“The daughter of a mentally-ill woman who walked out of a hospital and threw herself under a train has won the final round of her battle for the right to sue the local health trust for damages. ”
The Independent, 10th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A cabinet minister has called for progress to be made on ending the 300-year old legal ban on Roman Catholics succeeding to the throne.”
BBC News, 10th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There are two new provisions which are outside the usual timetable for amendments to the CPR.”
The Bar Council, 10th December 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Ministry of Justice’s simplification plan 2008 shows our progress made since 2007 in delivering reductions in the administrative burdens that our regulations impose on businesses, charities and the voluntary sector. It also provides an update on how we have been reducing data requests and bureaucratic burdens on our own front-line staff. It sets out our future plans for delivering our promised 25% reduction by 2010 in the administrative burdens on the business and third sectors.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“On 9 December 2008 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guidelines ‘Theft and burglary in a building other than a dwelling’ and ‘Breach of an anti-social behaviour order’.”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 9th December 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“As cartels go, it does not seem the sort to keep competition lawyers awake at night.”
The Times, 10th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Record numbers of criminals are breaking community service orders, with more than one in three failing to complete their punishment.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Despite it being legal for a person to take their own life, under the 1961 Suicide Act, aiding or abetting someone to do so carries a potential jail term of up to 14 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Christian campaigners have lost their High Court challenge to scientists being allowed to create human-animal embryos for research purposes.”
BBC News, 9th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New laws to criminalise men who pay for sex with women forced in to prostitution will be virtually unenforceable, the police expert on human trafficking warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An email sent by mistake from the Home Office to the BBC has revealed that freedom of information requests are often first reviewed by ministers.”
BBC News, 10th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It was a linchpin of Labour’s first term. But Jack Straw – and David Cameron – now agree the legislation is not fit for purpose.”
The Times, 9th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“At least 180,000 asylum seekers are set to be allowed to stay in Britain because of their human rights thanks to the Government’s backlog fiasco.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The coroner in the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today told the jury he would accept a majority verdict.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The £1.75 million Heathrow robbery trial was abandoned for the third time at the Old Bailey today, at a cost to the public of £22m.”
The Times, 9th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Suspected rapists may have to be let free because of the landmark European ruling over the storing of ‘innocents’ DNA, a Home Office minister warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The online watchdog, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), has withdrawn its objection to a Wikipedia page that contained an image of a naked girl.”
BBC News, 9th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Commons select committee is going to launch its own inquiry into the arrest of the Tory MP Damian Green, it said today (9 December).”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to prosecute Daniel James’s parents boosts the case for reform of the law, lawyers and campaigners said yesterday.”
The Times, 10th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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