settlement between the Serious Fraud Office and BAE Systems was thrown into doubt yesterday after a senior British judge said that the agency did not have legal authority to strike plea bargains with companies accused of corruption.”
The Times, 27th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A law student who assaulted a pub landlady has had her curfew sentence reduced after arguing that it ruined her experience of pregnancy and childbirth.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The widow of Ian Tomlinson, the man who died at the G20 protests, has launched an emotional attack on the director of public prosecutions, accusing him of letting her down over his failure to decide whether the officer who assaulted her husband should be charged with manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who claimed he was a human rights activist was jailed for six years today after he smuggled 20 illegal immigrants across the Channel in a 50ft yacht.”
The Independent, 26th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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“Former Commons Speaker Lord Martin has spoken up in defence of ‘no win, no fee’ libel lawyers – whose fees the government is trying to curtail.”
BBC News, 25th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who wanted police to shoot him in a ‘desperate suicide bid’ has been jailed for threatening people with an imitation gun at Gatwick Airport.”
BBC News, 25th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Twin brothers who murdered a father-of-two outside his Greater Manchester home, then tried to kill themselves, have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 25th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Home Office advertising campaign that highlights one of Labour’s key election policies on crime and policing is to be banned by the advertising industry watchdog, the Guardian has learned. The Advertising Standards Authority has told the Home Office that its television adverts highlighting the government’s ‘policing pledge’ that neighbourhood officers can now be expected to spend 80% of their time on the beat is to be banned with immediate effect.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a young mother who died after doctors failed to diagnose her cancer secured a six-figure pay-out from an NHS body today.”
The Independent, 26th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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