“British courts represent a serious threat to freedom of speech, suppressing the spread of information around the world, the former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken MacDonald said.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Channel 4 tried and failed to win an injunction to prevent reporting of a hearing in a multimillion-pound libel battle in the high court in which the broadcaster has been accused of faking elements of a documentary purporting to show members of Michael Jackson’s family moving to Devon.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government will not push through proposals that churches argue would restrict their ability to deny jobs to gay people and transsexuals, Equality Minister Harriet Harman confirmed today.”
The Independent, 4th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ministers are preparing to rush through emergency legislation tomorrow to stop terror suspects salting away their funds after senior judges today lifted an order freezing their assets.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A patient who was given a fatal overdose by an out-of-hours doctor was unlawfully killed and his death amounted to gross negligence and manslaughter, a coroner ruled today.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of violent deaths among children in England and Wales has fallen by almost 40% since 1974, research has suggested.”
BBC News, 4th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain is braced for a diplomatic row after a senior Israeli politician warned that she was preparing to travel to the UK, where she faces an arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The influential House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has today (2 February) published a damning report on the Legal Services Commission’s handling of legal aid reform.”
The Bar Council, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The chair of an influential committee of parliamentarians has questioned the independence of the official counter-terrorism watchdog, Lord Carlile, and suggested his term of office should come to an end.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A secularist group has lodged an official complaint against Cherie Booth QC after she spared a man from prison because he was religious.”
BBC News, 4th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Frances Gibb on the judicial bunfight that stopped an outsider from being appointed to the highest court.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A coroner is due to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by an overseas out-of-hours doctor on his first NHS shift.”
BBC News, 4th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The London Philharmonic Orchestra has won a High Court judgment for £2.3 million against a financial director who allegedly embezzled its funds.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The News of the World yesterday lost a court battle to keep secret evidence which, it is claimed, would reveal widespread use of illegal methods by reporters to obtain personal information about celebrities.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A senior City lawyer arranged for a £380,000 ‘bribe’ to be paid to a former Indian state official in a failed attempt to unlawfully secure a lucrative aviation contract for her clients, a High Court ruling has revealed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Legal Aid Minister Willy Bach has today announced the government will tighten the rules for civil legal aid so that fraudsters are uncovered at an early stage, and funding is better targeted.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A female sailor awarded the MBE could receive a six-figure payout after winning a sex discrimination case against the Royal Navy.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British citizens living abroad are to be barred from claiming legal aid in England and Wales as part of a cost-cutting crackdown unveiled by the Government today.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Englishman’s house may be his castle – but it stills needs to have planning permission, a farmer learned the hard way today.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 19-year-old man has been given an indeterminate jail sentence for the kidnap and rape of an 86-year-old woman in a Bradford care home.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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